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WHY JOIN WFP?

• WFP is a 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.

• WFP offers a highly inclusive, diverse, and multicultural working environment.

• WFP invests in the personal & professional development of its employees through a range of training, accreditation, coaching, mentorship, and other programs as well as through internal mobility opportunities.

• A career path in WFP provides an exciting opportunity to work across the various country, regional and global offices around the world, and with passionate colleagues who work tirelessly to ensure that effective humanitarian assistance reaches millions of people across the globe.

• We offer an attractive compensation package (please refer to the Terms and Conditions section of this vacancy announcement).

  Social protection is an increasingly popular strategy for governments to reduce extreme poverty, hunger and inequality. Virtually every country in the world has at least one social protection scheme in place, and 2.5 million people are already covered by some type of social protection programme.
  Through its triple role as a technical advisor, service provider and complementary actor, WFP is supporting these ongoing efforts, as it works with governments to extend the coverage, comprehensiveness, adequacy and quality of national social protection systems, with the aim to ensure that all people have access, throughout their lives, to strong national social protection systems that safeguard and foster their ability to meet their food security, nutrition and associated essential needs, and to reduce and address the risks and shocks they face.
  As WFP’s social protection role in CAR, and related positioning, continues to grow, the WFP CAR Country Office is seeking a programs policy, social protection office to finalise designing and managing the social protection portfolio. The incumbent will operate under the direct supervisions of the programs’ head and his deputy.

  JOB TITLE: Programme Policy Officer_ Social Protection

  TYPE OF CONTRACT: CST I

  UNIT/DIVISION: PROGRAMME

  DUTY STATION: Bangui, Central African Republic

  DURATION: 11 Months

  CLOSING DATE: 30 October 2024

  ACCOUNTABILITIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Act as the country office social protection focal point, ensuring a clear and strong connection between the field operations, Regional Burau, and HQ.
  • Translate corporate and regional policies and strategies pertinent to social protection into country- level practices;
  • Formulate substantial parts of the Country Strategic Plan in line with WFP’s corporate and regional policies and strategies on social protection, as well as Executive Board decisions and other relevant guidance;
  • Design and manage, including a complex, portfolio of social protection programmes that effectively meet food security and nutrition needs;
  • Assist government’s stakeholders identify and analyze policy problems, and provide - or mobilize - support and technical expertise for the design and delivery of suitable social protection solutions;
  • Establish and maintain strategic and operational partnerships for complementary and collaborative approaches and initiatives that improve social protection and support related advocacy work within all relevant audiences;
  • Enhance WFP’s leadership status in different forums pertinent to social protection;
  • Manage or oversee operational research and evidence building on issues relevant to social protection;
  • Manage or oversee the preparation and dissemination of timely analytical and critical reports, publications, and a variety of knowledge products or proposals for internal or external use that position and strengthen the credibility of WFP as a partner in social protection;
  • Advocate for resources for a broad portfolio of WFP social protection activities, including by articulating a business case for WFP’s contributions to social protection and exploring new potential resource channels;
  • Ensure the best use of assigned financial resources for achievement of set social protection objectives within a significant budget;
  • Advise and support the design of learning initiatives that enhance the capacity of WFP staff and partners to engage in social protection-relevant policy dialogues, programme design and delivery.
  • Lead, motivate and develop a substantive team of high performers, if deemed relevant;
  • Take responsibility for incorporating gender perspectives in all areas of work;
  • Contribute to Country Office Emergency Preparedness by systematically assessing whether and how national social protection can contribute to an emergency response, whenever and if deemed relevant;
  • Other as required.

    QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

    Education:

    Advanced University degree in Public Policy, Public Administration, International Development, International Relations, Sociology, or other fields relevant to social protection, or, a First University Degree with additional years of related work experience and/or trainings/courses.

    Experience:

    A minimum of 5 years professional experience relevant to social protection, preferably contributing to food security and/or nutrition objectives, including experiences with:

    • government agencies and across the policy cycle;
    • working across various programme types relevant to social protection (e.g. cash- transfer programmes, school feeding, public works / food assistance for assets, insurance programmes etc.);
    • managing discussions with experts in other sectors of WFP expertise e.g., VAM, Nutrition, Supply Chain, Technology, etc.
    • managing substantial components of a complex programme;
    • leading a substantive team.
    • working in WFP HQ and Regional Bureau, an asset.

      Knowledge & Skills:

      • Understanding of Agenda 2030 and respective targets – particularly SDG1, SDG2 and SDG17 - and how the work of WFP can contribute to achieving them;
      • Understanding of WFP’s mandate, Country Strategic Planning process, intervention modalities, programme and project lifecycle tools, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation desirable.
      • Knowledge of current thinking and developments in the field of social protection and public policy, in country capacity strengthening and effective knowledge transfer models, concepts and principles;
      • Knowledge of key national and regional contexts and issues;
      • Problem solving and decision-making skills;
      • Aptitude for supervising, guiding and empowering staff;
      • Ability to develop and maintain relationships with a variety of stakeholders, conveying an informed and professional demeanour toward internal and external partners and stakeholders;
      • Ability to analyse quantitative and qualitative information to understand current and future social protection needs and identify solutions;
      • Learning agility, and appetite for exploring and experimenting with new ideas and approaches;
      • Demonstrated ability to produce high-quality written outputs and ability to present in English and the working language;
      • Ability to work independently in a timely and organised manner;
      • Ability to work as part of a team, participating in open dialogues and valuing diverse opinions of others, regardless of gender, culture, background, experience, or country assignment.
      • Moderate to proficient computer literacy.

        Languages:

        📚 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝗮 𝗝𝗼𝗯 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗡 𝗶𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯! 🌍🤝 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗿𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗡 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗨𝗡𝗛𝗖𝗥, 𝗪𝗙𝗣, 𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗖𝗘𝗙, 𝗨𝗡𝗗𝗦𝗦, 𝗨𝗡𝗙𝗣𝗔, 𝗜𝗢𝗠 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀! 🌐

        ⚠️ 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐍𝐨𝐰: 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐚 𝐣𝐨𝐛 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐍𝐎𝐖!

        Fluency (level C) with at least Intermediate knowledge (level B) in English.

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