UN Jobs – Programme Policy Officer – United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)

Job: Programme Policy Officer (Social Protection, Learning & Policy)

Organization: United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

Reports to: Programme Policy Officer Social Protection (CST)

About WFP:

United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is the world’s largest humanitarian agency, fighting hunger worldwide. The mission of WFP is to help the world achieve Zero Hunger in our lifetimes. Every day, WFP works worldwide to ensure that no child goes to bed hungry and that the poorest and most vulnerable, particularly women and children, can access the nutritious food they need. In emergencies, WFP gets food to where it is needed, saving the lives of victims of war, civil conflict and natural disasters. After an emergency, WFP uses food to United help communities rebuild their lives. On average, WFP reaches more than 80 million people with food assistance in 80 countries each year. The organization has the global footprint, deep field presence and local knowledge and relationships necessary to provide access to food and contribute to lasting solutions, especially in many of the world’s most remote and fragile areas.

Job Summary:  Under the supervision of the Programme Policy Officer Social Protection (CST) within the Resilience and Social Protection programme team, the primary job purpose of the PPO-Social Protection Learning & Policy is to establish and support collaborative learning, knowledge generation and feedback. Working closely with monitoring and evaluation colleagues, the PPO will facilitate processes to help the CSSP team and partners advance their learning agenda and achieve their learning goals and the delivery of knowledge products.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Lead development, implementation and monitoring of a learning agenda and uptake strategy (including communication and advocacy) for the Child Sensitive Social Protection Programme (CSSP) that engages both the WFP social protection team and its partners
• Coordinate research, monitoring, evaluation and learning activities under the CSSP  that translate evidence into knowledge products
• Establish and lead a virtual learning network for WFP’s social protection team across its country, area and field offices
• Facilitate team members to undertake real-time learning and collectively identify areas to further develop social protection capacities
• Introduce and regularly apply tools, techniques and exercises to identify and capture lessons and other learning; participate in internal reviews and assessments to support lesson learning
• Organise activities that foster learning at the individual and group level, such as brown bag seminars, webinars, virtual roundtables, etc.
• Identify and work with WFP and external subject matter experts to provide CSSP team members and partners with access to technical expertise
• Work with subject matter experts to shape and finalize knowledge products
• Coordinate disseminating information to government and development partners and other key stakeholders in the social protection sector
• Other tasks and duties as required and/or assigned by the supervisor

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The ideal candidate for the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Programme Policy Officer (Social Protection, Learning & Policy) job vacancy must hold an advanced degree in Economics, Social Sciences, Business or related area
• At least five (5) years of post-graduate professional experience in research, knowledge management and/or policy dialogue
• Exceptionally strong communication, advocacy and facilitation skills
• Highly effective at networking and sourcing expertise
• Deep understanding of social protection systems and processes
• Familiarity with adult learning approaches and techniques and leading and motivating groups

Desired:

• Experience working with Uganda government social protection programmes
• Experience with WFP systems and procedures

Competencies:

• Supply Chain Management and Optimization: Displays aptitude at monitoring and reporting on supply chain operations to enable teams to efficiently assess the performance and sustainability of current networks.
• Planning, Project & Resource Management: Supports the planning, forecasting & resource management efforts of own team by collecting data from diverse sources.
• Information Management & Reporting: Collates accurate and timely information and data to enable informed decision making on reporting within individual unit and consequently the greater humanitarian community.
• Market Analysis, Contracting and Operational Execution: Ability to collect and collate necessary information to enable WFP to make informed operational decisions.
• Warehouse and Inventory Management: Demonstrates ability to carry out day to day activities around warehouse and inventory management in a manner that complies with WFP’s operational warehouse procedures.
• Technical Assistance and Coordination: Demonstrates awareness of the importance of technical assistance and coordination with key stakeholders and an ability to carry out logistics activities, respecting individual mandates and programme priorities.

NB: Female applicants and qualified applicants from developing countries are especially encouraged to apply

How to Apply:

All suitably qualified candidates who wish to join the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) are encouraged to apply online at the link below

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Deadline: 18^th February 2021