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• Supporting the dissemination of the Labour Intensive Public Works
  (LIPWs) guidelines;
• Supporting Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development (MGLSD)
  to establish a National LIPWs Technical Working Committee that will be
  responsible to appraise, supervise and monitor LIPW projects;
• Strengthening the coordination and the capacity of members of the
  technical working committee to appraise, supervise and monitor LIPW dub projects;
• Developing the ToT Training Manual and Materials;
• Training selected ToTs at various levels;
• Supporting and supervising district level disseminations;
• Working as a liaison for UN WFP and MGLSD in ensuring implementation
  of the project;
• Developing and environmental and social management framework and
  plan for LIPW; working with the communication teams of WFP and ESPP to
  develop and implement a Communications and Advocacy plan for LIPW,
• Supporting completion and generation of consensus on the M&E and
  Implementation framework for LIPW guidelines;
• Supporting the development and implementation of a Risk Management
  Framework;
• Supporting the assessment of Public Works programmes to ascertain
  whether they can be incorporated into labour intensive public works as per
  LIPW guidelines;
• Developing a Database to track all public works interventions in the
  country;
• Enhance the relationship with key stakeholders in LIPW e.g. NUSAF
• Perform any other duties as required.

• The ideal candidate for the United Nations UN World Food Programme
  (WFP) Programme Policy Officer (LIPW Advisor) job placement should hold an
  advanced University degree in any of the following fields: Social
  Sciences, Development Studies, Education and/or any relevant field in the
  Humanities
• Post Graduate Diploma in the fields above.
• A minimum of seven years’ experience in Labour Intensive Public
  Works (LIPW) as it relates to social protection and programmes led in
  conjunction with partner governments.
• Previous experience in building capacity of government counterparts
• Has experience working across the Program portfolio including
  VAM/Nutrition.
• Has led a Sub Office or a small country/area office programme team
  or a component of a country office programme portfolio.
• Has engaged in policy discussions and provided input into policy
  decisions.

• Programme Lifecycle & Food Assistance: Displays ability to identify the main
  hunger problem at the national or subnational level to design and
  implement context-specific programmes that integrate complex analysis and
  the full range of food assistance tools.
• Transfer Modalities (Food, Cash, Voucher): Demonstrates the ability to design,
  implement, monitor and provide oversight over effective and efficient
  programmes deploying different transfer modalities.
• Broad Knowledge of Specialized areas (i.e. Nutrition, VAM, etc.): Demonstrates the ability to interpret
  basic data in the context of WFP specialised fields to contribute to
  technical programme design, implementation and monitoring.
• Emergency Programming: Displays ability to translate understanding of programme principles
  in emergencies and protracted conflict situations into relevant,
  effective, and context specific approaches
• Strategic Policy Engagement w/ Government: Develops thorough recommendations using
  multiple inputs (e.g., government counsel, research, own experience) to
  strengthen national or subnational entities and government owned food and
  nutrition security programmes.

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