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Title:              Programme
Policy Officer ST – (Livelihoods, Resilience and Social Protection)

Organization: United
Nations World Food Programme (WFP)

Duty Station: 
Uganda

Grade: P3

About US:

The UN World Food
Programme (WFP) is the United Nations frontline agency against world hunger. It
is the largest and longest serving humanitarian agency in Uganda. Currently WFP
focuses on three priority areas: Saving lives in Emergencies; Building
Resilience through Predictable Safety Nets; Improving Nutrition &
Mother-and Child Health; and Supporting Small Holder Farmers to Access Markets.
WFP has operations in various parts of the Country.

Key Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Analysis: Using
  secondary data, and in collaboration with technical lead staff in the
  Country Office(CO), and Area Office (AO) undertake a thorough analysis of
  household and community livelihoods strategies, and the factors that help
  to bolster the resilience of those communities, both host and refugee, in
  the host districts b) In collaboration with relevant CO and AO technical
  staff, design and lead a qualitative research exercise with households,
  communities and key informants to understand the factors that contribute
  to a resilient livelihoods in host and refugee communities, and to inform
  programme design to support and enhance those resilience strategies
• Regional assessment: Conduct a political economy analysis of livelihoods support and
  social protection in the region to identify the opportunities and threats
  to the success of the approach and undertake a review of livelihoods,
  social protection and market options available in the region;
• Programme implementation and partnership: Provide technical support for the
  implementation of the menu of resilience and social protection programmes
  currently, or about to be, implemented in Northern Uganda; develop a
  partnership and support approach for relevant line department officials
  responsible for livelihoods development in the District Local Governments  (DLG) of the host districts; in
  partnership with sister UN agencies (in particular UNICEF and FAO),  and with the support of relevant CO  and AO technical staff, develop
  approaches to the support of DLG for the implementation of existing and
  new livelihoods and social protection measures for the host and refugee
  populations of the two sub-regions; In collaboration with implementing
  partner and collaborating NGOs, monitor the management and delivery of
  livelihoods support programmes funded by WFP or its donors.
• District Local Government (DLG) engagement: Further improve the effectiveness of
  the Social Protection programmes in the DLGs to foster investment by poor
  families in human capital accumulation and develop a structured system for
  assisting vulnerable groups;
• Training; With HR
  and the Head of AO, conduct a technical skills audit of existing AO staff.
  In collaboration with CO and AO technical staff, devise and carry out new
  and/or refresher training modules for WFP, DLG and implementing partner
  staff in participatory qualitative and quantitative research, using both
  established and new methodologies;
• Monitoring for impact and outcomes; In collaboration with CO and AO technical staff, devise and carry
  out new and/or refresher training modules for WFP, DLG and implementing
  partner staff to monitor the impact and outcomes of interventions led or
  funded by WFP and its donors; Manage regular exercises to monitor progress
  towards achieving both project impact and contributing to strategic
  outcomes;
• Reporting; Ensure
  internal reporting deadlines are met; 
  ensure that donor reporting requirements are met in a timely manner
  and that quality reports are prepared in the correct format;
• Donor liaison;
  Prepare funding proposals for existing or new resilient livelihoods and
  social protection projects; n association with the Head of Area Office, CO
  staff and, where appropriate, DLG and implementing partners, prepare and
  host donor monitoring visits to project areas; Where appropriate, propose
  and host donor officials’ participation in participatory research
  exercises with host and refugee populations.

Key Deliverables:

• Inception Report of the resilient livelihoods and social protection
  projects
• Capacity Assessment Plan and tools
• Stakeholder consultations in host districts and reports;
• Report on programme design, implementation and coordination;
• Guidelines and standards for programme improvement; and
• Design of DLGs’ integrated social protection models.           

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The ideal candidate for the United Nations UN World Food Programme
  (WFP Programme Policy Officer ST – (Livelihoods, Resilience and Social
  Protection) job placement should an advanced degree in development studies
  or equivalent
• Good track record in the design and management of emergency and
  development  programmes with
  effective social protection components;
• Strong general analytical skills;
• Proven experience of working in partnership with government
  departments and/or humanitarian and development actors
• Strong
  general analytical skills;
• Demonstrable skills in livelihoods analysis, social protection and
  programme development;
• A good understanding of household livelihoods strategies and their
  support;
• Familiarity with resilience and social protection frameworks, and
  their translation into practice;
• Experience in donor liaison, project proposal development and donor
  reporting;
• Experience in conflict and post-conflict environments.
• Language: Fluent oral and written English.

NB: Female
applicants and qualified applicants from Uganda with Ugandan Nationality are
especially encouraged to apply.

How to Apply:

All candidates who
desire to join the United Nations World Food Programme are encouraged to submit
their applications online at the link below.

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Deadline: 7^th September 2019

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