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Job Title:    Programme Policy Officer
(Cash Transfer Delivery Mechanisms)

Organization: United
Nations World Food Programme (WFP)

Project Name:
Child-Sensitive Social Protection Programme in Refugee-Hosting Districts in the
West Nile Region” (CSSP) with UNICEF

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.

 

About CSSP Programme:

WFP is jointly
implementing the “Child-Sensitive Social Protection Programme in
Refugee-Hosting Districts in the West Nile Region” (CSSP) with UNICEF. WFP is
responsible for the CSSP’s social protection systems strengthening pillar,
which focuses on enabling improved delivery of three Government of Uganda
social protection programmes at the district level, as well as developing a
nutrition-sensitive cash-based transfer (CBT). This work will involve process
improvements at the service delivery level in the districts and eventually
improvements and integration of systems across programmes.

 

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-Cash Transfer Delivery
Mechanisms is to improve the delivery process of CBT services to beneficiaries
by contributing to the design, planning, implementation, monitoring and
evaluation of cash delivery mechanisms. This includes strengthening systems and
processes of individual government programmes and design of a
nutrition-sensitive CBT, including but not limited to targeting, registration,
enrolment, delivery and case management (information updates and complaints).

 

Key Duties and Responsibilities:  

Support the
development and implementation of CBT processes and components for initiatives
led by the social protection unit and other programme sub-units:

·       
Oversee
and coordinate technical support for the improvement of CBT processes in
government social protection programmes supported by the CSSP;

·       
Support
development and implementation of the CSSP’s CBT component and supporting
processes and coordinate development of its management information system
(MIS);

·       
Support
the development and implementation of CBT activities led by other Programme
sub-units;

·       
Coordinate
with the CBT unit to support the harmonisation of social transfers with
humanitarian cash delivery systems as required;

·       
Support
the appraisal of various cash assistance delivery mechanisms to suit specific
programmes based on context and the required proposal development;Participate
in the Cash Technical Working Group and other relevant internal fora on
Cash-Based Transfers as required to improve cross-unit collaboration.

Support the
development of improved Management Information System (MIS) tools and processes
and their implementation in accordance with the CSSP for district and national
partners:

·       
Support
the technical assessment, design, rollout and deployment of MIS tools and
processes for stakeholders;

·       
Support
the design and implementation of process monitoring tools for quality assurance
and to ensure compliance to WFP policies and procedures;

·       
Engage
and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to coordinate
assistance delivery mechanisms across the various stakeholders;

·       
Participate
in relevant internal and external fora on assistance delivery mechanisms as
required to improve cross-organizational collaboration

Support integrated
resource management of the Social Protection and Resilience portfolio, setting
up tools and process for portfolio management; monitoring and reporting on the
CSSP budget; and mentoring junior members of staff for continuous update and
use of these tools.

·       
Support
other work of the unit as determined in accordance with organizational
priorities.

 

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

·       
The
ideal candidate for the United Nations World Food Programme
(WFP) Programme Policy Officer (Cash Transfer Delivery Mechanisms) job
vacancy must hold an advanced University degree in International Affairs,
Economics, Nutrition/Health, Agriculture, Environmental Science, Social
Sciences or other field relevant to international development assistance, or
First University Degree with additional years of related work experience and/or
trainings/courses.

·       
Language:
International Professional: Fluency (level C) in English language. Intermediate
knowledge (level B) of a second official UN language: Arabic, Chinese, French,
Russian, Spanish, and/or WFP’s working language, Portuguese.

·       
Prior
experience in implementing technical programs (i.e. nutrition, etc.).

·       
Experience
in implementing programmes and providing input into designing operations.

·       
Exposure
and experience in policy discussions and decisions.

·       
National
Professional: Fluency (level C)
in English language and the duty station’s language, if different.

 

Competencies:

·       
Programme
Lifecycle & Food Assistance: Demonstrates ability to identify key variables and contextual factors
that affect food assistance problems and programmes throughout the lifecycle to
inform quality programme design or re-design.

·       
Transfer
Modalities (Food, Cash, Voucher): Demonstrates ability to analyse and consolidate quantitative and
qualitative information from different sources (e.g., market studies) to inform
transfer modality selection and programme development.

·       
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 capacity
to provide inputs into the development, implementation and realignment of high
quality emergency programmes.

·       
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.

 

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: 28th January 2021

 

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