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Job Title:    Programme Policy Officer (Cash Based Transfer (CBT)/General Food Assistance (GFA/ProResilience Action (PRO-ACT) (UN Jobs)

Organization: World Food Programme (WFP)

Duty Station: Kyenjojo, Uganda

 

About Organisation:

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: The Programme Policy Officer (Cash Based Transfer (CBT)/General Food Assistance (GFA/ProResilience Action (PRO-ACT) will take lead and manage policy and programme implementation that effectively meet cash assistance needs including through cash-based transfer programming, Cooperating partner funds management and Programme Anticipatory Action activities in the Southwest to ensuring uninterrupted activity implementation and compliance with WFP procedures.

 

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Coordinate partner selection process, onboarding, Field Level Agreements (FLA) management, reviews, and invoice processing.
• Provide project management support to General Food Assistance programs ensuring compliance with WFP standards and procedures and alignment with the wider programs of the Country Office.
• Efficiently manage planning of resources including food and (Cash Based Transfer (CBT), and programme non-food items and ensure effective utilization in a timely manner and according to WFP procedures.
• Enhance the capacity of staff and partners to strengthen the skills, competencies and abilities of the team involved in general food assistance, through stakeholder/ community engagements.
• Efficiently manage planning of resources including food and Cash Based Transfers (CBT), and programme non-food items and ensure effective utilization in a timely manner and according to WFP procedures. populations in South-Western Uganda, in collaboration with UNHCR, OPM, District Local Governments or other stakeholders involved in the intervention.
• Liaise with internal and external counterparts to ensure effective collaboration; monitor ongoing projects and highlight potential risks to project delivery.
• Coordinate the Southwest Inter-Agency Cash Working Group
• Work with WFP-contracted Cooperating Partners and Financial Service Providers (FSPs) to ensure efficient and accountable cash distributions and transfers at the field level.
• Ensure evidence-based and market-oriented scale-up of cash-based transfers across the settlements.
• Expand digital cash transfer mechanisms including the agent banking model and mobile money with the objective of promoting financial inclusion for the people we serve.
• Assist in reviewing, dissemination, and implementation of CBT Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), to identify and document impacts on underlying processes, systems, people and the organizational structure.
• Facilitate the establishment and/or strengthen programmatic partnerships with government entities, UN agencies, NGOs, and other operational partners for building of synergies, coherence, and complementarity of programs.
• Ensure strong collaboration, coordination, and networking in order to identify opportunities, avoid duplication of activities and create innovations to improve, complement and supplement WFP assistance programs for the overall realization of selfreliance and resilience.
• Contribute to the preparation of accurate and timely reporting on programmes and activities that enable informed decision-making and consistency of information presented to stakeholders through monthly, quarterly, annual, operational, and ad-hoc reports.
• Contribute to preparedness actions, such as early warning, risk analysis and contingency plan make necessary recommendations; prepare periodic and ad-hoc reports on the progress of operational projects in the South-West and make recommendations and/or proposals for improvements in operations.
• Coordinate WFP responses to crisis-affected persons in the region including assessments and capacity building of the AO team to respond to crisis.
• Provide regular feedback to the CBT Coordinator at the Country Office level regarding the progress of distributions, including achievements and constraints as well as suggested improvement actions.
• Provide hands-on guidance to Financial Service Providers (FSPs) in the engagement with bank agents, CBT beneficiaries as part of the on-going expansion of cash transfers.
• In collaboration with Assessment Monitoring Evaluation and Learning (AMEL) unit, Support in monitoring and evaluation of CBT across the target settlements under the Area Office Cost category IA.
• Take lead in the follow up of the timely submission, review and processing of the CP invoices ensuring compliance to guidelines and set standards.
• Together with the department of Relief, disaster Preparedness and management (DRDPM) of the Prime Minister (OPM), Districts and Partners implement ProResilience Action (PRO-ACT):
• Strengthen Shock Responsive Systems in Southwest by Strengthening existing Early warning systems and capacities of sub national and local actors to predict, reduce and respond to shocks.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

Education:

• Advanced University degree or First University Degree with additional years of related work experience in International Affairs, Economics, Nutrition/Health, Agriculture, Environmental Science, Social Sciences, or any other field relevant to international development assistance attained from recognized institution.

Experience:

• At least six years of postgraduate progressively responsible professional experience in humanitarian and development work, stakeholder engagement, technical knowledge of and/or experience in in-kind food, social protection, cash and voucher transfers, Prior experience in implementing programmes and providing input into designing operations, policy discussions and decisions gained from a reputable organization.

Knowledge & Skills:

• 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 analyze and consolidate quantitative and qualitative information from different sources (e.g., market studies) to inform transfer modality selection and programme development.
• Effective cognitive abilities, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively and build sustainable partnerships.
• Excellent influencing and communication skills, both written and verbal
• Very good training skills, hardworking, calm, mature, logical, culturally sensitive, result-oriented and interested in humanitarian development work.
• Broad Knowledge of Specialized areas (i.e. Nutrition, VAM, etc.): Demonstrates the ability to interpret basic data in the context of WFP-specialized 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.
• Languages: Fluency in oral and written English, including strong writing skills

 

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 June 2024

 

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