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Job Title:    Programme Policy Officer (UN Jobs)

Organization: World Food Programme (WFP)

Duty Station: Arua, 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:  It is with the above background that a Program Policy Officer at NOC grade level is needed to reinforce the ground team in Arua, especially the daily operations management.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Contribute towards the development of a wide variety of projects, plans and processes, ensuring alignment with wider programme policies and guidance.
• Lead the AO programme team and activities, solving operational issues and challenges as appropriate.
• Provide project management support to specific and defined programmes and projects of considerable size/complexity, ensuring a coordinated approach with wider programmes that complies with WFP standards and procedures.
• Coordinate the Research and analyse a range of policy and operational issues to inform the development of policies, programmes, and activities.
• 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.
• Liaise with internal and external counterparts to ensure effective collaboration, monitor ongoing projects, and highlight potential risks to project delivery.
• Liaise with Field Office teams to plan and manage WFP field Programmes in the concerned districts of the Westnile and Acholi region to ensure effective and efficient delivery of food assistance and that daily operational issues are resolved in a timely manner to prevent losses or delays.
• Ensure that allocated resources are used efficiently and are in line with agreed plans, and any deviations are reported to the Area/Country Office.
• Ensure development and coordination of data gathering, analysis and monitoring systems for the purpose of evidence generation on impact of WFP programmes, and that rigorous quality standards are maintained.
• Provide leadership and technical expertise for the planning, formulation, and implementation of flexible food assistance programmes for complex operational environments, including through participation in operational planning forums between CO, AO and FOs.
• Support identification, development, and management of potential partnerships to collaborative working leading to improved food assistance packages.
• Build strategic, effective, and collaborative relations with the local authorities and contribute to the sharing of expertise and capacity strengthening for effective preparedness and response to food assistance needs.
• Strengthen WFP’s leadership status in forums relating to WFP programme activities and facilitate coordination with other agencies and NGOs to ensure that WFP activities complement one another and do not overlap, and that synergies for the food assistance responses are created and maintained.
• Manage Area Office’s technical internal and external support of Community engagement, Crisis Response, Partnerships, AMS, Nutrition.
• Ensure extensive and frequent presence at project areas, distribution sites and centres.
• Support capacity building of WFP staff, partners, and national government to prepare for and respond to food assistance needs.
• Lead, motivate and develop a team of staff to enable high performance.
• Guide and supervise more junior staff, acting as a point of referral while ensuring development of a cohesive, innovative, and high performing team.
• Coordinate timely and effective resources accountability and reporting activities for all programs
• Manage the preparation and dissemination of timely analytical and critical reports, publications, and a variety of information products or proposals for internal or external use.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

Education:  

• Advanced University degree in, Development studies , Economics, Agriculture economics, Environmental Science, Social Sciences, or other field relevant to international development assistance.

Experience: 

• At least 10 years’ experience working across the Programme portfolio including Vulnerability analysis and Mapping, , Agriculture and Market Support, Crisis Response; leading a field office or a small country/are office programme team or a component of a country office programme portfolio; engaging in policy discussion and providing input into policy decisions are desirable.
• Practical experience in complex emergency or development related operations at senior level is desirable
• 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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