The United Nations World Food Programme 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 2012, WFP’s Executive Board adopted a Policy on Humanitarian Protection that sets out WFP’s role and responsibilities in relation to supporting and promoting the protection of people it seeks to assist through its programmes. Over the long-term, this Protection Policy aims to: foster an agency that consciously and positively contributes to the promotion of the rights of people it seeks to assist; develop a body of humanitarians who are better informed about protection concerns; and provide assistance which contributes to safer, more dignified, and more accountable solutions to food insecurity and hunger.
The implementation of the Protection Policy focuses on i) staff capacity development; ii) context and protection risk analysis; iii) integration of protection into programme design and implementation; iv) incorporation into programme tools; v) protection information management; and vi) strengthening of WFP’s bilateral and inter-agency collaboration.
The Protection Policy is complemented by WFP’s five commitments to Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP) (2012), and its policies on Peacebuilding in Transition Settings (2013), Humanitarian Principles (2004), and Gender (2015).
Following the landfall of Tropical Cyclone Idai in the port city of Beira on 14 March, 2.7 million people across Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi required urgent humanitarian assistance. The cyclone caused widespread damage in Mozambique, affecting over 1.85 million people, as well alarming figures in Malawi and Zimbabwe.
Currently, as the post-cyclone recovery progresses, WFP in Sofala and Manica provinces is implementing different food assistance programmes, including food assistance for assets (FFA), lean season assistance (LSA), unconditional food/cash assistance, school feeding and nutrition programmes. WFP works in close collaboration with the Mozambican authorities, and its implementing partners include international and national NGOs.
WFP Mozambique CO therefore, is seeking an international Consultant, who under the direct supervision of the Head of Sub-Office in Beira, with the aim of ensuring accountability for affected populations.
The Protection Advisor (PA) based in Beira will cover WFP’s programming in Sofala and Manica provinces. The Protection Advisor will work under the supervision of the Head of Sub-Office in Beira, in close collaboration with the Maputo-based Gender and Protection Advisor.
The Protection Advisor will supervise a team of three national staff working on Protection and Complaints and Feedback Mechanisms (CFM) based in Beira and provide technical oversight to one staff based in Manica province.
Purpose
People
Performance
Partnership
Capability Name | Description of the behaviour expected for the proficiency level |
Business Support Services & Reporting | Exhibits ability to convert business plans into clear actions for team members to support the implementation of the program. Collects and reports data to draw out fact-based insights. |
Internal Controls & Risk Management | Demonstrates basic knowledge of internal controls, risk management, and monitoring mechanisms and their applicability to immediate client’s critical activities. |
Resource Management | Monitors trends in staffing and resource usage to anticipate and escalate potential issues to programme leaders and key clients. |
Specialised Knowledge in Administrative Services | Demonstrates a broad or specialist knowledge of administration best practices, techniques and processes, and a good grasp of WFP standards, processes, and infrastructure in area of responsibility; applies this to ensure the provision of efficient and effective administration services. |
Customer Focus | Monitors and supervises administrative work against the established standards and protocols for service excellence. Ensures that customer problems are identified and resolved. |