WFP is hiring a Programme Policy Officer -International Consultant based in Maputo.
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.
The current WFP Country Strategic Plan (CSP) for Mozambique (2017-2021) will finish in June 2022. To facilitate internal approval processes, a first draft of the new WFP CSP for Mozambique (2022-2026) is to be finalized in the last quarter of 2021. To inform this new CSP a significant number of documents will need to be reviewed, and a series meetings with a wide variety of internal- and external stakeholders need to be conducted. The incumbent of this position is responsible for distilling all these different documents and consultations in various draft for the review of WFP’s Mozambique Country Office, WFP’s Regional Bureau for Southern Africa, WFP’s Headquarters, and ultimately, WFP’s Executive Board. The incumbent of this position will report directly to the Country Director.
Mozambique, with an estimated population of 25.8 million people, is classified as a low-income, food-deficit country, ranked 180 out of 188 countries on the Human Development Index. Mozambique is one of the most disaster prone countries in the world; while the southern and central regions regularly experience droughts, floods occur every two to three years along the major river basins and in poorly drained urban settlements. The regularity of these events perpetuate a cycle of vulnerability and emphasize the need for adequate disaster preparedness, prevention and management. Intense tropical cyclones Idai and Kenneth made landfall in Mozambique on 14 March and 25 April 2019 respectively. To date, 2.2 million people have been provided with food assistance by WFP since March across all affected Provinces.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)
4Ps CORE ORGANISATIONAL CAPABILITIES
Purpose
People
Performance
Partnership
OTHER SPECIFIC JOB REQUIREMENTS
Demonstrated integrity in accordance with UN standards values and ethics, to support the vision and mission of the United Nations and support the achievement of WFP’s strategic objectives;
DESIRED EXPERIENCES FOR ENTRY INTO THE ROLE
DELIVERABLES
The main responsibility is to ensure that a draft Mozambique CSP (2022-2026) is ready in time and that ownership of this draft is ensured as much as possible amongst all colleagues of WFP in Mozambique as well as WFP’s main partners in Mozambique.