WFP is hiring a Programme Policy Officer (Senior Advisor) 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.
Job holders are likely to manage a complex portfolio of activities that may include formulation and direct management or coordination of programmes at CO level or formulation of substantial parts of WFP-wide policies and provision of technical advice at RB or HQ level. As such job holders will be expected to have an extensive breadth of programme and policy knowledge/experience including strong technical abilities in an area of expertise and ability to credibly influence strategic, policy and operational discussions. The job holder will report directly to the Country Director
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 series of strategic high-level consultations will need to be conducted in the first half of 2020 with government partners, UN partners, and other relevant stakeholders. Importantly, the incumbent of this position will not be responsible for the write-up of the new CSP but to solicit its main inputs. The incumbent of this position will report directly to the Country Director.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)
4Ps CORE ORGANISATIONAL CAPABILITIES
Purpose
People
Performance
Partnership
FUNCTIONAL CAPABILITIES
Capability Name | Description of the behaviour expected for the proficiency level |
Programme Lifecycle & Food Assistance | Displays ability to identify the main hunger problem at the national or subnational level to design and implement context-specific programmes that integrate complex analysis and the full range of food assistance tools. |
Transfer Modalities (Food, Cash, Voucher) | Demonstrates the ability to design, implement, monitor and provide oversight over effective and efficient programmes deploying different transfer modalities. |
Broad Knowledge of Specialized areas (i.e. Nutrition, VAM, etc.) | Demonstrates the ability to incorporate technical information into programme design and implementation and appropriately communicate it internally and externally. |
Emergency Programming | Displays ability to translate understanding of programme principles in emergencies and protracted conflict situations into relevant, effective, and context specific approaches. |
Strategic Policy Engagement w/ Government | Demonstrates the ability to engage key stakeholders (e.g., WFP units, external partners) in policy dialogue to strengthen national government food and nutrition security strategies and programmes. |
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