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 World Food Programme (WFP) is the largest humanitarian organization addressing the challenges of global hunger and nutrition. WFP works with its partners to achieve the vision of a zero hunger world. Its Strategic Plan aligns WFP’s work with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and covers the period 2017–2021.
While WFP’s mandate clearly articulates both humanitarian and development responsibilities, the organization’s comparative advantage and long experience call for prioritization of emergency, life-saving and development-enabling work that benefits the poorest and most marginal people. The Sustainable Development Goals require moving beyond saving lives to changing lives, focusing first on the people in greatest need, not just in least-developed countries but universally throughout the world.
In response to cyclones Idai and Kenneth WFP provided life-saving food assistance to more than 2 million Mozambicans. In addition to its salient role in emergency response, WFP manages a broad programme portfolio including School Meals, Capacity Strengthening, Climate Resilience, Small Holder farmer support, social protection and Nutrition programmes.
Currently, WFP’s presence in Mozambique included some 350 staff located in the Country Office in Maputo and the following Sub Offices:
Xai Xai Sub Office, Beira Sub Office, Tete Sub Office, Nampula Sub Office, Quelimane Sub Office, Pemba Sub Office, Chimoio Sub Office
The WFP recognizes that it is impossible to achieve zero hunger without addressing the structural drivers of food insecurity and malnutrition, and that gender inequality is one of the most important causal problems. Moreover, WFP is cognizant that to enhance efficiency, impact and fairness, it must work to properly engender its entire programme portfolio. This involves the conduct of gender assessments, development of programme recommendations, implementation of gender-specific and gender-sensitive activities and other dedicated actions throughout the programme lifecycle. WFP is also determined to achieve gender parity within its workforce and to enforce zero tolerance of incidents of sexual abuse and exploitation.
These Terms of Reference describe the duties and responsibilities of a Gender Advisor who will be accountable to oversee gender-specific and gender-sensitive actions and advise the WFP Country Office on the range of complex gender issues associated with WFP’s work in Mozambique.
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University degree in Sociology, Social Development, Public Health, Community Development, Social Sciences or related fields with a strong knowledge of food security and nutrition issues and demonstrated experience in the area of gender research or in implementing gender programmes
Duration of assignment: this is a 1 year renewable contract