Programme Policy Officer (Cash Based Transfer) – SC8 Full-Time

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.

Education: Advanced University degree in International Affairs, Economics, Nutrition/Health, Agriculture, Environmental Science, Social Sciences or other field relevant to international development assistance, or First University Degree with additional years of related work experience and/or trainings/courses.
Language: Fluency (level C) in English language and Portuguese. Good understanding of local dialects.

These jobs are found in Headquarters (HQ), Regional Bureaux (RBs) or Country Offices (COs) and job holders report to a more senior Programme Policy Officer.
Job holders are likely to be working under the close support and guidance of a more experienced professional staff member receiving guidance and regular feedback on work performed. They are typically involved in programme or policy activities or similar nature and analytical work of limited complexity.

A category 4 tropical cyclone (Idai) made landfall on 14 March, 2019 in the Provinces of Sofala, Manica, Tete and Zambezia. The cyclone affected an estimated number of half a million persons and triggered resettlement of around 15,000 households in the provinces of Sofala and Manica. WFP Mozambique is seaeking to recruit a Programme Policy Officer who will be based in Sofala Province, and under the supervision of the Sub-Office CBT focal point and the technical guidance of the Cash-Based Transfers (CBT) Head of Unit, will provide support to WFP to continue assisting the most vulnerable households in the resettlement centers through cash transfers and voucher assistance. A new lean season assistance will resume in October 2020, for a significant number of households.

1. Provide project management support to specific and defined CBT programmes and projects of considerable size/complexity;
2. Support and perform actions related to the implementation of the CBT Business Process Model in all phases; from the design of the project response, to the intervention set-up, the implementation and project closure;
3. Monitor the CBT distributions to ensure compliance with WFP standard procedures;
4. Review the daily/final distribution reports and share distribution updates with the management in Beira and also Country Office (CO) if requested;
5. Support the review of all the CP CBT invoices and thereafter ensure that the invoices are forwarded to the CO for further action;
6. Support Supply Chain – CBT in relevant market assessment;
7. Support the negotiation of Field Level Agreements or contract agreements with partners;
8. Cooperate with government representatives and implementing partners;
9. Develop and coordinate CBT and wider programme data gathering and monitoring systems ensuring that rigorous quality standards are maintained;
10. Other as required.

Purpose

• Understand and communicate the Strategic Objectives: Understands WFP’s Strategic Objectives and the link to own work objectives.
• Be a force for positive change: Flexibly adapts individual contributions to accommodate changes in direction from supervisors and internal/external changes (such as evolving needs of beneficiaries, new requirements of partners).
•  Make the mission inspiring to our team: Recognizes and shares with team members the ways in which individual contributions relate to WFP’s mission.
•  Make our mission visible in everyday actions: Sets own goals in alignment with WFP’s overall operations, and is able to communicate this link to others.

People

• Look for ways to strengthen people’s skills: Assesses own strengths and weaknesses to increase self-awareness, and includes these in conversations on own developmental needs.
•  Create an inclusive culture: Participates in open dialogue, and values the diverse opinion of others, regardless of background, culture, experience, or country assignment.
•  Be a coach & provide constructive feedback: Proactively seeks feedback and coaching to build confidence, and develop and improve individual skills.
•  Create an “I will”/”We will” spirit: Participates in accomplishing team activities and goals in the face of challenging circumstances.

Performance

• Encourage innovation & creative solutions: Shows willingness to explore and experiment with new ideas and approaches in own work.
•  Focus on getting results: Consistently delivers results within individual scope of work on time, on budget and without errors.
•  Make commitments and make good on commitments: Commits to upholding individual accountabilities and responsibilities in the face of ever-changing country or functional priorities.
•  Be Decisive: Makes rational decisions about individual activities when faced with uncertain circumstances, including in times of ambiguity regarding information or manager direction.

Partnership

• Connect and share across WFP units: Seeks to understand and adapt to internal or cross-unit teams’ priorities and preferred working styles.
•  Build strong external partnerships: Demonstrates ability to understand and appropriately respond to and/or escalate needs of external partners.
•  Be politically agile & adaptable: Portrays an informed and professional demeanor toward internal and external partners and stakeholders.
•  Be clear about the value WFP brings to partnerships: Provides operational support on analyses and assessments that quantifies and demonstrates WFP’s unique value as a partner.

This section is optional to describe additional responsibilities & knowledge required for the specific job.

• At least three years of postgraduate progressively responsible professional experience in the private or public sector demonstrating high performance;
• Significant experience in the humanitarian sector, in Idai response an asset;
• At least one year of relevant working experience (design, set-up, implementation and monitoring) in cash or voucher assistance in Mozambique or abroad
• Proven capacity to support innovation in programme approaches;
• Experience of working in partnership with the government local authorities.