Deadline: 17 July, 2020
Location: Yaounde, Cameroon
The World Food Programme (WFP) is seeking applications from eligible applicants for the post of Programme Policy Officer.
WFP is the world’s largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide.
Responsibilities
- Design, manage and monitor the implementation of food assistance activities that use CBTs to address food insecurity in line with WFP’s corporate CBT business model
- Provide technical advice or mobilise technical expertise on CBT issues such as assessment and analysis, the choice of objectives, activities, transfer modalities and appropriate food baskets, the deployment and testing of innovative approaches and the development of strategies to support government efforts to reduce hunger and malnutrition
- Through the inter-agency cash working group for which WFP is the national chair, maintain and enhance WFP’s leadership status (as chair) by identifying opportunities for collaborative and harmonised approaches and initiatives that improve humanitarian assistance using cash transfers and support advocacy work to market the use of cash
- Through the internal cash working group chaired by the Deputy Country Director, liaise with other units including supply chain, finance, IT, VAM, procurement, security as well as heads of field offices to ensure the multi-disciplinary participation of all functional units in the implementation and efficient delivery of programmes that use CBTs as a modality of assistance
- Provide advice and support on moderately complex issues concerning CBTs to clarify ambiguities and ensure that policy and programme operations are consistent with WFP policies, executive board decisions and other relevant guidance
- Assist counterparts in governments and other partners in identifying where food assistance, using CBTs, can be usefully employed, and provide relevant support and technical expertise for planning, formulation and implementation
Requirements
- Advanced university degree in any of Economics, Agriculture, Environmental Sciences, Social Sciences, Nutrition, Information Technology, Mathematics, Statistics, Development Studies or other related field
- Five years, minimum, of progressive professional experience in the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of humanitarian, early recovery and development programmes with focus on food and nutrition security, resilience, livelihoods, refugee assistance, protection and social protection
- Three to five years of demonstrated operational and theoretical experience and knowledge of cash-based transfers, including cash feasibility assessments, market assessments, analysis of appropriate cash delivery systems/mechanisms, construction of minimum expenditure baskets, among others
- Theoretical and practical knowledge of major humanitarian and development challenges and issues, specifically strategies and frameworks for poverty and hunger reduction
- Demonstrated planning and project management skills such as including supervisory and people management, ability to mobilise resources through well written proposals and strategy documents, negotiation, communication, judgement and decision making and capacity building skills, among others
- Demonstrated cordial working relationships with local and regional governments, civil society, donors, UN agencies, local and international organisations
- Fluency in oral and written English and French
- Additional knowledge of local dialects
- Knowledge of databases, information, and monitoring systems is a plus
To apply and for more information, click here.
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