Deadline: 20 July, 2020
Location: Abuja, Nigeria
The World Food Programme (WFP) is seeking applications from eligible applicants for the post of Programme Policy Officer (Gender).
The WFP is the world’s largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide. The organisation’s mission is to ensure that the poorest and most vulnerable populations, particularly women and children, can access the nutritious food they need.
Responsibilities
- Provide advice for the integration of gender in the design and implementation of CSP activities
- Support and strengthen the undertaking and use of gender and age analyses as standalone activities and integrated into all assessments/data collection
- Provide technical guidance for gender-responsive monitoring
- Provide advice for integrating gender into the design and implementation of CSP activities
- Establish and strengthen strategic partnerships in support of gender equality and women’s empowerment outcomes, including with other UN entities, NGOs, local CSOs and private sector
- Actively participate in and contribute to the work of the inter-agency gender theme group in Nigeria
- Assist HR in designing and delivering learning opportunities for WFP Nigeria employees as well as partners (as applicable) to increase their abilities to integrate gender into their work/functional areas
- Coordinate the work of the country office gender results network
- Support the CO partnerships office in the mobilisation of resources
- Contribute to the country office communication activities, including review of regular updates and briefing materials, and sharing of activities through the WFP gender community
- Manage annual completion of the online entries for the gender and age marker monitoring exercise
- Prepare and/or deliver gender equality and inclusion training materials and training adapted to the Nigeria country context to relevant audience
- Build strategic alliances with other key actors, internal and external to WFP, to advocate for gender transformative programming and collaborate on GEWE initiatives
- Prepare timely and accurate reports on gender and inclusion activities occurring in WFP Nigeria
- Take the lead in organising activities to mark International Women’s Day and the 16 Days of Activism against gender-based violence
- Perform other relevant duties as needed
Requirements
- Advanced university degree in Social Sciences, Gender, International Development, International Relations, Human Rights, Political Science or a related field
- Five years, minimum, of relevant professional and practical experience in gender equality and women’s empowerment programming/operations
- Experienced in writing analytical documents and reports
- Experienced in conducting participatory gender and age analyses, utilising mixed methods
- Experienced in delivering gender-related training and capacity-strengthening initiatives
- Knowledge of the GEWE-related mandates
- In-depth knowledge of gender in humanitarian and development settings
- Ability to effectively communicate through multiple media
- Ability to effectively engage with partners
- Ability to produce funding proposals
- Working knowledge of English
- Nationality of Nigeria
To apply and for more information, click here.
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