Programme Policy Officer (Livelihoods and Resilience), NOA, Baghdad, Iraq WFP/IRQ 2018/10

ABOUT WFP

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.

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education: Advanced University degree in economics, agriculture, agronomy, agro-economy, engineering, international affairs, business administration, social sciences, development studies or a field relevant to international development assistance.
Language: International Professional: Fluency (level C) in English language. Intermediate knowledge (level B) of a second official UN language: Arabic.

Experience: At least seven years of postgraduate progressively responsible professional experience in humanitarian assistance, livelihoods, risk management.

ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT

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. 

JOB PURPOSE

To join the Resilience team and contribute to the development of this approach through the provision of support in the planning, implementation, and monitoring of activities, initiatives and partnerships in the areas of livelihoods, resilience and economic recovery. 

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

1. Under the direct supervision of the Programme Officer in charge of resilience, the National Programme Officer will be responsible for performing the following functions:

2. Liaise with local authorities to identify the type of interventions and priorities established by the Government.
3. Identify operational constraints, pre-conditions, and implementation modalities for harnessing the potential in the programme target areas;
4. Analyze potential constraints, make recommendations and draft operational guidance, as necessary, to improve efficiency and transparency of the operations cash/food for assets;
5. Prepare calls for proposals, support project identification, design and implementation with Cooperating Partners;
6. Develop a clear work plan for livelihoods activities at Sub-office level, with special emphasis on targets and milestones to be achieved in cooperation with Cooperating Partners;
7. Work closely with Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping (VAM), Program and Logistic units to establish qualitative indicators and ensure that qualitative aspects are considered during the implementation of the projects;
8. Develop operational guidance for WFP staff and partner organizations for project planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, and reporting;
9. Assess the training needs of WFP and relevant Cooperating Partners staff, and design and organize appropriate capacity development activities;
10. Design and carry out participatory research and knowledge development, in the field of livelihoods and resilience building;
11. Provide supervisory support and technical guidance to programme staff involved in the planning, implementation, monitoring evaluation and reporting of the livelihoods and resilience programme;
12. Undertake monitoring and technical supervision missions as required by sub-offices, partner organizations, and stakeholders in the country;
13. Prepare operational overviews, briefing, and snapshots of the response for communication with donors, Food Security Cluster and other Working Groups, National and Local Authorities, as well as for awareness campaigns and advocacy purposes.
14. Develop lessons learned and document best practices in Livelihoods and Resilience programmes in Iraq;
15. Other as required.

4Ps CORE ORGANISATIONAL CAPABILITIES

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.

FUNCTIONAL CAPABILITIES

Expected Outcomes

• Partners capacity to engage in resilience activities as per WFP standards are assessed
• Proposed projects are well designed, validated and implemented as per WFP standards
• SO are supported by the monitoring of implemented resilience/livelihood projects;
• FFA initiatives are identified, evaluated and capitalized upon
• Inter-sectorial coordination and projects convergence at internal level (Programs, projects, and Units) and an external level (NGOs, UN, Authorities) are ensured.
• Activities are monitored and evaluated with special focus on qualitative indicators

DESIRED EXPERIENCES FOR ENTRY INTO THE ROLE

• Knowledge and experience in livelihood, community development, Risk/Hazard management approaches and programme design, management and implementation.
• Proven professional experience in the related fields with ability to work independently on technical matters with minimum supervision.
• Training and/or experience utilizing computers, including word processing, spreadsheet and other standard WFP software packages and systems. General knowledge of UN system policies, rules, regulations and procedures governing administration.
• Demonstrated excellence in liaising with donors and establishing innovative partnerships.
• Knowledge and/or experience of both emergency and development contexts.  Specific knowledge and experience of humanitarian operations, especially WFP operations;
• Excellent writing and communication skills in English; ability to produce excellent quality documents and reports and policy documents; knowledge of Arabic is an asset.
• Ability to work under stress and achieve results under very tight deadlines.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

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Female applicants and qualified applicants from developing countries are especially encouraged to apply

WFP has zero tolerance for discrimination and does not discriminate on the basis of HIV/AIDS status.

No appointment under any kind of contract will be offered to members of the UN Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ), International Civil Service Commission (ICSC), FAO Finance Committee, WFP External Auditor, WFP Audit Committee, Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) and other similar bodies within the United Nations system with oversight responsibilities over WFP, both during their service and within three years of ceasing that service.