Programme Associate - Protection, Gender and Accountability to Affected Populations, SC6

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WFP seeks candidates of the highest integrity and professionalism who share our humanitarian principles.

Selection of staff is made on a competitive basis, and we are committed to promoting diversity and gender balance.

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.

JOB PURPOSE

The Programme Associate (PGAAP) Officer will support WFP’s operation in Cox’s Bazar District to integrate Protection, Gender and Accountability to Affected Populations (PGAAP), in order to maximize safety, dignity and equality, and minimize social tensions and unintended discrimination or exclusion.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

Under the supervision of the Head of Programme and/or international advisor on protection and/or gender, and with support from the Programme Officer (Protection, Gender & Disability Inclusion) in Bangladesh Country Office, the incumbent will be responsible for:

• Regularly analyzing (through field missions, staff consultation and review of latest data) changes in the operational context which affect the gender issues and protection risks faced by affected people, and their ability to receive information and provide feedback or make complaints;
• Identifying potential adjustments WFP can make to maximize PGAAP outcomes, promote gender equality and transformation, and minimize risks including protection from sexual exploitation and abuse;
• Working closely and collaboratively with Programme colleagues and partners to discuss operational and implementation issues, find solutions, make recommendations and/or alert senior management for higher-level intervention and/or decision;
• Liaising with key focal points in the Country Office including the Programme Officer (Protection, Gender & Disability Inclusion), the focal points for AAP and protection from sexual exploitation and abuse (PSEA);
• Supporting implementation of gender-transformative programming including for women’s economic empowerment;
• Supporting the capacity of staff, partners, contractors and other affiliated entities to implement PGAAP in their work, and raise awareness on PGAAP through marking special days such as International Women’s Day;
• Providing support for the integration of gender into new programmes and into disaster preparedness, contingency, resilience and post-disaster needs assessments planning;
• Supporting application of the Gender and Age Marker to all programmes, at both the design and evaluation stages;
• Supporting effective implementation and dissemination of information and materials about WFP to beneficiaries, and use of interagency information hubs and other mechanisms for communicating with communities (CwC);
• Representing WFP in interagency working groups (Gender in Humanitarian Action, Food Security Sector, Protection Sector Working Group, Child Protection Sub-Sector, Gender-Based Violence Sub-Sector, CwC, PSEA Network) and liaising with external stakeholders including gender and protection staff of other UN entities, NGOs, community-based organizations and government bodies; including women’s rights organizations and the national women’s machinery;
• Documenting/reporting PGAAP activities for ad-hoc/monthly/annual reports; and
• Other related tasks as required.

OTHER SPECIFIC JOB REQUIREMENTS

• Flexibility, including to travel on short notice and in challenging and difficult environments.
• Openness to intensive mentoring support with a view to taking over responsibility for PGAAP in the entire operation.

DESIRED EXPERIENCES FOR ENTRY INTO THE ROLE

At least 5 years’ experience in providing humanitarian assistance or in development projects, of which at least two years are direct field experience. Work experience must include mainstreaming or targeted action in protection and gender, as well as community engagement, feedback and complaints handling.

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education:

Advanced university degree in one of the following disciplines: law, international development, gender studies, human rights, political or social sciences, or another related field.

Language:

• Fluency in oral and written English (proficiency/Level C) is required.
• Fluency in oral and written Bangla is required.
• Fluency in oral Rohingya or Chatgaya dialect is required

Knowledge & Skills:

• In-depth and operational understanding of integrating humanitarian protection, gender equality, women’s empowerment, accountability to affected populations, disability, sexual and gender-based violence, conflict-sensitive programming and humanitarian principles into humanitarian assistance.
• Strong analytical, writing and communication skills. Sound knowledge and skills in training and facilitation, including adapting materials for the audience. Client orientation with excellent interpersonal and team skills, including mentoring skills. Cross-cultural sensitivity. Knowledge of UN system policies and functions of protection-mandated agencies

4Ps CORE ORGANISATIONAL CAPABILITIES

Purpose

• Understand and communicate the Strategic Objectives: Coaches team in the most effective ways to communicate WFP’s Strategic Objectives to WFP team and partners in the field.
•  Be a force for positive change: Implements new methods or tools to improve team’s work processes and productivity.
•  Make the mission inspiring to our team: Maps team’s activities and tasks to specific successes in beneficiary communities to showcase positive impact.
•  Make our mission visible in everyday actions: Explains to teammates how each unit contributes to the overall WFP mission.

People

• Look for ways to strengthen people's skills: Identifies skill development opportunities such as training modules or on-the-job experiences for self, colleagues and direct reports.
•  Create an inclusive culture: Facilitates team building activities to build rapport in own unit.
•  Be a coach & provide constructive feedback: Facilitates the pairing of junior colleagues with coaches within own team.
•  Create an “I will”/”We will” spirit: Proactively anticipates potential challenges and develops mitigation plans to ensure that team meets goals and targets.

Performance

• Encourage innovation & creative solutions: Identifies opportunities to be creative in own work and to help team be more innovative and accurate in their respective tasks and areas of work.
•  Focus on getting results: Monitors team’s deliverables and provides feedback to ensure outcomes are delivered consistently and accurately.
•  Make commitments and make good on commitments: Provides accurate guidance to team on expected responsibilities and tasks, whilst also upholding own commitment to the team.
•  Be Decisive: Sets an example and provides guidance to junior team members on when to escalate issues when faced with challenging issues in the workplace or in the field.

Partnership

• Connect and share across WFP units: Facilitates partnerships with other WFP units to accomplish missions in the field.
•  Build strong external partnerships: Sets an example and provides guidance to team on how to build relationships with external partners.
•  Be politically agile & adaptable: Articulates to colleagues or direct reports the value of contributing to other WFP teams and agency partnerships in fulfilling WFP’s goals and objectives.
•  Be clear about the value WFP brings to partnerships: Organizes, monitors, and prioritizes own and team’s efforts to ensure that they will fulfil the needs of internal and external partners.

FUNCTIONAL CAPABILITIES

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Contract Type             : Service Contract

Contract Duration      : 12 months

Duty Station                : Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh

Nationality                  : Bangladeshi only

Monthly Net Salary    : BDT. 103,091 net

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

Only candidates meeting the above requirements are requests to submit an online applications by 25th of May 2018

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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.