Beirut - International Consultant - Programme Policy Officer (Social Protection)

- Women and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply
- Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.

This Vacancy Announcement will close on 17 Feb 2023 at 11:59 PM Rome Time.

Contract Duration:

The Programme Policy Officer will be contracted for 11 months. 

Organizational background

Assisting more than 115.5 million people in 120 + countries each year, the World Food Program (WFP) is the leading humanitarian organization saving lives and changing lives, delivering food assistance in emergencies, and working with communities to improve nutrition and build resilience. 

As the international community has committed to end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition by 2030, one in nine people worldwide still do not have enough to eat. Food and food-related assistance lie at the heart of the struggle to break the cycle of hunger and poverty. 

WFP Lebanon provides humanitarian assistance to over 2 million vulnerable persons for food and other essential needs through cash-based transfers and in-kind food. WFP Lebanon also provides food assistance in the form of snacks and fresh food to school aged students and promotes resilient livelihoods and sustainable food systems. In addition to direct assistance to the most food insecure and vulnerable people, WFP also supports government institutions, partners, and other entities to strengthen their capacity to deliver social assistance

To know more about WFP’s mission, please check the below video:
https://www.facebook.com/WorldFoodProgramme/videos/10154930622760178/ 

Job Purpose 

WFP Lebanon supports safety net programmes for the poorest Lebanese; namely, the National Poverty Targeting Programme (NPTP) and the Emergency Social Safety Net (ESSN) Project that target 75,000 and 147,000 extremely poor Lebanese households, respectively. WFP, apart from its role in managing the cash-based component of these interventions, and its continued advocacy with donors to ensure that sufficient funding is available to cater for the needs of the extreme poor, also extends technical assistance support to the Ministry of Social Affairs to enhance the Government’s ownership and management of the NPTP. This position will be focusing on three technical areas of this technical assistance portfolio: (1) Digitalization of the delivery of social safety nets; (2) Establishment of Grievance and Redress Information System (GRIS); and (3) Strengthening the M&E system for social safety nets managed by MOSA.
The person selected will lead on the establishment of a Beneficiary Data Management System (BDMS) for MOSA, which will primarily serve the NPTP before it grows into a fully-fledged system linked with other existing or future social assistance programmes managed by different governmental and non-governmental agencies. The incumbent will additionally oversee the development of GRIS which aims to provide a formal mechanism for receiving complaints and feedback from people of affected communities to ensure that they have a vehicle to voice out their concerns. Also, the incumbent will assist MoSA in developing and implementing an updated M&E strategy for the NPTP, in coordination with M&E unit in WFP Leb Co. 

Accountabilities: 
•    Lead on the development a Beneficiary Data Management System (BDMS) for MOSA, in close collaboration with TEC team in WFP.
•    Support, in close collaboration with TEC team, the establishment of a Grievance and Redress Information System (GRIS) at MoSA along with an embedded call centre.
•    Support the deployment of GRIS in decentralized Social Development Centres (SDCs) of MOSA. 
•    Oversee the work of the private firm that will be procured to operate the call centre for the NPTP at MOSA.
•    Lead on the development of a transition plan for MOSA to take over the operation of the GRM and the BDMS.
•    Coordinate with M&E unit at WFP on the development of M&E strategy and a logframe for the NPTP. 
•    Perform other tasks as requested. 

Minimum Qualifications:

Education: University degree in Economics, Business Administration, Social Sciences, Development Studies or other related fields.

Experience: At least 5 years of relevant work experience in the field of programme implementation/operation, system building and M&E in low- and middle-income countries is required. Experience in the Middle East, North Africa is required

Language: Working knowledge (proficiency/Level C) of English and Arabic is a must.

THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS (APPLICATION, ASSESSMENT, INTERVIEW MEETING, OR PROCESSING). THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME DOES NOT REQUIRE INFORMATION ON APPLICANTS’ BANK ACCOUNTS.
 

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.