Programme Policy Officer-Livelihood & Assets creation/CST I_Port-au-Prince

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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 Agriculture and/or Environmental Sciences, or International Affairs, Economics, Social Sciences or other fields relevant to international development assistance, or First University Degree with additional years of related work experience and/or trainings/courses. Master degree in a specialised field related to Agriculture and / or Environmental Sciences and / or project management, is an asset

Lnaguage: fluent in French and have a good working knowledge of English?

ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT

Operating in Haiti since 1969, WFP has progressively adopted a broad portfolio of both humanitarian and development activities in support of the Government’s work on developing sustainable solutions for addressing hunger and malnutrition, working with donors, United Nations agencies and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Recently, WFP has been diversifying its portfolio along the humanitarian and development spectrum with preparedness and immediate response emergency operations; recovery and resilience activities, including the implementation of capacity strengthening for social safety nets, school meals, nutrition-sensitive activities as well as progressive local purchases; and the provision of emergency logistics, telecommunications, and aviation services. To better support the achievement of SDG 2 “Zero Hunger” by 2030 and in line with its CSP, WFP Haiti is currently enhancing its technical and programming capacity to design, implement and coordinate resilience interventions, with a specific focus on investments in livelihood and asset creation and complementary activities aimed at reinforcing vulnerable households’ and smallholder farmers’ resilience capacities and preventing malnutrition. To support the programme and policy design and give technical assitance to SO4/ACT 6 – Livelihood and Asset Creation Unit programme, will be under the direct supervision of the Programme and Policy Officer/Activity Manager.

JOB PURPOSE

Management and documentation of at least six (6) livelihood and strengthening projects expected in 2022 and 2023. • Monthly and Quarterly reports developed and validated with internal and external stakeholders on the specific projects under his/her direct responsibility • All relevant reporting platforms (i.e., COMET) regularly updated for asset creation and livelihood outputs • A reinforced internal information management system for asset creation and livelihood outputs developed and managed • At least two (2) PSME reports reviewed and submitted before the end of the contract.

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.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

Contribute to translate resilience programme policy into country-level practices, and ensure a clear and strong connection between HQ, Region and field operations; • Directly manage a part of livelihood/assets creation (FFA) portfolio of activities; • Ensure sound management of the specific projects under his/her direct responsibility according to the set time, quality and objectives and follow-up to enable high performance, with particular emphasis on FFA relevance to livelihood reinforcement; .Support the revision and development of Standard Operating Procedures (SoP) and their appropriate application, in order to ensure sound, relevant and high-quality development of livelihood/assets creation (FFA) interventions; • Support the FLA life cycle (definition, design, delivery and documentation) of livelihood strengthening and asset creation projects; • Ensure coordination of livelihood/assets creation (FFA) projects in Haiti with relevant internal units (i.e., Nutrition, Gender, M&E, resource management, SCOPE/CBT, among others). • Support implementing partners with the coordination and development of the social and environmental analysis expected as part of the livelihood and asset creation projects. • Provide technical guidance and trainings to WFP staff and NGO Cooperating Partners (CPs) in operationalizing the implementation of programmes and initiatives, with a special focus on asset creation and other types of livelihood enhancement, and clarify and interpret available policies, guidance, and tools. • Support in collaboration with sub-offices the implementation of Three-pronged Approach (3PA) at the country level, with a focus on the Seasonal Livelihood Programming (SLP) and Community Based Participatory Planning (CBPP). • Coordinate with the team the monthly and/or quarterly update of relevant platforms (i.e., COMET) for the main outputs planned and achieved as part of the livelihood strengthening projects. • Support resource mobilization efforts related to livelihoods, resilience building and food and nutrition security, including the formulation of targeted concept notes for innovative programme ideas. • Conduct quarterly technical missions to supervise the quality of the asset creation and livelihood activities implemented and ensure compliance with internal rules and regulations. • Support CO in organizing field missions for donor/media/senior WFP management and ensure that WFP staff, partners and government staff are informed on time and provide sufficient relevant information including inputs for donor briefs in relation to activities; • Prepare regular update and accurate and timely reporting on the specific projects under his/her direct responsibility that enable informed decision making and consistency of information presented to internal and external stakeholders; • Support operational research and evidence building on items relevant to livelihood/assets creation (FFA) at country level for coordinating analysis processes and research led by HQ and/or Regional Office on environment, climate crisis and socio-economic context; • Support information management and technical mapping of asset creation and livelihood activities to ensure proper weekly and monthly reporting of technical Support the livelihood strengthening unit in Haiti with the management of the Asset Impact Asset Service (AIMS) agreement for 2022 and 2023, including verifying GPS coordinates; • Take responsibility for incorporating gender and protection perspectives in all areas of work, to ensure equal participation of women and men; • Other tasks, as required and assigned by the supervisor or by the senior managementadvancements.

FUNCTIONAL CAPABILITIES

Capability NameDescription of the behaviour expected for the proficiency level

Programme Lifecycle & Food AssistanceDisplays ability to identify the main hunger problem at the national or subnational level to design and implement context-specific programmes that integrate complex analysis and the full range of food assistance tools.

**Transfer Modalities (Food, Cash, Voucher)**Demonstrates ability to analyse and consolidate quantitative and qualitative information from different sources (e.g., market studies) to inform transfer modality selection and programme development.

**Broad Knowledge of Specialized areas (i.e. Nutrition, VAM, etc.)**Demonstrates the ability to interpret basic data in the context of WFP specialised fields to contribute to technical programme design, implementation and monitoring.

Emergency ProgrammingDisplays ability to translate understanding of programme principles in emergencies and protracted conflict situations into relevant, effective, and context specific approaches.

Strategic Policy Engagement w/ GovernmentDevelops thorough recommendations using multiple inputs (e.g., government counsel, research, own experience) to strengthen national or subnational entities and government owned food and nutrition security programmes.

OTHER SPECIFIC JOB REQUIREMENTS

Advanced understanding of the latest policy debate, theory and application of resilience building and livelihoods programmes;

Understanding of donor policies, strategies and programme priorities in relation to humanitarian assistance and resilience.

Good data base, calculation sheet management.

Excellent writing and reporting skills. Excellent cognitive abilities, analytical and problem-solving skills.

Effective action management to plan, coordinate and prioritize multiple tasks.

DESIRED EXPERIENCES FOR ENTRY INTO THE ROLE

At least four (4) years of professional experience in international humanitarian, development work or other related fields. At least three (3) years of experience in resilience building, livelihoods protection and environmental sustainability, in relation to food insecurity, and with a specific focus on Cash for Assets, CBT and/or FFA interventions. At least three years of experience in the design and management of humanitarian and/or development programmes and projects. Relevant field experience in the implementation and monitoring of Cash for Assets/CBT, and/or resilience building and/or livelihoods programmes and initiatives. Proven ability and experience in the development of interagency cooperation, networks, partnerships and strategies

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Type of contract : International Consultant

Duty Station : Port-Au-Prince, Haiti

Duration: 11 months

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

Deadline for applications: 20, October 2022

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