DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS21 June 2025-23:59-GMT-05:00 Eastern Time (Port-au-Prince)
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ABOUT WFP
The World Food Programme is the worldโs largest humanitarian organization saving lives in emergencies and using food assistance to build a pathway to peace, stability and prosperity, for people recovering from conflict, disasters and the impact of climate change.
At WFP, people are at the heart of everything we do and the vision of the future WFP workforce is one of diverse, committed, skilled, and high performing teams, selected on merit, operating in a healthy and inclusive work environment, living WFP's values (Integrity, Collaboration, Commitment, Humanity, and Inclusion) and working with partners to save and change the lives of those WFP serves.
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WHY JOIN WFP?
WFP is a 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.
WFP offers a highly inclusive, diverse, and multicultural working environment.
WFP invests in the personal & professional development of its employees through a range of training, accreditation, coaching, mentorship, and other programs as well as through internal mobility opportunities.
A career path in WFP provides an exciting opportunity to work across the various country, regional and global offices around the world, and with passionate colleagues who work tirelessly to ensure that effective humanitarian assistance reaches millions of people across the globe.
We offer an attractive compensation package (please refer to the Terms and Conditions section of this vacancy announcement).
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is the frontline UN agency in the fight against hunger. Since its creation in 1963, WFP staff around the world have worked tirelessly to eradicate hunger. Each year, WFP feeds more than 90 million people in over 70 countries. 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. Haitiโs Human Development Index (HDI) ranks 170 out of 189 countries in 2020. Rates of extreme poverty are high, and their cause is multi-dimensional. This poverty is manifested by high illiteracy rates, a life expectancy of 63.7 years in 2018, high infant mortality, and significant gender inequalities. A large majority of the population does not have access to basic services such as drinking water, electricity, sanitation, and health coverage.
In addition, Haiti is vulnerable to natural disasters. It is considered the fifth most exposed country to natural disasters. The country has suffered, in less than ten years, more than four major disasters from which the country is still struggling to recover: the earthquake of 2010, tropical storm Isaac and hurricane Sandy in 2012, hurricane Matthew in 2016, hurricane Irma and Maria in 2017 and the earthquake of 2021. The country is therefore exposed to earthquakes, the passage of cyclones, and drought waves linked to the El Nino phenomenon (2018). Beyond these factors, food insecurity is driven by the poor performance of the agricultural sector combined with the strong dependence on imports of food products (more than half of the food products present on the market) for rice (83%). Product prices are largely influenced by logistical challenges, high production costs, precarious market structures, and high inflation rates in recent years.
According to the IPC analysis done in Mars 2024, approximately one in two households in Haiti (4.97 million people) is acutely food insecure, with more than 1.7 million people in the emergency phase (IPC4). This is an increase of about 532,000 people in acute food insecurity compared to the previous analysis. These worrying results are largely linked to [1] the political crisis that has taken hold in the country since July 2018 (with peaks in 2022 and early 2024) which has led it into an economic and social crisis, [2] to an agro-climatic crisis with significant pockets of drought in the country causing a significant decrease in agricultural production. In addition, the COVID-19 pandemic had contributed to the increase in food insecurity. The growing insecurity and the blocking of certain access points to the country, including all accesses to the capital from the Great South and North, have worsened the indicators of food insecurity and complicated assistance transfer for millions of people as a result of increased shortages of cash and a rise in insecurity.The World Food Programme in Haiti has defined its strategy to fight hunger in the Country Strategic Plan (CSP2024 - 2028), which includes activities related to emergency food assistance to populations affected by a shock, the establishment of social nets oriented towards nutrition, capacity building and livelihoods of small producers and their resilience to climate change, and capacity building of national and local actors for the fight against hunger, including SAMS activities focused on capacity building and inclusion of small hold farmers in the local supply chain, encouraging Farm to Table solutions for assistance and beyond.
For the time being, the WFP Haiti office uses the SCOPE corporate platform for beneficiary data management and cash transfer processes (registration, allocation of funds, and reconciliation). Although the current focus is on cash transfers, SCOPE is designed and developed to support all of WFP's transfer modalities: in-kind, vouchers, and cash for various project activities. As an extension of SCOPE and over the next few years, WFP also plans to develop a wide range of digital assistance services beyond those related to the current SCOPE capabilities. The WFP Haiti country office intends to participate in this effort to diversify digital and payment solutions beyond SCOPE to support humanitarian and social protection programming and, where appropriate, partners and governments.
Regarding cash transfer mechanisms, the WFP office in Haiti carries out most of its CBT interventions (conditional and unconditional assistance) through cash in envelopes on site, but also has other mechanisms such as cash at the counter, E-money, and in the past also paper voucher (value vouchers). These cash transfers are carried out through four financial partners (the country office is seeking a diversity of solutions looking for additional FSPsโ, especially for E-money). WFP's objective is to increase the volume of cash transfers in E-money, particularly for the new social safety nets set up by the Government of Haiti with WFP support. This added to a higher investment in CBT Assurance and IDM particularly require a solid CBT and IDM team with an operational leadership to ensure expected scale up of digital assistance.
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RESPONSABILITรS/OBLIGATIONS :
1. Ensure the good management of the CBT Operations team, including beneficiary data management, in line with the COโs organigramme and operational needs. Recruit and train adequate staff to accommodate the operational scale-up as per the COโs staffing plan. Co-supervise and advise the CBT multifunctional group and CBT focal points with staff from various units, namely Programme, SC, Finance, and TEC.
2. Elaborate and ensure that Cash Based Transfer procedures are in place and implemented in the Haiti Country Office in accordance with the CBT Assurance Framework to ensure that activities are carried out correctly and that the right assistance is delivered to the right person under the right conditions.
3. Have an overview of the planning of CBT interventions in collaboration with the different Activity Managers and make a relevant analysis of WFP's capacity in Haiti to implement them. The plans should also be shared with management, particularly in the framework of the internal CBT Working Group.
4. Establish a training plan for cooperating partners and Financial Services Providers (FSP) on operational aspects related to CBT setup and beneficiary payments with emphasis on compliance with WFP procedures, security aspects, humanitarian values of the interventions, and protection of beneficiaries. 5. Coordinate and lead the implementation planning efforts with the different Financial Service providers.
6. Provide periodic reports on CBT activities conducted with accurate information that will facilitate general reporting and external communication activities.
7. Supervise the reconciliation process including the invoicing of FSPs in compliance with WFP standard procedures and establish tools that allow easy monitoring and alerts and supervise the preparation of the monthly reconciliation reports for each FSP.
8. Support the management of partnerships with WFP's FSPs in Haiti participating in the tender process and contracting of FSPs and ensuring their solid performance and compliance with payments, activities, and invoicing process.
9. Support the Head of CBT in the preparation of the internal Cash Working Group sessions by proposing agenda items, preparing presentations, and providing relevant information for the working group's decision-making.
10. Any other tasks as required by management and supervisor.
1. Monthly planning of cash transfer activities is conducted and shared within the programme unit and more extensively with other units involved in cash transfers
like Finances, TEC, Security, and M&E. Operational reports are also produced and shared internally.
2. Procedures for compliance with the CBT Assurance Framework are put in place and SOPs are developed, updated, validated, and implemented in the WFP Haiti office.
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3. Regular meetings with implementing partners and financial service providers are maintained to address the various challenges related to cash transfer operations and to build the capacity of these partners.
4. Internal cash working group sessions present basic information related to cash transfers to allow for decision-making on safe and compliant CBT interventions in the country.
5. Ensure โ with the reconciliation committee - a timely and transparent reconciliation of all CBT interventions with all service providers and produce monthly reconciliation reports.
6. Staff working on Identity Management and CBT operations at the operational level are familiar with corporate procedures and apply them in compliance with corporate minimum requirements.University degree at the master's level in international cooperation, political science, social science, or another field related to humanitarian assistance and development or first-level university degree (Bachelor's degree) with additional years of experience in the field of humanitarian assistance and development.
Experience: At least five (5) years of professional experience in the management or implementation of humanitarian or development projects related to food assistance and nutrition. Advanced professional experience in the implementation of cash transfer operations. Experience in inter-institutional coordination with different humanitarian actors (international organizations, NGOs...), government institutions, and civil society organizations.
Knowledge & Skills: Knowledge of WFPโs operation and previous experience with WFP is considered an asset. Knowledge of cash transfer programs with several transfer mechanisms. Experience in digitalization of CBT operations. Strong motivation to carry out the required responsibilities. Ability to work with โ and manage - a team with national and international staff (multicultural environment).
Languages:
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We strongly recommend that your profile is accurate, complete, and includes your employment records, academic qualifications, language skills and UN Grade (if applicable).
Once your profile is completed, please apply, and submit your application.
Please make sure you upload your professional CV in the English language
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