DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS8 January 2025-23:59-GMT+02:00 South Africa Standard Time (Johannesburg)
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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.
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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).
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT:
The climate crisis poses a significant risk to food systems, disproportionately affecting the most food-insecure people around the world. The impacts of climate variability and extremes are most prominent in the southern Africa Region, interacting with other main drivers of hunger and malnutrition, including conflict and economic shocks, resulting in increasing humanitarian needs.
Anticipatory action (AA) approaches have gained significant momentum in recent years, given their potential for a more efficient, effective, and sustainable way of managing climate shocks that upholds the dignity of affected populations.
WFP is supporting government and communities to manage growing climate risks through AAs in 7 countries in southern Africa (Lesotho, Malawi, Madagascar, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe). WFPโs work on AA consists of both: 1) enabling national government, humanitarian and development partners and communities to develop AA systems, as well as; 2) directly delivering AAs to populations at risk of imminent climate hazards. The region has recently concluded its largest-scale Anticipatory Action activation to-date in 2023-24 for El Niรฑo-induced droughts.
In line with corporate guidance to strengthen evidence-generation for Anticipatory Action, the WFP Regional Bureau for southern Africa โ Johannesburg (RBJ) is supporting national and regional evidence-generation initiatives to enhance programmatic decision-making, organizational learning, and accountability both internally and externally. Multiple data collection surveys and research studies will be finalised in July-August 2024 and analyzed with key stakeholders in a Regional After-Action Review in mid-August 2024. The timing will then be opportune to finalize the lessons learned from the 2023-24 AA activations and develop additional evidence/guidance products that capitalize on the wealth of data currently under collection.
Towards this, RBJ is seeking to recruit a Programme Policy Officer to lead and coordinate evidence generation across the region, capturing the activation findings to support learning and programme enhancements in southern Africa and globally.
ACCOUNTABILITIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:
Under the supervision of WFPโs Regional AA Coordinator, the AA Evidence Generation Specialist will:
Lead the finalization of Anticipatory Action evidence generation initiatives for the recent 2023-24 El Niรฑo activations and 2024/25 drought and tropical cyclones activations in Mozambique and Madagascar. This entails consolidating evidence from national baseline and endline data surveys, cost-effectiveness and return-on-investment studies, and documenting key reflections from the regional and national After-Action Reviews.
Develop guidance on targeting for Anticipatory Action, drawing on good practices from the different RBJ activations, for dissemination globally, in addition to one other product to be defined with Headquarters.
Provide oversight, guidance and support to Country Offices on Anticipatory action evidence generation on an adhoc basis.
Coordinate with research partners / academia and regional partners on Anticipatory Action evidence generation initiatives to ensure high-quality and timely deliverables.
Lead the timely consolidation and review of the regional inputs of the AA global report 2024 from country offices.
Provide analytical support and quality reviews to different research initiatives, such as reviewing methodologies and outputs produced, in coordination with other teams at regional and headquarter levels.
Any other duties as relevant.
DELIVERABLES AT THE END OF THE CONTRACT:
โAnticipating El Nino - A Southern African Evidence Baseโ: one in-depth publication consolidating evidence and after-action reflections from Lesotho, Madagascar, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe
One guidance document on good practices for targeting for Anticipatory Action, highlighting lessons learned from across RBJ programmes
One additional evidence product/guidance document, to be determined in collaboration with the Headquarters Anticipatory Action team
Regional inputs of the AA Global report 2024
QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
Education:
University degree in Disaster Risk Reduction/Management, Climate Change Adaptation, Social Sciences, or related field.
Experience:
Three to five years of work experience in programme, monitoring, knowledge management and/or evidence-generation is required, with a focus on humanitarian preparedness, disaster risk management, anticipatory action, institutional and capacity development. Direct experience working on AA evidence-generation is an added advantage. Previous experience working with international organizations and Disaster Management Agencies/humanitarian
actors preferred.
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REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION
WFP is dedicated to fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion. Our recruitment process is inclusively crafted to welcome candidates of all backgrounds, celebrating diversity and ensuring a respectful environment for all. We aim for an accessible and fair recruitment journey. Should you need any reasonable accommodations or have accessibility concerns, please reach out to us confidentially at global.inclusion@wfp.org. Our DEI team is here to ensure your full participation in our recruitment process.
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