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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).
JOB TITLE : Programme Policy Officer (Coordination)
TYPE OF CONTRACT: Consultancy Level II
DUTY STATION (City, Country): Abeche, Chad
DURATION: 11 months
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT:
Chad is one of the African countries hosting the higher number of refugees with about 1.2 million refugees,
of which 606,000 fled Sudan to Chad since April 2023. With the Lake Chad crisis, 219,000 IDPs are living in difficult conditions and the security situation remains volatile. Chad is a Sahelian country submitted to
recurrent droughts and flood. An important part of the population, particularly those leaving in Sahelian belt are food insecure during the lean season, with an average of 2 million severely food insecure per year (between 2020 to 2023) and rely on WFP food assistance. More than 1.3 million of children suffer of global acute malnutrition in Chad. Food and nutritional assistance to displaced populations (Refugees, Returnees, IDPs) and severely food insecure population is the biggest portfolio of the CO.
Under the supervision of the Head of Area Office, the job holder will be based in Abeche, to design, coordinate, and manage programmes to effectively meet food assistance needs, or contribute to policy formulation and/or provide technical advice or oversight on programme strategy and implementation.
- Manage and coordinate WFP field operations within the area of assignment to ensure timely and effective deployment of food assistance programmes.
- Contribute to formulation of WFP-wide programme policies in line with both organisational strategy and the practical realities of operating in the field.
- Provide technical advice or mobilise technical expertise on programme and policy issues including assessment and analysis, the choice of objectives, activities, transfer modalities and appropriate food products, the deployment and testing of innovative approaches and the development of strategies to support government efforts to reduce hunger and malnutrition.
- Assist counterparts in governments and other partners in identifying where food assistance can be usefully employed and provide support and technical expertise for the planning, formulation and implementation of moderately complex food assistance programmes to strengthen government and community ownership and effectiveness of food security and nutrition programmes at national and sub-national levels.
- Establish and maintain operational partnerships to identify opportunities for collaborative approaches and initiatives that improve assistance packages and support advocacy work.
- Enhance WFPโs leadership status in forums relating to area of specialism, for example food security, nutrition, livelihoods, resilience or engagement in humanitarian, transition and development contexts through direct participation, briefings, information products and other materials.
- Manage operational research and evidence building on issues relevant to food assistance.
- Manage the preparation and dissemination of timely analytical and critical reports, publications, and a variety of information products or proposals for internal or external use.
- Contribute to resources mobilisations efforts for WFP projects, including clearly articulating the need for food assistance and related programme opportunities, and follow up on the resource situation of projects including commodity and cash availability, seeking advice from senior colleagues where necessary.
- Advice and support the development of functional training in areas of expertise to enhance the capacity of WFP staff and partner to design and deliver effective food assistance programmes. Lead, motivate and develop a team of staff to enable high performance.
- Ensure the best use of assigned financial resources for achievement of set objectives within a moderate budget.
- Contribute to Country Office Emergency Preparedness i.e. early warning, risk analysis, and contingency planning in order to respond to humanitarian crises and needs
- Perform other tasks as required.
QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
Education:
- Advanced University degree in preferably in social sciences, public administration, international law, public health, international relations/development/affairs, logistics, supply chain management, business administration or other related fields of study, or First University degree with additional years of relevant work experience and/or advanced training/courses.
Experience:
- At least 5 years or more professional relevant experience to the role.
- At least 3 years of relevant experience in humanitarian work, including at the field level.
Languages:
- Fluency (level C) in both English and French language.
OUR VALUES
- Integrity
- Collaboration
- Commitment
- Humanity
- Inclusion
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- Fluency (level C) in both English and French language.
- Advanced University degree in preferably in social sciences, public administration, international law, public health, international relations/development/affairs, logistics, supply chain management, business administration or other related fields of study, or First University degree with additional years of relevant work experience and/or advanced training/courses.