JOB TITLE: | PROGRAMME POLICY OFFICER - PROTECTION |
TYPE OF CONTRACT: Grade : | FT / Fixed-Term (National Officer) NOA |
UNIT/DIVISION: | Programme Gender & Protection |
DUTY STATION (City, Country): | based in Haiti (Port au Prince). |
DURATION: | 1 year |
ORGANIZATION AL CONTEXT:
The Haiti Country Office, operating under an ongoing emergency situation, has declared a Corporate Scale-up Emergency that has recently transitioned to Corporate Attention. In response to the heightened food insecurity and increased internal displacements caused by high insecurity, the office remains highly active in its operations. Within this challenging context, the Haiti Country Office is deeply committed to safeguarding the well-being of all affected populations, with an emphasis on ensuring protection and security for the most vulnerable groups.
The newly approved WFP Haiti CSP 2024-2028 puts a strong emphasis in the importance of ensuring protection of beneficiaries and people affected by the violence crisis as well as climate disasters, guaranteeing their safety, ensuring that the rights mechanisms are in place to report any issue in receiving assistance and that WFP empowers the Haitians.
To realize these objectives, the recruitment of a dedicated NOA Programme Policy Officer specialized in protection and accountability to affected populations is of paramount importance. This officer will be instrumental in formulating and executing strategies, policies, and initiatives aimed at ensuring the protection and meaningful access to essential services for those affected. Collaborating closely with government entities, local stakeholders, and partners, the officer will strengthen coordination efforts and integrate protection considerations across the organization's interventions.
JOB PURPOSE:
Coordinating and providing technical support for the country office’s efforts to integrate protection in its programmes in line with WFP’s policy on protection and informed by the protection manual.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive, within delegated authority):
OTHER SPECIFIC JOB REQUIREMENTS (details to be determined by Post Managers):
WFP LEADERSHIP FRAMEWORK: COMMON STANDARDS OF BEHAVIOUR
Leads by Example with Integrity | Upholds WFP values, principles, and standards
Demonstrates and encourages others to uphold the WFP values, principles and standards | Respects others and values diversity
Values diversity using respectful and inclusive language, and encourages others to do the same | Stays focused and calm under pressure
Stays focused and calm when under pressure and encourages others to do the same | Demonstrates humility and a willingness to learn
Shows humility and a willingness to learn and share knowledge, frequently seeking and acting on feedback, and taking up opportunities to develop |
Drives Results and Delivers on Commitments | Delivers results for maximum impact
Holds self and/or others accountable for the delivery of results | Delegates appropriately
Delivers results against delegated tasks and seeks guidance and support where needed | Adapts readily to change
Responds readily to change adjusting work as needed |
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Fosters Inclusive and Collaborative | Is inclusive and collaborative
Promotes inclusive teamwork and psychological safety by sharing ideas and openly raising issues | Gives timely and constructive feedback
Supports development for others by giving timely and constructive feedback | Builds and shares new perspectives
Listens attentively to others to capture, learn, build and share new perspectives |
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Applies Strategic Thinking | Communicates and fulfils WFP’s vision
Fulfils WFP’s vision and is able to explain how their objectives support the vision | Embraces curiosity and new ways of doing things
Demonstrates curiosity, and proposes new ways of doing things when relevant | Analyses and evaluates data
Gathers data and shares knowledge to inform team decision making | Considers the impact of decisions
Implements decisions and asks questions to understand the impact for wider objectives |
Builds and Maintains Sustainable Partnerships | Builds partnerships
Builds partnerships by seeking out opportunities to work with others | Collaborates to deliver common objectives
Collaborates with partners by sharing information and working together to deliver common goals |
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FUNCTIONAL CAPABILITIES:
Capability Name | Description of the behaviour expected for the proficiency level |
Programme Lifecycle & | Demonstrates ability to identify key variables and contextual factors that |
Food Assistance | affect food assistance problems and programmes throughout the lifecycle to inform quality programme design or re-design. |
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 Programming | Displays capacity to provide inputs into the development, implementation and realignment of high quality emergency programmes. |
Strategic Policy Engagement w/ Government | Develops 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. |
DESIRED EXPERIENCES FOR ENTRY INTO THE ROLE:
STANDARD MINIMUM ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS:
Education: | Advanced University degree in Human Rights, Gender, International Affairs, Health, Agriculture, Social Sciences or other field relevant to international development assistance, or First University Degree with additional years of related work experience and/or trainings/ courses. |
Language: | Fluency (level C) in French and English language. Intermediate knowledge (level B) of a Haitian Creole |
Deadline for applications: 8 may 2024