Program Policy Officer Resilience & Climate Vacancy-Job Ref: WJTDWFP/0206/202621

Program Policy Officer Resilience & Climate Vacancy-Job Ref: WJTDWFP/0206/202621

N’Djamena (Chad)

Job Description

ABOUT WFP

The World Food Program is the world’s 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.

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).

ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT

The World Food Programme (WFP) is the world’s largest humanitarian organization, with a dual mandate: to save lives and to change lives. In Chad, WFP works closely with the Government to contribute to achieving Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2 – Zero Hunger.

WFP’s interventions in Chad focus on both emergency response and building community resilience. Through an integrated approach, WFP provides food and nutrition assistance to targeted vulnerable households, including: food and cash transfers, asset creation and livelihood strengthening, malnutrition prevention and treatment, school feeding programs, and capacity building for national and local actors.

As part of the HAGUINA vision, which aims for the transition of humanitarian aid towards sustainable resilience solutions, WFP is implementing a growing portfolio of multi-year programmes focused on resilience and adaptation to climate change, while integrating conflict-sensitive approaches.

In this context, WFP is recruiting an experienced Programme Officer to support the coordination and oversight of the implementation of climate and resilience portfolios, including interventions funded by the Peacebuilding Fund (PBF), as well as other related programmes. The incumbent will also contribute to strengthening evidence-based approaches, supporting monitoring, evaluation, and impact generation functions in collaboration with the RAM unit.

JOB PURPOSE

Ensure the coordination and supervision of the implementation of climate and resilience portfolios, including peacebuilding interventions. Provide technical support and programmatic guidance to guarantee the coherent, strategic and operational integration of activities, in synergy with other projects.

The incumbent will also be responsible for monitoring and evaluating project results, coordinating the production of reports for donors, and contributing to the documentation, capitalization and dissemination of good practices and lessons learned.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Partner coordination and implementation

Support the organization and coordination of the selection process for implementing partners.

Contribute to the technical analysis of proposals based on logical frameworks.

Ensure regular monitoring of cooperating partners and their activities.

Coordination with RAM, research and impact generation

Ensure close coordination with the RAM (Research, Assessment and Monitoring) team and program teams.

To be responsible for coordinating with WFP staff and external researchers at all phases of the studies, including:

the design of research protocols and evaluation frameworks,

data collection (including baseline/reference surveys),

data analysis and interpretation of results.

Support the RAM team in generating evidence of the impact of climate and resilience interventions, including the identification of appropriate methodological approaches (impact assessments, quasi-experimental analyses, etc.).

Contribute to strengthening the monitoring and evaluation (M&E) system of resilience projects, ensuring alignment with WFP results frameworks.

Ensure that analytical results are used to inform programmatic and strategic decision-making.

Support for the implementation of climate and resilience programs

Monitor the implementation of integrated climate change resilience and adaptation programs.

Promote synergies between the different sources of funding supporting the HAGUINA vision.

Ensure the integration of conflict- and climate-sensitive approaches into field activities.

Technical support

Provide technical support to field offices and partners in the implementation of activities.

Support community asset creation programs related to climate resilience.

Contribute to strengthening the capacities of partners in the areas of climate, resilience and conflict-sensitive approaches.

Budget monitoring and financial management

Support the budgetary monitoring of climate and resilience interventions.

Contribute to the analysis of resource use and the identification of gaps.

Ensure compliance with financial procedures and proper documentation of expenses.

Monitoring, evaluation and reporting

Contribute to the monitoring of performance indicators and results (particularly resilience and climate).

Prepare periodic technical and analytical reports.

Support the production of reports integrating impact results and lessons learned.

EXPERIENCE

• Have at least one year of relevant professional experience in the field of Resilience

• Experience in implementing technical programs (e.g., in nutrition, etc.).
• Experience implementing programs and contributing to operational design.
• Experience contributing to policy discussions and decisions.

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

Education:

Have an advanced university degree in international business, economics, nutrition/health, agriculture, environmental science, social science or another field relevant to international development assistance, or an undergraduate university degree with additional years of relevant professional experience and/or training/courses.

Language:

Proficiency (level C) in French.

Knowledge of local Arabic is an asset.

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