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UN Programme Policy Officer Job Opportunities – United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)
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Organization: United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)
Duty Station: Mbarara, Uganda
About US:
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) is the United Nations frontline
agency against world hunger. It is the largest and longest serving humanitarian
agency in Uganda. . Currently WFP focuses on three priority areas: Saving lives
in Emergencies; Building Resilience through Predictable Safety Nets; Improving
Nutrition & Mother-and Child Health; and Supporting Small Holder Farmers to
Access Markets. WFP has operations in various parts of the Country.
agency against world hunger. It is the largest and longest serving humanitarian
agency in Uganda. . Currently WFP focuses on three priority areas: Saving lives
in Emergencies; Building Resilience through Predictable Safety Nets; Improving
Nutrition & Mother-and Child Health; and Supporting Small Holder Farmers to
Access Markets. WFP has operations in various parts of the Country.
Job Summary: The Programme
Policy Officer (Emergency Coordinator) – Consultant
Policy Officer (Emergency Coordinator) – Consultant
design and manage programmes that effectively meet food assistance
needs, or contribute to policy formulation and/or provide technical advice or
oversight on programme strategy and implementation.
needs, or contribute to policy formulation and/or provide technical advice or
oversight on programme strategy and implementation.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Ensure WFP is able to assume direct
general food distribution responsibilities in all five settlements in the
region, establish the WFP teams in each settlement, and ensure management
and accountability systems, processes and structures are in place and
functioning; - Manage WFP’s emergency response to the
ogoing DRC influx in the settlemetns of Kyangwali, Kyaka and others that
may start receiving or be established in the coming months; - Coordinate with UNHCR and Office of the
Prime Minister to roll out biometric reverification and introduce biometric
controls at general food assistance collection centres across all
settelments in the region; - The incumbent will also manage the
consolidation of WFP food assistance collection centres in each of the
five settlements and oversee the installation/construction of the required
infrastructure at all sites; - Facilitate the transition of general food
distribution from traditional group distribution to serving/scooping
individual household entitlements; - Strengthen the capacity of WFP field staff
to implement, manage and monitor WFP-supported refugee response
programming; - Establish clear roles, responsibilities
and required actions for addressing protection and other sensitive issues
encountered in the field and establish transparent issue log and
resolution mechanism; - Perform other relevant duties and task as
laid out in the generic job description of head of field/area office.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The ideal candidate for the United Nations
UN World Food Programme (WFP) Programme Policy Officer (Emergency
Coordinator) – Consultant job placement should hold an advanced University
degree in International Affairs, Economics, Nutrition/Health, Agriculture,
Environmental Science, 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. - Experience working in a Country Office or
equivalent level position within technical area. - Previous experience in managing
discussions with experts in VAM/Nutritionists. - Experience in leading a country / are
office programme team or a substantial component of a complex programme. - Previous direct experience of different
programme approaches. - Previous experience in working with
government agencies and gained policy experience. - Has led team in strategic discussions.
- Experience working in HQ or a Regional
Bureau. - Language: Fluency (level C) in
English language.
Personal Competencies:
- Programme Lifecycle & Food
Assistance: Displays ability to identify the main hunger problem
at the national or subnational level to design and implement
context-specific programmes that integrate complex analysis and the full
range of food assistance tools. - Transfer Modalities (Food, Cash,
Voucher): Demonstrates the ability to design, implement, monitor
and provide oversight over effective and efficient programmes deploying
different transfer modalities. - Broad Knowledge of Specialized areas
(i.e. Nutrition, VAM, etc.): Demonstrates the ability to
incorporate technical information into programme design and implementation
and appropriately communicate it internally and externally. - Emergency Programming: Displays
ability to translate understanding of programme principles in emergencies
and protracted conflict situations into relevant, effective, and context
specific approaches. - Strategic Policy Engagement w/
Government: Demonstrates the ability to engage key stakeholders
(e.g., WFP units, external partners) in policy dialogue to strengthen
national government food and nutrition security strategies and programmes.
How to Apply:
All candidates who desire to join the United Nations World Food
Programme are encouraged to submit their applications online at the link below.
Programme are encouraged to submit their applications online at the link below.
Deadline: 13th March 2018
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