Programme Policy Officer

 

Description:

WFP celebrates and embraces diversity. It is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all its employees and encourages qualified candidates to apply irrespective of race, colour, national origin, ethnic or social background, genetic information, gender, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, HIV status or disability.

JOB PURPOSE

In line with the WFP Protection and Accountability Policy 2020 and the WFP Community Engagement Strategy 2022-2026, develop a Protection and AAP function that supports the type of programmes and operations of WFP Pakistan and partners in order to:

• Actively consult/engage affected populations throughout the programme cycle to design programmes around their diverse needs and realities.

• Prioritize safety and dignity and avoid causing harm, preventing and minimizing unintended negative effects of WFP and partner interventions.

• Ensure meaningful access, ensuring that barriers for affected populations to access assistance are mitigated.

• Establish accountability to affected populations by establishing appropriate approaches, processes and mechanisms for beneficiaries to participate throughout the programme cycle.

• Empower communities as active stakeholders for understanding and claiming their rights to participate in all processes for decision making related to the initiatives and systems that affect them.

• Uphold organizational commitments to representing the full diversity of the people WFP serves, doing no harm and ensuring that no one is left behind.

 

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

The Officer will be responsible for the following tasks:

Programme support to integrate protection:

• Lead and regularly update context and protection risk analysis and diversity mapping.

• Advise the country office and cooperating partners on the implementation of mitigating measures in operations and appropriate adjustments to ensure the inclusion of most vulnerable and at-risk categories.

• Provide strategic and technical support for the mainstreaming of protection across WFP operations in the country.

• Support the country office and cooperating partners to integrate protection in assessments, monitoring, evaluation, and reporting tools.

• Contribute to the design and implementation of approaches related to information provision, community consultation, feedback and complaints mechanisms.

• Develop a contingency plan for rapid scaling up of protection and AAP mechanisms in the event of another large-scale emergency, including the CFM system.

• Support the country office and cooperating partners to implement good practice in data protection and privacy.

• Partner with RAM team and programme colleagues to conduct research/studies on key areas of concern around protection and AAP in Pakistan, in order to guide the design and implementation of programme activities.

• Develop a workplan for the rest of CSP 2023-2027 to implement the function, starting in 2024, based on the approved elements of the proposed function.

Capacity strengthening:

• Develop and implement a capacity-building strategy on protection, inclusion and community engagement for cooperating partners and WFP staff.

• Propose a Protection and AAP function to meet the needs of WFP Pakistan and partners, including key activities and responsibilities for CE, protection and AAP.

• Provide mentoring and support to staff in relevant functional areas.

• Document lessons learned and best practices in protection risk analysis, mitigation, and integration.

• Disseminate WFP corporate guidance on Protection, Inclusion and AAP

Partnerships and interagency collaboration on protection:

• Represent WFP in interagency fora on protection.

• Promote partnership with and cross-learning from cooperating partners on integrating protection

in food security activities.

• Liaise with protection partners on analysis, capacity development, referral procedures and pathways.

• Review key partner Protection and AAP initiatives and systems (Government and CPs) and meet with key representatives to discuss integration or complementarity of their systems and WFP system requirements.