Programme Policy Officer

4 months ago

القاهرة, Egypt World Food Programme Full time

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

21 September 2024-23:59-GMT+02:00 Eastern European Standard Time (Cairo)

Are you interested in further developing your professional experience while contributing to ending global hunger? Are you passionate about helping those in need? Would you like to join a global organization investing in its people?

If so, an exciting & fulfilling career awaits you Join our diverse and passionate team that works on varied and international projects directly contributing to saving & changing millions of lives around the globe.

ABOUT WFP

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), a highly prestigious, reputable & 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.

To learn more about WFP, visit our website:
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).

WFP is known for its ability to respond to crises and quickly deliver assistance to people in need at scale. WFP anticipates, prepares for and responds to crises, delivering food assistance to people in need. WFP is also an enabler of the broader humanitarian system, playing a lead role in the Food Security and Livelihood Cluster, the Logistics and Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) and hosting the United Nations Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS).

WFP must also ensure that its programmes do not inadvertently cause harm to affected populations while contributing to their safety and security, dignity, inclusive participation, and empowerment. Recognising this, WFP has made a number of corporate commitments related to humanitarian protection, accountability to affected populations (AAP), disability inclusion, gender equality and women empowerment (GEWE), and protection against sexual exploitation and abuse (PSEA). All of these commitments need to be put into practice in operational settings.

The WFP Regional Bureau in Cairo (RBC) oversees 15 countries in the Middle East, North Africa and Eastern Europe regions. The RBC programme division provides strategic guidance, support and oversight to WFP programmes in the region. We are building a Consultant Roster of Programme Policy Officers - Emergency Preparedness and Response that will be comprised of highly competent professionals from around the world who will be critical in achieving this mandate.

All applicants are expected to possess strong management experience in complex contexts, a field focus and be willing to travel frequently to field locations, including unstable and hard-to-reach locations. They will be comfortable working in close coordination with other parts of the organization, including multiple functional areas in RBC, Headquarters and WFP Country Offices. Senior-level assignments may include overseeing RBC’s regional EPR and policy priorities (protection) teams or supporting relief operations at levels including from Emergency Coordinator or Head of Programme. Assignments at working level may include deployable positions in RBCs EPR team, management of regional EPR projects and initiatives or supporting country office preparedness and response at national or sub-office level. We select our roster members on a competitive basis, and we are committed to promoting diversity and gender balance.

Deployed PPO EPR roster Consultants may be called upon to fulfill the following responsibilities commensurate with expertise and seniority:
- Leadership: Leading and managing teams and providing direction, prioritization, and support for the implementation of EPR activities, response planning and implementation, and engagements with HQ or inter-agency counterparts.- Strategy: Formulating regional or country-level approaches and guidance for emergency preparedness and response (EPR) and potentially Cross-Cutting

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