Programme Policy Officer (Emergency Unit)

The Programme Policy Officer will work within the Emergency Unit of WFP South Sudan to support the design, coordination, and management of emergency assistance programmes. The role involves data gathering, monitoring, reporting, policy analysis, project management, partnership development, and capacity building to ensure effective crisis response activities under the Country Strategic Plan.

Responsibilities

• Develop and coordinate data gathering and monitoring systems and processes that produce useful and reliable information for the purposes of grants management.
• Draft accurate and timely reports, and prepare documents that interpret data and enable informed decision making.
• Contribute towards the development of emergency programming, ensuring alignment with applicable programme, and other corporate, policies, guidance, and processes.
• Provide project management support to established emergency programmes and projects, ensuring internal and external stakeholder coordination and coordination with the larger WFP South Sudan programme portfolio.
• Analyse policy and operational issues to inform the development of country office-level policies, programmes and activities.
• Coordinate internal and external counterparts to ensure effective collaboration, monitor ongoing projects and highlight potential risks to project delivery.
• Support the identification, development and management of potential partnerships for collaborative work, leading to improved food assistance packages.
• Support the capacity building of WFP staff, partners and national government to prepare for and respond to food assistance needs, e.g. through providing inputs into training materials.
• Guide and supervise more junior staff, acting as a point of referral and supporting them with analysis and queries.
• Produce other deliverables and support other tasks, initiatives, or processes, as assigned.

Requirements

• University degree (required) in one or more of the following disciplines (preferred): agriculture, land / water resource management, economics, development, environment, public administration, public health, social sciences, disaster risk management, international affairs, law, or business management.
• For master's degree holder or higher: Four years of progressively professional work experience in designing, coordinating, and/or managing the implementation of emergency assistance at country- or field-level, at or alongside a UN organization, a cooperating partner, or another NGO.
• For a candidate with a bachelor’s degree, at least six years of the above experience is required.
• Specific knowledge and work experience in at least three of the following areas (required): Grants management and donor reporting, Relief to resilience programming, Food insecurity and vulnerability analyses, Refugee and IDP programming, Cash-based modalities, Early recovery and livelihoods programming, Monitoring & evaluation.
• General knowledge of the UN system (preferred).
• Strong analytical and inter-personal skills.
• Ability to critically review and analyse data and other information.
• Ability to draft technical documents clearly and concisely for varied purposes and audiences (writing sample required).
• Ability to anticipate requirements, problems, and obstacles and problem-solve with creativity and flexibility.
• Ability to work accurately at a fast pace and within deadlines.
• Ability to manage multiple and competing demands in an organized and timely manner and with a sense of when and how to elevate issues.
• Demonstrate a high degree of personal accountability for completed work products / delivery of an outcome, including when undertaken as part of a team.
• Drive progress in and resolution of open matters, while fostering a culture of efficient information-sharing and collaboration across units.
• Demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills and maintain productive working relationships with internal and external actors.
• High proficiency in the use of Microsoft Excel and Word (required).
• Proficiency in PowerPoint and other common Microsoft 365 applications (required).
• Proficiency in Power BI (preferred).
• Proficiency in WFP corporate data systems is a plus but not mandatory.
• Advanced proficiency (Level C) in English

Skills

• Emergency Assistance Management
• Grants Management
• Donor Reporting
• Relief to Resilience Programming
• Food Insecurity Analysis
• Vulnerability Analysis
• Refugee Programming
• IDP Programming
• Cash-Based Modalities
• Early Recovery Programming
• Livelihood Programming
• Monitoring and Evaluation
• Data Analysis
• Technical Writing
• Problem Solving
• Time Management
• Stakeholder Engagement
• MS Excel
• MS Word
• MS PowerPoint
• Power BI

Languages

English