Programme Policy Officer (Emergency & Livelihood)

The Programme Policy Officer supports policy and programme activities to meet food assistance needs effectively. The role involves project management, policy analysis, coordination with partners, and capacity building within emergency and livelihood contexts in Pakistan.

Responsibilities

• Contribute towards the development of a wide variety of projects, plans and processes, ensuring alignment with wider programme policies and guidance.
• Provide project management support to specific and defined programmes and projects of considerable size/complexity, ensuring a coordinated approach with wider programmes that complies with WFP standards and procedures.
• Develop and coordinate data gathering and monitoring systems ensuring that rigorous quality standards are maintained.
• Research and analyse a range of policy and operational issues to inform the development of policies, programmes and activities.
• Contribute to the preparation of accurate and timely reporting on programmes and activities that enable informed decision making and consistency of information presented to stakeholders.
• Liaise with 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 to collaborative working 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.
• Technical overview and operationalization of WFP food and cash-based assistance at the national level.
• Focal point for starting and coordinating food and cash interventions in emergency and recovery contexts under supervision of the Strategic Objective (SO) Manager.
• Scale-up and assist in design of Resilience-building and development projects as applicable.
• Focal point for overall project management and coordination of projects nation-wide.
• Use project management tools, and report progress and results to the SO manager.
• Coordinate with Provincial Offices (PO) and other functional units at Country Office (CO) and guide and drive emergency or conditional response modalities in accordance with timelines.
• Lead and provide technical support to PO colleagues on livelihoods-based recovery activities.
• Ensure resource pipeline coordination and tracking, operational planning of food/cash, and detailed workplans and timelines together with the Programme Associate in liaison with POs.
• Compile and draft adequate situation updates, project progress updates, tracking of distributions and similar together with the Programme Associate.
• Draft concept notes, donor proposals, reports and other technical and strategic documents.
• Coordination with the Financial service providers and Cooperating Partners for effective and efficient delivery of Cash and resolution of issues reported from the field.
• Represent WFP in external Cash working group and other forums as requested.
• Work with functional areas for timely updating of WFP Minimum Preparedness Actions (MPA) online platform to ensure compliance with corporate requirements.
• Participate and facilitate Field Level Agreements processes, contracting of partners and similar, budget and programming, database and SCOPE, and more.
• Provide technical advisory services on programme and interventions to the SO Manager.

Requirements

• 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 two years of related work experience and/or trainings/courses.
• A minimum of 3 years of post-graduate relevant professional / managerial experience in the development sector related to Emergencies and Livelihood.
• Excellent knowledge and implementation of project management tools.
• Deep experience and technical knowledge of livelihoods, recovery, Food For Asset Creation and similar activities at an officer-level.
• Multiple years-experience working in both field and country offices in relevant capacities.
• Technical knowledge of cash-based transfers and food distributions at a manager level.
• Excellent professional coordination, supervision, conflict resolution and liaising skills.
• Fluency in both written and spoken English and Urdu. Knowledge of an additional local language is an advantage.

Skills

• Project Management
• Livelihood Programming
• Food for Asset Creation
• Cash Based Transfers
• General Food Distribution
• Policy Analysis
• Programme Coordination
• Capacity Building
• Conflict Resolution
• Supervision
• Emergency Response
• Field Operations Experience
• Country Office Experience

Languages

English, Urdu