Programme Policy Officer (Protection, Gender and AAP) SC-9

Всесвітня продовольча програма (ВПП ООН) - це гуманітарна організація ООН, яка надає продовольчу допомогу у вигляді грошової допомоги, сертифікатів або продуктів харчування громадам, що постраждали від війни. У своїй діяльності ВПП керується гуманітарними принципами нейтралітету, неупередженості, гуманності та незалежності. Спираючись на пристрасть, відданість та професіоналізм наших 24 000 співробітників по всьому світу, Всесвітня продовольча програма (ВПП) працює в понад 123 країнах і територіях, щоб доставляти життєво необхідну їжу людям, які залишилися переміщеними внаслідок конфлікту та знедоленими внаслідок катастроф. Крім того, ВПП допомагає окремим особам і громадам знайти кардинальні рішення для багатьох проблем, з якими вони стикаються, будуючи краще майбутнє. 

To be considered, you are invited to apply via WFP’s recruitment portal

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•  Vacancy Announcement n°: JR110042
•  Job Title: Programme Policy Officer (Protection, Gender and AAP) SC-9 
•  Type of Contract: Service Contract, SC9
•  Unit / Division: Protection, Gender and Accountability to Affected Populations 
•  Duty Station: Kyiv
•  Duration: 12 months (renewable)
•  Closing date: 28 February 2025, midnight (Central European Time)

ABOUT WFP

The World Food Programme is the 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.

Why work with us?

The war in Ukraine has had drastic consequences, both for people inside the country and for those around the world dependent on its huge grain supplies. It is inflicting untold suffering on civilians, displace families, and disrupt supply chains and food production. It has caused one of the fastest forced population movements since the Second World War. Close to 6 million Ukrainians are still living as refugees across Europe, and almost 5.1 million are internally displaced. Many have lost their homes and livelihoods. As food production and supply lines are disrupted by fighting, many families in the east and south do not have reliable access to nutritious food.

WFP uses a flexible mix of food and cash assistance to support communities affected by the war wherever they are. This includes working with local partners to distribute food rations in areas near the frontline and providing cash transfers wherever people have access to banks and markets to buy food. Since March 2022, WFP has distributed food and cash assistance equivalent to 2.4 billion meals to families displaced and affected by the war, partnering directly with local responders.

• 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 trainings, 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 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.

At WFP Ukraine, we offer a wide range of benefits and entitlements for Service Contract holders. Some of them are:

•  Competitive salaries per job level
•  Pension contribution added to net salary
•  Medical insurance with the possibility to enroll eligible dependents
•  Applicable danger pay (revised on quarterly basis)
•  Annual leave — 30 days per year
•  18 weeks of parental leave for birth mothers and 4 weeks of parental leave for non-birth parent
•  1 day per week remote working option within the duty station (subject to conditions)
•  Accessible premises & reasonable accommodation
•  Learning & development opportunities

How can you make a difference?

Under the overall direction and guidance of the Head of Programme and in close collaboration with other teams and units, the PGAAP team lead will be responsible for the following tasks:

Team management

• Oversee the work of the PGAAP team, ensure team workplans are in place, guide team deliverables and supervise staff.
• Develop staff capacity withing the PGAAP team.
• Represent WFP in relevant country-level inter-agency bodies as required.

Protection, Gender and AAP policy and mainstreaming

• Support the Ukraine WFP Country Office in ensuring that policy and programme operations are aligned with WFP policies, Executive Board decisions, and other relevant guidance related to Protection, Gender, and AAP.
• Lead the translation of WFP corporate policies and guidelines for Protection, Gender, and Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP) into country level practices in Ukraine, and develop practical programme guidance and implementation modalities.
• Support senior management to advocate and raise awareness on protection and gender issues within the office.

Capacity strengthening and partnerships

• Work closely with WFP’s partnerships team to ensure existing and prospective NGO partners are vetted and evaluated on aspects related to PSEA, AAP, gender and protection, identify specific partner capacity gaps, develop partner improvement plans and ensure their follow-up.
• Identify capacity strengthening needs in PGAAP and facilitate capacity building for WFP and NGO partner staff and contractors.
• Develop and conduct functional trainings in topics relevant to PGAAP for WFP staff, cooperating partners, and contractors.

Analysis, data and monitoring

• Identify research and data gaps in the area of gender, protection, conflict sensitivity, accountability to affected populations, marginalized groups and relevant topics; develop operational research concepts in collaboration with programme teams and work with internal and external assessment teams to deliver relevant operational research products.
• Work closely with the programme monitoring team to ensure that PGAAP aspects are monitored in accordance with corporate reporting requirements and duly reflected in annual country reports (ACR).
• Undertake field visits as required.

Community engagement, feedback and referrals

• Work within the PGAAP team, with WFP programme activity teams, WFP field offices and NGO partners to ensure that effective and context-tailored community engagement plans are developed, rolled out and followed up.
• Ensure that the WFP community feedback mechanism works efficiently across functional areas and is streamlined and able to respond to protection related issues.
• Ensure integration of up-to-date protection referral pathways into WFP operations in Ukraine, and monitor their functionality.

PSEA and issues escalation 

• Act as focal point and key interlocutor for all issues related to PSEA in the WFP programme team and ensure cases are handled and escalated in accordance with corporate protocols.
• Work closely with WFP’s risk and compliance team to make sure protection, fraud, corruption and PSEA cases are handled and escalated in accordance with corporate protocols.
• Any other tasks as required.

To join us in saving lives, changing lives, you will have: 

Education: Advanced university degree in one of the following disciplines: law, international development, gender studies, human rights, political or social sciences, or another related field, or First university degree with an additional years of related work experience and/or training/courses. 

Experience: 

• At least three (3) years of postgraduate professional working experience in the humanitarian and/or development sectors.
• Experience of undertaking capacity building of colleagues or partner organisations.
• Experience in humanitarian and/or development project management and engagement with multiple stakeholders.

Knowledge & Skills: 

• Practical knowledge integrating humanitarian protection, gender equality, women’s empowerment, accountability to affected populations, disability, sexual and gender-based violence, conflict-sensitive programming and humanitarian principles into humanitarian assistance.
• Supervision, mentoring and capacity building skills.
• Strong management, analytical, writing, and communication skills.
• Sound knowledge and skills in training and facilitation, including adapting materials for the audience.
• Client orientation with excellent interpersonal and team skills, including mentoring skills.
• Cross-cultural sensitivity.
• Knowledge of UN system policies and functions of protection-mandated agencies is an asset.
• Ability to build relationships with a variety of individuals across functions and experience in coordinating the work of others and self, training, and supporting others.

Language: Fluency (level C) in both in English and Ukrainian languages. Working knowledge (level B) of another UN language is an advantage. 

Before you apply...

WFP seeks candidates of the highest integrity and professionalism who share our humanitarian principles. All employment decisions are made on the basis of organizational needs, job requirements, merit, and individual qualifications. WFP is committed to providing an inclusive work environment free of sexual exploitation and abuse, all forms of discrimination, any kind of harassment, sexual harassment, and abuse of authority. Therefore, all selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks.

We aim to achieve parity and inclusion in our teams in Ukraine. WFP encourages female candidates and people with disabilities to apply.

WFP is committed to an accessible, inclusive recruitment process. Please contact us at Отправить резюме to advise us of any disability related reasonable accommodation or accessibility requests you may have. A member of the reasonable accommodation team will contact you to confidentially discuss your needs.

No appointment under any kind of contract will be offered to members of the UN Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ), International Civil Service Commission (ICSC), FAO Finance Committee, WFP External Auditor, WFP Audit Committee, Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) and other similar bodies within the United Nations system with oversight responsibilities over WFP, both during their service and within three years of ceasing that service.

How do you apply

To be considered, you are invited to apply via WFP’s recruitment portal.

CV and cover letter must be submitted in English language.

Only those who are short-listed candidates will be contacted for the next steps of our recruitment process.

We also encourage you to create your candidate profile and set up WFP job alerts to learn more about all the opportunities available to join us and make a difference in the lives of the people we serve.