WFP seeks candidates of the highest integrity and professionalism who share our humanitarian principles. Selection of staff is made on a competitive basis. We are committed to promoting diversity and the principle of equal employment opportunity for all our employees and encourages qualified candidates to apply irrespective of religion or belief, ethnic or social background, gender, gender identity and disability.
ABOUT WFP:
The World Food Programme (WFP) is the leading humanitarian organization saving lives and changing lives, delivering food assistance in emergencies and working with communities to improve nutrition and build resilience.
ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT:
The hunger crisis in Afghanistan is unfolding at a rapidly, with over half the country’s population of 40 million now facing acute food insecurity—the highest number the humanitarian community has ever seen in Afghanistan. Work opportunities are shrinking, with most households now reporting just one day of work per week. This comes on top of the worst drought in years, which is especially concerning for the 85 percent of the population who rely on agriculture for livelihoods.
Preventing and mitigating a drastic increase in hunger and malnutrition is the aim of WFP in Afghanistan which can only be achieved through the scaled up and sustained complementary food security and nutrition interventions, combined with a scale-up of resilience interventions to safeguard gains. WFP has embarked on a significant month on month scale-up of its crisis response and resilience programmes across the country, ensuring that the programme is delivered at the right scale and time, targeted to the right areas. WFP is also actively following up on evolving trends to pre-empt hotspots, while guaranteeing quality and maximum impact of the programme through the monitoring of these hotspots to be able to support continued donor advocacy.
The Program Policy Officer (PSEA/GBV) will lead capacity management of the WFP staff, vendors and partners on Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA), Sexual Harassment (SH) and Gender Based Violence (GBV), as well as case management of SEA, SH, GBV and other sensitive matters, and support development of WFP internal policies and procedures as required.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive, within delegated authority):
Develop and implement trainings and capacity assessments for staff, partners and vendors on PSEA, SH and GBV.
Receive and monitor complaints of SEA, SH and GBV and assist with follow up as required, and assure confidentiality and data privacy in line with WFP and interagency standards.
Work with relevant colleagues to ensure that gender issues, including cases of SEA and GBV, are effectively captured and recorded through WFP's Compliant Feedback Mechanism (CFM).
Research and analyse policy and operational issues to support senior colleagues in the development of policies, programmes and activities.
Aid in data collection, compiling lessons learnt and support knowledge sharing on PSEA, SH, and GBV matters.
Liaise with internal counterparts to ensure effective collaboration, monitor ongoing projects.
Support the identification, development and management of potential partnerships to collaborative working leading to improved food assistance packages.
Represent WFP in relevant interagency fora as required.
Other as required.
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
Education: 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 years of related work experience and/or trainings/courses.
Experience:
Minimum One year of postgraduate professional experience focusing specifically on Gender in humanitarian contexts.
Language: Fluency in both oral and written communication in English, Pashto and/or Dari. Fluency in both Dari and Pashto is a strong advantage.
DESIRED EXPERIENCES FOR ENTRY INTO THE ROLE
Experience leading on capacity building design and implementation across a range of stakeolders on PSEA, GBV and SH.
In-depth knowledge of gender-sensitive approaches to humanitarian assistance; understanding of PSEA and other forms of gender-based violence in emergency and other humanitarian settings; understanding of gender components of access relations; and other humanitarian policy issues and its linkages within humanitarian assistance.
Ability to work in a team and establish effective working relations with persons of different national and cultural backgrounds.
Flexibility in accepting work assignments with deadlines.
Innovative and self-driven with strong commitment to results focused work.
This vacancy announcement is for Afghan nationals only and WFP encourages especially Afghan females and Afghans with disabilities to apply.
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