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JOB DETAILS

Job Title: Programme Policy Officer (Nutrition)
Grade: SC8
Type of contract: Service Contract
Duration: 12 Months (Extendable)
Duty Station: Kabul
Vacancy Number: 831286
Date of Publication: 25 Jan 2024
Deadline of Application: 08 Feb 2024

This vacancy announcement is for Afghan nationals only and WFP encourages especially Afghan females and Afghans with disabilities to apply.

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 rapid pace, with 15 million of the population now facing acute food insecurity. 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 livelihood.

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 programs across the country, ensuring that the program is delivered at the right scale and time, and 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 program through the monitoring of these hotspots to be able to support continued donor advocacy.

JOB PURPOSE

Under the supervision of the Deputy Head of Nutrition, the Programme Policy Officer will support the Nutrition Unit (NU) in providing operational and technical support to WFP’s nutrition activities. Main duties will include supporting the preventive nutrition program activities across WFP operations in Afghanistan. The program policy officer will work with the team to lead improvements in programming, and quality implementation, and ensure that guidance and standards for BSFP activities are upheld. He/She serves as the WFP BSFP focal point internally to WFP other functions and units and externally to the nutrition community and coordination platforms in Afghanistan.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

Prevention Programmes Management:

• In close coordination with AO and CPs management section, support the identification of potential partners, and coordinate in the preparation, review, and submission of Field Level Agreements (FLAs) and amendments for BSFP CPs.  Participate in the CP evaluation exercise and follow up with AOs on the implementation of the improvement plan.
• Ensures that BSFP is designed in line with the WFP SOP and guidelines for the BSFP and supports developing job aids and other SBC materials for BSFP.
• Support emergency unit with the BSFP targeting, retargeting, and prioritization process and CP training.
• Provide input into the BSFP monthly report that is provided to the CO.
• Liaise with Area Offices (AO) and CPs and undertake field mission visits to view project outputs and beneficiaries to ensure that progress is made with a focus on improving the program quality.
• Review CP, Third Party Monitors (TPM), and BSFP site reports and follow up with the area offices to address issues raised during the monitoring. Follow up on the CFM and TPM findings related to the BSFP distribution and follow up on any issues related to commodity waste, misuse, sales, and leakages.
• Support the AO to ensure that regular (quarterly/biannual) CPs review meetings are conducted to monitor ongoing projects, ensuring effective collaboration, timelines and efficiency, and highlight potential risks to project delivery.
• Support the preparation of accurate and timely reporting and learning, contributing to a knowledge base that informs the decision-making of WFP and other stakeholders Regularly review nutrition dashboards, supply trackers, and relevant databases and share summary of findings and recommendations with the nutrition unit as needed for donor or other reports.
• Participate in the review of any policy, operational, or program design documents.
• Develop presentations, and success stories at the field level when required to do so.

Supply Chain:

• In close coordination with DHON follow up on SNF pipeline to mitigate pipeline breaks including adaptations to ensure continued programme implementation.  Follow up with AO to prioritize dispatches and distributions with BDD and TDD restrictions. Checks regularly with the supply chain on the BSFP supplies and flag timely any pipeline issues.
• Supporting the respective logistic and nutrition focal point in the field offices to ensure timely delivery of nutrition supplies to WFP and/or Partner warehouses.
• Supporting the respective logistic and nutrition focal point in the field offices to ensure timely delivery of nutrition supplies to WFP and/or Partner warehouses.
• Perform other duties as required.

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education: 

• Advanced University degree in Public Health Nutrition, Nutrition, Food Technology, Medicine or relevant field.
• or First University degree with additional specialized training and an additional two years of most related professional work experience.

Minimum Work Experience: 

• At least one year of postgraduate professional experience with nutrition/health/food security or related field.
• Experience with nutrition interventions (treatment of severe or moderate acute malnutrition, prevention, screening, and nutrition assessment), specialized nutritious products, and nutrition data analysis.

Desirable Work Experience:

• Experience in developing and implementing nutrition and/or multi-sectoral programs.
• Experience in building partnerships coordinating with different internal and external stakeholders and co-creating innovative solutions.

Knowledge & Skills:

• Editorial skills including use of research to produce quality documents, recommendations and reports
• Conceptual knowledge of Nutrition in emergencies.
• Knowledge of global nutrition and global humanitarian architecture including the cluster approach.
• Demonstrated excellent teamwork and ability to work effectively in multicultural settings.

LANGUAGE:

• Good oral and written language skills in English, Dari, and Pashto.

HOW TO APPLY

To be considered, interested candidates are invited to apply via (https://www.wfp.org/careers/job-openings).
Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

We want to ensure the recruitment process is fully accessible. Please contact us at afg.hrrecruitment@wfp.org to advise us of any accessibility needs you may have.

WFP has a zero-tolerance approach to conduct such as fraud, sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to WFP’s standards of conduct and will therefore undergo rigorous background verification internally or through third parties. Selected candidates will also be required to provide additional information as part of the verification exercise. Misrepresentation of information provided during the recruitment process may lead to disqualification or termination of employment

WFP will not request payment at any stage of the recruitment process including at the offer stage. Any payment requests should be refused and reported to local law enforcement authorities for appropriate action.