Junior CST – Programme Policy Officer (Nutrition and HIV Consultant)

About WFP

The United Nations World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide.  The mission of WFP is to help the world achieve Zero Hunger in our lifetimes.  Every day, WFP works worldwide to ensure that no child goes to bed hungry and that the poorest and most vulnerable, particularly women and children, can access the nutritious food they need.

Job Purpose

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is the world’s largest humanitarian agency, fighting hunger worldwide. WFP Nutrition Division (NUT) is committed to providing the right tools, guidelines and information to help support the development and implementation of nutrition programmes. The Division covers different functional areas including nutrition sensitive programming, which is meant to enhance the potential of other WFP Programme to improve nutrition.

Long-lasting recovery of acute malnutrition cases depends on the ability to mitigate the immediate and intermediate determinants of acute malnutrition at the household level. One way of achieving this is by establishing a referral mechanism to enroll caretakers of acutely malnourished children, including pregnant and lactating women and PLHIV/TB also diagnosed with acute malnutrition to social safety nets programs to improve the household’s livelihood and food security status. A counter-referral system of cases of acute malnutrition through these programmes is to be also explored.

Key Accountabilities (not all-inclusive)

• Facilitate a joint work between the nutrition and FSC clusters in conceptualizing a framework for action on nutrition-sensitive food security and livelihoods programming through participatory consultations and analysis at a local level.
• Develop a package of practical and locally contextualized, user-friendly and practical guidelines and tools that will be piloted and adapted using the existing livelihood projects implemented in Cabo Delgado.
• Capacitate implementing actors of the nutrition and FSC clusters through the use of the abovementioned guidelines and tools.
• Lead the setup and implementation of cash or voucher assistance for nutrition outcomes and support the monitoring and learning of such programmes to inform the country and global efforts of WFP and the Global Nutrition Cluster.
• Contribute to prevent and treat acute malnutrition by establishing a referral and counter-referral system for households with acute malnutrition cases to social safety nets programs implemented as part of the Northern crisis response.
• Promote the integration of nutrition across WFP programmes aiming at achieving nutrition outcomes.
• Contribute to the implementation and improvements of SBC activities, including the NUTRISIM campaign.

Standard Minimum Qualifications

Education

• University degree in Nutrition, public health, international development, international relations or any other relevant field.

Experience

• At least 3 months of professional experience in a relevant field of work (nutrition and food security), with a background and interest in international humanitarian development.
• Experience in country capacity strengthening desirable.
• Experience in nutrition and food security is desirable.
• Experience working with WFP, especially in nutrition programming, desirable.

WFP Leadership Framework – Our Behaviour Matters

Leads by Example with Integrity

• Lives WFP values and shows humanity and integrity by role modelling care for others.

Drives Results and Delivers on Commitments

• Delivers on commitments and adapts readily to change.

Fosters Inclusive and Collaborative Teamwork

• Is inclusive and collaborative, and contributes to a culture of learning and personal growth.

Applies Strategic Thinking

• Demonstrates commitment to gather perspectives, analyse options and risks, and propose new ways of doing things.

Builds and Maintains Sustainable Partnerships

• Builds and nurtures external partnerships & collaborates with partners to deliver common objectives.

Functional Capabilities

Capability Name (Description of the behaviour expected for the proficiency level)

Programme Lifecycle & Food Assistance: Demonstrates ability to identify key variables and contextual factors that affect food assistance problems and programmes throughout the lifecycle to inform quality programme design or re-design.

Transfer Modalities (Food, Cash, Vouchers): Demonstrates ability to implement, under guidance, food assistance programmes deploying the full range of transfer modalities with an understanding of basic principles guiding modality selection and implementation.

Broad Knowledge of Specialized Areas: Understands basic technical concepts and data and their relevance to food assistance programmes.

Emergency Programming: Displays capacity to provide inputs into the development, implementation and realignment of high quality emergency programmes.

Strategic Policy Engagement w/Government: Understands and applies basic principles of engagement with government counterparts at the national or local level.