Programme Policy Officer (Self Resilience & Livelihood) NOA

Job Description

JOB PURPOSESubsequently, WFP Jordan intends to hire a Self-Reliance / Livelihood Programme Policy Officer to lead on the design, implementation, and oversight of the activities related to:(i)Analysing the national labour market and building advocacy alliances aimed at creating a more efficient enabling environment.(ii)Supporting Jordanians and Refugees with integrated livelihood packages aimed at enhancing employment and income-generation opportunities.(iii)Jointly with UNHCR, managing an Information Management System able to assess and store refugees? needs, skills, and opportunities.The selected candidate will be functioning as Activity 4 Manager (Building an interagency two-way referrals systems and an evidence-based advocacy strategy for refugees self-reliance and provide livelihood support package to targeted refugees and vulnerable Jordanians). She/he will report directly to the Strategic Outcome Manager responsible for the Refugees portfolio within Programme Unit.KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)Sustainability Agenda for Refugees Response?Proactively support the coordination with UNHCR Jordan on the Joint Sustainable Action Plan, the joint secretariat and to lead on the self-reliance workstream.?Closely work with WFP staff leading on the provision of humanitarian assistance to Refugees; to ensure close linkages between humanitarian programming and the referral mechanism, advocacy and livelihood activities.?Contribute to strategic development of linkages between humanitarian assistance and sustainable solutions for refugees, by creating the internal programmatic readiness as well as the engagement with external partners.Two-Way Referral Mechanism?Act as the focal point for the two-way referral mechanism for WFP and represent WFP in the livelihood working group and other fora.?Actively liaise with all potential and interested partners (NGOs, development actors, private sector) to utilise the referral mechanism for their recruitment of project participants/employment opportunities.?Build new and nurture existing partnerships with other agencies, NGOs, development sector entities and the private sector.?Promote and advocate for the utilisation of the referral mechanism as well as coordinate the referrals requests jointly with UNHCR.Data Sharing Agreements?Support developing templates for data-sharing agreements including supporting the coordination with WFP regional and global experts.?Support the data-sharing agreement process for WFP, ensuring relevant agreements are in place with participating 3rd parties and in coordination with UNHCR.Evidence-based Advocacy?Lead the data analytics (data mining) to identify skills and capabilities of the refugee population that can be translated into evidence-based advocacy messages to stakeholders. Extensive liaise with other relevant WFP units.?Identify gaps in the data and develop solutions to address them, including but not limited to labour market analysis and data collection exercises.?Develop advocacy messages based on the results of the collected data, write strategic policy briefs and drive advocacy activities of WFP.?Coordinate and drive joint advocacy with UNHCR and other actorsLivelihood support package to targeted refugees and vulnerable Jordanians?Survey programmatic landscape (among others technical and vocational training, skill-building, financial literacy, job-matching, mentorship, incubation and seed-money support and access to user-centred financial services) of livelihood, financial inclusion, start-up and training landscape in Jordan to understand gaps and opportunities for WFP to partner with other organisations.?Develop an integrated livelihood support package for urban refugees and vulnerable Jordanians with a specific focus on women and youth that addresses identified gaps, to increase their access to employment and income-generation opportunities.?Set up and lead partnerships for this programme.?Lead and conduct programme implementation and tracking, including developing the monitoring and evaluation framework under close coordination with WFP Units (M&E, Field Office,?)?Other relevant activities as required

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