Programme Associate Gender G6

Job Description

ABOUT WFPWFP seeks candidates of the highest integrity and professionalism who share our humanitarian principles.Selection of staff is made on a competitive basis, and we are committed to promoting diversity and gender balance.The United Nations? Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) assume a substantial role for public sector business and its ability to make a major contribution towards their achievement.?The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development gives business a significant role to play in efforts to achieve the SDGs, based on their ability to invest and innovate in a sustainable way. Achieving the SDGs requires collective action, shared responsibility and financing from multiple sources, especially of the public sector financial institutions.To achieve the ambitious plan of sustaining all the strategic interventions of Egypt?s WFP CO, the public-sector contribution should improve and strengthens long-term partnerships with financial institutions, companies, foundations and high-net worth individuals. This includes leveraging the capacities of this segment to build long lasting partnerships that goes beyond resources but expands to leaving a mark to future development visions of the country.JOB PURPOSETo provide specialized expertise and effective coordination to a full range of policy and programme activities that effectively contribute to gender equality and women?s empowerment in relation to food security.KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

• Provide specialized expertise towards the development of project activities, plans and processes to ensure alignment with wider corporate policies and guidelines on gender equality and women?s empowerment.
• Provide efficient coordination and specialized management support to ensure that the programme activities mainstream gender equality and women?s empowerment, following WFP?s policies and procedures.
• Prepare a variety of reports and substantial data and make recommendations to supervisors, ensuring deliverables adhere to corporate standards and quality control.
• Foster relationships, support partnership building with local partners, agencies, NGOs and government institutions, and participate in gender working groups and other fora to represent WFP.
• Support the capacity building of WFP staff, cooperating partners and national government within the area of mainstreaming gender equality and women?s empowerment.

• Coordinate and liaise with different CO units on the implementation of the activities stipulated in the CO Gender Action Plan and ensure objectives are delivered to agreed standards and deadlines.
• Act as a resource person for different CO units on all complex matters within the area of gender equality to enable effective collaboration, implementation and monitoring of ongoing gender activities.
• Follow up with the different units on the implementation of the activities stipulated in the Country Office Gender Action Plan 2017-2020 and subsequent updated action plans.
• Organize meetings of the CO Gender Result Network, prepare agendas, keep documentation thereof, and follow up on agreed actions.
• Keep CO staff informed of gender related events, training opportunities, and any information on gender communicated by the RBC or HQ Gender Offices.
• Support Programme staff in mainstreaming gender by formulating gender equality outcomes, incorporating gender indicators in log frames, proposals and corporate and donor reports
• Support the processes of reporting on gender equality and women?s empowerment indicators at CO level, including country level reports and Programme reports.?
• Support CO?s participation in national and international events, such as the 16 days of activism, international women?s day and orange days.
• Perform other duties assigned by the supervisor and Head of Programme

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