Social Protection Programme Policy Roster (Consultant Level II&III)

Job Description

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)Support Country Office (CO) to shape social protection engagement in the country as outlined in the COs Country Strategic Plan (CSP):

• Act as the CO social protection focal point, ensuring a strong cooperation between teams in the CO, and liaising with Regional Bureau and HQ focal points as required.
• Support COÿin developing the strategic direction and positioning of their engagement in specific social protection schemes and overall country social protection strategy, in line with its Country Strategic Plans, identifying opportunities for WFPs onwards engagement.ÿ
• Inform CO strategic and technical programme development, fostering integration of the work of relevant technical teams (for example, vulnerability analysis, cash-based transfers, school based programmes, nutrition, emergency preparedness and response planning, IT).
• Support efforts to build a policy dialogue on social protection with the host governmentÿand development partners, develop positioning and advocacy messages towards this.

ÿProvide technical support to the Country Office on social protection and capacity strengthening

• Provide technical advice on a wide range of social protection and safety nets programmes and policy issues related to analysis, the choice of objectives, activities, transfer modalities, the use of management information systems (such as for targeting, registrationÿand,ÿcomplaints and feedback mechanisms) and the development of strategies to support governments efforts to address food security and nutrition issues through national social protection systems, and make social protection systems more shock-responsive.
• Enable cross-functional support to social protection efforts toÿintegrate of the work of relevant technical teams (vulnerability analysis, cash-based transfers, school-based programmes, nutrition, emergency preparedness and response planning) with regards to making social protection more food security and nutrition-sensitive and shock responsive.
• Assist government counterparts to identify and analyse policy problems and provide (or mobilize) support and technical expertise for the design and delivery of suitable socialÿprotection solutions;
• Support CO efforts to develop programme proposals in line with their CSPs.
• Support capacity strengthening of CO staff and government counterparts, including through engagement with social protection initiatives such as TRANSFORM.

ÿSupport partnership development with International Financial Institutions, such as the World Bank, and related government and development partners

• Support CO efforts in cultivating partnership with relevant government counterparts for joint collaboration in social protection strengthening.ÿ
• Support CO partnership development with development partners and International Financial Institutions such as theÿWorld Bank, including the development of a roadmap of engagement towards that and articulation of opportunities for joint collaboration in the area of social protection.
• Maintain a network of related national and international professional contacts.
• Identify new funding opportunities and develop funding proposals at country and regional level as relevant.
• Represent WFP in policy dialogue on social protection with key actors.

ÿSupport evidence generation, capture andÿexchange.

• Research and analyse a range of policy and operational issues to inform the development of country strategies, programmes and activities, with a specific focus on social protection and safety nets.
• Enableÿdocumentation of learning from support to social protection in the country, to share and utilizeÿinternally and externally.
• Support preparation and dissemination of timely analytical and critical analysis and information products or proposals for internal or external use, including support commissioning of related research as required.
• Support utilization of social protection learnings from within WFP, as well as learnings from other social protection actors.

ÿCross-cutting issues

• Take responsibility for incorporating gender perspectives in all areas of work, to ensure equal participation of women and men.
• Other tasks as required and assigned by the supervisor or the senior management.

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