Programme Policy Officer- Head of Resilience & Food Systems Coordination CST

Job Description

JOB PURPOSEWFP Palestine needs a professional who will lead and coordinate livelihoods and resilience activities within the Country Office, while also enhancing coordination and support with other stakeholders, including the Palestinian Authority, UN agencies, NGOs, research institutes. They will also need to lead programme design efforts and manage relevant budgets. The Activity Manager will be overseeing the Livelihoods & Resilience Team.The position will be needed for 11 months.KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

• Lead the program design, management and oversight of WFP resilience programming:
• Provide project management support to specific and defined programmes and projects, including but not limited to vocational trainings and agricultural support;
• Ensuring a coordinated approach with other programmes that complies with WFP standards and procedures in order to contribute to a food systems approach in Palestine;
• Directly supervise national staff working on resilience projects and coordinate the efforts of other WFP staff who are working to support the implementation of resilience projects;
• Provide technical advice or mobilize technical expertise on programme and policy issues including assessment and analysis, the choice of objectives, activities, transfer modalities and appropriate food products, the deployment and testing of innovative approaches and the development of strategies to support government efforts to reduce hunger and malnutrition;

• Establish and maintain operational partnerships, including with relevant government ministries, to identify opportunities for collaborative approaches and initiatives that improve assistance packages and support advocacy work;
• Manage the preparation and dissemination of timely analytical and critical reports, publications, and a variety of information products or proposals for internal or external use;
• Contribute to resources mobilizations efforts for WFP projects, including clearly articulating the need for food assistance and related programme opportunities, and follow up on the resource situation of projects including commodity and cash availability, seeking advice from senior colleagues where necessary;
• Ensure all livelihoods activities are conflict sensitiveby working closely with Peace & Conflict Advisors in HQ and the Regional Bureau;
• Act as WFP Palestines focal point for engagement with the Food Security Sector. Attend Food Security Sector meetings, actively participate in discussions, represent WFP strategic interests, summaries discussions to highlight areas of interest/opportunities/challenges for WFP Palestine with recommendations for action.

• Proactively suggest opportunities and approaches for enhanced coordination with a focus on livelihoods and resilience, but also in relation to other sector issues directly relevant to WFP plans and programmes
• Provide operational leadership and examples into sector working groups and other topic-specific smaller inter-agency discussions.
• Where relevant, ensure WFP Palestine colleagues with functional interest, expertise or inputs are involved to either engage directly in sector discussions or provide inputs so that the focal point can appropriately reflect all aspects of WFPs inputs and engagement in inter-agency discussions
• Advise on partnership opportunities internally and externally to strengthen WFP Palestines Nexus humanitarian-development-peace approach, particularly related to livelihood support and social protection, to enhance WFP?s integrated programming with other stakeholders
• Perform any other duties required.

• Understand and communicate the Strategic Objectives : Utilizes understanding of WFP?s Strategic Objectives to communicate linkages to team objectives and work.
• Be a force for positive change : Proactively identifies and develops new methods or improvements for self and immediate team to address work challenges within own work area.
• Make the mission inspiring to our team : Identifies opportunities to further align individual contributions with WFP?s mission of making an impact on local communities.
• Make our mission visible in everyday actions : Helps colleagues to see the link between their individual tasks and the contributions of their unit?s goals to the broader context of WFP?s mission.

• Look for ways to strengthen peoples skills : Is able to identify, support and encourage focused on-the-job learning opportunities to address gaps between current skillsets and needed future skillsets for WFP.
• Create an inclusive culture : Recognizes the contributions of teammates, and encourages contributions from culturally different team mates to recognise the value of diversity above and beyond just including it in programming for beneficiaries.
• Be a coach & provide constructive feedback : Provides and solicits ongoing constructive feedback on strengths and development opportunities to help develop individual skills, whilst also helping others identify areas for improvement.
• Create an ?I will?/?We will? spirit : Sets clear targets for self and others to focus team efforts in ambiguous situations (e.g., unprecedented issues and/or scenarios)

• Encourage innovation & creative solutions : Thinks beyond team?s conventional approaches to formulate creative methods for delivering food aid and assistance to beneficiaries.
• Focus on getting results : Maintains focus on achieving individual results in the face of obstacles such as volatile or fragile environments and/or organizational roadblocks.
• Make commitments and make good on commitments : Takes personal accountability for upholding and delivering upon team?s commitments and provides assurance to stakeholders.
• Be Decisive : Demonstrates ability to adjust to team?s plans and priorities to optimize outcomes in light of evolving directives, while also responding quickly in high-pressure environments, such as in emergency settings.

• Connect and share across WFP units : Demonstrates an understanding of when and how to tactfully engage other units in conversations on impact, timing, or planning
• Build strong external partnerships : Networks regularly with key external partners using formal and informal opportunities to understand each partner?s unique value proposition, and to build and strengthen relationships
• Be politically agile & adaptable : Demonstrates ability to adapt engagement approach in the context of evolving partner circumstances and expectations
• Be clear about the value WFP brings to partnerships : Demonstrates ability to articulate to internal and external audiences the value that individual contributions and immediate teams bring to partnerships.

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