Programme Policy Officer (Climate Change & Risk Financing) Nob Niamey

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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.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

JOB DETAILS

POSTION TITLE: Programme Policy Officer ( Climate Change and Risk Financing)

GRADE: NO-B

TYPE OF CONTRACT: Fixed-term

CONTRACT DURATION: 12 months (possible extension on the basis of satisfactory performance and availability of resources)

DUTY STATION: Niamey, Niger

DATE OF PUBLICATION: March 4th 2024

DEADLINE OF APPLICATION: Mars 18th 2024

The WFP offers equal opportunities to all.

The WFP is committed to promoting a work culture in which all employees understand and are able to carry out their professional responsibilities and maintain the dignity of their co-workers. The WFP offers career opportunities for its employees and supports them in their professional development through training and continuous learning.

The WFP is also committed to creating and maintaining a harmonious workplace climate based on mutual respect and understanding, free from discrimination, harassment, sexual harassment and abuse of authority, and respectful of diversity. The WFP is committed to diversity and inclusion in its workforce and encourages qualified female and male applicants from all religious and ethnic backgrounds to apply. The WFP has zero tolerance for discrimination and does not discriminate on the basis of HIV/AIDS status.

Finally, WFP seeks to promote gender equality and women's empowerment and is certain that its mission to fight world hunger can only be achieved if women, men, girls and boys have equal opportunities to access resources and services and to participate in decision-making roles.

Duration of contract: 1 year (renewable)

ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT

These jobs are found in Headquarters (HQ), Regional Bureaux (RBs) or Country Offices (COs) and job holders report to a more senior Programme Policy Officer.
Job holders operate with a high degree of independence, manage more junior staff to ensure that programme and policy objectives are achieved in full. They are usually involved in a wide variety of programme and policy activities and analytical work, some of which may be of a considerable complexity. At this level job holders are expected to contribute to performance improvement.

JOB PURPOSE

The aim of this post is to help strengthen national and local capacities for climate action, to ensure better decision-making and intelligent planning in the face of the immediate and future effects of Climate change. The position also aims to ensure the link between Climate change and Risk Financing issues with food security and social protection. 
Under the direct supervision of the Social Protection Officer, and in close collaboration with the Rural Development Unit, the incumbent will provide support in the activities.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

1.    To manage the Early Action (EA) and micro-insurance programmes:
- Provide support for the planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting of AA programmes.
- Supporting the development and refinement of AA plans for forecast-based funding, which include timing of activities, costs, stakeholders, targeting, and M&E. As part of this, ensure the monitoring of early warnings and associated anticipatory actions (if triggered). 
- Coordinate the management and operationalization of WFP's microinsurance programmes, including the African Integrated Climate Risk Management Programme (AICRM) in collaboration with IFAD. 

2.    Support the expansion of climate services in Niger: 
- Identify innovative climate services pilot projects and ensure that lessons learned and best practices are documented and widely shared.
- Coordinate with other drought and flood risk management and AA projects, including the Ministry of Agriculture, DNPGCA, DGPC, National Meteorological Services, AGRHYMET, ARC, UNDRR and Red Cross in the region/country.
- In collaboration with IRI, support coordination between technical and government partners (agricultural, meteorological) in the development of seasonal and flood forecasts.

3.    Act as technical reference person for the WFP Niger office on Climate change prevention and mitigation: 
- Coordinate relations with the regional office in Dakar, as well as with headquarters and other international organisations, notably FAO and IFAD. 
- Represent WFP in all climate forums (CNEDD, PTF climate, and others, as required).
- In the event of activation, coordinate with key teams within WFP and implementing partners on cash (CBT), resilience programmes, climate services, FFA, social protection and others.
- Analyse and share relevant lessons learned from climate services projects with stakeholders at country level to support capacity building.
- Organise and facilitate capacity building sessions for national stakeholders in the priority area of agriculture and food security.

4.    Support resource mobilisation and partnership building to ensure sustainable development, effective and efficient implementation:
- Establish and maintain strategic partnerships with key stakeholders. 
- Support the preparation of financing proposals, including in the context of climate finance windows/mechanisms.

4Ps CORE ORGANISATIONAL CAPABILITIES

Purpose

• Understand and communicate the Strategic Objectives: Understands WFP’s Strategic Objectives and the link to own work objectives.
• Be a force for positive change: Flexibly adapts individual contributions to accommodate changes in direction from supervisors and internal/external changes (such as evolving needs of beneficiaries, new requirements of partners).
•  Make the mission inspiring to our team: Recognizes and shares with team members the ways in which individual contributions relate to WFP’s mission.
•  Make our mission visible in everyday actions: Sets own goals in alignment with WFP’s overall operations, and is able to communicate this link to others.

People

• Look for ways to strengthen people's skills: Assesses own strengths and weaknesses to increase self-awareness, and includes these in conversations on own developmental needs.
•  Create an inclusive culture: Participates in open dialogue, and values the diverse opinion of others, regardless of background, culture, experience, or country assignment.
•  Be a coach & provide constructive feedback: Proactively seeks feedback and coaching to build confidence, and develop and improve individual skills.
•  Create an “I will”/”We will” spirit: Participates in accomplishing team activities and goals in the face of challenging circumstances.

Performance

• Encourage innovation & creative solutions: Shows willingness to explore and experiment with new ideas and approaches in own work.
•  Focus on getting results: Consistently delivers results within individual scope of work on time, on budget and without errors.
•  Make commitments and make good on commitments: Commits to upholding individual accountabilities and responsibilities in the face of ever-changing country or functional priorities.
•  Be Decisive: Makes rational decisions about individual activities when faced with uncertain circumstances, including in times of ambiguity regarding information or manager direction.

Partnership

• Connect and share across WFP units: Seeks to understand and adapt to internal or cross-unit teams’ priorities and preferred working styles.
•  Build strong external partnerships: Demonstrates ability to understand and appropriately respond to and/or escalate needs of external partners.
•  Be politically agile & adaptable: Portrays an informed and professional demeanor toward internal and external partners and stakeholders.
•  Be clear about the value WFP brings to partnerships: Provides operational support on analyses and assessments that quantifies and demonstrates WFP’s unique value as a partner.

FUNCTIONAL CAPABILITIES

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education: Advanced university degree in Master's degree in geography, environmental sciences, earth system sciences, climatology, meteorology, disaster risk management or related disciplines or First university degree with at least 2 additional years of related work experience.
Language: International Professional: Fluency (level C) in English language. Intermediate knowledge (level B) of a second official UN language: Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish, and/or WFP’s working language, Portuguese.

Experience: At least three (3) years of progressively responsible professional postgraduate (Master’s) experience at senior levels in international development, government aid programmes or other related fields.or a minimum of five (5) years of professional experience in the same fields for First University degree holders.
National Professional: Fluency (level C) in English language and the duty station’s language, if different.

OTHER SPECIFIC JOB REQUIREMENTS

DESIRED EXPERIENCES FOR ENTRY INTO THE ROLE

• A approfondi ses connaissances techniques grâce à une exposition aux équipes techniques.

• A pris en charge la mise en œuvre de programmes.

• A contribué aux discussions et aux décisions politiques en apportant des avis.

COMPETENCIES

WFP offers equal opportunities to all

WFP is committed to promoting a work culture in which every employee understands and is able to carry out their work responsibilities and maintain the dignity of their co-workers. WFP offers career opportunities for its employees and supports them in their professional development with training and continuous learning actions.

WFP is also committed to creating and maintaining a harmonious climate in the workplace, based on mutual respect and understanding, free of discrimination, harassment, sexual harassment and abuse of authority and respectful of diversity. WFP is committed to diversity and inclusion in its workforce and encourages qualified women and men from all religious and ethnic backgrounds to apply. WFP has a zero tolerance for discrimination and does not discriminate based on the status of HIV / AIDS.

Finally, WFP seeks to promote gender equality and women's empowerment and is confident that its mission to fight global hunger can only be achieved if women, men, girls and boys equal opportunity for access to resources and services and participation in decision-making roles

Contract Duration: 1 year (Renewable)

Remuneration: The gross salary for this grade varies from 23.918.000 fcfa to 30.161.000 fcfa per annum in addition to which you will be granted an allowance for spouse and dependent children under certain conditions.

Eligibility: This vacancy is open to candidates of Nigerien nationality.

Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.

WFP is an employer of choice for women. We value your contributions and are sensitive to your needs. That is why:

 "We work to ensure that you have a work/life balance"

• 6 months maternity leave with full pay.
• breastfeeding breaks of up to 2 hours per day and rooms for nursing mothers.
• Flexible working hours (due to illness of children, spouse, etc.) including telecommuting if necessary.

• "We encourage and work to develop your career" through:

• opportunities for growth and development of leadership capabilities.
• training opportunities, capacity building to boost their career.

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

Closing date of application:  March 18th 2024

Applications should be sent only on-line through WFP recruitment website.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

If you do not hear from us within 2 months, please consider your application unsuccessful.

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WFP has a zero-tolerance approach to conduct such as fraud, sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to WFP’s standards of conduct and will therefore undergo rigorous background verification internally or through third parties. Selected candidates will also be required to provide additional information as part of the verification exercise. Misrepresentation of information provided during the recruitment process may lead to disqualification or termination of employment

WFP will not request payment at any stage of the recruitment process including at the offer stage. Any requests for payment should be refused and reported to local law enforcement authorities for appropriate action.