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Programme Policy Officer (EPR/DRR) NOA

Today 2025/05/08
Full Time Employee
500 Employees or more · Non-profit Organization
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Job Description

Within delegated authority, the Programme Policy Officer will be responsible for the following duties:

  • Conceptualize, design, and implement EPR/DRR integrated technical assistance packages in close collaboration with the requesting institution/government body and a wide array of relevant partners.
  • Articulate WFP’s value proposition in the EPR/DRR landscape.
  • Establish and nurture partnerships with relevant institutional stakeholders (National Center for Security and Crises Management, Department of Civil Defense, Department of Statistics, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Water and Irrigation, Ministry of Environment, Specialized research centers, Universities etc.), international stakeholders (UN Agencies, bilateral development agencies …) and others as guided by design and implementation of activities.
  • Strengthen the connection between WFP’s EPR/DRR technical assistance and other organizations’ projects and initiatives to optimize convergence, concentration, coverage and ultimately maximize the impact of interventions.
  • Lead on the implementation of the EPR/DRR technical assistance packages to government partners (technical guidance and training, partnership management, project management etc.)
  • Lead on the evidence generation agenda, in close collaboration with WFP’s M&E unit, in order to measure the benefits of WFP’s EPR/DRR capacity strengthening interventions.
  • Strengthen the connection between WFP’s EPR/DRR interventions with other WFP activities as elaborated by the CSP with a special focus to design and implement interventions that build upon and leverage the work conducted under CSP activity 5, which focuses on climate adaptive support to small holder farmers and pastoralists.
  • Actively participate and contribute to national inter-agency processes and working groups/platforms, communities of practice related to EPR, DRR and climate change to ensure collaboration and alignment among agencies.
  • Coordinate the implementation of WFP Emergency Preparedness and Response Package, Contingency plan, Business Continuity Plan etc. at the country office levels including:

- the identification and implementation of mandatory minimum preparedness action

- the identification and implementation of relevant emergency preparedness actions

- updating the risk registry and business continuity plans

  • Coordinate with other WFP programme units and their activities for example, WFP activity 2 related to shock responsive social protection.
  • Prepare quantitative and qualitative reports and communication materials, conduct briefings on initiatives and projects, and organize after-action reviews and document lessons learned and best practices in EPR/DRR programming.
  • Perform other related duties as required.


Skills

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

Education: Advanced University degree in Economics, Environmental science, Agriculture, International Affairs, Nutrition/ Health, Social Sciences, or other field relevant to international development assistance, or First University Degree with additional years of related work experience and/ or trainings/ courses.

Experience: At least one year of postgraduate professional experience for candidates holding a Master's degree, or three years of postgraduate professional experience for candidates holding a BA degree.

  • Experience in emergency preparedness and response and/or disaster risk reduction.
  • Experience with project design and the project cycle
  • Experience providing technical assistance to government counterparts directly or through partners.
  • Experience in building partnership at the institutional level (Government and bilateral international development agencies).
  • Experience in facilitating / training or events in emergency preparedness and response and/or disaster risk reduction.
  • Experience applying emergency preparedness and response and/or disaster risk reduction strategies to current/future climate related emergencies.

Knowledge & Skills:

  • Excellent communication skills, both verbal and in writing.
  • Ability to coordinate and communicate with government counterparts and other stakeholders.
  • Ability to negotiate with tact and build policy dialogue with government and partners.
  • Strong project design and implementation skills
  • Strong analytical skills
  • Strong teamwork skills that enable the establishment of effective working relations with persons of different national and cultural backgrounds
  • Ability to work constructively under short deadlines.

Languages: Fluency (level C) in English language and Arabic.


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The UNITED NATIONS WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME (WFP) is the world’s largest humanitarian organization working towards zero hunger by 2030, saving lives in emergencies and using food assistance to build a pathway to peace, stability and prosperity for people recovering from conflict, disasters and the impact of climate change. Powered by the passion, dedication and professionalism of our 20,000 staff worldwide, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) works in over 80 countries to bring life-saving food to people displaced by conflict and made destitute by disasters, and help individuals and communities find life-changing solutions to the multiple challenges they face in building better futures. In 2020, WFP assisted 115.5 million people – the largest number since 2012. On any given day, WFP has 5,600 trucks, 30 ships and nearly 100 planes on the move, delivering food and other assistance to those in most need. Every year, we distribute more than 15 billion rations at an estimated average cost per ration of US$ 0.61. We work to enhance nutrition in women and children, support smallholder farmers in improving productivity and reducing losses, help countries and communities prepare for and cope with climate-related shocks, and boost human capital through school feeding programmes. In conflict situations, we bring relief to exhausted populations and use food assistance to build pathways to peace and stability. For its efforts to combat hunger, for its contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflict-affected areas and for acting as a driving force in efforts to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of war and conflict, WFP was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2020.

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