Feb 27, UN WFP Programme Policy Officer (Social Protection, Learning & Policy) Jobs in Uganda

Organizational Context

Since July 2019, the World Food Programme (WFP) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have implemented a joint programme with funding from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida). The Child-Sensitive Social Protection in Refugee-Hosting Districts of West Nile, Uganda (CSSP) programme supports the Government of Uganda to make social protection and health systems more efficient, transparent, child- and nutrition-sensitive, and to scale up the coverage and efficiency of existing programmes.

The programme’s overall objective is to improve community and household resilience among refugees and host populations in refugee-hosting districts of West Nile. This will be achieved by working within existing government systems and programmes to address social protection, health and nutrition needs, and vulnerabilities in the West Nile sub-region. WFP is implementing the programme’s social protection systems strengthening and nutrition-sensitive cash transfer components.

Job Purpose

Under the supervision of the Programme Policy Officer Social Protection (CST) within the Resilience and Social Protection programme team, the primary job purpose of the PPO-Social Protection Learning &

Policy is to establish and support collaborative learning, knowledge generation and feedback. Working closely with monitoring and evaluation colleagues, the PPO will facilitate processes to help the CSSP team and partners advance their learning agenda and achieve their learning goals and the delivery of knowledge products.

Key Accountabilities (not all-inclusive)

Lead development, implementation and monitoring of a learning agenda and uptake strategy (including communication and advocacy) for the Child Sensitive Social Protection Programme (CSSP) that engages both the WFP social protection team and its partners

Coordinate research, monitoring, evaluation and learning activities under the CSSP that translate evidence into knowledge products

Establish and lead a virtual learning network for WFP’s social protection team across its country, area and field offices

Facilitate team members to undertake real-time learning and collectively identify areas to further develop social protection capacities

Introduce and regularly apply tools, techniques and exercises to identify and capture lessons and other learning; participate in internal reviews and assessments to support lesson learning

Organise activities that foster learning at the individual and group level, such as brown bag seminars, webinars, virtual roundtables, etc.

Identify and work with WFP and external subject matter experts to provide CSSP team members and partners with access to technical expertise

Work with subject matter experts to shape and finalize knowledge products

Coordinate disseminating information to government and development partners and other key stakeholders in the social protection sector

Other tasks and duties as required and/or assigned by the supervisor

Standard Minimum Qualifications

Education:

Advanced degree in Economics, Social Sciences, Business or related area

Experience:

At least five (5) years of post-graduate professional experience in research, knowledge management and/or policy dialogue

Desirable:

Experience working with Uganda government social protection programmes

Experience with WFP systems and procedures

Knowledge & Skills:

Exceptionally strong communication, advocacy and facilitation skills

Highly effective at networking and sourcing expertise

Deep understanding of social protection systems and processes

Familiarity with adult learning approaches and techniques and leading and motivating groups

Languages:

Fluency in English (both oral and written communication)

How to Apply

For more information and job application details, see; UN WFP Programme Policy Officer (Social Protection, Learning & Policy) Jobs in Uganda

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