Programme Policy Officer (APP/Gender/ Protection) – SC8

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“WFP encourages female candidates and people with disabilities to apply.
WFP celebrates and embraces diversity. It is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all its employees. It encourages qualified candidates to apply irrespective of race, color, national origin, ethnic or social background, genetic information, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, HIV status, or disability”.

ABOUT WFP

Assisting more than 160 million people in 123 countries and territories each year, the World Food Program (WFP) is the leading humanitarian organization saving lives and changing lives, delivering food assistance in emergencies partnering with governments, and providing common services that allow the entire humanitarian community to save lives in emergencies and build the resilience of food insecure people and communities. As the international community has committed to end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition by 2030, one in nine people worldwide still do not have enough to eat. Food and food-related assistance lie at the heart of the struggle to break the cycle of hunger and poverty. WFP Turkiye provides humanitarian assistance to nearly 1.6 million vulnerable persons in 2023, in the form of in-kind and cash-based transfers. Our beneficiaries remain at the very heart of everything we do in Turkiye. 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 TITLE: Programme Policy Officer – Gender Protection, Inclusion and Community Engagement
• TYPE  AND LEVEL OF CONTRACT: Service Contract – SC8
• UNIT/DIVISON: Programme 
• DUTY STATION:  Gazientap
• DURATION: One year 
• TYPE OF VA: Internal and External
• DATE OF OPENING: 16 April 2024
• DATE OF CLOSING:  30 April 2024

WHY TO JOIN WFP

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We are driven by our mission to fight world hunger and feed people’s dreams of a brighter future.

GLOBAL COMMUNITY
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Being part of a global, diverse, and multicultural community like WFP, will continuously expose you to new ideas and perspectives.
How we deliver our mission in a deep respect for personal and cultural differences and close collaboration between every member of our global team, will certainly enrich your experience and knowledge on so many levels. 

UNLIMITED POSSIBILITIES
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LIFE-CHANGING EXPERIENCE ⭐
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WFP offers the kind of life-changing experiences you’re unlikely to find in many other organizations.

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ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT

Türkiye hosts the highest number of refugees in the world – 3.7 million people. Around 63,000 of the most vulnerable of them live in eight camps in the southeast, while the majority live in cities and villages throughout the country. The Government of Türkiye has demonstrated leadership and generosity in hosting this large number for close to a decade. Since June 2014, a temporary protection regime has granted Syrian refugees access to basic services such as healthcare and education. Asylum seekers from other countries continue to benefit from International Protection status. WFP re-established a presence in Türkiye in 2012, in response to the Syria crisis and transitioned its programmes from basic needs assistance to livelihoods support as the needs of the target population evolved over time. WFP Türkiye’s Country Strategic Plan (CSP 2023-2025) seeks to continue assisting refugees in camps, provide services to humanitarian and development partners, and implement sustainable livelihood programming to build the self-reliance of vulnerable Turks and refugees alike. The CSP has been revised to integrate the recovery efforts following the devastating earthquakes of February 2023, focusing on restoring and revitalising the food value chain in the earthquake-affected regions. 

The Programme Policy Officer (PPO); Gender, Protection, Inclusion, and Community Engagement is responsible for supporting WFP Turkiye to design and implement programmes and strategies that are inclusive and reach those most in need. Under the supervision of the Head of The Programme, the PPO; Gender, Protection, Inclusion, and Community Engagement will coordinate and provide technical support for the Country Office’s efforts to integrate cross-cutting themes into its country strategic plan (CSP), programmes, and strategies. 

This includes providing strategic and technical support for the adoption and implementation of WFP’s relevant corporate policies. Such cross-cutting themes include gender, protection, prevention from sexual exploitation and abuse (PSEA), disability inclusion, conflict sensitivity (CS), community engagement, community feedback mechanisms (CFM), and accountability to affected populations (AAP). 
 

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

Within the assigned  area, the Programme Policy Officer will be responsible for the following duties:

• Provide strategic and technical support for the mainstreaming of cross-cutting themes, including gender, protection, AAP, and conflict sensitivity, across WFP operations in Turkiye.
• Lead and regularly update relevant contextual analysis, including gender analysis, protection risk analysis, diversity mapping, and conflict sensitivity risk analysis at national and sub-national levels. 
• Support Country Office colleagues and relevant partners to integrate cross-cutting themes, such as conflict sensitivity, gender, and protection, in assessments, monitoring, implementation, evaluation, and reporting tools, as well as develop these tools as required.
• Lead the development of cross-cutting components of strategic documents, including the country’s strategic plan, budget revisions, and annual country reports.
• Lead the development and implementation of the PSEA action plan for the Country Office and provide training as required to relevant team members and cooperating partners (CPs). 
• Contribute to the design and implementation of standard operating procedures (SOPs) to ensure effective, accessible, conflict and gender-sensitive community consultations and feedback mechanisms are available.  
• Support Country Office colleagues to draft key messages for community engagement, outreach, and crisis communications and ensure these are developed in a way that is non-exclusionary of certain groups. This includes consulting with affected populations on their preferred communication channels. 
• Ensure affected populations receive information on programme objectives, their rights, and entitlements.
• Assist in the effective management of community feedback mechanisms, ensuring these are accessible and functional, and that follow-up resolution processes are followed.
• Ensure protection issues are captured through feedback mechanisms and are addressed appropriately by trained team members who understand case management principles.
• Contribute to strengthening existing referral pathways and develop new ones with relevant international agencies and local partners based on identified gender and protection issues including but not only limited to GBV. 

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education:    

• Advanced University Degree in one of the following disciplines: social sciences, international development, political sciences, law, or related field; must have specialization in gender, protection, and/or human rights-related fields or First University degree with additional years of experience.

Experience:    

• Minimum 1 year of postgraduate experience or 3 years with the first university degree. Responsible and relevant work experience in humanitarian organizations and operational implementation of gender/protection programming and gender/protection integration in other humanitarian sectors, with a strong focus on protection risk reduction, including related to access to humanitarian assistance, conflict sensitivity, gender in humanitarian operations, community engagement, and inclusion. 

Knowledge & Skills: 

• In-depth knowledge and operations experience in risk identification and operationalization of mitigation measures, gender, gender-based violence (GBV), protection, humanitarian principles, access, conflict sensitivity, and other humanitarian policy issues, and their linkages to humanitarian assistance
• Demonstrated field experience working on cross-cutting themes covered in the scope of this role, including gender, protection, conflict sensitivity, human rights, and accountability to affected populations.
• Understanding of food security programming and previous experience with WFP or any of its CPs is a strong asset.
• Demonstrated skills in diplomacy, access, and community engagement.
• Innovative and self-driven with a strong commitment to results.

Language    

• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English and Turkish, Arabic an asset. 

WFP LEADERSHIP FRAMEWORK

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Final WFP celebrates and embraces diversity. It is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all its employees. It encourages qualified candidates to apply irrespective of race, color, national origin, ethnic or social background, genetic information, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, HIV status, or disability.

Qualified Female candidates and Individuals with disabilities are especially encouraged to apply.

WFP is committed to an accessible, inclusive recruitment process. Please contact us at [email protected] to advise us of any disability-related reasonable accommodation or accessibility requests you may have. A member of the reasonable accommodation team will contact you to discuss your needs. This email is only to be used for any disability-related accessibility requirements, and not for sending the application itself. Due to the volume of applications, any applications or CVs sent through this email address will not be considered as a formal application and will not receive a reply from WFP.

WFP has a zero-tolerance approach to conduct such as fraud, sexual exploitation, 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 payment requests should be refused and reported to local law enforcement authorities for appropriate action.