Le PAM recrute 01 responsable des politiques de programme
Tasks and responsibilities
Under the supervision of the Head of Programme, the Programme Policy Officer will be in-charge of the coordination of the activities implemented by the Resilience and Livelihoods Unit together with the Deputy Coordinator and, the technical team of programme officers. She/he will play a key role in coordinating the relevant activities (Disaster risk reduction, rural development, access to micro-finance, smallholder farmer market access support, value chains and lean season interventions) and will ensure building synergies with other WFP programme activities and resilience and partners activities as well.
Specifically, the incumbent will oversee the following responsibilities and tasks:
- Provide overall coordination and management for the activities implemented by the Resilience and Livelihoods unit (rural development, access to micro-finance, smallholder farmer market access support, value chains and lean season interventions). This role requires a dedicated level of oversight and the Coordinator must be able to work autonomously to ensure all programme objectives are achieved.
- Supervise the rural resilience team in the country office, and organize, coordinate and manage the work of the team;
- Work closely with other programmatic units (nutrition, school feeding and CBT) teams build synergies across interventions and regions;
- Liaise with Area and Sub Offices and provide adequate guidance and technical support to sub-offices, including on the design and management of new activities, and budget and programme team for budget management.
- Support overall partnership discussions and formulation at Sub Office and CO level, including with key partners, and donors;
- Ensure close coordination with government partners and cooperating partners concerned by the implementation of activities under this project, including operational planning and coordination of national level advocacy;
- Represent WFP in strategic fora with UN, Government, donors and other partners; Participate in and lead, regular coordination meetings with implementing partners, in Dakar and at field level where necessary;
- Supervise the development of all related communications and reporting material;
- Provide inputs for resources mobilization for resilience & livelihood interventions
- Oversee the learning and evaluation agenda by working closely with Research, Assessment and Monitoring team (RAM)
- Travel regularly to the field to meet with partners and the teams responsible for programme implementation and monitoring, in order to oversee general implementation of activities
- Perform other duties as required
Required Qualifications
- Advanced university degree or university degree with experience and advanced courses/training in one or more of the following disciplines: economics, agriculture, environmental sciences, social sciences, development studies.
- At least eight years of postgraduate progressively responsible professional experience in coordination of complex resilience projects, emergency assistance, and/or operational aspects of national, bilateral or multilateral food aid or commercial transactions.
- Excellent written and spoken French language skills, with the ability to facilitate workshops, negotiate agreements, and write publishable reports in French; Good command of English.
- The incumbent must also possess good experience in participatory approaches and management of agricultural/rural development projects, including “Food for Assets ».
- In-depth understanding of food security vulnerability and ability to link analysis to programme design, in the context of WFP programmes.
- Excellent work planning and project management skills, ideally demonstrated in a WFP context.
- Excellent ability to coordinate across multiple units and organizations.
- Training and/or experience utilising computers, including word processing, spreadsheet and other standard WFP software packages and systems.
- General knowledge of UN system policies, rules, regulations and procedures governing administration.
Closing date: 27 august 2022