UN-WFP Afghanistan, Multi Location
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is well known for its ability to deliver food assistance rapidly to people in need. To continue responding effectively to challenging contexts while also contributing to longer-term efforts to end hunger, WFP’s Strategic Plan focuses on better understanding of national food and nutrition security challenges and reshaping its engagement through support to national safety nets and social protection systems, to help host governments with their hunger-fighting strategies.
In emergencies, WFP is often first on the scene, providing food assistance to the victims of war, civil conflict, drought, floods, earthquakes, hurricanes, crop failures and natural disasters. When the emergency subsides, WFP helps communities rebuild shattered lives and livelihoods. WFP also works to strengthen the resilience of people and communities affected by protracted crises by applying a development lens in our humanitarian response. WFP development projects focus on nutrition, especially for mothers and children, addressing malnutrition from the earliest stages through programmes targeting the first 1,000 days from conception to a child’s second birthday, and later through school meals.
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ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT:
With a committed government, rich natural resources, and a young and diverse population, Afghanistan has the potential to make significant progress on the 2030 Agenda. However, a complex and protracted conflict, combined with challenges related to climate change, demographics, gender inequalities, underemployment, and transparency issues, has dramatically impeded its efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including SDG 2 on Zero Hunger. The 2017 Afghanistan Zero Hunger Strategic Review (ZHSR) found that the country suffers from high, and in some cases rapidly rising, levels of food insecurity and undernutrition, and outlines a series of recommendations to address the problem.
WFP is well placed to help Afghanistan implement several of the key recommendations through their new Country Strategic Plan (2018-2022). The overarching goal of the WFP Afghanistan Country Strategic Plan (CSP) is to support the country to achieve Zero Hunger by 2030 in a manner that also contributes, wherever possible, to the broader, longer-term transition to peace and development. Through the CSP, WFP will move toward a more comprehensive, national-led framing of all strategic result areas. Mainstreaming the crosscutting issues of gender equality and women’s empowerment, protection, and accountability to affected populations, the CSP focuses on six, highly interrelated outcomes that span both SDG 2 and 17 (partnering for the goals).
JOB PURPOSE:
This position is being recruited to lead and manage a WFP Faizabad Field Office and to ensure the effective and efficient management of human and financial resources and delivery of WFP programmes and activities. A large emphasis is placed upon building and maintaining relationships with local governments, UN agencies and other partners in the area to reinforce WFP’s visibility.
Education: Advanced University degree in International Affairs, Economics, Nutrition/Health, Agriculture, Environmental Sciences, Social Sciences, Social Policy, or other field relevant to international and national development assistance.
Experience: A minimum of 5 years of Country-Level experience in programme/Operations/Project Management and Coordination, including experience in working in emergency response.
Language: Fluency (level C) in English language. Fluency in Pashto or Dari, preferably both.
• Has developed, or supported the development of multi-discipline work plans for the achievement of strategic aims within a defined area.
• Has gained experience in field operations, preferably in a hardship duty station or emergency situation.
• Experience analysing political situations, assessing risk and supporting managers and leaders in decision making that is sensitive to this.
• Has gained experience managing mid-size financial budgets, balancing multiple priorities effectively.
• Has experience leading a mid-size to large team to ensure the effective delivery of objectives.
• Participated in a government/ partner negotiation.
• Participated in a moderately complex emergency operation or development programme.
Afghan Nationals meeting the essential qualifications of the position are invited to apply by submitting a letter of interest and an updated CV or P11 form. Please click on the link provided below in order to submit your online application through the WFP E-recruitment portal. Please note that application submitted via email or hardcopy will not be given any consideration.
LINK TO THE VA: https://career5.successfactors.eu/sfcareer/jobreqcareer?jobId=107753&company=C0000168410P&username=
Post Date
Dec 30, 2019
Closing Date
Jan 15, 2020
Reference
107753
Number of Vacancies
1
Salary Range
As per company salary scale
Years of Experience
5 years
Probation Period
12 month
Contract Type
Fixed-term
Contract Duration
Not Specified
Contract Extensible
true
Minimum Education
Master's Degree
Gender
Any
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