DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

20 January 2025-23:59-GMT+02:00 Central Africa Time (Juba)

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ABOUT WFP

The World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian organization 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.

At WFP, people are at the heart of everything we do and the vision of the future WFP workforce is one of diverse, committed, skilled, and high performing teams, selected on merit, operating in a healthy and inclusive work environment, living WFP’s values (Integrity, Collaboration, Commitment, Humanity, and Inclusion) and working with partners to save and change the lives of those WFP serves.

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WHY JOIN WFP?

• WFP is a 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.
• WFP offers a highly inclusive, diverse, and multicultural working environment.
• WFP invests in the personal & professional development of its employees through a range of training, accreditation, coaching, mentorship, and other programs as well as through internal mobility opportunities.
• A career path in WFP provides an exciting opportunity to work across the various country, regional and global offices around the world, and with passionate colleagues who work tirelessly to ensure that effective humanitarian assistance reaches millions of people across the globe.
• We offer an attractive compensation package (please refer to the Terms and Conditions section of this vacancy announcement).

Country Context:

South Sudan has been in protracted crises since 2013. Independence in 2011 gave hope for national unity, peace, oil revenue and socio-economic development. Yet, by the end of 2013, the country descended into war again. After a number of violent incidents, ceasefires and peace attempts, the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of Conflict in South Sudan (R-ARCSS) was signed in 2018. The agreement has brought renewed hope, and there has not been a national-level violent incident. However, the implementation of R-ARCSS chapters has been delayed; thus, South Sudan remains in a fragile state, especially with growing levels of subnational and localized violence and uncertainty around postponed general elections.

Close to 60 percent of 12.5 million people in South Sudan will be facing acute levels of food insecurity in 2025. The number of people in acute food insecurity has been on the rise since independence due to fragility, persistent communal violence, economic shocks linked to the devaluation of the South Sudanese Pound and supply chain challenges on a global scale, Sudan crisis, and extensive flooding along the Nile and other riverine systems. Traditionally, people in South Sudan have community safety nets and locally-adapted coping strategies for shocks. Yet, compounded effects of the years of war and conflict, deep-seated poverty, climatic events, and limited investments in social and economic services and sustainable natural resource management have significantly or completely depleted household and community capacities to restock their livelihoods to withstand future stocks. The situation of severe acute food insecurity is more pronounced in hard-to-reach areas, especially the Greater Upper Nile region.

WFP South Sudan:

The World Food Programme’s (WFP) vision in South Sudan is to address entrenched inequity and isolation, with the goal of fostering unified, interconnected and peaceful communities. This builds on the recognition that in pre- and post-independence, the regions of South Sudan have had different access to social and economic opportunities, with much of the country having been left out from resilience-building assistance. As a result, inequity and isolation remain a threat to achieving zero hunger and sustained peace and stability in South Sudan.

To achieve this vision, WFP has been co-locating and integrating its programs to increase their efficiency, quality and impact on targeted communities to restore livelihoods, strengthen resilience to shocks, and rebuild social cohesion and self-reliance increasingly in hard-to-reach areas. While continuing to deliver assistance directly to communities, WFP is also engaging the government to support national and subnational institutions to develop and or increase the coverage and quality of social services and resilience programs and stimulate economic activities over time.

Under the 2023 to 2025 Country Strategic Plan, WFP’s food systems and resilience (FSR) portfolio plays a key role to stay on the strategic direction to increase program presence in acutely food-insecure hard-to-reach areas and further position WFP as an enabling actor, especially in agri-food and social protection systems strengthening. The portfolio is comprised of three interdependent programs: Community Asset Creation and Livelihoods (ACL), Smallholder Agricultural Market Support (SAMS), and Social Safety Nets (SSN). The FSR program teams are responsible for thought leadership, national engagement, support to the Field Offices, strategic partnerships, and resource mobilization, amongst others.

ACCOUNTABILITIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

The Head of ACL will report to the Head of FSR. S/he will supervise the ACL team at the Head Office in Juba. Areas of accountabilities and responsibilities include:

Strategic Engagement:

Oversee the revision, implementation, monitoring and documentation of WFP South Sudan’s Community Asset Creation and Livelihood strategy in line with WFP South Sudan’s strategic direction Contribute to the development and revision of other WFP South Sudan strategies to strengthen program integration to maximize outcomes in climate adaption, sustainable natural resource management, gender, nutrition and social cohesion across the country portfolio Support WFP South Sudan’s strategic engagement with line ministries, particularly related to livelihoods, to define WFP’s capacity strengthening objectives, implement concrete actions, and document results for knowledge sharing and evidence-based advocacy and policy dialogue Support WFP South Sudan’s strategic engagement, including the design of joint programming, with UN agencies and other humanitarian, development and peace actors to strengthen co-location, layering, sequencing and linkages with ACL and other WFP programs Contribute to the preparation of donor meetings, proposals, field visits, reports and visibility materials to highlight and advocate for the ACL program and broader FSR portfolio

Coordination:

Ensure that ACL is increasingly co-located, layered, sequenced, linked and integrated within the FSR portfolio and other WFP programs, especially in hard to reach areas Coordinate with other WFP technical units and field offices to conceptualize innovative ideas and pilot initiatives and support in the implementation and generation of evidence and learning for mainstreaming and scaling up within the ACL program Attend internal and external coordination meetings relevant to livelihood programming and ensure that key takeaways and action points are shared with, assigned to, and followed up with respective staff

Operational Management:

Ensure that the annual workplan is developed and tracked in coordination with other technical units Ensure that the annual ACL funding and pipeline requirements are calculated, updated, allocated and that resource utilization is tracked, prioritized and reported with quality and timeliness Ensure that the operational instruments of ACL are periodically updated to reflect an integrated programming approach; Coordinate within the ACL team and with other technical units and field Offices in the development and management of cooperating partnerships Provide strategic and operational guidance to the ACL team to strengthen conflict sensitive, climate adaptive, gender transformative, and nutrition sensitive programming as well as collaboration with other WFP technical units and advisors in conflict analysis, climate adaptation, gender and protection, and nutrition

Evidence Generation, Learning and Dissemination:

Coordinate with the M&E team to ensure that the logframe is periodically reviewed to include appropriate corporate and custom indicators so that WFP South Sudan tracks immediate, intermediate and strategic outcomes against targets to demonstrate resilience building in targeted communities, households and systems Coordinate with M&E to define the learning agenda and activities and establish partnerships to conduct periodic and specific studies Coordinate with M&E, Communications, Reports and field offices to generate qualitative results of the ACL program and disseminate them through different channels Coordinate with M&E to organize periodic review meetings internally and with external partners that showcase and receive feedback on quantitative and qualitative results, lessons-learnt, program adjustments, and advocacy messages Ensure that quality input on the ACL program is made for corporate, country and donor reports, briefs, and presentations.

People Management:

Track the staff’s performance linked to the activities and outputs in the team’s annual workplan Lead in and or contribute to building the capacity of the ACL and field office staff and cooperative partners to improve the quality and timeliness of program implementation Act as Officer-in-Charge for FSR in the absence of the Head of the Unit

Any other duties as required.

DELIVERABLES AT THE END OF THE CONTRACT:

• Development and regular review of the annual ACL team workplan
• Development and periodic updates of the annual ACL pipeline (food and cash)
• Accurate and efficient ACL funds management
• Strengthened integrated programming with WFP programs and partner interventions
• ACL outputs and outcomes against targets
• Quality and timely program documents for corporate planning and reporting, national engagement and donor proposals and reports
• Quality knowledge products and communication materials on ACL
• Staff and partner (government and cooperating partners) capacity building actions

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

Education:

Advanced university degree or university degree with experience and training/courses in one or more of the following disciplines: economics, environment, international development, social policy, or related discipline(s).

Experience:

Six years post graduate, progressively responsible, job related experience in rural development, resilience, livelihoods, climate resilience, or fields related to the above disciplines. Experience in participating in joint and consortium programs. Technical assistance to national institutions.

Knowledge & Skills:

Demonstrated ability to prepare concise and well-written analytical documents in English. Analytical capacity to translate information, especially data, into learning and achieve adaptive programming. A strong asset to have experience in technical assistance to national institutionsin policy and program design and implementation.

Proficiency in utilising computers, including word processing, spreadsheet, power point, and other office software packages and systems.

Competencies: Cognitive Capacity, Teamwork, Action Management, Partnerships, Client Orientation.

Languages:

Working knowledge (written and oral) of English (proficiency/level C)

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REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION

WFP is dedicated to fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion. Our recruitment process is inclusively crafted to welcome candidates of all backgrounds, celebrating diversity and ensuring a respectful environment for all. We aim for an accessible and fair recruitment journey. Should you need any reasonable accommodations or have accessibility concerns, please reach out to us confidentially at global.inclusion@wfp.org. Our DEI team is here to ensure your full participation in our recruitment process.

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REMINDERS BEFORE YOU SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION

• We strongly recommend that your profile is accurate, complete, and includes your employment records, academic qualifications, language skills and UN Grade (if applicable).
• Once your profile is completed, please apply, and submit your application.
• Please make sure you upload your professional CV in the English language
• Kindly note the only documents you will need to submit at this time are your CV and Cover Letter
• Additional documents such as passport, recommendation letters, academic certificates, etc. may potentially be requested at a future time
• Please contact us at global.hrerecruitment@wfp.org in case you face any challenges with submitting your application
• Only shortlisted candidates will be notified

All employment decisions are made on the basis of organizational needs, job requirements, merit, and individual qualifications. WFP is committed to providing an inclusive work environment free of sexual exploitation and abuse, all forms of discrimination, any kind of harassment, sexual harassment, and abuse of authority. Therefore, all selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks.

No appointment under any kind of contract will be offered to members of the UN Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ), International Civil Service Commission (ICSC), FAO Finance Committee, WFP External Auditor, WFP Audit Committee, Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) and other similar bodies within the United Nations system with oversight responsibilities over WFP, both during their service and within three years of ceasing that service.

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: No requirements