Apply for the Vacancy for Programme & Policy Officer at WFP in Switzerland. The deadline for the application is 15th September 2020. WFP seeks candidates of the highest integrity and professionalism who share our humanitarian principles. It makes the selection on a competitive basis and commits to promoting diversity and gender balance.

About

The United Nations World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide. The mission of WFP is to help the world achieve Zero Hunger in our lifetimes. 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.

Duties

The Policy Officer will have the following duties

• Development of a wide variety of projects, plans and processes, ensuring alignment with wider programme policies and guidelines.
• Also, the management of projects to define programmes of considerable size/complexity, ensuring a coordinated approach that complies with WFP standards and procedures.
• Additionally, development and coordination of data gathering and monitoring systems ensuring that rigorous quality standards are maintained.
• Furthermore, research and analysis of a range of policy and operational issues to inform the development of policies, programmes, and activities.
• Preparation of reports on programmes and activities, enabling informed decisions and consistency of information presented to stakeholders.
• Likewise, liaising with internal and external counterparts to ensure effective collaborations, monitoring of ongoing projects, and highlighting potential risks to project delivery.
• Development and management of potential partnerships to collaborative work, leading to improved food assistance packages.

Qualifications

Education

Advanced University degree in International Affairs, Economics, Nutrition/Health, Agriculture, Environmental Science, Social Sciences or another field relevant to international development assistance, or First University Degree with additional years of related work experience and/or training/courses.

Years of relevant professional experience:

• Junior Consultancy: One to three years of relevant professional experience.
• Likewise, Level I Consultancy: Three to five years of relevant professional experience.
• Similarly, Level II Consultancy: Six to ten years of relevant professional experience.

Languages

• Fluency (level C) in English language.
• Also, Intermediate knowledge (level B) of a second official UN language: Spanish or French are highly desirable.

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