Myanmar: Programme Policy Officer (Gender and Protection) NO-B (Yangon)

World Food Programme Myanmar – Vacancy Announcement

Contract type : Fixed Term NO-B
Post title : Programme Policy Officer (Gender and Protection)
Number of Post : One
Duty Station : Yangon
Report To : Head of Programme
Required Period of Service : 1 year (Extendable)
Deadline for application : 22 February 2016

Qualified women are especially encouraged to apply

Duties and Responsibilities:

Under the direct supervision of the Head of Programme, and work closely with all Programme units in the Country office, as well as with the sub offices, the Programme Policy Officer (Gender and Protection) will be responsible for, and not limited to, the following duties:

• Support the Country Office (CO) in increasing awareness of protection and gender among WFP and WFP partners;
• Support the implementation of gender and protection-related programme responses and adopt gender and protection specific approaches;
• Support the training of WFP staff on protection and gender appropriate programme approaches;
• Support WFP in implementing WFPs Policy on humanitarian protection to ensure WFPs operations and programme activities take beneficiaries’ protection concerns into account and facilitate safe, dignified and accountable assistance;
• Support the development of relationships with protection mandated agencies and inter agency gender and protection related working groups;
• Support the building of the governments’ capacity to implement protection and gender related responses;
• Travel to sub offices to provide technical support and capacity building on gender and protection issues, as required;
• Support the implementation of complaints and feedback mechanism within WFP programmes;
• Develop and facilitate gender and protection workshops with a focus on complaints and feedback mechanism;
• Support programm teams to undertake context analysis including protection and gender specific analysis in Myanmar;
• Support the formulation of adequate work plans, including gender and protection aspects, for programme teams;
• Support the gender and protection mainstreaming in programmme implementation, monitoring and evaluation;
• Support the M&E unit to elaborate monitoring tools, including gender and protection components;
• Liaise with government on programming issues and making sure gender and protection issues are mainstreamed within guidelines and policies;
• Disseminate and explain WFP gender policy to WFP staff, and how it will be translated in the Myanmar context and programme activities;
• Elaborate a specific monitoring mechanism for feedback and complaints mechanism;
• Perform other related duties as required.

Qualification

Education:

Preferable to have Advanced University degree in Law, International Relations, Communications, Social Development, Social Sciences, Gender Studies or other relevant fields, or First University degree with additional years of relevant work experience and/or training/courses.

Experience:

At least one year of postgraduate professional experience in social development, communications, gender and protection, humanitarian and development issues.

Experience in following areas is an advantage.
• Has experience in Results Based Management, including monitoring and reporting.
• Has deepened technical knowledge through exposure to technical teams.
• Has taken leadership of implementing programmes.
• Has provided input into policy discussions and decisions.

Knowledge & Skill

Knowledge of humanitarian assistance and development practice. Good knowledge and understanding of UN policies and strategy in gender and protection, global human rights issues, country’s development plans and policies is an asset. General knowledge of UN system, policies, rules, regulations and procedures governing administration.

Training and/or experience utilizing computers, including word processing, spreadsheet and other standard WFP software packages and systems.

Language:

Fluency in both oral and written English and Myanmar.

Please send applications to: Human Resources Unit

Programme Policy Officer (Gender and Protection) NO-B, Yangon
United Nations World Food Programme
No. 5, Kanbawza Street
Shwe Taung Kyar 2 Ward
Bahan Township
Yangon, Myanmar
Email to: wfpmyanmar.vacancy@wfp.org

(This post is opened for Myanmar Nationals Only)

Note: Applications are invited from Interested Myanmar nationals. Interested candidates should submit their application with updated UN P-11 Form, relevant educational certificates showing highest level of educational attainment and the names and contact information of three references. Please mention in the applications if there is, blood/marriage relationships with the existing WFP employees. Applications received after the closing date will not be considered. Only short-listed candidates will be notified. Please do not send original documents as they will not be returned.