Programme Policy Officer SC-9 (Food Security and Livelihood Cluster Coordinator) in United Nations World Food Programme

The war in Ukraine has had drastic consequences, both for people inside the country and for those around the world who depend on its food supplies. The war has caused immense suffering for civilians, displaced families, and disrupted supply chains and food production. It has caused one of the fastest forced population movements since the Second World War. Close to 6 million Ukrainians are still living as refugees across Europe, and almost 3.6 million are internally displaced. Many have lost their homes and livelihoods. As food production and supply lines are disrupted by fighting, many families in the east and south of Ukraine do not have reliable access to nutritious food. 

WFP uses a combination of food and cash assistance to support communities affected by the war. This includes working with local partners to distribute food boxes in areas near the frontline and providing cash transfers in locations where people have access to banks and markets to buy food. Since March 2022, WFP has distributed food and cash assistance equivalent to 3.7 billion meals to people displaced and affected by the war. 

At WFP Ukraine, we offer a wide range of benefits and entitlements and favorable working conditions for Service Contract holders. Some of them are:
 

• Competitive salaries per job level 
• Pension contribution added to net salary 
• Medical insurance with the possibility to enroll eligible dependents 
• Applicable danger pay (revised on quarterly basis) 
• Annual leave - 30 days per year 
• 18 weeks of parental leave for birth mothers and 4 weeks of parental leave for non-birth parent 
• 1 day per week remote working option within the duty station (subject to conditions) 
• Accessible premises & reasonable accommodation  
• Learning & development opportunities

How can you make a difference? 

Under the supervision of Head of Unit, the Programme Policy Officer shall:

• Co-lead FSLC meetings, ensuring the inclusion of national authorities and key partners at national and subnational levels;
• Co-lead the FSLC contribution to the HNRP by coordinating needs identification and analysis (including severity, geographical scope, and People in Need) and by guiding the design of the response strategy and logframe, in close collaboration with relevant stakeholders;
• Jointly with the FSLC Co-Coordinator, oversee the work of the FSLC sub-national coordination/information management hubs in Dnipro, Odesa, and other hubs;
• Lead the Food Assistance Working Group to support partners in key thematic areas related to the provision of food assistance (cash and/or in-kind), including response design, gaps analysis, deduplication, referrals, protection mainstreaming, and other crosscutting issues;
• Participate in and contribute to coordination forums, including InterCluster Coordination, technical working groups (e.g., Cash Working Group), and other relevant clusters such as WASH, Health, and Protection at national and subnational levels;
• Oversee timely, inclusive, and regular information sharing and discussion with cluster partners through various modalities, including cluster meetings and email dissemination of cluster products (dashboards, maps, assessments, etc.);
• Ensure mainstreaming of crosscutting and cross-sectoral issues (e.g., gender, age, human rights, disability, environment, early recovery, protection, nutrition) and the use of appropriate participatory and community-based approaches in cluster/intercluster needs assessments, analysis, planning, implementation, and monitoring;
• Ensure the use and application of common standards and harmonization of programmatic responses (SOPs on modality of delivery, Minimum Expenditure Basket, minimum assistance package);
• Ensure oversight of the development of regular food security reports (sitreps, bulletins, newsletters, etc.); Undertake advocacy and resource mobilization efforts on behalf of FSLC partners;
• Carry out additional coordination or support tasks as requested.

To join us in saving lives, changing lives, you will have: 

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

Experience: Minimum of 3 years of relevant professional experience in humanitarian response settings and/or development programmes at mid-senior level including in the food security sector or coordination.

Current knowledge and experience of the national and international humanitarian response in Ukraine is a benefit.

Willingness and ability to work in difficult environments, in often stressful time- critical situations Formal training in Cluster coordination or previous Cluster experience is strongly desirable.

Knowledge & Skills:

• Ability to work and plan at strategic and operational levels.

• Understanding of the international humanitarian response architecture, including humanitarian principles, coordination mechanisms, humanitarian reform and action, and funding mechanisms (e.g. Humanitarian Programme Cycle

  - HPC, Central Emergency Response Fund and Flash Appeals, Pooled funds).

• Ability to express and summarize ideas orally and in writing in a diplomatic and inclusive manner.

• Ability to organize and facilitate workshops, meetings and to present outcomes on behalf of a group of stakeholders.

• Strategic and technical knowledge of conducting food security and vulnerability assessments, monitoring and reporting.

Language: Fluency (level C) in both in English and Ukrainian languages. 

How do you apply...

To be considered, you are invited to apply via WFP’s recruitment portal. CV and cover letter must be submitted in English language. 

Only those who are short-listed candidates will be contacted for the next steps of our recruitment process.  

We also encourage you to create your candidate profile and set up WFP job alerts to learn more about all the opportunities available to join us and make a difference in the lives of the people we serve.