World Food Programme
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DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS
27 March 2025-23:59-GMT+03:00 East Africa Time (Addis Ababa)
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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.
WHY JOIN WFP?
CONTRACTUAL INFORMATION
COUNTRY CONTEXT
Ethiopia has developed one of the largest safety net programs in Sub-Saharan Africa, yet challenges remain in achieving widespread coverage, ensuring sustainability, and integrating it with other development sectors. Despite these challenges, there is renewed momentum, and the sector is expected to experience significant developments, which include the review of the national social protection policy, the design of the next phase of the Productive Safety Net Program (PSNP), the development of a Social Registry, and the introduction of a National ID that could form the unique identifier underpinning many social programmes and beneficiary databases. Overall, the government is working to reform and strengthen the sector reducing dependency on humanitarian assistance and strengthening resilience. WFP is fully aligned with this agenda and continues to prioritise social protection as a key strategy for achieving food security and Zero Hunger in Ethiopia.
WFP Engagement in Social Protection
WFP Ethiopia is committed to enhancing its engagement and support to the social protection sector, including through complementary actions in WFP’s own programming, working across the humanitarian-development-peace nexus. WFP also contributes to strengthening national social protection systems by providing technical assistance, advisory services and implementing elements of the national social protection programmes on behalf of the Government as needed. WFP’s technical role is crucial in assisting the government with designing and implementing high-quality, scalable, and context-specific social protection systems that effectively meet the needs of vulnerable populations.
WFP Ethiopia is currently finalising its new Country Strategic Plan 2025-2030. The plan will focus on strengthening social protection by improving food access for food insecure and vulnerable populations, promoting self-reliance and enhancing human capital. WFP intends to achieve this by promoting nutrition-sensitive interventions, building climate-resilient and sustainable food systems, and supporting the integration of shock-responsive social protection and disaster risk management to ensure effective service delivery for food-insecure communities. The overall intention is to ensure that WFP effectively supports government in realising its social protection and broader development goals,
Job Purpose
In support of this, WFP is seeking a Social Protection Programme Policy Officer, who will provide technical expertise and advisory services to the country office of WFP engagement is Social Protection. The Social Protection Programme Policy Officer will be responsible for supporting, design, implementation and improvement of social protection strategies, policies, and programs in Ethiopia to align with the evolving needs and national priorities. This includes providing recommendations for enhancing technical systems such as cash transfers, food assistance, and social safety nets. The role will focus on providing high-level technical advice, ensuring that social protection strategies are in line with national priorities, best practices, and WFP’s corporate standards. This position will also support Ethiopia’s broader efforts in integrating social protection systems across sectors, particularly in the context of the humanitarian-development-peace nexus.
The role will also support WFP Ethiopia’s Country Strategic Plan (CSP) for 2025-2030, which emphasizes strengthening social protection systems across the country.
Key Accountabilities
Reporting to the Program Lead for Social Protection, this position will be responsible for carrying out the following roles and responsibilities:
Education
QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
Experience
Desireable Experiences
Knowledge And Skills
Languages
Special Recommendation
Before you apply, please confirm that both (i) your on-line profile and CV are accurate and up to date, (ii) your CV should include your all your relevant employment history, awarded academic qualifications, and language skills. Please indicate full dates for your employment history in the format dd/mm/yyyy to enable us to accurately calculate your relevant years of experience.
It is the responsibility of the candidate to ensure that they had attached both a CV and Cover Letter. If you find any challenges, please immediately write to the Organisation Alignment team at ETHIOPIA.ORGALIGNMENT@WFP.ORG
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REMINDERS BEFORE YOU SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION
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.
Policy Advocacy; Partnership Management; Program Management; Policy Interpretation; Innovation; Data Visualization; Government Relations; Customer-Oriented; Data Analytics; Learning Agility; Technologically Savvy; Emergency Programs; Teamwork; Communication; Policy Analysis; Strategic Thinking; Partner Relationship Management (PRM); People Management; Results-Oriented; Capacity Development; Negotiation; Waterfall Model; Professional Integrity; Analytical Thinking; Broad knowledge and application of specialised areas and transfer mondalities; Diversity and Inclusion (D&I)
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