Programme Policy Officer (CBT & Livelihood)

The Programme Policy Officer (CBT & Livelihood) supports policy and programme activities to effectively meet food assistance needs, focusing on cash-based transfers and livelihood recovery in emergency and development contexts within Pakistan. The role involves project management, coordination, technical support, and capacity building under supervision.

Responsibilities

• Contribute towards the development of a limited number of projects, plans and processes, ensuring alignment with wider programme policies and guidance.
• Provide project management support to specific and defined programmes and projects of small to moderate size that are relatively straight forward in nature, ensuring a coordinated approach with wider programmes that complies with WFP standards and procedures.
• Follow data gathering and monitoring systems ensuring that rigorous quality standards are maintained.
• Research and analyse policy and operational issues to support senior colleagues in the development of policies, programmes and activities.
• Contribute to the preparation of accurate and timely reporting on programmes and activities that enable informed decision making and consistency of information presented to stakeholders.
• Liaise with internal counterparts to ensure effective collaboration, monitor ongoing projects.
• Support the identification, development and management of potential partnerships to collaborative working leading to improved food assistance packages.
• Support the capacity building of WFP staff, partners and national government to prepare for and respond to food assistance needs, e.g. through project management support of learning initiatives.
• Provide guidance to support staff, acting as a point of referral and assisting them with analysis and queries.
• Support technical overview and operationalization of WFP food and cash-based assistance at the national level.
• Support the activity manager for starting and coordinating food and cash interventions in emergency and recovery contexts under supervision of the Activity Manager.
• Scale-up and assist in design of Resilience-building and development projects as applicable.
• Support project management and coordination of projects nation-wide.
• Use project management tools, and report progress and results to the activity manager.
• Coordinate with Provincial Offices (PO) and other functional units at Country Office (CO) and guide and drive emergency or conditional response modalities in accordance with timelines.
• Provide technical support to the activity manager and PO colleagues on livelihoods-based recovery activities.
• Support resource pipeline coordination and tracking, operational planning of food/cash, and detailed workplans and timelines together with the Activity Manager in liaison with POs.
• Facilitate situation updates, project progress updates, tracking of distributions and similar together with the activity manager.
• Provide inputs when requested for concept notes, donor proposals, reports and other technical and strategic documents.
• Coordination with the Financial service providers, WFP Finance and Cooperating Partners for effective and efficient delivery of cash, and resolution of issues reported from the field.
• Follow up with database team for generation of beneficiary data for payments and process payments for beneficiaries after completion of each work cycle as per endorsement from relevant provincial office.
• Facilitate designing and populating operational plans and overview of timely resource/funding use.
• Develop and share the monthly cash forecast with finance to maintain efficient payment processing and follow up with finance for cash arrangements as per monthly cash forecast and payment release.
• Follow up with financial service providers for reports and issues related to disbursements.
• Participate and facilitate Field Level Agreements processes, contracting of partners and similar, budget and programming, database and SCOPE, and more.
• Other tasks assigned by the supervisor within the job level of expertise.

Requirements

• Advanced 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 two years of related work experience at professional / managerial level and/or trainings/courses.
• A minimum of one year of post-graduation professional/managerial level experience in the development sector related to Emergencies and Livelihood, specifically CBT (Cash Based Transfer).
• Experience and technical knowledge of cash-based transfers and food distributions at a manager level during national emergencies and also development context.
• Deep experience and technical knowledge of livelihoods, recovery, Food for Asset Creation, emergency response and similar activities at an officer-level.
• Excellent professional coordination, supervision, conflict resolution and liaising skills.
• Experience of working in both field and country offices in relevant capacities.
• Fluency in English and Urdu. Knowledge of an additional local language is an advantage.

Skills

• Cash Based Transfers
• General Food Distribution
• Livelihood Recovery
• Emergency Response
• Food for Asset Creation
• Programme Coordination
• Project Management
• Capacity Building
• Conflict Resolution
• Supervision
• Field Operations Experience
• Country Office Experience
• Policy Support
• Technical Support

Languages

English, Urdu