Overview
The Programme Policy Officer (Emergency Preparedness and Response) will lead disaster risk management activities in BARMM, working with WFP managers and policy officers on preparedness, anticipatory action, and response activities.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide specialized expertise and contribute towards the development of emergency preparedness and response activities, plans and processes.
- Build and maintain strong working relationships with operational and strategic partners in government.
- Support the BARMM Government to ensure that DRRM and Anticipatory Action (AA) policies and governance frameworks are coherent, inclusive, effective, and institutionalised.
- Support to strengthen monitoring, evaluation, learning, and compliance mechanisms.
- Support operationalization of predictable, risk-informed and inclusive DRRM financing.
- Identify strategic opportunities to strengthen the Government’s DRRM system.
- Co-design, together with Government and other partners, capacity strengthening activities and operational implementation plans.
- Provide coordination and project management to ensure activities are performed within the established narrative and financial targets.
- Prepare narrative reports and substantial data analysis.
- Monitor conflict and natural hazards and escalate early warning signals.
- Coordinate and liaise with internal counterparts.
- Strengthen WFP’s local readiness to respond to conflict or sudden onset disasters.
- Facilitate updates and identify gaps in WFP’s Emergency Preparedness Checklist and standard operating procedures.
- Follow standard emergency preparedness practices.
- During emergency, deploy on a no-regrets basis to lead assessment missions and set up WFP operations in the field.
- Forge inter-agency linkages with key UN agencies and NGOs.
- Act as an escalation point for complex query resolution on all emergency matters.
- Supervise and guide more junior staff.
Required Experience
At least five (5) years of postgraduate professional experience in UN agencies, NGOs, government, or private sector, with a focus on disaster management, emergency preparedness, resilience or related areas. Candidates with seven (7) or more years of relevant professional experience, including a minimum of two (2) years of field experience (preferably in BARMM) will have an advantage. Experience in project management, capacity building and policy development. Experience in supervising teams. Experience working with a diverse range of humanitarian actors, including government, UN agencies, NGOs, and civil society. Experience in supporting emergency food assistance (in-kind and/or CBT) programming and distribution.
Qualifications
Advanced University degree in International Affairs, Economics, Nutrition/Health, Agriculture, Environmental Science, Social Sciences or other field relevant to international development assistance, OR a First University Degree combined with an additional two (2) years of related professional work experience and/or completion of relevant trainings/courses.
