BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT
- WFP is known for its ability to deliver food assistance rapidly to people in need, especially in humanitarian crises caused by conflict, violence and natural hazards. In Eastern Africa, numerous multidimensional crises and shocks continue to have humanitarian consequences within the region and beyond. WFP is continuing to respond to emergencies within the region, strengthening preparedness along with early warning and analysis, while also increasingly shifting its focus to better support host governments and strengthen their capacities to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, and Goal 2 (zero hunger) in particular. As it delivers on its humanitarian and development mandate, WFP is committed to advance the rights and well-being of persons with disabilities. The WFP Disability Inclusion Road Map (2020-2021), approved in November 2020, outlines a plan for the organization to operationalize the United Nations Disability Inclusion Strategy (UNDIS) and its obligations to disability inclusion (DI), more broadly, through its operations and internal support functions. Beyond 2022, WFP has incorporated disability inclusion into its Strategic Plan for 2022-2025 outlining three goals: to realize the meaningful participation and inclusion of persons with disabilities in all operations and programming; to integrate disability inclusion as a key consideration for management and support functions; and to become an employer of choice for persons with disabilities.
- In turn, the WFP Regional Bureau for Eastern Africa and the country offices it supports are taking the initiative to demonstrate how disability considerations can be successfully integrated into all aspects of WFP’s work, including programmes and operations, access to WFP offices and facilities, procurement and partnerships, and recruitment and mind-set of WFP personnel, partners, volunteers, and others. From an operational perspective, WFP will aim to ensure the meaningful participation and perspective of persons with disabilities in programmes its delivers and supports. This requires strong partnership with organizations of persons with disabilities (OPDs) and consultation with persons with disabilities in the populations that WFP aims to serve.
- The WFP Regional Bureau for Eastern Africa (RBN) provides strategic direction, technical support and oversight to WFP country offices in ten countries. Our Programme team includes experts who cover these core themes and others: Food Security Research, Analysis, and Mapping; Social Protection; Food Systems; School-based Feeding; Health and Nutrition; Climate and Disaster Risk Management; Environmental and Social Safeguarding; Emergency Preparedness and Response; Protection and Accountability to Affected People; and Gender.
- The RBN is seeking a Disability Inclusion Advisor to help advance the implementation, key priorities and actions as part of a Regional roll-out on disability inclusion, and provide support to Country Offices to operationalize the plan as appropriate in their context. The Advisor will need to coordinate closely with technical experts in Headquarters and contribute to corporate learning and efforts under the Disability Road Map and UNDIS. The Advisor may be required to undertake field missions to emergency and hardship duty stations as part of this role, depending on security and other conditions.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)
- Under the overall supervision of the Regional Head of Programme and under the technical, functional, and day-to-day supervision of the Regional Protection and AAP Advisor, with guidance from the Global Disability Inclusion Advisor, the consultant will be responsible for developing and supporting the implementation of a Regional Disability Inclusion Roadmap in line with an established workplan, as well as providing technical advice and support on disability inclusion to RBN units and country offices.
Key Responsibilities (not exhaustive)
- Coordinate and monitor the development and implementation of a Regional Disability Inclusion roll-out;
- Establish and provide advisory support to an RBN Advisory Group and Implementation Team on Disability Inclusion and manage CBM Global Engagement and support to WFP in the Eastern Africa Region;
- Provide technical advice and support to RBN heads of unit for programme, supply chain, administration and human resources and their teams to implement respective priorities and actions under the Regional initiative and country work plans;
- Provide technical advice and support to RBN technical teams and country offices to identify and gain a deeper understanding of barriers and challenges for disability inclusion and recommend ways to overcome those in operations and programme implementation;
- Provide guidance on integration of disability considerations in tools, processes and plans across the programme cycle, from data collection for vulnerability analysis to programme design and implementation to monitoring and reporting, as well as advocacy and translation of analysis into policy and technical recommendations to governments, where relevant, in countries where WFP operates;
- Lead the review of existing tools, approaches, and guidance as they relate to disability inclusion between HQ, RBN, and country offices;
- Produce and support the dissemination of knowledge management products, fact sheets and good practice on disability inclusion-related issues across the region that can contribute to corporate learning;
- Support RBN and country offices to identify and build meaningful partnerships with OPDs and other UN agencies and organizations with expertise in disability-specific programming and mainstreaming
ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
- Support RBN and country office advocacy and communication efforts on disability inclusion.
- Support and advise communications and programmes teams on developing inclusive programme sensitization and awareness materials;
- Support broader RBN efforts to sensitize and build awareness of staff on disability inclusion and its relevance to their work
- Advocate for RBN country offices to select disability focal points and support to build their capacity to roll out and implement their action plans;
- Provide feedback from the regional discussions to inform WFP Headquarters' implementation of the WFP Global Road Map on Disability Inclusion and subsequent Workplans;
- Prepare / support the preparation of briefing notes and proposals and inputs for advocacy materials on disability inclusion.
STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Education:
- Advanced degree in one or more of the following disciplines: social sciences, development studies, international relations, sociology or other relevant field.
Experience:
- At least 6 (six) years of professional experience in relevant areas and at least 4 (four) years progressively responsible professional experience in disability inclusion in a humanitarian assistance context and/or disability inclusion for development projects;
- Experience in delivering training and conducting capacity-building for field operations and supporting senior managers in implementing new concepts;
- Experience in operational research and programme design in the areas covered under this TOR is desirable;
- Experience in coordinating, facilitating and/or working with OPDs;
- Experience in the Eastern Africa region is desirable; and
- Flexibility to travel frequently and on short notice, when necessary.
Knowledge and Skills:
- Strong analytical, written, and oral communication skills, as well as conceptual thinking are essential;
- Client orientation with excellent interpersonal skills;
- Proven ability to produce outputs independently, while at the same time seeking innovative ways to integrate areas covered by this TOR in the work of other relevant units.
Languages:
- Excellent command of English (written and spoken) is essential. Fluency in French is desirable.
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT
The WFP Nairobi Regional Bureau provides strategic guidance, policy/technical support, and direction to WFP operations and activities in 10 countries: Burundi, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, and Uganda. The purpose of the job is to generate and/or contribute to the VAM evidence base that supports food security and nutrition policies and programmes (e.g. needs assessment and situation analyses, programme design, targeting, cost-effectiveness, and operational efficiency).
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)
- Provide technical advice and support WFP and its partners on matters pertaining to food security and nutrition strategies, policies, programmes, and facilitate the timely and productive use of related outputs in a manner that complies with WFP standards and processes.
- Contribute to the development of RAM projects and activities, plans, and processes, ensuring alignment with wider WFP policies and guidance and with RBN Regional RAM priorities and strategy.
- Manage and/or conduct food security, nutrition, markets, and resilience analysis and prepare timely reports on food assessment needs in line with broader RAM policies, processes, and guidance to enable effective decision-making on the development of country strategy, policies, and programmes.
- Provide assistance on the coordination of data gathering and monitoring systems ensuring that rigorous quality standards are maintained.
- Liaise with implementing partners (internal and external) to monitor ongoing projects, ensuring effective collaboration, timeliness, and efficiency and highlighting potential risks to project delivery.
- Contribute to the development of programme activities, providing technical analysis, interpretation and recommendations to facilitate food assistance needs to be met effectively.
- Provide coaching and guidance to RAM staff as required to ensure appropriate development and enable high performance.
- Support the monitoring and evaluation of WFP activities, providing technical analysis, interpretation, and information as required to support the assessment of activity impact.
- Represent WFP during meetings with partners to contribute to technical discussions, exchange of knowledge and experience, and seek appropriate interventions (based on an evidence base), and areas for potential collaboration.
- Build the capacity of WFP staff, partners, and national government to analyze food security, nutrition, markets, resilience, and related topics to inform policies and programmes effectively.
- Act in an assigned emergency response capacity as required to meet emergency food assistance needs.
STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- Demonstrated proficiency in the use of several statistical tools and methods for food security analysis.
- Developed practical expertise in food security analysis and monitoring by participating in multiple assessments in countries, including the design, data collection, and analysis.
- Demonstrated technical knowledge and understanding of WFP vulnerability mapping and monitoring systems and emergency assessment standards.
Education:
- Advanced University degree in Economics, Food Security, Statistics, Data Science, Public Health/Nutrition, Geography, or other related field, or First University degree with additional years of related work experience and/or training/courses.
Language: Fluency in oral and written communication in English (level C). Fluency in French or Arabic is an advantage.
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is the world's largest humanitarian agency, fighting hunger worldwide. As such, nutrition is integral to our mission of reaching Zero Hunger and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Achieving increased response capacity in nutrition both within WFP and with partners, especially government partners, has been articulated in a comprehensive WFP’s Nutrition Policy and Country Capacity Strengthening work.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)
- Under the supervision of the Head of Nutrition or the Emergency Coordinator, the NiE Expert will be responsible to accelerate the Nutrition in Emergencies responses and provide technical advice and guidance in support to NiE programming. This includes:
- Liaise and collaborate with the Emergency preparedness and response team to ensure nutrition aspects are integrated into emergency-related activities.
- Set up, implement, and monitor quality emergency nutrition activities (e.g., targeted supplementary feeding, blanket supplementary feeding, etc.).
- Provide support for operational partnerships, including inter-agency collaboration, to ensure a strong response to nutrition in emergencies and attend internal and external meetings as necessary to represent WFP.
- Support the Emergency Coordinator in documenting lessons learnt on implementation and provide technical nutrition guidance to strengthening the WFP nutrition component of the response.
- Provide strategic and technical support on nutrition programming in emergencies, including emergency preparedness actions, contingency planning, risk analysis and early warning related to nutrition risks.
STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Education:
- Advanced degree in the field of international nutrition, public health, social sciences or other relevant areas.
Experience:
- At least 5 years of relevant experience, including in emergency contexts;
- Experience in the design, implementation, and management of nutrition programmes in emergency settings;
- Experience working in partnership and with government, UN agencies or cooperating partners in the field;
- Experience with UN is an asset.
Knowledge and Skills:
- Ability to engage effectively at working level with a wide range of f actors including international community and governments
- Good communication, writing and facilitation skills;
- Flexibility and adaptability;
- Analytical and problem-solving skills;
- Interpersonal and cross-cultural sensitivity;
- Able to work under pressures and meet deadlines;
- Able to work in a sometimes fluid and insecure environment;
- Good computer skills.
Language:
- Fluency in English is required (Level C - reading, writing, speaking); proficiency in French is an asset.
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