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.
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WHY JOIN WFP?
- WFP is a 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.
- WFP offers a highly inclusive, diverse, and multicultural working environment.
- WFP invests in the personal & professional development of its employees through a range of training, accreditation, coaching, mentorship, and other programs as well as through internal mobility opportunities.
- A career path in WFP provides an exciting opportunity to work across the various country, regional and global offices around the world, and with passionate colleagues who work tirelessly to ensure that effective humanitarian assistance reaches millions of people across the globe.
- We offer an attractive compensation package (please refer to the Terms and Conditions section of this vacancy announcement).
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT:
The United Nations World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide. WFP’s mission is to help the world achieve Zero Hunger in our lifetimes. Every day, WFP works globally to ensure that no child goes to bed hungry and that the poorest and most vulnerable—particularly women and children—have access to the nutritious food they need.
The food insecurity situation in Somalia remains fragile due to the combined effects of below average and poorly distributed rainfall, limited household access to income opportunities, elevated and stagnant high food prices, ongoing insecurity, and conflict. WFP Somalia’s five-year Country Strategic Plan (CSP) 2026–2030 emphasizes a focus on saving lives while building resilience and self-reliance; prioritizing the most vulnerable, especially women; children, and marginalized groups; shift form project-based to integrated, people centred programming and emphasis on localization, transparency, and accountability, with robust field-level oversight and digital solution.
Currently, WFP Area Offices in partnership with its cooperating partners is implementing various programmes to assist the most vulnerable people in terms of food security, safety nets and nutrition. The total assistance is provided through the following programmes:
- Unconditional lifesaving humanitarian food assistance through unconditional food/ cash transfer to the most vulnerable people during emergency and crisis
- Unconditional safety nets programme: assistance to the urban poor through a safety nets programme and Safety Nets for Human Capital Project (Baxnaano)
- Nutrition programmes: Moderate acute malnutrition treatment (TSFP) for children under 5, pregnant and lactating mothers; stunting malnutrition prevention amongst children under 2 and pregnant/ lactating mothers (MCHN), and malnutrition prevention during the crisis and lean seasons for the same targets (BSFP).
- Conditional safety nets programme: support to livelihoods consisting of life skills/ vocational training and assets creation; and School Meals Programme
- Capacity strengthening for government and other local institutions as part of the localization agenda
The Programme Policy Officer (CBT/Identity management) is responsible for overseeing the implementation of cash and voucher-based assistance programs. This role ensures that all activities comply with WFP policies and procedures and involves collaborating with both internal teams andexternal partners to research, design, and refine program strategies. The officer supervises daily operations, supports WFP staff, monitors program outcomes, contributes to reporting requirements, and identifies lessons learned to improve future interventions. The goal is to deliver effective digital cash assistance to vulnerable populations while maintaining high standards of compliance, coordination, and continuous improvement.
WFP Somalia is providing In-kind and Cash assistance to vulnerable populations yearly through relief, school feeding, livelihoods, safety nets, nutrition, food systems and livelihoods as well as capacity strengthening for key government line Ministries.To run properly the above programmes and in an accountable way to the beneficiaries, the government, the donors and the stakeholders, WFP Somalia is seeking a staff with the right skills to fulfil various tasks.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive, within delegated authority):
- Under the overall supervision of the Head of Area Office, and under the technical supervision of the Head of CBT-IDM, Country Office, the incumbent is responsible of the following tasks:
- Collaborate with the PPO DAS, AO Programme team, internal teams, and external stakeholders (including cooperating partners) to research, design, and implement cash and voucher-based programs, including operational arrangements.
- Supervise the day-to-day management and implementation of the programme, addressing operational issues, raising awareness on program objectives and assistance transfer procedures, interacting with programme stakeholders (such as WFP partners and government departments), and coordinating with ongoing programmes. This includes providing training and support to WFP staff on good practice guidelines.
- Ensure the programme remains compliant with all WFP policies and procedures.
- In cooperation with stakeholders, recommend ways to refine the programme to improve services for beneficiaries and facilitate implementation by WFP.
- Ensure coordination of field-level monitoring of implementation, including outputs and outcomes.
- Complete all internal reporting and contribute to external reporting obligations (such as daily reports, updates, situation reports, monthly reviews, and donor reports).
- Identify lessons learned and best practices for use in future WFP cash and food programme interventions.
- Work with AAP, Protection, Gender and Monitoring and Evaluation functions at the Area and Country Office to ensure effective mainstreaming in the unit’s practices, analytics and, and tools. Ensuring the significant contributions to the programme efficiency and accountabilities.
- Coordinate with the monitoring and evaluation activities in the Area office, including supervision of 3rd party and WFP monitoring for all activities including nutrition, livelihoods, relief, safety nets and school feeding programmes.
- Participate and contribute to the field level food security cluster, referral management systems, Area Based Coordination (ABC) and Cash Working Group (CWG), food security working group and Operational Information Management (OIM).
- Perform other duties as requested by the Area Office Management
