ABOUT WFP

Assisting more than 160 million people in 123 countries and territories each year, the World Food Program (WFP) is the leading humanitarian organization saving lives and changing lives, delivering food assistance in emergencies partnering with governments, and providing common services that allow the entire humanitarian community to save lives in emergencies and build the resilience of food insecure people and communities. As the international community has committed to end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition by 2030, one in nine people worldwide still do not have enough to eat. Food and food-related assistance lie at the heart of the struggle to break the cycle of hunger and poverty. WFP Turkiye provides humanitarian assistance to nearly 1.6 million vulnerable persons in 2023, in the form of in-kind and cash-based transfers. Our beneficiaries remain at the very heart of everything we do in Turkiye. Every day, WFP works worldwide to ensure that no child goes to bed hungry and that the poorest and most vulnerable, particularly women and children, can access the nutritious food they need.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

JOB TITLE: Head of Programme Recovery
TYPE  AND LEVEL OF CONTRACT: Fixed Term – NOC
UNIT/DIVISON: Programme
DUTY STATION:  Gaziantep – Turkiye
DURATION: One year

TYPE OF VA: Internal and External

DATE OF OPENING: 26 MARCH 2024

DATE OF CLOSING:  9 APRIL 2024

WHY TO JOIN WFP

SAVING & CHANGING LIVES ❤
Make a difference, and the world will notice.
We are driven by our mission to fight world hunger and feed people’s dreams of a brighter future.

GLOBAL COMMUNITY 🌍
Build bridges that unite people across the world.
Being part of a global, diverse, and multicultural community like WFP, will continuously expose you to new ideas and perspectives.
How we deliver our mission in a deep respect for personal and cultural differences and close collaboration between every member of our global team, will certainly enrich your experience and knowledge on so many levels.

UNLIMITED POSSIBILITIES 💡
Unlock possibilities you never thought you’d find.
WFP goes anywhere it is needed and does whatever it takes to get the job done.

LIFE-CHANGING EXPERIENCE ⭐
Reach beyond yourself and discover your true potential.
WFP offers the kind of life-changing experiences you’re unlikely to find in many other organizations.
Join us to make a difference.
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ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT

Türkiye hosts the highest number of refugees in the world – 3.7 million people. Around 63,000 of the most vulnerable of them live in eight camps in the southeast, while the majority live in cities and villages throughout the country. The Government of Türkiye has demonstrated leadership and generosity in hosting this large number for close to a decade. Since June 2014, a temporary protection regime has granted Syrian refugees access to basic services such as healthcare and education. Asylum seekers from other countries continue to benefit from International Protection status. WFP re-established a presence in Türkiye in 2012, in response to the Syria crisis and transitioned its programmes from basic needs assistance to livelihoods support as the needs of the target population evolved over time. WFP Türkiye’s Country Strategic Plan (CSP 2023-2025) seeks to continue assisting refugees in camps, provide services to humanitarian and development partners, and implement sustainable livelihood programming to build the self-reliance of vulnerable Turks and refugees alike. The CSP has been revised to integrate the recovery efforts following the devastating earthquakes of February 2023, focusing on restoring and revitalising the food value chain in the earthquake-affected regions.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES FOR THE ROLE

The Head of Programme will manage a cross-functional team and also lead WFP’s earthquake recovery efforts.  The incumbent is responsible for maintaining project management structures to ensure programmatic activities are designed, and implemented according to time, scope, and budget parameters agreed with the country office management.

Under the guidance of the country office management, the Head of Programme will be responsible for coordinating the implementation of the programme activities in close collaboration with activity managers and field office programme staff.

The job holder reports to the Deputy Country Director. At this level, the job holder is expected to take responsibility for the following: –

• In coordination with Activity Managers, and Area Office counterparts, lead the strengthening and roll out of the implementation plan for early recovery and self-resilience.
• Develop programme documentation to oversee programme cycle management, including results frameworks and associated reporting formats, budgetary tracking tools, risk mitigation frameworks, and programmatic overviews that can be used for both internal and external communications purposes.
• Ensure the integration of cross-cutting expertise, such as conflict sensitivity, gender, protection, and inclusion considerations into programme design and implementation.
• In coordination with the RAM team ensure that appropriate evidence and targeting measures inform the quality of the programme design, and establish appropriate monitoring, evaluation, and learning frameworks, and ensure that programme milestones and successes are shared with the relevant teams for both internal and external communications and advocacy.Develop and foster relationships with partners (including government and local communities) and donors at all relevant levels to enable the effective positioning of WFP to meet national goals and contribute to country capacity-strengthening efforts and providing technical assistance to national institutions.
• Coordinate with a range of stakeholders to ensure that the programme portfolio leverages opportunities external to WFP’s activities, notably private sector opportunities as well as national and sub-national government programmes, other UN Agencies.
• Act as a role model of the values, principles and standards of WFP, actively contributing to creating an inclusive and collaborative work environment through respectful and constructive communication and holding self and other team members accountable for their actions.
• Effectively communicate implementation progress and results for programme activities to management and other stakeholders through meetings, review of donor reports and other materials.

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATION

Education: 

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 years of related work experience and/ or training/courses.

Experience: 

•  At least five years of relevant postgraduate professional experience in project/programme design, implementation and management, and policy engagement,
•  Has experience in liaising with government partners, has good negotiation skills and ability to communicate effectively, and has provided input into policy discussions and decisions.
•  Has experience in business development/project/program design and management.
•  Has engaged in policy discussions and provided input into policy decisions.

Language: Excellent written and oral communication skills in English and Turkish, Arabic an asset

WFP LEADERSHIP FRAMEWORK

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Final WFP celebrates and embraces diversity. It is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all its employees. It encourages qualified candidates to apply irrespective of race, color, national origin, ethnic or social background, genetic information, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, HIV status, or disability.

Qualified Female candidates and Individuals with disabilities are especially encouraged to apply.
WFP is committed to an accessible, inclusive recruitment process. Please contact us at global.inclusion@wfp.org to advise us of any disability-related reasonable accommodation or accessibility requests you may have. A member of the reasonable accommodation team will contact you to discuss your needs. This email is only to be used for any disability-related accessibility requirements, and not for sending the application itself. Due to the volume of applications, any applications or CVs sent through this email address will not be considered as a formal application and will not receive a reply from WFP.

WFP has a zero-tolerance approach to conduct such as fraud, sexual exploitation, abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority, and discrimination. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to WFP’s standards of conduct and will therefore undergo rigorous background verification internally or through third parties. Selected candidates will also be required to provide additional information as part of the verification exercise. Misrepresentation of information provided during the recruitment process may lead to disqualification or termination of employment.

WFP will not request payment at any stage of the recruitment process including at the offer stage. Any payment requests should be refused and reported to local law enforcement authorities for appropriate action.