Program Policy Officer

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OB PURPOSE: 
This position is intended to ensure dedicated expertise to lead support to the government 
of Haiti, including:
 Contributing to policy formulation
 Supporting national system-strengthening
 Providing capacity building efforts
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive) 
1. Contribute to policy formulation
 Formulate CO strategy in policy making in line with organisational and regional 
strategy and the practical realities of operating in the field.
 Provide support and technical expertise for the planning, formulation, and 
implementation of social protection policies to strengthen government ownership;
 Provide strategic thinking and direction on the CO’s role in policy making identifying 
opportunities for WFP’s positioning and engagement in this area.
 Assist senior stakeholders of governments and other partners in identifying where 
social assistance can be usefully employed.
 Support the government to design adaptative social protection programmes based 
on policy recommendation. 
2. Lead WFP’s technical work on national systems strengthening

  
TERMS OF REFERENCE 
For Regular International Consultancy 

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 Lead WFP’s engagement with senior stakeholders of governments in their efforts 
to bolster national social protection systems in Haiti, including by modelling new 
approaches, or establishing systems to be directly adopted;
 Lead WFP’s support in implementing and eventually handing over the Adaptive 
Social Protection for Increased Resilience (ASPIRE) programme on the 
Government's behalf in three departments (Grande-Anse, South, West
 Support the strengthening of government registries to achieve its policy and 
programme objectives in social protection;
 Assist the GoH and its financial partners (World Bank, IMF and IDB) to design and 
implement a new national Payment Platform for social benefits; 
 Assist the GoH and its external partners in improving financial inclusion in parallel 
to Social Programme implementation. 
 Facilitate knowledge management, documentation, and exchange to develop 
innovative approaches to better design and implement social protection systems.
3. Providing capacity building efforts to the GoH 
 Advice and support the development of functional training in areas of expertise to 
enhance the capacity of the GoH to design and deliver effective food assistance 
programmes.
 Developing innovative approach to transitioning WFP programmes to the GoH 
where feasible and appropriate.
 Assessing GoH capacities to deliver social protection programming; 
4. Partnership
 Inform partnership development with Government and development partners, 
laying out a roadmap towards that and support building a policy dialogue on WFP 
areas of expertise;
 Maintain established partnerships and develop new ones in line with opportunities 
for collaborative approaches and initiatives;
 Maintain a network of national and international professional contacts in the field 
of public policies;
 Identify new funding opportunities for the policy unit and develop funding 
proposals;
 Represent WFP in policy dialogue on social protection with key actors (e.g., 
Ministries, UN agencies, social partners) 
5. Team management
 Manage the unit’s workplan to ensure expected deliverables are met in a timely 
manner;
 Ensure the best use of assigned financial resources for achievement of set 
objectives within a significant budget.
 Lead, motivate and develop a substantive team to enable high performance;
 Support team members through coaching and guidance to support performance 
and ensure appropriate development. Conduct targeted trainings for staff, as 
required.

  
TERMS OF REFERENCE 
For Regular International Consultancy 

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 Take responsibility for incorporating gender perspectives in all areas of work, to 
ensure equal participation of women and men.

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