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DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS
8 April 202523:59GMT02:00 South Africa Standard Time (Johannesburg)WFP celebrates and embraces diversity. It is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all its employees and encourages qualified candidates to apply irrespective of race colour national origin ethnic or social background genetic information gender gender identity and/or expression sexual orientation religion or belief HIV status or disability.
ABOUT WFP
The World Food Programme is the worlds 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 WFPs 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
The African Risk Capacity is a Specialized Agency of the African Union established in 2012 as an Africanowned indexbased weather risk insurance that provides African countries with tools and products to quantify and manage disaster risk. ARC offers a comprehensive integrated solution that transfers weather risk away from governments and the vulnerable households they protect to ARC. This enables governments to build resilience and better plan prepare for and respond to extreme weather events.
ARC Agency established its first financial affiliate ARC Insurance Company Limited (ARC Ltd) in 2013 as a sovereign risk pool in the form of a mutual insurer owned by Member Governments. Whereas the ARC Agency provides capacity building services to Member States in risk profiling contingency planning and monitoring and evaluation; ARC Ltd. issues weather insurance policies to governments. It uses ARCs risk modelling and early warning software platform Africa RiskView to estimate the impact of weather events on vulnerable populations. Besides it also estimates the response costs required to assist them before a hazard season begins and as it progresses so that indexbased insurance payouts based on Africa RiskView are triggered at or before harvest time if the rains are poor or as soon as a severe flood or cyclone has occurred.
As part of its principles of engagement the ARC Group adopts a differentiated approach to issues of gender equality. ARC considers the promotion of womens empowerment and gender equality an important factor in creating longterm impacts and sustainability. In this perspective in a bid to ensure that its operational responses and its capacity building work have a differentiated approach to men and women ARC adopted its Gender Strategy in September 2019. The Gender Strategy which is a result of intensive consultations with all its stakeholders has as its goal to transform Disaster Risk Management (DRM) approaches to ensure gender equality for vulnerable women and men in ARC Member States. It is in this context that ARC seeks to recruit a Gender Expert for the implementation of the 5year strategy.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Under the supervision of the Head of Gender Unit the incumbent will support the implementation of the ARC Gender Strategy in the following areas:
1. Providing capacity building support to Member States: work with the Country Engagement Managers to ensure gender mainstreaming in country programmes by facilitation of individual and institutional training; development and/or adaptation of training modules to country contexts; establishment of training of trainers networks at country and regional levels; supporting the Gender Advocacy and Communication (GAD) sub group of the TWG;
2. Providing capacity building support to ARC staff: Development and/or adaptation of training modules to thematic areas; facilitation of staff training provision of backstopping support to staff in mainstreaming gender in their specific thematic areas;
3. Knowledge development and management: conducting of gender analysis at country levels; collection and analysis of gender disaggregated data at country and regional levels; conducting research to enhance the gender quality of country strategic papers; contributing to policy briefs and other publications on gender and DRM issues.
4. Supporting resource mobilisation policy dialogue and advocacy: In the context of the Gender Transformative Fund (GFF) ensure availability of country specific advocacy and sensitisation materials; organise sensitisation campaigns facilitate policy dialogue sessions and ensure adequate monitoring and evaluation of GTF activities
5. Supporting partnership building and networking: in the context of the Gender and DRM platform provide support in setting up and facilitation of the activities of the ThinkTanks including moderation of online discussions via the virtual platform; liaise with research and academic institutions to ensure quality and timely productions of planned researches and publications; ensure adequate dissemination of knowledge products of the Platform;
6. Communication and reporting: work closely with the Communications team to ensure adequate visibility to the gender mainstreaming efforts of the Gender Team and the entire ARC staff; contribute to quality presentations both written and verbal to ARC stakeholders and partners; and contribute to organisational reports to ensure adequate reporting on gender actions to development partners and ARC Board;
7. Perform other related duties as requested by ARC COO and/or GDG
QUALIFICATIONS
Education: Bachelors degree in one or more of the following disciplines: gender studies social sciences international development agriculture development economics or other relevant field. Masters degree is an added advantage.
Experience: A minimum of seven 7 years post graduate professional experience is required.
Language: Fluency in English is required with a working knowledge of French. Working knowledge of another AU official language Arabic or Portuguese is an added advantage.
Desirable Skills & Knowledge:
Knowledge of disaster risk management and financing issues
Strong facilitation writing and communication skills.
Ability to complete tasks on time and uphold ARC standards for high quality output without constant supervision.
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REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION
WFP is committed to supporting individuals with disabilities by providing reasonable accommodations throughout the recruitment process. If you require a reasonable accommodation please contact:
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REMINDERS BEFORE YOU SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION
We strongly recommend that your profile is accurate complete and includes your employment records academic qualifications language skills and UN Grade (if applicable).
Once your profile is completed please apply and submit your application.
Please make sure you upload your professional CV in the English language
Kindly note the only documents you will need to submit at this time are your CV and Cover Letter
Additional documents such as passport recommendation letters academic certificates etc. may potentially be requested at a future time
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Only shortlisted candidates will be notified
All employment decisions are made on the basis of organizational needs job requirements merit and individual qualifications. WFP is committed to providing an inclusive work environment free of sexual exploitation and abuse all forms of discrimination any kind of harassment sexual harassment and abuse of authority. Therefore all selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks.
No appointment under any kind of contract will be offered to members of the UN Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ) International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) FAO Finance Committee WFP External Auditor WFP Audit Committee Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) and other similar bodies within the United Nations system with oversight responsibilities over WFP both during their service and within three years of ceasing that service.
Employment Type
Full-Time
