Grade                  :             Consultant
Reference           :             014/2019
Duty Station       :       Maputo, Mozambique
The screening of applications is done on an ongoing basis, so we recommend you to apply as soon as possible.
ABOUT WFP
The United Nations World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide. The mission of WFP is to help the world achieve Zero Hunger in our lifetimes. 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.
For the first time in recorded history, two strong tropical cyclones made landfall in Mozambique in the same season. On 14 March 2019 Cyclone Idai hit the city of Beira and during the weekend of 16-17 March the weather system carried torrential rains in Sofala, Zambezia, Tete and Manica provinces. On 25 April 2019, Cyclone Kenneth, the strongest cyclone to ever hit the African continent, with wind gusts over 220 km/h, struck Cabo Delgado and Nampula provinces. Combined, the two cyclones killed at least 648 people; injured nearly 1,700 people and led to the full or partial destruction of more than 277,000 homes. In addition to the cyclones, an ongoing insurgency movement in Northern Mozambique since 2017 has displaced an estimated 60,000 people.
The cyclones brought about significant displacement and protection concerns while exacerbating existing protection risks to already highly vulnerable populations, such as women, children, older persons, persons living with HIV/AIDS and people with disabilities, including albinism. Â More than half of the people affected are children and protection concerns, including violence, exploitation, neglect and abuse of children, sexual and gender-based violence, sexual exploitation and abuse, loss of personal documentation, and issues related to land, and property rights have been reported. High levels of poverty compound the situation and the ongoing crises are expected to worsen poverty, inequality and access to services in Mozambique.
Endorsed by the Humanitarian Cluster Team (HCT) and in coordination with the Protection Cluster, WFP established Linha Verde, an inter-agency complaints and feedback mechanism (CFM), as part of the humanitarian response’s accountability to affected populations (AAP) for Cyclones Idai and Kenneth as well as the armed insurgency in Cabo Delgado Province. Linha Verde is an inter-agency complaints and feedback mechanism (CFM) currently composed of three primary platforms: a 24/7 cross-network toll-free call center; a network of complaints boxes at food distributions; and community-based complaints mechanisms (CBCM). A two-way communication channel, the CFM is designed to promote informed decision making and improve the quality of programming.
WFP is seeking an AAP specialist to lead the operations of the inter-agency mechanism, which includes continuous liaison with government and humanitarian partner counterparts to ensure the effective referral and closure of the feedback loop, while supporting action to improve humanitarian interventions based on feedback from affected populations.
WFP Mozambique is seeking expressions of interest from professional humanitarian Social Protection consultants wishing to be considered for emergency response consultancies. Deployment will be to Maputo and Field locations within the Country whenever necessary.
For more on WFP and what we do, please go to http://www.wfp.org/videos/zero-hunger
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive):
1.   Management of a common Complaints and Feedback Mechanism (CFM)
2.   Call centre management:Â
3.   Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL)
DESIRED EXPERIENCES FOR ENTRY INTO THE ROLE:
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
STANDARD MINIMUM ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS:
Education: Master’s degree in Law, International Relations, Political Science, Development Studies and Planning, or a related field from an accredited academic institution with four years of relevant professional experience; or university degree in the above fields with six years of relevant professional experience.
Language: Fluency (level C) in English language. Intermediate knowledge (level B) of a second official UN language: Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish. Fluency (level C) in Portuguese, WFP’s working language, will be an asset.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS:
Qualified applicants will be placed in a pool and may be contacted as the needs arise for consultancy positions in Mozambique. Remuneration levels will be based on the specific terms of reference offered. Please note that consultants would most likely be placed in the heart of the response which may involve difficult living and working conditions. Consultants are independent hires and cannot be simultaneously employed by WFP and receive income or honorarium from other organizations, governments, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) or other. Consultants will be required to undertake a full medical clearance prior to being contracted and to undertake the UN related Security Clearances, training and WFP mandatory training on Standards of Conduct. This pool will remain active for 6 months.
Interested individuals meeting the above requirements are requested to apply on the WFP Career Website.
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: 29 September 2019
Ref.: VA No. 107367
Tagged as: Management, Programme
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