Programme & Policy Officer for Latin America and the Caribbean

To provide support to policy and programme activities that effectively meet food assistance needs.

Depending on your experience level and expertise areas, you will be involved to a greater or lesser degree in work related to, but not limited, to the following:

1. Development of a wide variety of projects, plans and processes, ensuring alignment with wider programme policies and guidance. 

2. Management of projects to define programmes of considerable size/complexity, ensuring a coordinated approach that complies with WFP standards and procedures. 

3. Development and coordination of data gathering and monitoring systems ensuring that rigorous quality standards are maintained. 

4. Research and analysis of a range of policy and operational issues to inform the development of policies, programmes, and activities. 

5. Preparation of reports on programmes and activities, enabling informed decisions and consistency of information presented to stakeholders. 

6. Liaising with internal and external counterparts to ensure effective collaborations, monitoring of ongoing projects, and highlighting potential risks to project delivery. 

7. Development and management of potential partnerships to collaborative work, leading to improved food assistance packages. 

8. Capacity building of WFP personnel, partners, and national governments to prepare and respond to food assistance needs.