Programme Policy Specialist

1 week ago

Peshawar City Tehsil, Pakistan beBeeDisaster Full time
Job Description

This is a challenging and rewarding role that requires strong expertise in gender mainstreaming, disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation, and related fields.

The ideal candidate will have experience working in developing countries, preferably in South Asia, with a focus on gender and disaster risk management.

  • About the Job:
  • The World Food Programme (WFP) seeks a highly skilled professional to lead and coordinate the gender component of a project focused on climate resilience-building in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Pakistan.
  • The successful candidate will work closely with an international consultant to support data collection for the gender assessment exercise and provide facilitation in administering research tools in the field.

Responsibilities:

  1. Lead the gender component of the project as per the Gender Action Plan, including conducting a comprehensive capacity needs assessment for flood forecasting and early warning systems at the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD), Federal Flood Commission (FFC), Regional Meteorological Centre Peshawar (RMCP), and other relevant government agencies.
  2. Develop gender capacity strengthening plan and deliver gender-responsive training workshops with the international consultant to empower women's participation in flood preparedness and response activities.
  3. Facilitate the gender assessment process by engaging with communities to collect data on gender barriers of most vulnerable groups of women, girls & PWDs in accessing EWS and thus bringing a localised input to design gender responsive EWS.

Qualifications:

  • Education: Advanced university degree or equivalent in Gender, Development Studies, Economics, Political Science, Anthropology or any other relevant Social Science discipline.
  • Experience: Minimum 3 years of professional/managerial experience in gender mainstreaming in disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation, or related fields.
  • Languages: Fluency (level C) in English language.

How to Apply:

To be considered, interested candidates are invited to apply via WFP's career website. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

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