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Job Title:
Programme Policy Officer
Type of
Contract:
Service Contract , Level 9 (SC-9)
Unit/Division:
Emergency Unit/Programme
Duty Station:
Juba, South Sudan
Duration: 8 months (subject to renewal based on performance and budget availability)
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF ASSIGNMENT:
The World Food Programme (WFP) is the leading 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. It is an autonomous joint programme of the United Nations and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). WFP was the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
In the new funding environment of 2026 and 2027, WFP has an opportunity to re-shape its long-standing food assistance operations in South Sudan, focusing on the highest impact interventions for those parts of the country most affected by hunger, conflict, climate shocks, and marginalization.
The Emergency Unit, in which this assignment is located, is responsible for designing and facilitating the delivery of crisis response activities under the WFP South Sudan Country Strategic Plan (CSP). It is the largest programmatic portfolio in the Country Office. In 2026, crisis response activities comprise a response to avert an acute food and nutrition crisis, a lean season response, transitional assistance for internally displaced persons (IDPs) and refugees (including refugees from Sudan), and ad hoc responses to needs assessed by inter‑agency bodies—delivered through distribution of in‑kind food and specialized nutritious foods, cash‑based transfers, and early recovery mechanisms.
Under this assignment, the programme policy officer will work in a team of 5‑6 people to drive performance across the Emergency Unit''s crisis response portfolio. Responsibilities will span the entire programme cycle—in close consultation with technical colleagues across the Country Office.
The programme policy officer will report to one of 2 Team Leads in the Emergency Unit, with secondary supervision by the Head of Emergency. The position will be based…
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