Programme Policy Officer(Resilience, Livelihoods & Climate Change Adaptation)

Programme Implementation

• Design and implement a set of integrated RLCCA interventions in pastoral and agro-pastoral areas of Karamoja that will bring the most benefit and impact to the people in need.
  
• Facilitate implementation of RLCCA focused on activities related to natural resource management, public works, disaster risk management, livelihood building (agriculture and pastoralism), and market strengthening.
  
• Support the management of partnerships on climate change adaptation and resilience building, liaising closely with District Local Government (DLG) counterparts, cooperating partners, financial service providers, and other stakeholders on all technical aspects related to RLCCA.
  
• Prepare RLCCA activity work plans, budgets and ensure effective management of allocated resources.
  
• Produce regular updates on the implementation and financial situation of RLCCA activities.
  
• Build and maintain effective synergies/integration between RLCCA and other WFP Karamoja programme activities i.e. Crisis Response, School Based Programmes, Nutrition, Agriculture Market Support (AMS) and Strengthening of Shock Responsive Systems (Pro-ACT) including Capacity and Systems Strengthening, Analysis, Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning & Analysis (AMEL) and Communications for Development (C4D).
  

• Provide technical advice on RLCCA programming and the integration with Crisis Response, School Based Programmes, Nutrition, Agriculture Market Support (AMS) and Pro-ACT, and synergies with DLG and other development partner partner interventions.
  

• Ensure robust monitoring and descriptive of progress in the use of programming tools (i.e 3PA, Seasonal Livelihood Programming, Food & Cash Assistance for Assets, Early Warning, and Anticipatory Action) and partnership efforts, particularly with the DLGs, FAO and other development partners.
  
• Develop proposals for funding and promote support to initiatives that strengthen gender transformative programming  and food systems approaches in RLCCA interventions.
  

 

Learning and Organisational Change

• Organize practice-oriented technical trainings on dryland management, water harvesting, natural resource management, livelihood building, agriculture, livestock management, and market-strengthening to enhance the capacity of WFP staff, DLGs, and cooperating partners to design and deliver effective livelihood and resilience programmes.
  
• Champion respect for and use of complaints & feedback data, contextual analysis and gender analysis to improve RLCCA programme design and delivery.
  

• Facilitate greater sharing and use of gender-sensitive monitoring data, feedback and lessons learned across in the RLCCA programme portfolio and ensure that interventions are responsive to the needs of the people that WFP serves and are informed by sound understanding of Karamoja context.
  
• Ensure consistency of indicators across RLCCA programme activities with the goal of supporting improvements of systems and procedures that measure performance and achievements towards outcomes and impact.
  

 

Innovation, Knowledge Management and Capacity Strengthening

• Implement RLCCA innovative practices, approaches that are appropriate for Karamoja sub-region context.
  
• Engage in evidence generation and research iniatives that may contribute to improved evidence in WFP RLCCA programme interventions in Karamoja.
  
• Provide support to institutionalise and share best practices and knowledge learned for RLCCA products and services with internal and external stakeholders to strengthen capacity of WFP and cooperating partner staff, communities, DLGs etc. in evidence-based programming.
  
• Plan and facilitate RLCCA capacity strengthening activities for programme teams and partners to enhance quality programming.