Programme Associate (Protection, Gender, and Accountability to Affected People)

About the role

The Programme Associate (Protection, Gender, and Accountability to Affected People - PGAAP) will operationalise and foster WFP's commitments on Protection, Gender, Conflict Sensitivity, AAP and Disability Inclusion, adapted to the Afghanistan context. The post joins the Programme Unit, reports to the Head of Area Office and works under the technical guidance of the Protection, Gender, Conflict Sensitivity and AAP technical leads of the Country Office.

Key responsibilities

• Advise and support the integration of Protection, Gender, Conflict Sensitivity, AAP and Disability Inclusion into programme implementation at Area Office level, and develop reports and case studies from field visits
• Support planning, design and monitoring, and undertake field visits to assess cross-cutting considerations
• Organise community consultations, facilitate workshops and briefings for WFP, partner and monitoring staff, and engage with communities to understand their information needs
• Disseminate Community Feedback Mechanism (CFM) messages, guidelines and learning materials to stakeholders
• Collaborate with UN and NGO agencies and representative groups, and take part in interagency fora such as the Protection, GBV and AAP Working Groups
• Manage sensitive CFM cases, verify complaints and grievances safely and in a timely way, and enter cases into the online Client Response Management tool
• Train partner and third-party monitoring staff on case handling and verification, and promote inclusive access to the CFM mechanism

Required profile

• Secondary school completion; university degree in Social Sciences, International Development, Political Science, Law or a related field, or specialisation in protection, gender and human rights
• Minimum 6 years of relevant experience in communications related to protection, gender and accountability to affected populations
• Fluency in English and in Pashto and/or Dari

Required skills

• Strong community relationship-building capacity
• In-depth knowledge of risk identification, mitigation, protection, conflict sensitivity, gender, gender-based violence, humanitarian principles and access
• Demonstrated field experience in protection, gender, accountability to affected populations and disability inclusion