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<p>DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS 25 September 2026-23:59-GMT+03:00 Arabian Standard Time (Aden) WFP celebrates and embraces diversity. It is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all its employees and encourages qualified candidates to apply irrespective of race, colour, national origin, ethnic or social background, genetic information, gender, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, HIV status or disability. ABOUT WFP The World Food Programme is the world s largest 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. At WFP, people are at the heart of everything we do and the vision of the future WFP workforce is one of diverse, committed, skilled, and high performing teams, selected on merit, operating in a healthy and inclusive work environment, living WFP's values (Integrity, Collaboration, Commitment, Humanity, and Inclusion) and working with partners to save and change the lives of those WFP serves. To learn more about WFP, visit our website: https://www.wfp.org and follow us on social media to keep up with our latest news: YouTube , LinkedIn , Instagram , Facebook , Twitter , TikTok . WHY JOIN WFP? WFP is a 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate. WFP offers a highly inclusive, diverse, and multicultural working environment. WFP invests in the personal & professional development of its employees through a range of training, accreditation, coaching, mentorship, and other programs as well as through internal mobility opportunities. A career path in WFP provides an exciting opportunity to work across the various country, regional and global offices around the world, and with passionate colleagues who work tirelessly to ensure that effective humanitarian assistance reaches millions of people across the globe. We offer an attractive compensation package (please refer to the Terms and Conditions section of this vacancy announcement). GENERAL INFORMATION JOB TITLE: Finance Officer TYPE OF CONTRACT/LEVEL: Consultancy Contract CSTII SUPERVISOR: Head of Finance UNIT/DIVISION: Finance DUTY STATION (City, Country): Aden CO, Yemen DURATION: 06 Months (Renewable) ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT: Finance operations for the Yemen Country Office had been centralized in Sana a. Following the incidents in northern Yemen, the offices were seized and WFP operations in the northern offices were subsequently paused. Consequently, the contracts of Finance staff in the northern offices were terminated on 31 March 2025. The Finance Officer Short-Term Position (STP), one of the core positions in the approved organogram, has also been discontinued in 2026 under Staffing Framework 2.0. This CST II position is intended to fill the gap in work previously performed by the STP during the transition period, until the new position contract type is determined and approved. ACCOUNTABILITIES/RESPONSIBILITIES: Under the supervision of the Head of Finance or the Head of Finance Officer-in-Charge, the incumbent will: Lead and manage the ICSP YE02 closure, including closure of open items and transfer of resources from ICSP YE02 to ICSP YE04. Ensure the regular performance of bank reconciliations, disbursements, clearance of receivables, overall cash management, and yearly, quarterly, and monthly financial closures in accordance with corporate requirements. Support internal and external audit exercises by providing supporting documents and coordinating with spending units to provide explanations and justifications for any queries or observations. Coordinate required budgets, monitor spending and unspent balances, and take the required follow-up actions. Design, implement, monitor, and analyze budgets for new and ongoing projects in accordance with established corporate procedures. Ensure hands-on knowledge transfer on budget management for associated costs, including staff, premises, UN common services, cost recovery projects, and other related costs. Lead accurate financial reporting and analysis in line with IPSAS, ensuring timely delivery, accuracy, and compliance with accounting processes and corporate governance requirements. Train finance staff to develop required financial reports, such as extrabudgetary resources versus non-ICSP resources monitoring reports for the Yemen Country Office, in Tableau or any other WFP application. Ensure knowledge transfer on contribution management, grant closure, and optimization of contribution spending, ensuring effective and efficient resource utilization in alignment with donor requirements and relevant terms and conditions. Develop a Standard Operating Procedure for the ICT/ETC Cost Recovery Project. Develop a Standard Operating Procedure for grant-related contribution management. Address capacity gaps in the Finance function as required. </p><p><strong>Desired Candidate Profile</strong></p><p>Education: Advanced university degree in Finance, Business Administration, Accounting, or a related field, or a first university degree in the same subject area with additional years of related work experience, plus membership in an internationally recognized professional accountancy body such as the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Institute of Certified Public Accountants (ICPA), or equivalent.</p><p>Experience Knowledge & Skills: Experience working in finance and project management, preferably in the field and within a humanitarian institution.</p><p>Languages : Fluency in English and Arabic is required.</p>
<p><br></p> <p> </p> <p> <b>KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES</b> (Under the supervision of Head of Finance, Head of Finance OIC and respective International Finance Officer):</p> <ul> <li> <p>Ensure delivery of critical processes, exercises and Programme, including but not limited to FSI, CBT, UNHAS, BSP, Cost recovery, Donor reporting and other core finance activities, to ensure WFP is able to quickly respond in a timely manner.</p> </li> <li> <p>Collaborate and coordinate in ensuring the validity of FSI for Yemen Country Office.</p> </li> <li> <p>Coordinate and support the implementation of the recommendations from FSI exercise.</p> </li> <li> <p>Monitor and analyses the factors impacting exchange rate, including USD and YER liquidity in the country.</p> </li> <li> <p>Coordinate the required budget, monitor spending and unspent balances for BSP, cost recovery projects and expiring contributions, including closure of open items.</p> </li> <li> <p>Lead and coordinate monthly UNHAS, BSP, cost recovery reconciliation and closure of long outstanding open items.</p> </li> <li> <p>Lead and coordinate required Country Office Donor Reporting.</p> </li> <li> <p>Report on key data for financial status and outcomes of projects in accordance with corporate governance requirements, cost to serve to beneficiaries, ensuring accuracy, deadlines, and accounting processes are complied with.</p> </li> <li> <p>Track and collate data to support others to improve policies, systems and procedures in order to minimize financial risks, improve the efficiency and effectiveness of operations, and ensure services are aligned with business objectives.</p> </li> <li> <p>Contribute to the delivery of financial controls and insight into WFP performance, supporting periodic risk and internal control assessments to identify areas which may present potential audit, compliance or financial risks. </p> </li> <li> <p>Guide and supervise more junior staff, acting as a point of referral and supporting them with more complex analysis and queries.</p> </li> <li> <p>Represent unit/CO at internal meetings, external meetings and events with other UN agencies, banks and other financial institutions, or other partners and entities as required.</p> </li> <li> <p>Fill in capacity gaps in any stream of Finance function.</p> </li> </ul> <p> </p> <p> <b>DELIVERABLES AT THE END OF THE CONTRACT:</b> <br>Ensure accuracy and timely delivery in all tasks performed; Produce organized, accurate and well documented records confirming required format with well analyzed data; improve business processes.</p> <p> </p> <p> <b>QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE</b> </p> <p> </p> <p> <b>Education</b>: University degree in Accounting or Finance or relevant fields, Advanced University degree in Finance, Business Administration, Accounting, or related fields, or First University degree in the same subject(s) with additional years of related work experience plus membership in an international recognized professional accountancy body such as Association of Chartered, Certified Accountants (ACCA), Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Institute of Certified Public Accounts (ICPA)or equivalent.</p> <p> </p> <p> <b>Experience:</b> </p> <ul> <li> <p>Total relevant 5 years of experience including 1 year of Professional experience.</p> </li> <li> <p>UN experience in working in the finance, project management, in humanitarian and development context are preferrable. </p> </li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><br></p> <p> </p> <p> </p>
<p><br></p><p>Brief about the Project</p><p>The THRIVE Project has been developed alongside the DG MENA-WASL Project to strengthen climate-resilient livelihoods and inclusive agriculture systems in Taiz Governorate through an integrated watershed management approach. The program adopts an area-based strategy that recognizes the interdependence between natural resources, agriculture production, local institutions and market systems. The project is implemented by a consortium of international and national partners under the leadership of SI, alongside BCFHD and Al Tawasul. Under the SDC-funded component, the project directly supports efforts to improve local market resilience, agriculture production and gender equity.</p><p>The THRIVE Project requires an implementation-oriented assessment to better understand the opportunities, barriers, and enabling conditions for women's economic empowerment within the target districts.</p><p>Objectives of the Consultancy Assignment</p><p>The overall objective of this assignment is to conduct a comprehensive Women's Economic Empowerment, Agency and Enterprise Ecosystem Assessment that generates the evidence required to strengthen women's economic inclusion and inform the THRIVE Project's implementation. Specifically, the assessment aims to:</p><ul><li>Assess women's roles, participation, leadership, agency, bargaining power, and decision-making across relevant agricultural and livestock activities, value-chain functions, post-harvest activities, value addition and enterprise development with a focus on the priority value chains selected through the program process.</li><li>Assess women's access to and control over productive assets, natural resources, agricultural inputs, technologies, extension services, information, financial services, VSLAs, enterprise financing, and digital financial ecosystems, and identify barriers to their economic participation, financial inclusion, and resilience.</li><li>Analyse the social, institutional, cultural, household and gender-related factors influencing women's economic empowerment, including gender norms, mobility restrictions, unpaid care responsibilities, literacy and digital literacy, intra-household decision-making, control over resources and income.</li><li>Identify the specific constraints, risks, vulnerabilities, and economic opportunities affecting women from different social groups, including female-headed households, young women, women with disabilities, IDPs, Muhamasheen communities, and women breadwinners.</li><li>Assess safeguarding, economic violence, exploitation, indebtedness, exclusion, elite capture, and other risks affecting women's safe participation in livelihoods, enterprise development, financial inclusion, and market systems.</li><li>Assess and map the gender-relevant enterprise and financial ecosystem influencing women's economic empowerment, identifying practical opportunities for sustainable market engagement and partnership.</li><li>Identify evidence-based pathways for beneficiary targeting, sequencing, graduation, financial inclusion, market integration, institutional coordination and adaptive program implementation.</li></ul><p>Key Responsibilities of the Consultant (Methodology, Scope of Service, Tasks)</p><p>Methodology: The assessment shall apply an integrated women's economic empowerment and market-systems analytical framework that distinguishes: (i) access to, use of and control over resources and services; (ii) participation, influence, leadership and collective voice; (iii) entrepreneurial interest, readiness and commercial feasibility; and (iv) immediate constraints and their underlying household, institutional and market-system causes. The consultant will adopt a mixed-method, implementation-oriented approach that combines secondary data review, quantitative and qualitative field research, participatory consultations, and market systems analysis.</p><p>Scope of Service and Tasks: The assessment will focus on the gender-specific dimensions of economic participation, including women's agency, decision-making, mobility, control over assets and income, gender norms, safety and safeguarding, access to services and finance, and the barriers and enabling conditions that determine whether women can participate in and benefit from selected economic opportunities.</p><p>Key tasks include:</p><ul><li>Desk Review and Consolidation of Existing Evidence</li><li>Primary Data Collection (household surveys, KIIs, FGDs, market observations)</li><li>Analysis of Social Norms, Time-Poverty, and Protection Risks</li><li>Financial Inclusion, VSLA, and Digital Ecosystems Analysis</li><li>Enterprise Development, Cooperatives, and B2B Networks Analysis</li><li>Vulnerable Group Profiling and Intersectionality Mapping</li><li>Market Actors, Commercial Linkages and Partnership Models</li><li>Progression Pathways, Targeting, and Graduation Frameworks</li><li><br></li></ul><p><strong>Desired Candidate Profile</strong></p><p><br></p>
<p>Job Specific Context</p><p> </p> <p>The Social Development Officer plays an important role in assisting that our client subprojects in Yemen adhere to high social standards, particularly those set by the World Bank's Environmental and Social Framework (ESF) and our client's Environmental and Social Sustainability framework.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Working with the E&S Specialist, this position is essential for mitigating social risks associated with infrastructure rehabilitation, urban service delivery, water, and health sector activities in a fragile, conflict-affected environment (FCV). The role focuses on supporting subproject screening, instrument preparation, stakeholder engagement, labor standard oversight, and the implementation of the Grievance Mechanism (GRM) to safeguard community well-being and project sustainability</p><b><br> Role objectives Functions / Key Results Expected</b><p> </p> 1. Compliance Support<p> </p> <p> <b>Subproject Screening:</b> Assist in preparing, reviewing, and validating Environmental and Social Screening Forms for all proposed subprojects, ensuring rigorous verification of screening documents submitted by Implementing Partners (IPs).</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> <b>E&S Instrument:</b> Support the drafting, review, and regular updating of site-specific Environmental and Social Management Plans (ESMPs), Resettlement Action Plans (RAPs), and Abbreviated RAPs where applicable, ensuring alignment with WB Environmental and Social Standards (ESS).</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> <b>Inclusive & Protective Design Integration:</b> Proactively ensure subproject designs embed social inclusion, gender mainstreaming, universal access, protection of vulnerable/disadvantaged groups, and robust prevention of local social conflict.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> 2. Stakeholder Engagement and Social Accountability<p> </p> <p> <b>Inclusive Consultation & Vulnerable Group Outreach:</b> Facilitate meaningful, culturally appropriate public consultations and information disclosure in line with the Stakeholder Engagement Plan (SEP), utilizing targeted methodologies to ensure the participation of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), female-headed households, and persons with disabilities.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> <b>Local Governance & IP Liaison:</b> Maintain continuous, transparent communication and consultation with local authorities, traditional leaders, IPs, and beneficiary communities to manage expectations and mitigate project-induced risks.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> <b>Continuous Engagement Monitoring:</b> Oversee and sustain the execution of stakeholder engagement activities at the community level throughout the entire lifecycle of subproject implementation.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> <b>Social Accountability Documentation:</b> Capture, categorize, and archive community concerns, feedback, and expectations, verifying that contractors take visible corrective action based on community input.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> <b>IP & Contractor Compliance Oversight:</b> Ensure that Implementing Partners and contractors execute standardized engagement protocols before, during, and after the completion of all subproject works.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> <b>Grievance Mechanism (GM) Operationalization:</b> Support the establishment, daily operation, and performance monitoring of the project's multi-tiered GM at the IP and site levels, ensuring all complaints are logged, investigated, and closed within established World Bank timeframes.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> <b>GM Accessibility and Awareness:</b> Drive the resolution of high-level grievances while proactively ensuring that GM intake channels and system procedures are widely recognized by all project-affected parties and beneficiaries.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> <b>Functional System Verification:</b> Validate that all Implementing Partners and contractors develop and maintain functional, responsive grievance systems that strictly adhere to overarching project requirements.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> 3. Field Monitoring and Reporting<p> </p> <p> <b>Non-Compliance Tracking & Rectification:</b> Conduct regular field visits to identify instances of social non-compliance, co-develop time-bound Corrective Action Plans (CAPs) with contractors, and rigorously track resolution progress.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> <b>Data-Driven Social Reporting:</b> Collect, clean, and consolidate field-level data to formulate high-resolution social monitoring inputs, maintaining structured logs, social non-compliance issues, and Grievance Mechanism (GM) performance indicators.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> <b>Labor Requirements Oversight:</b> Monitor the implementation of labor requirements (ESS2), verifying that contractor workers receive appropriate training, sign Codes of Conduct (CoC), and have access to a functional, dedicated worker GM. Verifying the workers payments and ensuring workers wages are timely paid by the relevant employers under the Project. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> <b>Land & Resettlement Verification:</b> Verify subproject compliance with the project's Resettlement Framework (RF) and monitor any processes involving Voluntary Land Donation (VLD) or asset impacts to ensure zero unauthorized economic/physical displacement.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> <b>Community Health, Safety & Security Monitoring:</b> Assess and monitor subproject impacts on community health and safety (ESS4), including traffic safety, exposure to hazards, and security arrangements, ensuring critical incidents are escalated and addressed immediately.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> 4. Capacity Building and Knowledge Management<p> </p> <p> Support in developing and delivering targeted training and orientation sessions on social safeguards, worker Code of Conduct, labor requirements, and GM operations for our client personnel, IPs, contractors, and local community committees.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> Maintain organized, audit-ready social documentation archives (consultation minutes, gender-disaggregated attendance sheets, GM registries, and training logs).</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> Assist in capturing success stories, lessons learned, and best practices to contribute to HSSE and social safeguard guidance documents and tools.<br><br></p><p><strong>Desired Candidate Profile</strong></p><p> <b>Required:</b> An Advanced University Degree (Master's degree or equivalent) preferably in Social Sciences, Sociology, Development Studies, Public Administration, Environmental Science, International Relations, or relevant scientific/social disciplines is required.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> <b>Desired:</b> A First-Level University Degree (Bachelor's degree) in combination with an additional 2 years of relevant work experience can be accepted in lieu of the advanced degree.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> <b>Required:</b> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> A minimum of 4 years of relevant professional experience with a Master's degree (or 6 years with a Bachelor's degree) in social risk management, stakeholder engagement, grievance handling, or social safeguards support is required.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> Experience in stakeholder engagement, public consultations, and community facilitation is required.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> <b>Desired:</b> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> Direct, proven experience working on World Bank-funded projects and a strong understanding of the ESF and ESSs (specifically ESS1, ESS2, ESS4, ESS5, and ESS10) in FCV settings (Yemen or similar context) is highly desirable.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> Experience in providing technical support and guidance on E&S and social risk issues to project teams, contractors, and local partners is an asset.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> Experience in monitoring and reporting on social compliance, GM performance, and field-level incidents is an asset.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> Proven ability to engage and collaborate with stakeholders at various levels, including government agencies, local implementing partners (such as PWP, RMF, Local Corporations), contractors, and local communities.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to effectively communicate social safeguard concepts and promote community accountability.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> Experience supporting capacity building, training, and document control initiatives is desirable.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><br></p>
<p> <b>Project:</b> Yemen Integrated Urban Services Emergency Project Phase II (YIUSEP II), Yemen Emergency Human Capital Project (YEHCP), and Integrated Water and Sanitation Emergency Project (IWISE)</p> <p> <b>Duty Station:</b> Yemen</p> <p> <b>Contract Type: </b>Daily Retainer - CTG</p> <p> <b>Supervisor:</b> Project Manager</p> <p> <b>Duration</b>: Initially until end of 2026 with extension possibility</p> <p>The Our client Middle East Region (MR) provides strategic leadership, performance oversight, and support to Our client operations across Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, and the State of Palestine. MR is responsible for positioning Our client as a key development partner in the region through high-level engagement with regional bodies, UN coordination mechanisms, development banks, donors, and intergovernmental organisations. By fostering strategic partnerships and promoting operational excellence, the region supports country teams in delivering sustainable solutions to complex development, peace, and humanitarian challenges.</p> <p>Working with the E&S Specialist, this position is essential for mitigating social risks associated with infrastructure rehabilitation, urban service delivery, water, and health sector activities in a fragile, conflict-affected environment (FCV). The role focuses on supporting subproject screening, instrument preparation, stakeholder engagement, labor standard oversight, and the implementation of the Grievance Mechanism (GRM) to safeguard community well-being and project sustainability</p><b> Role objectives Functions / Key Results Expected</b><p> </p> 1. Compliance Support<p> </p> <p> <b>Subproject Screening:</b> Assist in preparing, reviewing, and validating Environmental and Social Screening Forms for all proposed subprojects, ensuring rigorous verification of screening documents submitted by Implementing Partners (IPs).</p> <p> <b>E&S Instrument:</b> Support the drafting, review, and regular updating of site-specific Environmental and Social Management Plans (ESMPs), Resettlement Action Plans (RAPs), and Abbreviated RAPs where applicable, ensuring alignment with WB Environmental and Social Standards (ESS).</p> <p> <b>Inclusive & Protective Design Integration:</b> Proactively ensure subproject designs embed social inclusion, gender mainstreaming, universal access, protection of vulnerable/disadvantaged groups, and robust prevention of local social conflict.</p> <p> </p> 2. Stakeholder Engagement and Social Accountability<p> </p> <p> <b>Inclusive Consultation & Vulnerable Group Outreach:</b> Facilitate meaningful, culturally appropriate public consultations and information disclosure in line with the Stakeholder Engagement Plan (SEP), utilizing targeted methodologies to ensure the participation of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), female-headed households, and persons with disabilities.</p> <p> <b>Local Governance & IP Liaison:</b> Maintain continuous, transparent communication and consultation with local authorities, traditional leaders, IPs, and beneficiary communities to manage expectations and mitigate project-induced risks.</p> <p> <b>Continuous Engagement Monitoring:</b> Oversee and sustain the execution of stakeholder engagement activities at the community level throughout the entire lifecycle of subproject implementation.</p> <p> <b>Social Accountability Documentation:</b> Capture, categorize, and archive community concerns, feedback, and expectations, verifying that contractors take visible corrective action based on community input.</p> <p> <b>IP & Contractor Compliance Oversight:</b> Ensure that Implementing Partners and contractors execute standardized engagement protocols before, during, and after the completion of all subproject works.</p> <p> <b>Grievance Mechanism (GM) Operationalization:</b> Support the establishment, daily operation, and performance monitoring of the project's multi-tiered GM at the IP and site levels, ensuring all complaints are logged, investigated, and closed within established World Bank timeframes.</p> <p> <b>GM Accessibility and Awareness:</b> Drive the resolution of high-level grievances while proactively ensuring that GM intake channels and system procedures are widely recognized by all project-affected parties and beneficiaries.</p> <p> <b>Functional System Verification:</b> Validate that all Implementing Partners and contractors develop and maintain functional, responsive grievance systems that strictly adhere to overarching project requirements.</p> <p> </p> 3. Field Monitoring and Reporting<p> </p> <p> <b>Non-Compliance Tracking & Rectification:</b> Conduct regular field visits to identify instances of social non-compliance, co-develop time-bound Corrective Action Plans (CAPs) with contractors, and rigorously track resolution progress.</p> <p> <b>Data-Driven Social Reporting:</b> Collect, clean, and consolidate field-level data to formulate high-resolution social monitoring inputs, maintaining structured logs, social non-compliance issues, and Grievance Mechanism (GM) performance indicators.</p> <p> <b>Labor Requirements Oversight:</b> Monitor the implementation of labor requirements (ESS2), verifying that contractor workers receive appropriate training, sign Codes of Conduct (CoC), and have access to a functional, dedicated worker GM. Verifying the workers payments and ensuring workers wages are timely paid by the relevant employers under the Project. </p> <p> <b>Land & Resettlement Verification:</b> Verify subproject compliance with the project's Resettlement Framework (RF) and monitor any processes involving Voluntary Land Donation (VLD) or asset impacts to ensure zero unauthorized economic/physical displacement.</p> <p> <b>Community Health, Safety & Security Monitoring:</b> Assess and monitor subproject impacts on community health and safety (ESS4), including traffic safety, exposure to hazards, and security arrangements, ensuring critical incidents are escalated and addressed immediately.</p> <p> </p> 4. Capacity Building and Knowledge Management<p> </p> <p> Support in developing and delivering targeted training and orientation sessions on social safeguards, worker Code of Conduct, labor requirements, and GM operations for our client personnel, IPs, contractors, and local community committees.</p> <p> Maintain organized, audit-ready social documentation archives (consultation minutes, gender-disaggregated attendance sheets, GM registries, and training logs).</p> <p> Assist in capturing success stories, lessons learned, and best practices to contribute to HSSE and social safeguard guidance documents and tools.<br> </p> Deliverables and Timeframe<p><strong>Desired Candidate Profile</strong></p><h4><b>Education Requirements</b></h4> <p> <b>Required:</b> An Advanced University Degree (Master's degree or equivalent) preferably in Social Sciences, Sociology, Development Studies, Public Administration, Environmental Science, International Relations, or relevant scientific/social disciplines is required.</p> <p> <b>Desired:</b> A First-Level University Degree (Bachelor's degree) in combination with an additional 2 years of relevant work experience can be accepted in lieu of the advanced degree.</p> <h4>Experience Requirements</h4> <p> <b>Required:</b> </p> <p> A minimum of 4 years of relevant professional experience with a Master's degree (or 6 years with a Bachelor's degree) in social risk management, stakeholder engagement, grievance handling, or social safeguards support is required.</p> <p> Experience in stakeholder engagement, public consultations, and community facilitation is required.</p> <p> <b>Desired:</b> </p> <p> Direct, proven experience working on World Bank-funded projects and a strong understanding of the ESF and ESSs (specifically ESS1, ESS2, ESS4, ESS5, and ESS10) in FCV settings (Yemen or similar context) is highly desirable.</p> <p> Experience in providing technical support and guidance on E&S and social risk issues to project teams, contractors, and local partners is an asset.</p> <p> Experience in monitoring and reporting on social compliance, GM performance, and field-level incidents is an asset.</p> <p> Proven ability to engage and collaborate with stakeholders at various levels, including government agencies, local implementing partners (such as PWP, RMF, Local Corporations), contractors, and local communities.</p> <p> Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to effectively communicate social safeguard concepts and promote community accountability.</p> <p> Experience supporting capacity building, training, and document control initiatives is desirable.</p> <h4>Language Requirements</h4> <p>Language</p> <p>Proficiency Level</p> <p>Requirement</p> <p>Arabic</p> <p>Fluent</p> <p>Required</p> <p>English</p> <p>Fluent</p> <p>Required</p>
<p><br></p> <p> </p> <p> <b>KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES</b> (Under the supervision of Head of Finance, Head of Finance OIC and respective International Finance Officer):</p> <ul> <li> <p>Coordinate and provide finance, budget and administration support services involving the recording and interpretation of financial and budgetary information to ensure the efficient functioning of the support services and inform decision-making.</p> </li> <li> <p>Manage payroll, and related payments including salary, entitlements, indemnity and travel</p> </li> <li> <p>Manage payments to families or beneficiaries of detained staff and other sensitive transactions</p> </li> <li> <p>Ensure accuracy, timeliness, and compliance of staff related financial transactions, including timely record and clearing of payables and receivables in relation to individual staff and payroll relevant stakeholders such as UNDP</p> </li> <li> <p>Oversight, keep track and maintain up-to-date delegation of financial authority</p> </li> <li> <p>Support financial closure, required reconciliation and staff relevant write-off transactions</p> </li> <li> <p>Report on key data for financial status and outcomes of projects assigned in accordance with corporate governance requirements, cost to serve to beneficiaries, ensuring accuracy, deadlines, and accounting processes are complied with.</p> </li> <li> <p>Track and collate data to support others to improve policies, systems and procedures in order to minimize financial risks, improve the efficiency and effectiveness of operations, and ensure services are aligned with business objectives.</p> </li> <li> <p>Contribute to the delivery of financial controls and insight into WFP performance, supporting periodic risk and internal control assessments to identify areas which may present potential audit, compliance or financial risks. </p> </li> <li> <p>Compile data from the WFP database and systems and provide analysis in monthly basis</p> </li> <li> <p>Guide and supervise more junior staff, acting as a point of referral and supporting them with more complex analysis and queries.</p> </li> <li> <p>Represent unit/CO at internal meetings, external meetings and events with other UN agencies, banks and other financial institutions, or other partners and entities as required.</p> </li> <li> <p>Fill in capacity gaps in any stream of Finance function.</p> </li> </ul> <p> </p> <p> <b>DELIVERABLES AT THE END OF THE CONTRACT:</b> <br>Ensure accuracy and timely delivery in all tasks performed; Produce organized, accurate and well documented records confirming required format with well analyzed data; improve business processes.</p> <p> <br> <b>QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE</b> </p> <p> </p> <p> <b>Education</b>: University degree in Accounting or Finance or relevant fields, Advanced University degree in Finance, Business Administration, Accounting, or related fields, or First University degree in the same subject(s) with additional years of related work experience plus membership in an international recognized professional accountancy body such as Association of Chartered, Certified Accountants (ACCA), Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Institute of Certified Public Accounts (ICPA)or equivalent.</p> <p> </p> <p> <b>Experience:</b> </p> <ul> <li> <p>Total relevant 5 years of experience including 1 year of Professional experience.</p> </li> <li> <p>UN experience in working in the finance, project management, in humanitarian and development context are preferrable.</p> </li> </ul> <p> </p> <ul> <li> <p> <b>Languages:</b> English-Arabic.</p> </li> </ul> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> <b>WFP LEADERSHIP FRAMEWORK</b> </p> <p> <b> </b> </p> <p>WFP Leadership Framework guides to the common standards of behavior that guide HOW we work together to accomplish our mission.</p> <p> <b>Click here to access WFP Leadership Framework</b> </p> <p> </p> <p> <b>REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION</b> </p> <p> <b> </b> </p> <p>WFP is committed to supporting individuals with disabilities by providing reasonable accommodations throughout the recruitment process. If you require a reasonable accommodation, please contact: global.inclusion@wfp.org </p> <p> </p> <p><br></p> <p> </p> <p> </p>
<p>Introduction Established in 1951, IOM is a Related Organization of the United Nations and the leading UN agency in the field of migration. Working closely with governmental, intergovernmental and non-governmental partners, IOM promotes humane and orderly migration for the benefit of all. It saves lives and protects people on the move, drives solutions to displacement, and facilitates pathways for regular migration, while providing services and advice to governments and migrants. IOM is committed to fostering a respectful, inclusive and supportive workplace where all employees can thrive professionally and feel valued. By creating such an environment, IOM aims to better harness the full potential of migration and strengthen its support to people on the move. IOM invites candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply and provides reasonable accommodation throughout the recruitment process when required. Learn more about IOM s workplace culture at IOM workplace culture | International Organization for Migration Applications are welcome from first- and second-tier candidates, particularly qualified female candidates as well as applications from the non-represented member countries of IOM. For all IOM vacancies, applications from qualified and eligible first-tier candidates are considered before those of qualified and eligible second-tier candidates in the selection process. For the purpose of this vacancy, the following are considered first-tier candidates: Internal candidates Candidates from the following IOM Member States that are not represented among staff members in the Professional and higher categories: Bahamas, Barbados, Cabo Verde, Comoros, Congo (the), Cook Islands, Dominica, Federated States of Micronesia, Grenada, Guinea-Bissau, Holy See, Iceland, Israel, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Namibia, Nauru, Palau, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, Solomon Islands, Suriname, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, Vanuatu Second tier candidates include: All external candidates, except candidates from non-represented member states of IOM. Organizational Context and Scope Under the overall supervision of the Chief of Mission and direct supervision of the Head of Resources Management (HoRM), and in close collaboration with the Regional Office in Cairo and in coordination with the Supply Chain Division at Headquarters (HQ), the Supply Chain Officer will be responsible and accountable for overseeing the supply chain activities, guided by Supply Chain Management (SCM) objectives to deliver quality goods/services to the beneficiaries at optimal price and in a timely manner.</p><p>1. Conduct strategic planning for supply chain-related activities of the Country Office (CO) in close collaboration with internal and external stakeholders in the country, as well as relevant units at HQ. 2. Conduct logistics capacity assessments and market research to keep abreast decision-makers about local market trends and developments; analyze statistical data and market reports on the commodity situation, production patterns, and availability of goods and services. 3. Supervise, manage and provide first-line support and guidance for all SCM-related tasks and activities, including planning, budgeting, scheduling and provision of goods and services needed by the CO. Prepare regular progress reports, statistical information and briefing notes, as required. 4. Lead and supervise the supply chain activities in the CO, including planning, procurement, warehouse management, transport and distribution, fleet, assets and facilities management, logistics information management and reporting, and provide guidance and training to the relevant staff with respect to the related policies, rules and regulations. 5. Identify supply chain bottlenecks (value stream mapping) and optimize the processes to fill the gaps and ensure beneficiaries receive quality goods and services in a timely and efficient manner. 6. Review procurement requests, identify service providers, and evaluate information regarding vendors performance in terms of quality, prices, and timely delivery of goods/services. Maintain a pool of qualified vendors. 7. Solicit bids, quotations, and tender documents, oversee the bidding process and provide guidance for executing the procurement transactions, analyze the offers assuring conformity to specified requirements; conduct appraisals and select suppliers, and confirm terms of payment; supervise the preparation and processing of the purchase orders, and ensure receiving authorization in line with the CO s Delegation of Authority (DoA) matrix. 8. Liaise with the programme management and provide first-line technical support in the preparation and issuance of Call for Proposals and bidding documents for the tendering processes of the programmes/projects. Ensure that bidding processes are conducted fairly, transparently and in accordance with the existing procurement rules and regulations. 9. In coordination with relevant parties, ensure timely submission of asset procurement and other reports within the CO, Regional Office (RO) and relevant HQ departments, as appropriate. 10. Establish and manage appropriate and robust internal control mechanisms for the SCM process to safeguard the Organization's assets and prevent fraud, while ensuring that country-specific 11. administrative procedures are in place and followed in accordance with the Organization's rules and regulations. 12. Monitor the maintenance and repair of office facilities, including preventive maintenance. Establish maintenance agreements with competent service providers, when it is feasible and determined to be cost-effective. 13. Supervise, train, and guide the SCM staff of CO, while monitoring, evaluating, and promoting their professional and career development. 14. Represent the CO in the United Nations (UN) inter-agency meetings and forums related to supply chain management. Collaborate on sharing resources to achieve common goals and implementation of UN global initiatives. 15. Perform such other relevant duties as may be assigned.</p><p><strong>Desired Candidate Profile</strong></p><h2>Required Qualifications and Experience</h2><p>Education Master s degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Procurement, or a related field from an accredited academic institution with five years of relevant professional experience; or University degree in the above fields with seven years of relevant professional experience. Accredited Universities are those listed in the UNESCO World Higher Education Database.</p><p>Experience Experience in managing diverse procurement and logistics operations; Demonstrated experience in training and managing large teams of co-workers, managing vendors and suppliers; Experience in managing diverse procurement and logistics operations; Experience in managing supply chain operations in complex emergencies, fragile and/or hardship duty stations, including supporting humanitarian operations under challenging security and operational conditions; and, Demonstrated experience in planning and implementing procurement, warehousing, fleet, and logistics activities in volatile environments while ensuring business continuity and compliance with organizational policies and donor requirements.</p><p>Skills Extensive knowledge of IOM/UN internal procurement and financial rules, as well as IOM's systems and processes as they apply to procurement and logistics; and, Excellent level of computer literacy and good knowledge of Oracle is an advantage.</p><p>Languages For this position, fluency in English is required (oral and written). Working knowledge of Arabic is an advantage. Proficiency of language(s) required will be specifically evaluated during the selection process, which may include written and/or oral assessments.</p><p>Required Competencies IOM s competency framework can be found at this link . Competencies will be assessed during the selection process.</p><p>Values - all IOM staff members must abide by and demonstrate these five values: Inclusion and respect for diversity : Respects and promotes individual and cultural differences. Encourages diversity and inclusion. Integrity and transparency : Maintains high ethical standards and acts in a manner consistent with organizational principles/rules and standards of conduct. Professionalism : Demonstrates ability to work in a composed, competent and committed manner and exercises careful judgment in meeting day-to-day challenges. Courage : Demonstrates willingness to take a stand on issues of importance. Empathy : Shows compassion for others, makes people feel safe, respected and fairly treated.</p><p>Core Competencies behavioural indicators Level 2 Teamwork : Develops and promotes effective collaboration within and across units to achieve shared goals and optimize results. Delivering results : Produces and delivers quality results in a service-oriented and timely manner. Is action oriented and committed to achieving agreed outcomes. Managing and sharing knowledge : Continuously seeks to learn, share knowledge and innovate. Accountability : Takes ownership for achieving the Organization s priorities and assumes responsibility for own actions and delegated work. Communication : Encourages and contributes to clear and open communication. Explains complex matters in an informative, inspiring and motivational way.</p><p>Managerial Competencies behavioural indicators Level 2 Leadership : Provides a clear sense of direction, leads by example and demonstrates the ability to carry out the Organization s vision. Assists others to realize and develop their leadership and professional potential. Empowering others : Creates an enabling environment where staff can contribute their best and develop their potential. Building Trust : Promotes shared values and creates an atmosphere of trust and honesty. Strategic thinking and vision : Works strategically to realize the Organization s goals and communicates a clear strategic direction. Humility : Leads with humility and shows openness to acknowledging own shortcomings.</p>
<p><span >A. Technical Leadership, HGSF Scaling, and Institutional Transition</span></p><ul><li>Strategic ICSP Alignment: Provide overarching technical leadership for WFP Yemen's school feeding portfolio, managing the strategic pivot from emergency in-kind distributions to nutrition-sensitive, shock-responsive Home-Grown School Feeding (HGSF) and Healthy Kitchen delivery models.</li><li>National Handover Framework: Architect and guide the execution of the operational and fiscal transition roadmap to systematically transfer field implementation, data management, and operational incentive costs from WFP direct funding onto the national MoE civil service payroll and budget lines.</li><li>Agrifood Value-Chain Integration: Provide expert guidance on establishing community-based local procurement networks and institutional market linkages. This involves connecting smallholder farmer cooperatives, particularly female-led producer groups, directly to school feeding kitchens to tackle local economic vulnerabilities.</li><li>Standards & Quality Control: Formulate and enforce strict standard operating procedures (SOPs), food safety and quality management protocols, nutrition-sensitive menu guidelines, and localized supply chain tracking tools for the expanded Healthy Kitchen platforms.</li><li>Inter-Ministerial Coordination: Manage and facilitate high-level coordination committees across the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Public Health and Population (MoPHP), Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor (MOSAL), and local governorate authorities to secure institutional alignment on transition milestones.</li><li>Social Behavior Change: Oversee the design and deployment of integrated, nutrition-sensitive Social and Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) toolkits targeting students, local school boards, parents, and catering staff to maximize community ownership.</li></ul><p>B. Evidence Generation, Macro-Fiscal Policy, and Innovative Financing</p><ul><li>Investment Case Development: Lead the production of high-level policy briefs, multi-sectoral investment cases, and analytical evidence products to demonstrate the socio-economic return on investment of school meals to senior government stakeholders, international financial institutions (IFIs), and bilateral donors.</li><li>Value-for-Money Analysis: Design and oversee comprehensive Value for Money (VfM) tracking, fiscal cost-effectiveness studies, and rapid diagnostic assessments to optimize institutional delivery systems during the transition phase.</li><li>Resource Mobilization: Identify, design, and pursue complementary and innovative financing streams to support long-term programmatic sustainability, specifically leveraging co-financing models, the GPE Multiplier Grant, and global thematic funds.</li><li>SABER Policy Modernization: Drive the finalization, high-level endorsement, and operationalization of the Systems Approach for Better Education Results (SABER) school feeding tool, utilizing its diagnostic findings to support national legislative and regulatory policy development.</li></ul><p>C. Global Coalitions, South-South Cooperation, and Knowledge Governance</p><ul><li>School Meals Coalition Integration: Act as WFP s primary technical adviser to the Ministry of Education to support Yemen s high-level commitments within the global School Meals Coalition, ensuring national targets are met and showcased globally.</li><li>South-South Knowledge Exchanges: Design, fundraise for, and execute targeted South-South and Triangular Cooperation (SSTC) initiatives and study visits. These will link Yemeni ministry officials with regional and international institutional counterparts experienced in executing successful sovereign HGSF transition and payroll absorption roadmaps.</li><li>Contextualized Learning Management: Systematically translate global best practices, technical innovations, and inter-agency evaluation lessons into highly contextualized operational manuals tailored to Yemen s unique dual-governance and economic setup.</li></ul><p>D. Institutional Capacity Strengthening and Workforce Mentorship</p><ul><li>Systems Capacity Assessment: Design and implement a comprehensive capacity diagnostics tool to identify technical, financial, and digital data-tracking gaps within the MoE infrastructure and WFP national staff cohorts.</li><li>Workforce Development Strategy: Roll out a structured institutional capacity-strengthening curriculum, incorporating targeted masterclasses, operational simulation workshops, and strategic planning clinics to prepare state counterparts for programmatic handover.</li><li>Direct Technical Mentorship: Deliver daily on-the-job technical coaching, strategic mentoring, and programmatic oversight to national Programme Policy Officers, fostering elite knowledge transfer and solidifying a sustainable pool of local technical expertise.</li></ul><p>DELIVERABLES AT THE END OF THE CONTRACT:</p><ul><li>ICSP HGSF Scaling Plan Approved: Operational plan, local sourcing guidelines, and Healthy Kitchen voucher workflows finalized and integrated into Country Office supply chain structures.</li><li>MoE Fiscal Handover Roadmap Formulated: A time-bound, phased transition protocol mapping out the baseline administrative and incentive cost absorption onto national budget frameworks.</li><li>National Capacity Strengthening Curriculum Executed: Documented technical modules and completed training cycles for MoE personnel and WFP national officers delivered and evaluated.</li><li>SABER Assessment & Policy Brief Pack Concluded: Finalized system diagnostic reports and donor investment cases packaged for high-level resource mobilization.</li><li>Nutrition-Sensitive SBCC Toolkit Developed: Contextualized Social and Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) operational tools and packages targeting students, caregivers, teachers, and communities.</li><li>South-South Knowledge Exchange Framework Completed: Formulated strategy and identification notes mapping out target technical institutions, study visits, and workshops for peer-learning modules.</li><li>Yemen School Meals Coalition Commitment Package Packaged: Strategic and technical reporting materials ensuring all global coalition parameters and commitments are fully met and documented for the Ministry.</li></ul><p><strong>Desired Candidate Profile</strong></p><p><strong>STANDARD MINIMUM ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS:</strong></p><ul><li>Education: Advanced University Degree (master's or equivalent) in Social Protection, Public Policy, Education, Nutrition, Food Systems, International Development, Public Health, Economics, or a related human development field.</li><li>Experiences: Minimum of Seven (7) years of progressive international experience leading large-scale school feeding or social protection safety nets, with a proven track record in designing HGSF value chains and navigating fragile, conflict-affected contexts.</li><li>Institutional Expertise: Demonstrated capability working directly with central government ministries (Education and Finance) to manage structural systems-strengthening transitions, operational handovers, and national policy architectures.</li><li>Analytical & Fiscal Track Record: Extensive background leading multi-sectoral evidence generation, authoring investment cases, executing Value for Money (VfM) metrics, and orchestrating resource mobilization campaigns for institutional development.</li><li>Workforce Capacity Development: Proven skill in running formal capacity-building architectures, technical coaching frameworks, and professional mentoring tracks for national counterpart networks.</li><li>Technical Competencies: Elite mastery of nutrition-sensitive safety net designs, community-based procurement, and corporate accountability frameworks. Strong political acumen to navigate complex dual-banking systems and fragmented regulatory governance, with top-tier analytical drafting capabilities.</li><li>Language: Fluency (level C) in English language, knowledge of Arabic is an asset.</li></ul>