Programme Officer Global Rapid Response Team (Access & Hmi Specialist) at World Food Programme (WFP) – Italy
Recruiter: World Food Programme (WFP)
About World Food Programme (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. WFP reaches an average of 100 million people a year in around 120 countries, delivering food assistance and working with communities to improve nutrition and build resilience.
Job Summary
This position offers an opportunity to contribute to project management within World Food Programme (WFP)’s important work in food security, humanitarian assistance, and nutrition. Working in Italy, you will collaborate with international colleagues and partners to address global challenges and promote sustainable development. This role provides an excellent opportunity for professional growth while making a meaningful contribution to international cooperation and global peace and security.
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ABOUT WFP The World Food Programme is the worlds 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).
Background and Purpose of the Assignment
The Global Rapid Response Team (GRRT) is a dedicated pool of emergency responders deployed within 4872 hours to support WFP operations in crises worldwide. GRRT members maintain high readiness and flexibility to operate in diverse and challenging environments, including acute and protracted conflicts. This position provides specialised technical expertise in humanitarian access, humanitarianmilitary interaction, conflict analysis, programme adaptation for humanitarian access, and contextsensitive implementation, ensuring WFP emergency responses are grounded in robust analytical foundations and informed by realtime contextual understanding.
Accountability and Responsibilities
Strategic Analysis
As needed, conduct rapid conflict and access analysis to inform access strategies, programme adaptation, and operational decision-making.
Develop access analysis for country operations at risk of humanitarian access constraints, including access gap analysis, access constraint inventories, mitigation options, stakeholder analysis (i.e., motivations, structures, interests, attitudes, etc.), and contextual dynamics.
Monitor and report on evolving conflict dynamics, access developments, and political/security factors affecting WFP operations.
Contribute inputs and feedback on County Office-led access, engagement and HMI strategies for access-related strategies.
Prepare analytical reports, briefs, and presentations for senior management.
Training
Train field teams on conflict-sensitive approaches, access-sensitive programming, stakeholder analysis, and context monitoring.
Develop and train teams on humanitarian negotiations and approaches.
Support delivery of corporate learning workstreams, including Complex Emergency Trainings (Tiers 1 and 2), the Emergency Learning Pathways, and Rapid Start.
Policy & Guidance
Contribute feedback to corporate workstreams, including the Humanitarian Access Operational Manual, Minimum Operational Standards, and country-specific access strategies.
Provide feedback and inputs on access/HMI-related policies, guidance, and evaluations.
Contribute to monthly progress reports and operational recommendations.
Advice
Communicate with field staff to provide support and advice on access, engagement and HMI topics, as requested by formal access structures and processes under the Corporate Access Framework.
Offer technical advice on humanitarian access, engagement strategies, and civilmilitary/humanitarianmilitary interaction to GHQ teams and country operations.
Mobility & Deployment
Possibility of deployment to support humanitarian access, engagement, or HMI/CivMil deliverables (as required).
Maintain readiness for rapid deployment within 4872 hours to any operational context.
Qualifications and Experience Required
Advanced university degree in International Relations, Political Science, Development Studies, or related field, or minimum 7 years of relevant international experience.
Minimum 5 years of experience in humanitarian programming, including work in conflictaffected or accesschallenged contexts.
Proven expertise in humanitarian access, engagement and HMI domains.
Strong analytical, communication, training, and coordination skills.
High mobility and willingness to deploy on short notice.
Languages
Fluency in English (required).
Knowledge of a second UN language is an asset.
Deliverables at End of Contract
In depth and documented access and stakeholder analysis for countries of special interest, including mapping of key actors, their operational usefulness, and guidance on maintaining strategic level relationships to ensure operational continuity.
Country-specific access analysis for corporate emergencies and potential emergencies.
Record of feedback on humanitarian access policies, guidance, evaluations, country-led access and engagement strategies, and other relevant documents.
Input into development and facilitation of trainings (Complex Emergency Training, Emergency Learning Pathways, Rapid Start).
Monthly analysis and progress reports with recommendations for operational adjustments.
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Delivery of analysis and recommendations for countries of interest.
Number of analyses provided, either rapid or longer-term country-specific access analysis.
Number of trainings contributed to or developed.
Degree of contribution to policies, guidance, evaluations, Country Office led products and other operation documents.
Quality, timeliness, and strategic relevance of conflict/access analyses delivered.
Responsiveness to deployment requirements.
Demonstration of WFP Leadership Framework behaviors, including integrity, collaboration, and respect for diversity.
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Key Details
- Job Title: Programme Officer Global Rapid Response Team (Access & HMI Specialist)
- Grade: N/A
- Location: Rome, Italy
- Department: World Food Programme (WFP)
- Contract Type: Professional Staff
- Estimated Salary Range:$70,000 – $120,000 USD annually
Qualifications
- Not specified in the official posting
Skills
- Not specified in the official posting
Benefits
- Competitive compensation package
- Professional development opportunities
- Comprehensive health and wellness benefits
- Inclusive and collaborative work environment
How to Apply
Applications must be submitted through the official UN careers portal. Female candidates and candidates from underrepresented groups are strongly encouraged to apply.
