Recrutement de 01 Programme Officer – Global Rapid Response Team (Access & HMI Specialist)
World Food Programme
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ItalieRecrutement de 01 Programme Officer – Global Rapid Response Team (Access & HMI Specialist)
Fully Present
locations
Rome, Italie
time type
Full time
job requisition id
JR121120
DATE LIMITE DE CANDIDATURE
28 March 2026-23:59-UTC+01:00 heure d’Europe centrale (Rome)
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.
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).
Position Title: Programme Officer – Global Rapid Response Team (Access & HMI Specialist)
Type of Contract: CST II
Unit/Division: Emergency Preparedness & Response Service / Global Rapid Response Team (GRRT)
Duty Station: Rome, Italy
Duration: 6 months, renewable
Reporting to: GRRT Access & HMI Expert
Background and Purpose of the Assignment
The Global Rapid Response Team (GRRT) is a dedicated pool of emergency responders deployed within 48–72 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, humanitarian–military interaction, conflict analysis, programme adaptation for humanitarian access, and context‑sensitive implementation, ensuring WFP emergency responses are grounded in robust analytical foundations and informed by real‑time 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 civil–military/humanitarian–military 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 48–72 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 conflict‑affected or access‑challenged 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.
WFP LEADERSHIP FRAMEWORK
WFP Leadership Framework guides to the common standards of behavior that guide HOW we work together to accomplish our mission.
All employment decisions are made on the basis of organizational needs, job requirements, merit, and individual qualifications. WFP is committed to providing an inclusive work environment free of sexual exploitation and abuse, all forms of discrimination, any kind of harassment, sexual harassment, and abuse of authority. Therefore, all selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks.
No appointment under any kind of contract will be offered to members of the UN Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ), International Civil Service Commission (ICSC), FAO Finance Committee, WFP External Auditor, WFP Audit Committee, Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) and other similar bodies within the United Nations system with oversight responsibilities over WFP, both during their service and within three years of ceasing that service.
