Programme Associate (Protection, Gender, and Accountability to Affected People – PGAAP) - SC6

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

9 November 2026-23:59-GMT+04:30 Afghanistan Time (Kabul)

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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 extreme weather shocks.

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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).

The Role:

The Programme Associate (Protection, Gender, and Accountability to Affected People -PGAAP), henceforth known as the PGAAP Associate, will be responsible to operationalise and foster WFP’s commitments on Protection, Gender, Conflict Sensitivity, AAP, and Disability Inclusion, and adapt them to the Afghanistan context and programmes.

 The PGAAP Associate will join the Programme Unit, and report directly to the Head of Area Office (NOC) and will be under the technical guidance of the Protection, Gender, Conflict Sensitivity and AAP technical leads of the Country Office.

 KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

The Programme Associate (Protection, Gender, and AAP) will deliver the following Accountabilities:

 

Advisory and technical support

• Provide advice and technical support for the integration of Protection, Gender, Conflict Sensitivity, Accountability to Affected People (AAP) and associated areas of work, such as Disability Inclusion, focusing on programmatic implementation at Area Office level of WFP’s Protection, Gender, AAP and related Policies and Guidelines
• Developing analytical and descriptive reports and case studies based on field visits and cross-cutting assessments or studies and support the office in ensuring relevant follow-ups and recommendations are implemented in the Area Office.
• Support relevant units to incorporate the aforementioned cross-cutting considerations into planning, design, and implementation, including ensuring assessments and monitoring.
• Undertake field visits to assess cross-cutting considerations into programme design and implementation.
• Work with relevant units to contribute to design and implementation of assessments and monitoring tools, as required.
• Organize and lead regular community consultations, especially with more difficult to reach populations.
• Facilitate workshops, briefings and inductions on Protection, Gender, AAP, Conflict Sensitivity, and related technical fields, such as Disability Inclusion to WFP, Cooperating Partner (CP) and Third-party Monitoring (TPM) staff.
• Engage with the diverse communities, especially those assisted by WFP, to understand their information needs, preferences, capacity, and community information systems based on the lesson learned and inputs from the community.
• Work jointly with Area Office teams on strategies for Community Engagement and improvement on better engagement with communities
• Support in disseminating CFM thematic messages, guidelines, and learning materials among the target stakeholders, including analytical reports or dashboards coming from the CO

 

Partnership and coordination

• Collaborate with UN and I/NGO agencies, affected populations directly and relevant representative groups, (e.g. persons with disabilities, women’s civil society groups, youth, ethnic and religious minorities indigenous populations) to support and mainstream WFP cross-cutting priorities across WFP programme and operations.
• Participate in key interagency fora at Area Office level to ensure representation, consistency and collaboration across the humanitarian sector, particularly in the Protection, GBV and AAP Working Groups and their relevant sub-working groups.
• Organize regular meetings with CPs protection, gender and AAP focal points share emerging findings and concerns with Head of Office and Unit leads in CO.

 

Community Feedback Mechanisms (CFM)

• Support the management of sensitive and high-priority CFM cases in the Area Office and their effective actioning and verification.
• Support the TPM and WFP staff in actioning and closing CFM cases.
• Ensure that all complaints and grievances are verified in a safe, dignified, and timely manner, and that qualify feedback are provided to users of WFP’s Community Feedback Mechanisms.
• Ensure that all cases are entered into the online Client Response Management (CRM) tool with sufficient level of details.
• Undertake verifications of sensitive cases and provide guidance and training to Cooperating Partner staff and Third-Party Monitoring staff on verifications falling under their umbrella.
• Handle sensitive cases including, but not limited to gender-based violence, protection, child protection, sexual exploitation and abuse, data privacy, amongst others. This will include adhering to the specified protocols for management of sensitive issues as outlined in the CFM Standard Operating Procedures.
• Support access, inclusiveness and reach of the CFM mechanism, including through consultation with affected people, and suggest improvements and community preferred remedies to both receive and provide information to WFP. This includes ensuring that people with disabilities, women, youth, older people, and minorities (ethnic, religious, language, etc.,) have full access and enjoyment of WFP’s feedback mechanisms.

 

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

 

EDUCATION: Completion of secondary school. Having University Degree in one of the following disciplines: Social Sciences, International Development, Political Science, Law, or related field; or having specialization in protection, gender, and/or human rights related fields would be an added advantage.

 EXPERIENCE: Minimum 6 years of relevant work experience in communications related to protection, gender, accountability to affected populations.

 LANGUAGES: Fluency in both oral and written communication in English and local languages (Pashto/Dari).

 KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

• Strong community relationships building capacity.
• In-depth knowledge and operations experience in risk identification and operationalization of mitigation measures, protection, conflict sensitivity, gender, gender-based violence, humanitarian principles, access, and other humanitarian policy issues, and their linkages to humanitarian assistance.
• Demonstrated field experience working on protection, gender, accountability to affected populations, disability inclusion and promotion of risk mitigation measures and good practices.
• Innovative and self-driven with strong commitment to results focused work.
• High ethical standards and commitment to WFP’s AAP goals.
• Strong analytical, writing and communication skills.
• Capacity to build sustainability in WFP’s communication practice.
• Strong capacity in establishing and sustaining relationships with diverse stakeholders.
• Experience in communications in humanitarian settings.

WFP LEADERSHIP FRAMEWORK

 

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REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION

 

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

NO FEE DISCLAIMER

 

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REMINDERS BEFORE YOU SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION

• All applications must be submitted exclusively through our online recruiting system. We do not consider CVs or applications sent by email, LinkedIn, or any other channel.

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• If you experience technical issues while submitting your application, you may contact us at global.hrerecruitment@wfp.org. Please note that this email is only for technical issues with an application - unsolicited applications or documents sent to this inbox will not receive a reply.

• At the application stage, the only required documents are your CV and Cover Letter. Additional documents (passport, certificates, recommendation letters, etc.) may be requested later in the process.

• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and invited to proceed to the next stage of the recruitment process.

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.