2 January 2025-23:59-GMT+02:00 South Africa Standard Time (Johannesburg)

• 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).

• Programme Implementation
  • Contribute towards the implementation of activities of the Gender Unit including planning, administrative support, partnerships and donor engagement.
  • Provide programme management support through
    • Development of the Gender budget and ensure the payment of Consultants, Collaborators and Researchers on a timely basis subject to all administrative and organisational approvals;
    • Participation in the development of the Gender Unit Annual Programme of Work;
    • Development and tracking of the Gender Unit budget expenditure, including project funds;
    • Providing administrative support as needed, to the Gender Unit, including accounting, HR, logistics and related duties.

• Knowledge development and management:
  • Assisting in the coordination of the Gender and DRM Platform:
    • Contributing articles and resources for publication
    • Provision of administration, communication and logistics support to the gender & DRM platform through the establishment and updating of membership profiles,
    • Preparation of logistics for face to face meetings of the Platform etc
  • Provide research assistance, including developing and managing relevant data bases, to consultants and partners working on studies, gender analyses, policy briefs and researches with relevant and updated qualitative and quantitative data available on the subject matter.
  • Research and analyse policy and operational issues to support ARC colleagues in the development of policies, Country Strategy Papers, projects and activities.
  • Work closely with the M&E unit to collect and analyse gender disaggregated data for gender transformative progress tracking of ARC interventions

• Policy dialogue, communication and advocacy:
  • Supporting the identification, development and management of potential partnerships to collaborative working leading to the achievement of the objectives of the Refreshed Gender Plan of Action
  • Liaising with ARC’s communications staff, contributions to the ARC website, assisting on social media, co-facilitating relevant events on advocacy for a gender sensitive policy environment in disaster risk financing.

• Resource mobilisation:
  • Contribute to development of proposals;
  • Ensure donor reports are produced on a timely basis.

• Knowledge of disaster risk management and financing issues
• Committed to learning about and contributing to addressing gender differential impacts of Disaster Risk Management and Financing
• Strong analytical research, writing and communication skills.
• Independent and motivated self-starter and quick learner
• Ability to complete tasks on time and uphold ARC standards for high quality output without constant supervision.

• We strongly recommend that your profile is accurate, complete, and includes your employment records, academic qualifications, language skills and UN Grade (if applicable).
• Once your profile is completed, please apply, and submit your application.
• Please make sure you upload your professional CV in the English language
• Kindly note the only documents you will need to submit at this time are your CV and Cover Letter
• Additional documents such as passport, recommendation letters, academic certificates, etc. may potentially be requested at a future time
• Please contact us at

  global.hrerecruitment@wfp.org

  in case you face any challenges with submitting your application
• Only shortlisted candidates will be notified