Head of Programme
Organizational Context
The World Food Programme (WFP) in El Salvador supports national priorities in food security, nutrition, school feeding, social protection, climate resilience, livelihoods, and emergency preparedness and response. The Head of Programme provides strategic and managerial leadership for the Country Office's programmatic portfolio, ensuring high-quality, coherent, and timely execution of all initiatives.
Job Purpose
The Head of Programme will lead the design, implementation, quality assurance, and growth of WFP's programmatic portfolio in El Salvador. This role involves advising management, leading the Programme team, and strengthening relationships with the Government and other partners. The incumbent will ensure that all interventions are evidence-based and aligned with WFP's standards. Key responsibilities include supporting strategic programmatic planning, overseeing the implementation and scale-up of in-kind assistance and cash-based transfers, and ensuring effective emergency preparedness and response. The position also requires contributing to resource mobilization, ensuring programmatic quality, risk management, and fostering partnerships to achieve measurable results and support vulnerable populations.
Responsibilities
The Head of Programmes will provide strategic and managerial leadership for the World Food Programme's (WFP) programmatic portfolio in El Salvador. This role is crucial for ensuring high-quality, coherent, and timely execution of WFP's initiatives, which focus on national priorities such as food security, nutrition, school feeding, social protection, climate resilience, livelihoods, and emergency preparedness and response. The position involves leading the design, implementation, quality assurance, and growth of the programme portfolio, aligning interventions with evidence-based approaches and WFP standards. Key responsibilities include advising senior management, leading the Programmes team, and strengthening relationships with government and other partners. The Head of Programmes will oversee the implementation and scale-up of in-kind assistance and cash-based transfers, ensuring timely delivery and adherence to corporate policies. This includes managing emergency preparedness and response operations, integrating climate action, resilience, and human mobility approaches. The role also contributes to resource mobilization, risk management, and ensuring quality programming that upholds protection, gender equality, inclusion, and accountability to affected populations. Furthermore, the position requires fostering strategic partnerships and leading a high-performing, inclusive, and accountable Programmes team.
Work Experience
Requires a minimum of 5 years of progressive experience in program design, implementation, and management. This includes demonstrated experience leading multidisciplinary teams and managing humanitarian or development portfolios of significant scope. Proficiency in both Spanish and English is also required.
Skills
Information not available.