Programme Policy Officer – Identity Management (IDM) and Delivery Team Lead, CST II, Juba, South Sudan

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

24 November 2026-23:59-GMT+02:00 Central Africa Time (Juba)

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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).

JOB TITLE : Programme Policy Officer – Identity Management (IDM) and Delivery Team Lead

TYPE OF CONTRACT : Regular International Consultant Level 2 (CST-II)

UNIT/DIVISION : Programme

DUTY STATION (City, Country) : Juba, South Sudan

DURATION : 11 months (renewable subject to performance and budget availability)

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT:

WFP South Sudan operates in a conflict-affected and fragile environment where insecurity, displacement, climatic shocks and economic instability create overlapping needs and disrupt access, markets and assistance. Constrained resources require sharper prioritization and a stronger understanding of the people WFP serves. Across humanitarian food assistance, nutrition, school feeding and food systems programmes, identity management and delivery must connect programme choices with safe, inclusive and accountable assistance.

The Country Office Identity Management and Delivery Team is a strategic programme function, bringing together beneficiary knowledge, identity management, cash and voucher programming, digital innovation and delivery assurance across cash and in-kind assistance. Its role extends beyond processing registrations and transfers: it enables the Country Office to understand who is being assisted, adapt support to different population groups, connect interventions and strengthen programme quality, efficiency and transparency.

The assignment will lead IDM and Delivery as an integrated programme portfolio aligned with Country Strategic Plan priorities and the Country Office’s shift towards integrated, area-based programming. Priorities include strengthening beneficiary analysis and profiling, advancing SCOPE 2.0 for in-kind assistance, expanding appropriate digital delivery options, and embedding assurance throughout programme design and implementation. Decisions must reflect location-specific access, market and service-provider conditions, including liquidity, connectivity and barriers to identification and financial access.

The Team Lead will provide strategic advice to Programme management, lead the team’s workplan and change agenda, and bring together programme team...

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