Programme Policy Officer - National Office Identity Management, Port-au-Prince

About the role

The World Food Programme (WFP) Haiti is looking for a Programme Policy Officer (National Office Identity Management) based at the country office in Port-au-Prince. The post supports the digitalisation of emergency operations, social safety nets and food-for-work transfers (cash and in kind), by reviewing beneficiary and transfer data, generating key performance indicators and providing real-time analysis that guides operational decisions. The officer reports directly to the head of the CBT/IDM unit.

Key responsibilities

• Act as the single point of contact for the WFP Haiti country office on all identity management issues, including designing, implementing, monitoring and budgeting planned initiatives.
• Provide direct technical support to programme teams on best practices for beneficiary registration and data management.
• Ensure data quality for cash and in-kind transfers, including reconciliation, deduplication, anomaly detection and fraud detection.
• Build and maintain identity management dashboards to assess data quality and guide decisions.
• Analyse targeting, registration and distribution data to spot trends and propose improvements to data collection and processing.
• Review data analysis, sharing and storage processes against data protection principles.
• Work closely with the LACRO regional office and headquarters to align implementation solutions with regional standards.
• Strengthen national data analysis capacity and supervise or review the work of country and field team members.
• Implement the digitalisation scaling plan for cash and in-kind distributions, coordinate with RAM, TEC, the regional office and headquarters on data extraction automation, and operationalise the PIT system for distribution and payment instrument tracking.

Required profile

• Good understanding of the SCOPE system, cash transfer processes and WFP distribution procedures.
• Ability to build and maintain effective partnerships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Experience in programme policy, data quality assurance or identity management.

What we offer

• A highly inclusive, diverse and multicultural working environment.
• Training, accreditation, coaching, mentorship and internal mobility opportunities.
• An attractive compensation package (see the terms and conditions of the vacancy).