Cbt Operational Support and Epr Officer

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25 May 2025-23:59-GMT+07:00 Indochina Time (Bangkok)

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JOB TITLE: CBT Operational Support and EPR Officer
TYPE OF CONTRACT: CST Level II (remote)
UNIT/DIVISION: SP/CBT Unit RBB- SCDD GLOBAL TEAM
DUTY STATION (City, Country): Bangkok, Thailand
DURATION: June 15, 2025 - October 14, 2025

ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT:
The World Food Programme (WFP) is the world's largest humanitarian agency, fighting hunger worldwide. The Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific (RBB) provides strategic guidance, technical support, and direction to WFP country operations in the region. Successful implementation of a WFP regional approach to emergency preparedness in Asia over the last years has culminated in a strong progression in the national and regional level emergency preparedness in the Asia Pacific region. WFP RBB continues to strengthen its approach to managing strategic oversight and implementation of regional and national-level initiatives on preparedness. SP-CBT EPR has a dual-track focus both on WFP direct delivery as well as supporting governments to respond to emergencies through DRM and social protection platforms.

JOB PURPOSE:
The consultant will be home-based, working in the Social Protection and Cash-Based Transfers (CBT) team and will report to the Programme Policy Officer (CBT and Social Protection Advisor). The consultant will be expected to provide support and oversight to strategic and operational CBT issues at regional and country level as well as staffing capacity development. The consultant will provide expert technical assistance on CSP implementation related to CBT Operations in the region. In addition, the CST will support Emergency Preparedness and Response which includes SRSP through both direct delivery and government DRM and social protection platforms in the region.

ACCOUNTABILITIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Provide remote support to COs on all stages of the programme cycle related to CBT, including context and feasibility assessments, transfer modality selection, design, set-up, implementation, monitoring and oversight for both WFP CBT direct delivery and Government cash transfer programmes.
- Support the G2P agenda in the region.
- Support G2P engagements in other regions.
- Co-lead on Financial Service Provider (FSP) contracting for local, regional and global FSPs for a defined number of Cos from the Programme side, in support of the CBT Programme and Policy Officer.
- Provide remote engagement with the RBB EPR team to ensure CBT is a key component of the regional EPR strategy, ensuring CBT considerations are integrated into the RBB’s planning and guidance to prioritized countries in the region.
- As part of CBT EPR, manage the additional roll out of the RBB-developed SRSP tool in at least one country as a remote desk-based exercise, working with SP colleagues to provide technical advice and strategic support to place this work under the larger strengthening of national Social Protection systems in the CO.
- Act as thematic lead for Inclusion in the Social Protection and CBT unit, interacting with the Digital Payment specialist as required. Ensure at least one activity with the crosscutting inclusion team is integrated into work planning, and help respond as adviser or interlocuter (with RBB / HQ) to CO requests for support around gender, protection and disability inclusion, channeling requests out to the rest of the team as needed.
- Support COs on the development, implementation and follow-up of capacity strengthening training,