Consultant
Provide support for resilience building programs in Guatemala.
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Overview
Provide support for resilience building programs in Guatemala.
You have:
- Advanced University degree in relevant fields such as International Affairs, Economics, Nutrition, Agriculture, Environmental Science, or Social Sciences, or First University Degree with additional relevant experience.
- Fluency in oral and written English; proficiency in Spanish is desirable.
- Strong qualitative and quantitative skillsets are essential.
- Collaborative team player, strong action management, innovation, partnership, and client orientation are critical characteristics.
- Experience in programme approaches related to Climate/Resilience/VAM.
- Experience working with international organizations, development partners, high-level authorities, local governments, and civil society organizations.
- Ability to conceptualize, develop, plan and manage programmes effectively.
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WFP celebrates and embraces diversity. It is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all its employees and encourages qualified candidates to apply irrespective of race, colour, national origin, ethnic or social background, genetic information, gender, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, HIV status or disability.
ABOUT WFP
The United Nations World Food Programme is the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide. The mission of WFP is to help the world achieve Zero Hunger in our lifetimes. Every day, WFP works worldwide to ensure that no child goes to bed hungry and that the poorest and most vulnerable, particularly women and children, can access the nutritious food they need.
STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Education: Advanced University degree in International Affairs, Economics, Nutrition/Health, Agriculture, Environmental Science, Social Sciences or other field relevant to international development assistance, or First University Degree with additional years of related work experience and/or trainings/courses.
Language: Fluency in oral and written English. Proficiency of Spanish is desirable.
Knowledge & Skills: Proficiency in MS Windows, MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook). Strong qualitative and quantitative skillsets are essential. Collaborative team player, action management, innovation, partnership, and client orientation are critical characteristics for the profile.
ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT
The Consultant will be under the supervision of the International Programme Officer
JOB PURPOSE
The objective of the consultancy is to provide support to the Guatemala Office in the implementation of its resilience building programmes with focus on climate sensitivity and civil society engagement. The incumbent will join the Programme unit’s team in Guatemala City under the direct supervision of the Programme Policy Officer for Resilience (Activity 4).
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)
1. Support the development of resilience projects and activities, plans and processes, ensuring alignment with WFP CSP 2021 – 2024, WFP Global Policies and other guidance. 2. Contribute towards the development of climate change adaptation and climate risk management projects, plans and processes, ensuring alignment with wider programme policies and guidance. 3. Support efforts to strengthen and enhance climate sensitivity and food systems approach throughout resilience projects. 4. Support the CO to provide technical assistance for its capacity strengthening programming to the government around adaptation planning and may serve as the analytical foundation for joint interventions with climate change adaptation programming priorities, and in consideration of the Humanitarian Peace Development nexus (HPDN). 5. Contribute to the implementation of the climate risk management strategy and work plan, to ensure timely delivery of results, in accordance with different programme and functional units as well as strategic and implementing partners. 6. Support Country Office team’s efforts to develop innovative tools and partnerships in order to support more effective and efficient approaches to climate change adaptation projects and programmes. 7. Contribute to the preparation of accurate and timely reporting on programmes and activities related to resilience-building and climate change adaptation. 8. Liaise with M&E and Gender team to ensure integration of resilience and climate sensitivity within these workstream, including supporting environmental assessments, gender analysis and others as required. 9. Contribute to managing partnerships with NGOs and other civil society actors through the coordination of FLAs and MoUs within the scope of resilience projects. 10. Co-represent WFP Guatemala and serve as technical focal point at UN inter-agency working group for Environmental Results. 11. Participate in relevant trainings related to climate-change adaptation, environmental conservation and food systems for resilience building and food security and present lessons learned at brown bag session for the CO team. 12. Conduct analysis to understand how current activities, political and social events of UN and other multilateral bodies/governments may impact WFP activities and programmes and provide information to WFP staff for decision-making, particularly those related to national and international climate policies and trends. 13. Undertake any other assigned work under the capacity development of counterparts on climate change
DESIRED EXPERIENCES FOR ENTRY INTO THE ROLE
- Experience in diversity of programme approaches, in a variety of contexts, including Climate/Resilience/VAM.
- Experience in working with international organizations (especially with WFP), development partners, high-level authorities, local governments and/or civil society organizations.
- Proven ability to conceptualize, develop, plan and manage programmes, leadership and teamwork abilities, good analytical, negotiation, communication and advocacy sk
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
The Guatemala CO is offering a CST montly basis at Level 1
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS
March 23th midnight
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All employment decisions are made on the basis of organizational needs, job requirements, merit, and individual qualifications. WFP is committed to providing an inclusive work environment free of sexual exploitation and abuse, all forms of discrimination, any kind of harassment, sexual harassment, and abuse of authority. Therefore, all selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks.
No appointment under any kind of contract will be offered to members of the UN Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ), International Civil Service Commission (ICSC), FAO Finance Committee, WFP External Auditor, WFP Audit Committee, Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) and other similar bodies within the United Nations system with oversight responsibilities over WFP, both during their service and within three years of ceasing that service.
Potential interview questions
| Can you describe a time when you had to develop a project plan to address a complex problem? | This question assesses your project management and problem-solving skills. | Focus on your process for identifying the problem, formulating a plan, and the results of your actions. |
| Describe your approach to working with diverse teams while implementing a project. | The interviewer seeks to understand your teamwork and collaboration abilities. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| Share an experience where you had to adapt to changing circumstances in a project. | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| Tell us about a time you had to advocate for a project or initiative you believed in. | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| What experience do you have with climate change adaptation initiatives? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
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