HZERO Innovation Advisor

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The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) seeks candidates of the highest integrity and professionalism who share our humanitarian principles.

Selection of staff is made on a competitive basis, and we are committed to promoting diversity and gender balance. WFP 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, physical or mental disability.

POSITION TITLE:

HZERO Innovation Advisor

UNIT:

Hub HZero

WORKPLACE:

Bogotá, Colombia

LEVEL:

SC -8

REMUNERATION

$ 9.099.147 COP

ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT:

The Regional Innovation Hub HZERO is being established within the framework of Innovation for Nutrition (I4N), a novel and visionary initiative of the Government of Colombia and the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) to actively promote the fight against malnutrition in Colombia and the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region. HZERO was officially launched during the global I4N event on November 25th, 2022

HZERO is a regional hub for innovation specifically focusing on food security and nutrition, based in Colombia and supporting the entire LAC region. HZERO aims at generating meaningful Food Security and Nutrition (FSN) solutions for the region's most vulnerable populations. It builds on the extensive experience of WFP’s Innovation Accelerator based in Munich, and it will be unique in terms of its very specific focus on SDG2 achievement in the region.

By leveraging a broad set of alliances with existing institutions, capacities and innovation ecosystems, and by focusing on disruptive solutions that empower territories and communities, HZERO aims at identifying, testing, supporting, and scaling up innovative solutions, accelerating and potentially replicating successful experiences, thus contributing to the fight against hunger and malnutrition in the continent and at global level.

HZERO will leverage innovation opportunities and transformational change among young entrepreneurs, youth and women, local leaders and communities, indigenous and ethnic groups, fostering a culture of comprehensive, relevant, people-centered and socially meaningful and sustainable interventions over time.

HZERO will function as a WFP led and managed regional innovation platform and solutions acceleration aimed at supporting the activation and alignment of efforts aimed at achieving SDG2 in LAC countries, through public-private partnerships and the strong engagement of civil society actors, communities, academia and the international cooperation, among others.

This post is initially limited to 6 months. Possibility to renew.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive, within delegated authority):

Reporting to the HZERO Coordinator supported by the Partnership unit, the incumbent’s responsibilities will include:

  1. Support HZERO set-up phase:

    1. Ensure linkages between WFP COCO and the Innovation Accelerator in Munich to facilitate HZERO set-up phase.
    2. Support HZERO innovation hub growth by designing and building Innovation Hub processes and capabilities, such as:
    • Support in the definition of a partnership and local ecosystem engagement strategy, including involving actors from the private sector, government institutions, academia, civil society organizations and international cooperation actors.
    • Support resource mobilization and seed funding efforts, ensuring these opportunities are made known and WFP COCO colleagues have the support they need to pursue these funds.
    • Support WFP Communication team with ideas and suggestions regarding the HZERO branding definition.
  2. Ensure the preparation and delivery of HZERO’s key innovation activities, in particular:

    1. support the implementation of the HZERO 2022 Plan
    2. support the execution of the upcoming HZERO bootcamp and acceleration program.
  3. Support building a strong local innovation platform, network and ecosystem

    1. Support building strong partnerships within the regional and national ecosystem to drive forward innovations with potential for zero hunger.
    2. Stay abreast of local innovation workshop/bootcamps/initiatives that can be useful for HZERO.
    3. Ensure coordination with other innovation initiatives in Colombia, in particular with the World Economic Forum (WEF) “Colombia Food Innovation Hub”.
    4. Provide support (act as focal point) to any relevant FSN innovations which are showcased in the regional or local ecosystem.
    5. Represent the HZERO Innovation hub at public events and towards partners and donors as requested by WFP Country Director and WFP Partnerships team.
  4. Support strategic evolution of HZERO and its innovation community

  5. Provide guidance to support staff and other CO colleagues, acting as internal champion for innovation

  6. Execute any other task required to support the activities of scale-up enablement and the Accelerator or regional innovation activities.

OTHER SPECIFIC JOB REQUIREMENTS (details to be determined by Post Managers):

This section is optional to describe other duties, skills & knowledge required for the specific job.

WFP LEADERSHIP FRAMEWORK: COMMON STANDARDS OF BEHAVIOUR

Upholds WFP values, principles, and standards Respects others and values diversity Stays focused and calm under pressure Demonstrates humility and a willingness to learn Leads by Example with Integrity Demonstrates and encourages others to uphold the WFP values, principles and standards Values diversity using respectful and inclusive language, and encourages others to do the same Stays focused and calm when under pressure and encourages others to do the same Shows humility and a willingness to learn and share knowledge, frequently seeking and acting on feedback, and taking up opportunities to develop Delivers results for maximum impact Delegates appropriately Adapts readily to change Drives Results and Delivers on Commitments Holds self and/or others accountable for the delivery of results Delivers results against delegated tasks and seeks guidance and support where needed Responds readily to change adjusting work as needed Is inclusive and collaborative Gives timely and constructive feedback Builds and shares new perspectives Fosters Inclusive and Collaborative Promotes inclusive teamwork and psychological safety by sharing ideas and openly raising issues Supports development for others by giving timely and constructive feedback Listens attentively to others to capture, learn, build and share new perspectives Communicates and Embraces curiosity and new ways of doing things Analyses and evaluates data Considers the impact of decisions fulfils WFP’s vision Demonstrates curiosity, and proposes new ways of doing things when relevant Applies Strategic Thinking Gathers data and shares knowledge to inform team decision making Implements decisions and asks questions to understand the impact for wider objectives Fulfils WFP’s vision and is able to explain how their objectives support the vision Builds partnerships Collaborates to deliver common objectives Builds and Maintains Sustainable Partnerships Collaborates with partners by sharing information and working together to deliver common goals Builds partnerships by seeking out opportunities to work with others

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DESIRED EXPERIENCES FOR ENTRY INTO THE ROLE:

  • Passion and deep understanding of technology innovations (e.g. mobile apps, blockchain, artificial intelligence) and business model innovations (e.g. innovative finance, crowdsourcing)
  • Startup experience or startup mentality. Worked or led cross-functionally and get things done in a scrappy and hands-on way
  • Proven track driving projects - effectively delivering impactful elements of projects in fast-moving environment, ideally for new businesses, new business models, startups
  • Able to generate new and original solutions to complex problems and to design new products ideas
  • Strong conceptual thinking to develop new strategies & innovative projects
  • Able to interact with a broad range of stakeholders and external audience with maturity and tact
  • Excellent communication/presentation skills, with the ability to write strategy documents, to develop business plans and to write and deliver presentations
  • Collaborative spirit, able to partner with a wide range of people at all levels and across different cultures and to act with credibility and diplomacy
  • Self-motivated and able to work with a high degree of autonomy
  • Sets high-level of ambition for the project and own work to achieve impact for the hungry people we serve
  • Fully committed and motivated to achieve the aims of the UN World Food Programme

STANDARD MINIMUM ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS:

Education:

Bachelor´s degree, Master’s degree in business, innovation, design, technology or other related degrees.

At least 7 years of progressively responsible national or international experience in a start-up or innovation hub, innovations function in private businesses or innovations function in the humanitarian or international development sector

Language:

Fluency in oral and written Spanish is mandatory. An advance knowledge of English is required.

Application deadline: 27 July 2022

For this vacancy, only applications of candidates with Colombian nationality that comply comply with all the requirements established in the job profile, will be taken into consideration. Applications using P11 format are encouraged, and it may be found by typing "Fomato P11" in the search engine of your preference. Download it, fill it out, sign it and attach it to your application.

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 and all employment applications will be treated with the strictest confidentiality.

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