Programme Policy Officer (Food Systems) SC8, Garowe

Programme & Policy

Overview

Supervise and ensure timely project delivery of WFP’s Food Systems interventions.

You have:

• University degree in Agriculture, Agribusiness, Agronomy, Environmental Engineering, Food Systems, or other relevant field.
• One year post graduate progressive experience in programme implementation.
• Direct technical experience of different programme approaches with relevant agriculture-oriented organizations.
• Understanding on how to monitor technical activities related to irrigation, production, post-harvest loss management, and market access with smallholder farmers and producer associations.
• Ability to effectively work and operate in English and Somali Language.
• Managing complex groups of stakeholders, CPs, government, cooperatives, smallholder farmers, private sector partners.
• Technical support on projects with smallholder farmers, agriculture, production, post-harvest loss management, and market access.
• Experience working in a complex emergency setting and in complex institutional environments.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills.
• Time management and organizational skills.

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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, physical or mental disability.

Posting Dates:

Date of Issue: 5th April 2022 Closing Date: 18th April 2022

About WFP:

The United Nations World Food Programme is the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide and the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate. The mission of WFP is to help the world achieve Zero Hunger in our lifetimes.

This position is open to qualified Somali candidates. Female candidates in particular, are encouraged to apply.

What will you do?

• Provide supervisory support and ensure timely project progress for WFP’s Food Systems interventions, particularly around food value chains involving smallholder farmers and cooperatives.
• Support the implementation of food systems initiatives and policies by translating into field implementation activities.
• Identify and manage potential partnerships, opportunities, and linkages with other stakeholders to improve food systems and value chains in target areas.
• Coordinate and supervise the cooperating partners and actively monitor progress and performance, ensuring that project deadlines and targets are met.
• Provide supervision and technical support for the Training of Trainers (ToT) and on-farm training on the stages of production, post-harvest loss management, and access to markets, using both demonstrative and classroom-based teaching methods.
• Foster relationships and communication with relevant stakeholders, such as other cooperating partners, UN agencies, coordination mechanisms, government, and community members.
• Review, analyse and verify report documents and ensure accurate, timely recording of data within the specific technical area of work and consistency of information presented to stakeholders.
• Support the capacity building of WFP staff, cooperating partners and national government within a specific technical area
• Guide cooperating partners and staff to document good practices and lessons learnt to strengthen WFP’s learning agenda, demonstrate impact and inform appropriate programme implementation adjustments
• Perform other related duties as required.

Minimum Qualifications:

Education: University degree in Agriculture, Agribusiness, Agronomy, Environmental Engineering, Food Systems, or other field relevant to international development assistance, with additional years of related work experience and/or trainings/courses.

Experience: One year post graduate progressive experience in programme implementation. Served as a field programme manager and implemented programmes on the agriculture value chain. Direct technical experience of different programme approaches with relevant agriculture-oriented organizations. Understanding on how to monitor technical activities related to irrigation, production, post-harvest loss management, and market access with smallholder farmers and producer associations.

Languages: Ability to effectively work and operate in English and Somali Language

Knowledge & Skills:

• Managing of complex group of stakeholders, CPs, government, cooperatives, smallholder farmers, private sector partners
• Technical support on projects with smallholder farmers, agriculture, production, post-harvest loss management, and market access
• Experience working in a complex emergency setting and in complex institutional environment.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Time management and organizational skills.

Terms and Conditions:

1 Year (Initial)

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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.

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