Programme Policy Officer (Food Technologist), NO-B, Fixed Term, New Delhi
Support policy and program activities in nutrition and school meals.
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Overview
Support policy and program activities in nutrition and school meals.
You have:
- Minimum 3 years of postgraduate working experience in areas related to social protection and public systems.
- Experience of working in nutrition and food quality related activities at National and State level in collaboration with the Government.
- Experience implementing food technology related tools and protocol.
- Working experience in implementing large and complex nutrition and school meals projects.
- Experience in working independently with minimum supervision, often in fluid and ambiguous situations will be required.
- Education: Advanced university degree in Food Technology, Health Sciences, Food Control, Nutrition or other related field, or First University degree with additional five years of related work experience and/or training/courses.
- Fluency (level C) in English language and Hindi.
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: WFP is the world’s largest humanitarian organization working towards zero hunger by 2030. WFP delivers food, cash and other assistance in emergencies. At the same time, we focus on sustainable development, promoting long-term change by working in partnership with national governments and communities. WFP is funded entirely by donations from governments, companies and private individuals.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS:
This vacancy is open to Indian National only.
This vacancy is open to WFP Internal & UN Common System Staff members only.
As per WFP's Recruitment & Selection Policy, the definition of ''internal'' is only applicable to WFP staff members holding a permanent, continuing or FT Appointment.
Only candidates under serious consideration will be contacted.
A written test will be used for screening candidates.
Only recommended candidates will be retained on roster for a period of two years and may be considered for similar positions from roster.
The salary for this position is non-taxable (subject to medical and pension deduction). The incumbent will be entitled to benefits related to medical, pension, leave as per WFP policy
VACANCY DETAILS:
Job Title: Programme Policy Officer (Food Technologist)
Grade: NO-B
Type of Contract: Fixed Term (renewable)
Reporting: Head of Unit, Nutrition and School Feeding
Duty Station: New Delhi;
Vacancy Number: 829747
Date of Publication: 03-Oct-2023
Deadline of Application: 17-Oct-2023
ORGANISATIONAL CONTEXT:
The World Food Programme (WFP), operating in India since 1963, aims to provide technical support to strengthening the government’s food safety-nets programmes in order to improve access to food for millions of vulnerable households throughout the country. Through its Country Strategic Plan (2023-2027), WFP India aims to support India in achieving their targets under Sustainable Development Goals 2 and 17.
WFP India is a partner to the Ministry of Women and Child Development, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Ministry of Education , Food Safety Standards Authority of India and National Rural Livelihoods Mission, Government of India (GoI) as well as state governments of Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Kerala, Odisha, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh in the implementation of interventions aimed at improving the overall nutritional effectiveness of the food based safety nets
WFP nutrition and school feeding unit is responsible for designing, planning, implementing, reviewing and documenting appropriate pilots/ interventions; conducting need-based studies/ research; policy advocacy and providing technical support for scale-up of successful WFP pilots specific to the outcome. Social behaviour change communication (SBCC) accompanies all activities to help target audiences including school children know more about the benefits of good nutrition, appropriate child feeding practices and appropriate health and hygiene practices.
In line with its global commitment, WFP India’s current Country Strategic Plan (CSP), 2023-2027, articulates a strong commitment to enhancing livelihoods, gender equality and women’s empowerment by incorporating gender as a cross-cutting theme across all components of the plan and adopting a gender-transformative approach in its programmes. WFP aims to focus its efforts on promoting policies and interventions that interweave gender, women’s empowerment, and food security and nutrition at multiple levels.
JOB PURPOSE:
To provide support to policy and programme activities that effectively assists the Government’s work in nutrition and school meals by providing technical assistance, innovation and capacity strengthening to the National and State governments to increase the nutritional effectiveness of government programmes and systems so that the Government can achieve its targets under SDG 2, by 2030, in line with WFP India’s Strategic Plan.
The position requires a high level of technical competency in food technology, product formulation & research, fortification and innovation and will operate with considerable independence, manage a team to ensure planned objectives are achieved in full.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive, within delegated authority):
Under the direct reporting to the Head of Unit for Nutrition and School Meals, WFP India and overall guidance of the Country Director, will provide technical assistance to focus State governments on different aspects of food technology while managing complex and large-scale nutrition and school meal programmes which contribute to meeting the nutritional needs of government beneficiaries of their food based social protection systems:
- Contribute towards the integration of food technology aspects and details in the nutrition and school meal projects, plans and processes, ensuring alignment with wider policies and guidance ensuring compliance with WFP Food and Safety regulations.
- Serve as Deputy Head of the Nutrition and School feeding unit in WFP India Country Office, including support on human resource management and financial management for the unit.
- Provide project management support to specific and defined nutrition and school meals projects and activities, ensuring a coordinated approach with other units, in compliance with WFP standards and procedures.
- Track, collate and analyse data to provide input into reporting activities and contribute to the preparation of accurate and timely reporting on nutrition and school meal activities that enables informed decision making and consistency of information presented to stakeholders with a specific focus on food quality and safety.
- Liaise with implementing partners (internal and external) to monitor ongoing projects, ensuring effective collaboration, timeliness and efficiency, and highlight potential risks to project delivery.
- Research and analyse a range of policy and operational issues to inform the development of policies, programmes and activities that can strengthen the efficiency and effectiveness of government systems.
- Support the capacity building of WFP staff, partners and national and state government for national capacity strengthening and food safety/quality related issues.
- In the event of food safety incidents in any of WFP project on nutrition and school meals, support investigation exercises to enable lesson learned to be documented and shared, to reduce re-occurrence of the incident.
- Contribute towards the development and/or implementation of protocols and tools relating to food technology issues, ensuring alignment with larger strategy, policies and plans.
- Guide and supervise staff, acting as a point of referral and supporting them with analysis and queries.
- Represent WFP at various National and Sub-national meetings and for a on food safety/quality to contribute to technical discussions and reflect WFP experiences.
- Other as required.
EXPERIENCE REQUIRED FOR THE ROLE:
DESIRED EXPERIENCES FOR ENTRY INTO THE ROLE:
Minimum 3 years of postgraduate (Master’s degree) working experience in areas related to social protection and public systems.
- Experience of working in nutrition and food quality related activities at National and State level in collaboration with the Government
- Experience implementing food technology related tools and protocol.
- Working experience in implementing large and complex nutrition and school meals projects.
- Experience in working independently with minimum supervision, often in fluid and ambiguous situations will be required.
MINIMUM ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS:
- Education: Advanced university degree in Food Technology, Health Sciences, Food Control, Nutrition or other related field, or First University degree with additional five years of related work experience and/or training/courses.
- Language: Fluency (level C) in English language and Hindi.
Potential interview questions
| Can you describe a complex project you managed and how you ensured it met its objectives? | This question assesses your project management skills and ability to handle complexity. | Explain the project scope, your role and the outcome achieved. |
| Tell us about a time you collaborated with government agencies on a project. What were the challenges? | The interviewer wants to gauge your experience in working with government bodies and handling challenges. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| Describe your experience in implementing nutrition-related protocols. | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| How do you approach collaborative work with partners and donors? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| What strategies do you use to ensure compliance with safety regulations in your projects? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
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