SMP PLUS Regional Scale-Up Manager

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🚩 Vacancy Announcement n°: 160005

📢 Job Title: SMP (School Meal Planning) PLUS Regional Scale-Up Manager

📌Type of Contract: Regular Consultancy

➡️ Unit / Division: Programme Support Unit

📍 Duty Station: Dakar, Senegal

➡️ Duration: 6 months contract

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE POSITION:

About WFP

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) 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.

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The consultant will focus her/his work on supporting the regional expansion and long-term regional sustainability of the SMP PLUS project, one of the innovative digital solutions currently being developed to improve the efficacy and efficiency of School Feeding programmes, a collaboration between the World Food Programme, African Union Development Agency, the Partnership for Child Development - Imperial College London and the Food and Agriculture Organization.

What will you do in this position?

The SMP (School Meal Planning) PLUS Regional Scale-Up Manager will be responsible to:

• Keep regular contact with regional country users
• Develop the demand by identifying Country Offices where the use of SMP PLUS would be beneficial and support them through the implementation process
• Provide training to Governments and Country Offices and act as the first line of user support in the early adoption stages
• Support Country Offices in SMP PLUS-related data collection and updating as required
• Plan and execute SMP PLUS day-to-day knowledge transfer to the Regional Bureau by defining a plan to transfer SMP PLUS knowledge. Identify stakeholders and focal points, jointly work towards knowledge transfer
• Identify and promote SMP PLUS-related partnerships, internally within WFP and externally with actors such as regional bodies (when adequate)
• Support communication-related efforts around SMP PLUS. Document country adoption and regional expansion
• When required, support the Regional Bureau Implementation plan. While the tasks above will be prioritized, the position holder is also expected to support the roll-out of the Regional Bureau Implementation Plan (RBIP) activities tangential to the tool, such as nutrition, digitalization and/or Home-Grown School Feeding (HGSF), as per the Regional Bureau needs
• Consider, suggest, and activate linkage of SMP PLUS to other initiatives
• Any other task related to the SMP PLUS project, as required

What are the deliverables at the end of the contract?

The SMP PLUS Regional Scale-Up Manager will be responsible for the following deliverables:

• Regional scale-up plan drafted and approved
• Regional knowledge transfer plan drafted, approved, and executed
• Documented experiences on SMP PLUS adoption by countries
• Communication materials, when required

SPECIFIC QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

Education: University degree in Nutrition, Engineering, Agriculture, Mathematics, Communications, or related field.

Experience: At least 2 years of previous professional experience in Nutrition, School Feeding, Data Management, Innovation or Communication.

Knowledge of WFP and school feeding basics is an asset.

Knowledge & Skills:

• Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
• Strong communication skills, both orally and written.
• Knowledge of Nutrition basics, humanitarian programming or school feeding an asset.

Language:

• Fluency in both languages, French and English.

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: 6 APRIL 2022

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