WFP Fellow
Strengthen capacity of stakeholders to adopt resilient food systems aligned with food security frameworks.
Overview
Strengthen capacity of stakeholders to adopt resilient food systems aligned with food security frameworks.
You have:
- Conduct economic and policy analysis to improve smallholder productivity, sustainability, and resilience.
- Promote climate-resilient and sustainable farming practices for smallholder producers and aggregators including special attention to women farmers and engaging of persons with disability.
- Support programme design, implementation, and evaluation through cost-benefit and impact assessments.
- Facilitate integration of nutrition and disaster risk reduction into food systems programming.
- Strengthen capacity of stakeholders to adopt resilient food systems aligned with food security frameworks and value chain approaches.
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS
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- A career path in WFP provides an exciting opportunity to work across the various country, regional and global offices around the world, and with passionate colleagues who work tirelessly to ensure that effective humanitarian assistance reaches millions of people across the globe.
- We offer an attractive compensation package (please refer to the Terms and Conditions section of this vacancy announcement).
Strengthen capacity of stakeholders to adopt resilient food systems aligned with food security frameworks and value chain approaches. • Conduct economic and policy analysis to improve smallholder productivity, sustainability, and resilience. • Support programme design, implementation, and evaluation through cost-benefit and impact assessments. • Promote climate-resilient and sustainable farming practices for smallholder producers and aggregators including special attention to women farmers and engaging of persons with disability. • Facilitate integration of nutrition and disaster risk reduction into food systems programming.
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REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION
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REMINDERS BEFORE YOU SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION
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- Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and invited to proceed to the next stage of the recruitment process.
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.
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Potential interview questions
| Describe a situation where you successfully implemented a sustainable farming practice. | This question assesses your experience with sustainable agricultural methods and their impacts. | Use a specific example to highlight your role, actions taken, and results achieved. |
| How have you engaged stakeholders in a climate-resilient food systems project? | Interviewers want to understand your collaboration skills and ability to influence others. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| Can you discuss a time when you conducted an economic analysis to improve productivity? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| What approaches do you use to integrate nutrition into food programming? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| Describe your experience with disaster risk reduction in food systems programming. | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| Tell us about how you've promoted gender equality in farming initiatives. | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| Explain a project where you assessed the impact of a food assistance program. | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| What strategies have you employed to facilitate the adoption of resilient food systems? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
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