UN Jobs – Programme Policy Officer (Food Systems & Agricultural Market Support) – United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)
Job Title: Programme Policy Officer (Food Systems & Agricultural Market Support)
Organization: United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)
Duty Station: Fort Portal / Mbarara, Uganda
Reports to: Head of Programme
About WFP:
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. In emergencies, WFP gets food to where it is needed, saving the lives of victims of war, civil conflict and natural disasters. After an emergency, WFP uses food to United help communities rebuild their lives. On average, WFP reaches more than 80 million people with food assistance in 80 countries each year. The organization has the global footprint, deep field presence and local knowledge and relationships necessary to provide access to food and contribute to lasting solutions, especially in many of the world’s most remote and fragile areas.
Job Summary: The Programme Policy Officer – Food Systems/ Agriculture Market Support (Livelihoods) under direct supervision of the Head of Programme, will provide support to Policy and Programme activities that effectively meet food assistance needs of Persons of Concern and other vulnerable groups under the South West Area Office, overseeing implementation in 3 Satellite Offices
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Provide technical advice to the Area Office on WFP Asset Creation and Livelihood programming and Agriculture Market Support Programme (overall Food systems) including design, budgeting, planning, monitoring, and evaluation.
- Strengthen programme integration and synergies especially linkages between Assets Creation, Livelihoods, Agriculture Market Support, General Food Assistance, Nutrition, etc.
- Provide technical guidance to the Area office on the Agriculture Market Support, Asset Creation and livelihood activities implementation.
- Provide technical guidance to the Area office on the Agriculture Market Support, Asset Creation and livelihood activities implementation.
- Support the engagements with other agencies/stakeholder including Makerere University to roll out the Three-Pronged Approach (3PA) as part of the NEPAD ARCH
- Support the engagements with other agencies/stakeholder including Makerere University to roll out the Three-Pronged Approach (3PA) as part of the NEPAD ARCH.
- Support the engagements with other agencies/stakeholder including Makerere University to roll out the Three-Pronged Approach (3PA) as part of the NEPAD ARCH.
- Coordinate the 3PA region wide rollout plan with technical guidance from WFP Outcome and Activity Managers and in close collaboration with relevant ministries, including MGLSD, OPM, etc.
- Identify technical knowledge gaps in Livelihood/Food for Assets/ AMS among the WFP staffs and Cooperating Partner staff and provide tailored trainings, coaching and mentorship to enhance effective implementation and monitoring of the said programmes.
- In collaboration with the respective Satellite Offices and CPs, develop a database for all resilience sub-projects, understand their status and conduct a SWOT analysis for informed decision-making.
- Develop appropriate agricultural livelihood options and methodologies that can be used to inform sustainable HISP sub-projects and scalability.
- Any other duties as assigned.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The ideal candidate for the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Programme Policy Officer (Food Systems & Agricultural Market Support)job vacancy must hold an advanced University degree in International Affairs, Economics, Nutrition/Health, Agriculture, Environmental Science, Social Sciences or other field relevant to international development assistance, or First University Degree with additional years of related work experience and/or trainings/courses
- A minimum of six (6) years of relevant working experience in either of the following fields: Livelihoods, FFA, Agriculture and Market support, Food systems, Humanitarian intervention, Refugee Operations and Community Engagement.
- Previous experience in implementing technical programs (i.e., Asset Creation and Livelihoods, GFA, Nutrition, AMS, etc.).
- Prior experience in implementing programmes and providing input into designing operations.
- Experience in providing input into policy discussions and decisions.
- Excellent influencing and communication skills, both written and verbal
- Very good training skills, hardworking, calm, mature, logical, culturally sensitive, result-oriented and interest in humanitarian development work.
- Languages: Fluency in both oral and written communication in English. Local languages/dialects are a plus.
Competencies:
- Programme Lifecycle & Food Assistance: Demonstrates ability to identify key variables and contextual factors that affect food assistance problems and programmes throughout the lifecycle to inform quality programme design or re-design.
- Transfer Modalities (Food, Cash, Voucher): Demonstrates ability to analyse and consolidate quantitative and qualitative information from different sources (e.g., market studies) to inform transfer modality selection and programme development.
- Broad Knowledge of Specialized areas (i.e. Nutrition, VAM, etc.): Demonstrates the ability to interpret basic data in the context of WFP specialised fields to contribute to technical programme design, implementation and monitoring.
- Emergency Programming: Displays capacity to provide inputs into the development, implementation and realignment of high quality emergency programmes.
- Strategic Policy Engagement w/ Government: Develops thorough recommendations using multiple inputs (e.g., government counsel, research, own experience) to strengthen national or subnational entities and government owned food and nutrition security programmes.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified candidates who wish to join the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) are encouraged to apply online at the link below
Deadline: 4th February 2021
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