Deadline: Ongoing
Location: Accra, Ghana
The World Food Programme (WFP) is seeking applications from eligible applicants for the post of Programme and Policy Consultant.
WFP works to ensure the most vulnerable populations, especially women and children, can access the nutritious food they need.
Responsibilities
- Support the research, drafting and development of concept notes, proposals, and policy briefs to deliver the country’s strategic plan in line with the government of Ghana and partner priorities
- In collaboration with WFP relevant units and food system players in Ghana, other private sector players and external R and D actors, identify and map good and promising local and external practices, innovations, and models with scalability in Ghana and West Africa
- Support efforts to strengthen government capacities to respond to smallholder needs and develop food system solutions, including food loss and waste prevention, sustainable food processing and packaging and smallholder market access
- Support the development of models, analysis and strategies that are appropriate to Ghana’s food systems and resilience building
- Support the country office and senior management with the production of key messages, speeches, and presentations
- Support the relevant units with the coordination and drafting of the 2022 ACR
- Support organisation-wide activities to strengthen relationships with the government and mobilise support to advance WFP’s goals and objectives
Requirements
- Advanced university degree in Development, Political Science, Economics, Statistics, Information Management or Journalism, Business Management, Social Sciences or a related field, or first university degree with additional years of related work experience and/or training/courses
- Five years, minimum, of postgraduate professional experience in a relevant field of work, with a background and interest in international humanitarian development
- Specialised knowledge of food systems, policy communication, partnerships with some understanding of resource mobilisation
- Strong written and oral communication skills, including substantive analysis and report-writing skills
- Ability to supervise and support more junior and/or less-experienced members of the team
- Knowledge of, or the ability to quickly assimilate, UN/WFP specific processes and systems
- Fluency and good command of oral and written English language
To apply and for more information, click here.
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