Apply: WFP Programme Policy Officer

Deadline: 17 August, 2020

Location: Garissa, Kenya

The World Food Programme (WFP) is seeking applications from eligible applicants for the post of Programme Policy Officer (Head of Field Office).

The WFP is the world’s largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide.

Responsibilities

  • Lead, plan and manage WFP programmes within the areas of assignment to ensure technical quality, effective and efficient delivery of food assistance and that daily operational issues are timely resolved
  • Provide technical assistance to county governments in areas of climate resilient crop and livestock production for the most important value chains in the county(ies), identifying constraints, market-based solutions, and incentives to integrate micro, small and medium enterprises (food producers, processors or traders) into market systems in the county and within the established regional economic blocs
  • Coordinate targeting of vulnerable communities, adoption of new technologies or approaches on sustainable, inclusive resilient food systems
  • Identify communities ready to transition from support and select new expansion areas in consultation with the relevant county departments
  • Work with county governments, monitor implementation progress, identify issues and formulate solutions to address them
  • Partnerships, coordination and resource mobilisation
  • Manage and monitor performance of partners or contractors, and verify monthly invoices before submitting to Nairobi
  • Ensure WFP’s effective representation in the relevant coordination forums at county level
  • Establish and maintain strategic partnerships at county level, and identify synergistic opportunities for collaborations, including the civil society and private sector for locally-driven and market-driven solutions
  • Contribute to preparation of funding proposals, ensuring funding is utilised according to the donor requirements/earmarking conditions
  • Plan and manage donor missions to the areas of operations
  • Liaise with technical and functional areas in Nairobi to support effective programme delivery
Requirements
  • Advanced degree in Agriculture, Agriculture Economics, Environmental Science, Range Management, Land and Water Management, Disaster Risk Management and/or Climate Change, Environment, Public Administration, Development Studies or other fields; or first degree with five years of related work experience and/or training/courses
  • Five years, minimum, of demonstrated experience and deepened technical knowledge in the design and implementation of resilience building programmes, market linkages of small-scale traders/producers, including in-depth knowledge of the theory, practice and/or trends in the food systems approach, particularly crops/livestock production in the arid and semi-arid lands of Kenya
  • Deepened experience in technical coordination and operational support to county governments
  • Demonstrated ability to work with government with the required diplomacy and tactical skills to handle complex situations
  • Demonstrated work experience in project related to enhancing rural livelihoods or community resilience to climatic shocks in partnership with the community, county governments, and other partners
  • Strong analytic, communication and interpersonal skills, including training and facilitation skills and demonstrated experience in conceptual analysis, planning and organisational skills
  • Work experience with UN agencies or other international development organisations
  • Demonstrate a strong understanding of national socio-economic and political issues and the complexity and range of WFP programmes to plan and oversee implementation
  • Demonstrated ability to work with government with the required diplomacy and tactical skills to handle complex situations
  • Demonstrated work experience in projects related to enhancing rural livelihoods, community resilience to climatic shocks, or institutional capacity strengthening, in partnership with the community, county governments, and other partners
  • Strong analytical, communication and interpersonal skills, including training and facilitation skills and demonstrated experience in conceptual analysis, planning and organisational skills
  • Experience in preparing budgets and funding proposals

To apply and for more information, click here.

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