Deadline: 19 August, 2020

Location: Nairobi, Kenya

The World Food Programme (WFP) is recruiting to fill the post of Special Assistant.

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

Responsibilities

• Ensure prioritisation, increased bandwidth, and effective coordination of all engagements and work products
• Serve as liaison between the special envoy and others, both within the secretariat and externally, to foster information flow, communication, and coordination, as well as act as the president’s proxy in key internal and external meetings and outreach
• Drive external and internal engagements of the special envoy from start to finish, leading with team members and partners on public remarks, meetings, and briefings, staffing the special envoy where required
• Lead special projects and initiatives for the special envoy

Requirements

• University degree (master’s degree or equivalent) in Business Administration, Public Administration, Management, International Relations, Security, Political Science, or a related field
• University degree with two years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree
• Seven years, minimum, of progressively responsible experience in project or programme management, administration, international relations, security, political affairs, or other related areas
• Three years, minimum, of experience at the international level
• Experience in policy analysis and development (desirable)
• Two years, minimum, of experience working in a front office environment, providing substantive and administrative support to senior level UN officials, or equivalent principals in the public or multilateral sector (desirable)
• Fluency (level C) in English language
• Intermediate knowledge (level B) of a second official UN language