Job Type : Contract
Industry : Community Development
Education Level : Senior level
JOB ID: (152086)
WFP seeks candidates
of the highest integrity and professionalism who share our humanitarian
principles.
Selection of staff is made on a competitive basis, and we are committed to promoting diversity and gender balance.
About WFP
The United Nations World Food Programme 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.
Background and purpose of the assignment:
Tanzania Country Office is at advanced stage of developing
its next Country Strategic Plan (CSP) 2022-2027. Based on a comprehensive
consultation process and an analysis of key drivers of food security and
nutrition in the country, the important themes of Disaster Risk Reduction
(DRR), resilience, and climate change adaptation have emerged as priorities for
the WFP programme portfolio. Climate change multiplies existing threats
to food security and malnutrition. It will make natural disasters more frequent
and intense, land and water more difficult to access, and increases in
agricultural productivity even harder to achieve. It will disproportionally
impact the most vulnerable people, the majority of whom live in fragile areas
prone to climate hazards, ultimately putting their livelihoods at
risk.
Climate change has both impacted, and is impacted by,
existing land use in Tanzania. Agricultural production is primarily rain fed
and remains highly susceptible to weather variability. Over the last four decades,
Tanzania has been hit by a series of severe droughts and flood events. At the
same time, unsustainable land management practices are leading to a reduction
of the adaptive capacity of small-scale producers. WFP interventions will focus
on strengthening disaster management capacities of the government systems and
enhancing climate change adaptation through provision of climate services to
small holder producers and rehabilitating/restoring degraded lands through
community asset creation. To achieve this, WFP aims to strengthen the staffing
capacity of the Country Office by hiring a programme policy officer to support
integration of climate resilience in the new CSP.
Organizational Context
The Programme Policy Officer will play a key role in
establishing strategic orientation, designing project activities, and
supporting implementation in the area of climate resilience for food and
nutrition security. The consultant will lead efforts to develop and launch food
security and climate risk management, including cash/food for assets activities
for improved access to water, restoration of degraded lands, and reforestation.
Additional areas of technical responsibilities include support for renewable
energy and climate services at the community level in targeted geographic
areas. Support for resource mobilization and strategic engagement with
technical counterparts in government line ministries, departments and agencies
(MDAs) and UN agencies will be an important area of responsibility. |
The consultant will report to the Head of Programme and work in close coordination with Country and Sub-Office colleagues. Technical coordination and collaboration will be undertaken with climate and resilience experts in the Regional Bureau and Headquarters. |
Standard minimum qualifications
Education: |
Master’s degree in one or more of the following
disciplines: Economics, environmental studies, agriculture and food security,
development studies or related area. |
Language: |
Working knowledge of English (proficiency/level C)
required and intermediate knowledge (intermediate/level B) of another UN
official language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish) preferred. |
Key accountabilities (not all-inclusive)
Specific tasks will
include:
Key accountabilities continued 1:
4Ps Core Organizational Capabilities
Purpose
People
Performance
Partnership
Functional Capabilities
Functional capabilities
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Other specific job requirements
Experience: Minimum of 8 years post graduate,
progressively responsible, job related experience in food security analysis,
policy and/or, climate change adaptation, disaster risk reduction, risk
financing or related areas. Demonstrated experience in managing projects and
teams in a WFP country office on climate and resilience building programmes would
be ideal; ability to engage with senior technical staff from government and UN
partners; and proven capacity for designing, mobilizing resources and
implementing integrated climate resilience programmes at sub-national level
required.
Knowledge & Skills:
Proficiency in MS Windows, MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
Strong qualitative and quantitative skillsets are essential. Collaborative team
player, action management, innovation, partnership, and client orientation are
critical characteristics for the profile.
Desired experiences for entry into the role
Terms and conditions
All applications should be submitted through the
e-recruitment portal.
Deadline for
applications
The deadline for applications is 15 November 2021.
Female applicants, people with disability and qualified applicants from developing countries are especially encouraged
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The United Nations World Food Programme 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.
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