Organization: United
Nations World Food Programme (WFP)
Nations World Food Programme (WFP)
Duty Station:
Kampala, Uganda
Kampala, Uganda
Grade: NOB
About US:
The UN World Food
Programme (WFP) is the United Nations frontline agency against world hunger. It
is the largest and longest serving humanitarian agency in Uganda. Currently WFP
focuses on three priority areas: Saving lives in Emergencies; Building
Resilience through Predictable Safety Nets; Improving Nutrition &
Mother-and Child Health; and Supporting Small Holder Farmers to Access Markets.
WFP has operations in various parts of the Country.
Programme (WFP) is the United Nations frontline agency against world hunger. It
is the largest and longest serving humanitarian agency in Uganda. Currently WFP
focuses on three priority areas: Saving lives in Emergencies; Building
Resilience through Predictable Safety Nets; Improving Nutrition &
Mother-and Child Health; and Supporting Small Holder Farmers to Access Markets.
WFP has operations in various parts of the Country.
Job Summary: The Programme Policy Officer (Agricultural
Market Linkages) will provide support to policy and programme activities that
effectively meet food assistance needs.
Market Linkages) will provide support to policy and programme activities that
effectively meet food assistance needs.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Work closely with internal units and field offices to bring synergy
between Agriculture and Market Support (AMS) and other WFP assistance
activities for vulnerable households and communities; - Support in the identification of strategic partnership to layer and
sequence the AMS programme with the interventions of the development
partners; - Coordinate the linkage between the AMS programme and the WFP local
food purchase; - Participate in the design and selection of AMS implementation
patnership arrangements; Identify market linkage gaps and facilitate
access to services for smallholder enterprises; - Provide technical input into national policy and strategy
development and review to strengthen inclusive market systems development; - Assist in the design and implementation of WFP’s capacity transfers
to national institutions based on good practices and lessons-learnt from
the AMD implementation and through South to South cooperation initiatives; - Support in evidence generation of AMS programme impact by ensuring
the availability of quality output and outcome data; - Update and improve the AMS training materials and organise training
of trainers for government counterparts, implementing partner
organisations and WFP staff; - Contribute to drafting funding proposals, internal situational
updates, corporate reports and donor reports.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The ideal candidate for the United Nations UN World Food Programme
(WFP) Programme Policy Officer (Agricultural Market Linkages) job
placement should hold an advanced university degree obtained from a
reputable education institution in any of the following areas:
Agriculture, Economics, Development Economics or any related field OR a
first university degree in the above areas with more than ten (10) years
of demonstrable experience coupled with related training courses; - Previous experience in national policy and strategy discussion in
agriculture and trade; - Experience in agricultural development project management at
regional or national level; - Private sector experience in agricultural produce marketing (either
working within a company or linkage between the private sector and
development intervention); - Experience in research and project evaluation in smallholder market
participation as the technical lead or a senior assistant - Experience in private or public agricultural extension services and
cooperative development. - Has deepened technical knowledge through exposure to technical
teams. - Has taken leadership of implementing programmes.
- Has provided input into policy discussions and decisions.
Competencies:
- Programme Lifecycle & Food Assistance: Displays ability to identify the main
hunger problem at the national or subnational level to design and
implement context-specific programmes that integrate complex analysis and
the full range of food assistance tools. - 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 ability to translate understanding of programme principles
in emergencies and protracted conflict situations into relevant,
effective, and context specific approaches. - 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 candidates who
desire to join the United Nations World Food Programme are encouraged to submit
their applications online at the link below.
desire to join the United Nations World Food Programme are encouraged to submit
their applications online at the link below.
Deadline: 18th November 2018
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