Programme Policy Officer, Value Chain Expert

2 settimane fa

Roma, Italia World Food Programme A tempo pieno

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

3 December 2024-23:59-GMT+01:00 Central European Time (Rome)

ABOUT WFP

The World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian organization saving lives in emergencies and using food assistance to build a pathway to peace, stability and prosperity, for people recovering from conflict, disasters and the impact of climate change.

At WFP, people are at the heart of everything we do and the vision of the future WFP workforce is one of diverse, committed, skilled, and high performing teams, selected on merit, operating in a healthy and inclusive work environment, living WFP's values (Integrity, Collaboration, Commitment, Humanity, and Inclusion) and working with partners to save and change the lives of those WFP serves.

To learn more about WFP, visit our website:
WHY JOIN WFP?- WFP is a 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.- WFP offers a highly inclusive, diverse, and multicultural working environment.- WFP invests in the personal & professional development of its employees through a range of training, accreditation, coaching, mentorship, and other programs as well as through internal mobility opportunities.- A career path in WFP provides an exciting opportunity to work across the various country, regional and global offices around the world, and with passionate colleagues who work tirelessly to ensure that effective humanitarian assistance reaches millions of people across the globe.- We offer an attractive compensation package (please refer to the Terms and Conditions section of this vacancy announcement).

JOB TITLE: Programme Policy Officer, Value Chain Expert

TYPE OF CONTRACT: Regular Consultant, Level II

UNIT/DIVISION: PPGR Climate and Resilience

DUTY STATION (City, Country): Rome, Italy

DURATION: 11 months

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT:
WFP's demand for food and food system services can be a direct and indirect driver of achieving zero hunger, contributing to inclusive agricultural growth and sustainable social and economic transformation. Supporting market systems and local and regional food procurement, including smallholders’ procurement, can significantly strengthen smallholder livelihoods. Combining this with activities that support value chain actors such as farmers, farmer organizations, processing groups, aggregators and traders can have a long-term impact on the sustainability, resilience and inclusiveness of food systems. WFP has revised its Smallholder Agricultural Market Support (SAMS) framework, with the design of SAMS projects now to be informed by WFP's value chain analysis and development methodology to support the design of more integrated climate and resilience programming.

Under the direct supervision of the SAMS team leader and overall leadership of the Programme Themes and Integration Unit team leader, the incumbent will provide strategic advice and technical support to roll-out of value chain analysis methodologies and toolkits and to design of pro-smallholders’ value chain development interventions. This work will require collaborations with the Food System coordination unit, the Nutrition unit and various workstreams under PPGR.

ACCOUNTABILITIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Provide technical support to further promote the use of the methodology for value chain analysis and development adapted to WFP’s objectives and operational environment.

2. Contribute to writing the strategy leading to the further implement the value chain analysis and development methodology, including budget and required resources for roll-out in country offices and capacity strengthening of WFP field staff.

3. Identify and consult partners and research centres with expertise in value chain analysis and development to consolidate existing knowledge and tested methodologies. Similarly, identify and analyse existing methodologies for value chain assessment and development in other WFP areas.

4. Provide technical advice on programme, policy and SAMS issues including assessment, analysis and initiatives towards the development of local and regional value chains, ensuring alignment with wider programme policies and guidelines.

5. Within the specific area of responsibility, prepare a variety of elaborated reports and substantial data analysis, intervention design and make recommendations to supervisors, ensuring deliverables adhere to corporate standards and quality control.

6. Advice and support the development of functional training in areas of expertise to enhance the capacity of WFP staff and relevant partners.

7. Support the team in related activities ensuring alignment with WFP and wider UN strategic direction.

8. Coordinate and liaise with internal counterparts on a range of complex matters to enable effective collaboration, implementation and monitoring of ongoing project activities

9. Other duties as required.

DELIVERABLES AT THE END OF THE CONTRACT:

- Promote Value Chain Analysis and development Methodology: Promote the value chain analysis and

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