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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.

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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).

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.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT
Several factors (climate change, pandemics, conflicts, etc.) exacerbate human suffering, damaging livelihoods, ecosystems and resources availability. Humanitarian actors are responsible to embed environmental sustainability in their interventions both in terms of reducing possible collateral damages (e.g. carbon emissions, damage to ecosystems, pollution), and leveraging interventions to improve the environmental systems in which they're being implemented. Integrating environmental sustainability into humanitarian operations is also associated with increased long-term efficiency, effectiveness, and resilience.  Enhancing environmental sustainability and efficiency is essential to ensure the organization continues to deliver on its mandate and is accountable to the people it serves. WFP's 'value added' is furthermore in the 'enabling of' governments through capacity strengthening, leveraging WFP's extensive global operational and technical experience in food and other supply chain systems to strengthen national level supply chain systems. 

Under the supervision of the ECODASH Project Lead, the fellows will support projects relating to enhancing the WFP's ability to measure the environmental impact of supply chain operations, and identify, scope and plan opportunities for improvement. The output of the assignment aligns with the implementation of the WFP Supply Chain Environmental Strategy connecting with the organization's strategic plan and cross-cutting indicators of Environmental Sustainability, Innovation, and Localization.

The felows are expected to have strong project management and analytical skills, with experience and a passion for environmental sustainability being a considerable advantage. They will work with the Sustainable Supply Chain unit in Rome HQ as well as with technical officers in the selected Country Offices. They will also be responsible for coordinating across WFP divisions and building relationships with other entities working on impact measurement, decarbonization and other environmental sustainability initiatives. 

ACCOUNTABILITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
1.    Design and implement improvements to the way WFP measures environmental impacts and assesses the sustainability if its supply chain and food assistance operations, with the support of the technical team.
2.    Coordinate with and support Country Offices with assessment and analysis of sustainability opportunities compared with existing operations.
3.    Research and build out WFP supply chain's decarbonization roadmap in line with its prospective target commitments and available resources, technology and funding outlook.
4.    Support the development and rollout of frameworks, guidelines, and tools (e.g., ECODASH) for monitoring and reporting environmental impacts.
5.    Document lessons learned and best practices for consistently assessing the environmental impact of key operational decisions and evaluating best course of action.
6.    Build and maintain relationships with internal WFP divisions and external partners (governments, UN agencies, NGOs, private sector) to ensure alignment and collaboration.
7.    Provide technical assistance and training to HQ units, Regional and Country Offices on using sustainability information to help guide their strategic and day-to-day decision-making.
8.    Contribute to the refinement of WFP's Supply Chain Environmental Strategy and related policies.
DELIVERABLES AT THE END OF THE CONTRACT 
1.    Support implementation improvements to the way WFP measures environmental impacts and assesses the sustainability if its supply chain and food assistance operations.
2.    Detailed roadmap for in line with its prospective target commitments and available resources, technology and funding outlook
3.    Provide support to a minimum of five country offices with assessment and analysis of sustainability opportunities compared with existing operations, with a defined route forward.
4.    Support establishing partnerships with key stakeholders and delivering training materials and sessions internally and externally to strengthen capacity on sustainable practices.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

Education
    Master's and PhD students or graduates, researchers or professors (Please specify here the preferred fields of study) Industrial Engineering & Management

Experience     Advanced academic knowledge or technical experience in (Please specify here the preferred fields of experience) project management, food systems, environmental sustainability, and economic development  

Knowledge & Skills    environmental impact measurement and/or carbon accounting

Languages    Fluency in English (Level C). Intermediate knowledge of any other official UN language (French, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, Russian or Portuguese) is an asset. (Please specify here additional requirements at the duty station)      

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