About WFP

The United Nations World Food Programme is the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide and the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate. The mission of WFP is to help the world achieve Zero Hunger in our lifetimes.

Why join WFP Somalia?

In Somalia, the World Food Programme provides food assistance for nutrition, livelihoods, and relief through the hard work of more than 550 employees who contribute towards making Somalia hunger free in close partnership with local partners.

What will you do

Contribute towards the development and quality improvement of the School Health and Nutrition programme and processes, ensuring alignment with wider WFP and national programme policies.

• Provide project management support to home grown school feeding programme (HGSFP) in close coordination with the government, key stakeholders and partners ensuring complementarity to the multiple components of the HGSFP.

• Contribute to the development and coordination of data gathering and monitoring systems ensuring that detailed quality standards are maintained.

• Review and analyse a range of policy and operational issues to advise the development of policies, programmes, guidelines, and activities.

WE ARE HIRING!

Vacancy Announcement No. 092/2022

Job Title: programme policy officer -school feeding Contract Type/Grade: FT NOA

Duty Station: Mogadishu, Somalia

Contract Duration: 1 year (initial)

Date of Issue: 14th September 2022 | Closing Date: 27th September 2022

• Contribute to the preparation of accurate and timely reporting on programmes and activities that enable informed decision making and consistency of information presented to partners.

• Collaborate closely with internal WFP units and external counterparts to ensure effective collaboration and implementation and highlight potential risks to project delivery.

• Represent WFP at national and sub-national meetings to contribute to technical discussions, exchange experiences, advocate for school feeding and integrated school-based health and nutrition interventions and identify areas of potential collaborations.

• Support the capacity strengthening of WFP staff, partners and national government specifically Education Ministries for the implementation and scale out of the school feeding programme.

• Support the development of donor proposals and reports.

• Perform any other duties as required.

Do you meet the minimum requirements?

• Advanced University degree in Education, International Affairs, Economics, Nutrition/Health, Agriculture, Environmental Science, Social Sciences or other field relevant to international development assistance, or First University Degree in the above fields with additional years of related work experience and/or trainings/courses

• One-year or more years of progressively responsible professional experience in Programme operations especially in the field of School Feeding.

• Good knowledge and working experience with the government or various sectors especially WFP or Education agencies will be an added advantage.

• Good advocacy and networking skills will be an added advantage

• Proficiency in both oral and written communication in English and Somali is a requirement.

Are you competent for this job? Do you have

• Strong organizational skills and ability to successfully manage multiple tasks simultaneously

• Understanding of donor policies, strategies and programme policies.

• Proficient knowledge and skills in data management analysis.

Interested and qualified candidates are requested to submit online applications through E-Recruitment using the link below:

https://career5.successfactors.eu/sfcareer/jobreqcareer?jobId=173266&company=C0000168410P