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World Food Programme

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    Full-time
    Senior Level
  • Consulting
    Sustainability
  • Rome
  • 13d left

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  • You must have a Master’s in Public Health Nutrition, 8 years in international nutrition, cluster coordination experience, team leadership, and excellent communication skills in English; French is a plus.
  • You will identify collaboration opportunities, assess food security and nutrition integration, document lessons learned, develop guidance, and facilitate meetings with stakeholders.

Requirements

  • - Master’s in Public Health Nutrition or related field
  • - 8 years work experience in international nutrition programming with at least five (5) years related to fragile and humanitarian contexts
  • - Solid experience with cluster coordination at national or global level
  • - Experience of working with UN agencies, or key international NGO in humanitarian settings; work experience with WFP is highly desirable
  • - Experience of working with multiple stakeholders and multiple sectors
  • - Experience leading teams and managing projects
  • - Experience with change management processes desirable
  • - Solid knowledge of the global humanitarian (nutrition and food security) architecture
  • - Strong project management skills including critical and strategic thinking and change management
  • - Excellent interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to work in multicultural settings
  • - Excellent team engagement and teamwork skills
  • - Excellent written and oral communication skills
  • - Fluency in English. Working knowledge of French desirable.

Responsibilities

  • 1. Strategic opportunities for collaboration and joint initiatives between gFSC and GNC are identified, agreed to, and initiated, in collaboration with the WASH and Health Clusters as relevant.
  • 2. Explore and document key areas where food security and nutrition sectors can be leveraged more strongly for the prevention of famine and acute malnutrition and what actions can be taken to progress on these at country level. Focus would be on how to jointly prioritize, target and delivery an appropriate package of services in line with the joint strategic approach.
  • 3. Three countries identified to explore how to maximise integrated programming with specific focus on food security and nutrition, to avert hunger and acute malnutrition. Country visit to identify (and document) bottlenecks and key enablers to achieving appropriate joint targeting and delivery of the joint strategic approach.
  • 4. Lessons learned are documented, and guidance developed based on the finding from country visits; this would include: consultation of key stakeholders for feedback on the draft guidance, facilitate session with global nutrition and food security cluster partners to validate the revised guidance, sensitization of cluster coordination teams in select countries as well as at global level on the validated guidance.
  • 5. Initiate and hold quarterly field-focused collaborative meetings with the GNC and other Geneva based clusters and bring potentially country clusters together (virtually) around identified areas.

FAQs

What is the deadline for applications?

The deadline for applications is 17 September 2024 at 23:59 GMT+01:00 Central European Time (Rome).

What qualifications are required for this position?

A Master's in Public Health Nutrition or related field is required.

How many years of experience are needed for this role?

A minimum of 8 years of work experience in international nutrition programming, with at least 5 years in fragile and humanitarian contexts, is required.

Is field travel required for this position?

Yes, periodic travel to support Regional Bureaux or high priority countries that are part of the transition plan on child wasting is required.

What languages are necessary for this job?

Fluency in English is required, and working knowledge of French is desirable.

Will the consultant work independently?

No, the consultant will work in close collaboration with the Global Food Security and Global Nutrition Clusters, as well as WFP and UNICEF staff.

What is the purpose of the consultant's role?

The consultant will aim to strengthen inter-cluster/sector collaboration between the food and nutrition clusters to maximize impact in preventing hunger and acute malnutrition in humanitarian crises.

Are there any specific focus countries for the transition plan on child wasting?

Yes, the focus countries include Haiti, Nigeria, Kenya, South Sudan, and Madagascar in Phase 1, and Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Niger, Ethiopia, Somalia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Afghanistan, and Yemen in Phases 2 and 3.

Does WFP provide any training or professional development opportunities?

Yes, WFP invests in the personal and professional development of its employees through a range of training, accreditation, coaching, mentorship, and other programs.

What is the recruitment policy around diversity and inclusion?

WFP celebrates and embraces diversity and is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity, encouraging qualified candidates to apply irrespective of their background.

World Food Programme

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Mission & Purpose

The United Nations World Food Programme is the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate. We are 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.