WFP encourages female candidates and people with disabilities to apply.
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This job is based in Country Office and job holder reports to a Strategic Outcome Manager or more senior Programme Policy Officer.
Job holders operate with a high degree of independence, manage more junior staff to ensure that programme and policy objectives are achieved in full. They are usually involved in a wide variety of programme and policy activities and analytical work, some of which may be of a considerable complexity. At this level job holders are expected to contribute to performance improvement.
Background:
Lao PDR is characterized by high levels of stunting (33%), wasting (9%) and micronutrient deficiencies in children and women of reproductive age. Overweight and obesity have significantly increased in the past decade, echoing global and regional trends, and is a growing concern particularly among adult women. Thus, Laos can be characterized as experiencing the triple burden of malnutrition. Nutrition remains a high priority in the national development agenda. Since January 2022, WFP has been implementing a Country Strategic Plan 2022-2026 which is formulated around the achievement of four strategic outcomes. Through Strategic Outcome 2, WFP aims to improve the nutritional status of key population groups. This includes promoting changes in people’s behavior through the introduction of complementary, nutritious foods; diversification of diets; improving infant and young child feeding practices; and enhancing communities’ ownership of initiatives such as school feeding. WFP aims to improve the nutritional status of vulnerable people throughout their life cycle, as well as increase their resilience to seasonal and long-term shocks and stresses.
WFP and the Lao Farmer Association (LFA) were successful in procuring a grant from the Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP) to implement the “Building Smallholder Farmers’ Resilience for Food, Nutrition, and Income Security” project from mid-2024 to mid-2028. The project adopts an agroecology-focused approach that includes:
(i) professionalization of the LFA, commodity networks, and Agriculture Production Groups (APG or sub-PO) to enhance their capacity to deliver services to their members.
(ii) support to climate-resilient production through access to financing, improved production technologies, reduced production and post-harvest losses and farmer-to-farmer circular learning involving farmer experts (lead farmers) and demonstrations.
(iii) market-led approach to production, post-harvest and value addition through reliable market linkages between farmers groups organized in commodity networks and SMEs.
The Programme Policy Officer (LFA) will support the team and activities within Strategic Outcome 3 of the WFP Country Strategic Plan (CSP, 2022-2026) and report to Head of SO3 in the Country Office. He/She will particularly be responsible for the management of the “Building Smallholder Farmers’ Resilience for Food, Nutrition, and Income Security” in close collaboration with LFA, the WFP Management, the WFP Field Offices involved in the project implementation as well as with the government stakeholders at different levels.
Education: Advanced University degree in International Affairs, Economics, Nutrition/Health, Agriculture, Environmental Science, Social Sciences or other field relevant to international development assistance, or First University degree with additional years of related work experience and/or training/courses.
Language: Fluency in both oral and written communication in English and Lao is a requisite
Purpose
People
Performance
Partnership
At least six (6) years of postgraduate progressively responsible professional experience implementing humanitarian, and/or development programmes.
– At least six (6) years of postgraduate progressively responsible professional experience implementing humanitarian, and/or development programmes.
– Experience of working with the agriculture sector, with an emphasis on nutrition sensitive agriculture and linkages with the private agribusiness sector.
– Has experience in working closely with government counterparts, preferably the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF).
– Proven and demonstrable project management skills.
– Action management skills and ability to take decisions.
– Effective interpersonal communication and coordination skills.
– Teamwork and partnership in multicultural environment.
– Analytical skill
Contract type & Level: Service Contract (Level: SC-9)
Contract duration: One year with renewal
Duty station: Vientiane Capital, Laos (based in Lao Farmers Association Office)
Opening date: 10 May 2024
Closing date: 23 May 2024
Female applicants are especially encouraged to apply
WFP has zero tolerance for discrimination and does not discriminate on the basis of HIV/AIDS status.
No appointment under any kind of contract will be offered to members of the UN Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ), International Civil Service Commission (ICSC), FAO Finance Committee, WFP External Auditor, WFP Audit Committee, Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) and other similar bodies within the United Nations system with oversight responsibilities over WFP, both during their service and within three years of ceasing that service.
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