Overview
Responsible for supporting the delivery of Strategic Outcome 3, Activity 5 and Activity 6, coordinating smallholder agricultural market support (SAMS), and climate resilient livelihoods activities.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide specialized technical expertise and advisory support to partners for integrated climate resilience and food systems efforts.
- Oversee Strategic Outcome 3, Activity 5 and Activity 6, coordinating SAMS and climate resilient livelihoods activities.
- Support capacity strengthening and coaching on targeting, soil and water conservation, sustainable livelihood options, business packages, climate change impacts, and crop insurance.
- Ensure implementation of projects under Strategic Outcome 3 is on track, providing technical guidance and support.
- Identify options and strategic partnerships for digital/technological innovations to strengthen smallholder farmer livelihoods and market access.
- Support implementation of the CSP, Country Capacity Strengthening, Food for Asset Creation, and relevant evaluation recommendations.
- Contribute to fundraising efforts by leading and supporting proposal development and preparing reports.
- Promote and advocate for the implementation of the 3-Pronged Approach and action-oriented research.
- Support the implementation of a sustainable exit strategy at project sites.
- Represent WFP in relevant forums and meetings related to livelihoods, resilience, and food systems.
- Engage with donors to provide technical updates and reports.
- Maintain WFP’s profile through engagement with national policies and participation in coordination groups.
- Support the government to strengthen and advance national initiatives, including policy development and review.
- Collaborate closely with key partners in the implementation of all activities.
- Support implementation of an integrated Resilient Livelihoods and Smallholder Agriculture Market Support strategy.
- Work with supply chain to support the development of business linkages amongst targeted smallholders and markets.
- Develop the capacity of supported households and smallholder farmers through training and workshops.
- Support integration of nutrition sensitive and enhanced gender, youth and protection mainstreaming within the SO3 portfolio.
- Provide strategic guidance on knowledge and adoption of climate services, anticipatory action, climate smart and regenerative agriculture practices, soil and water conservation, mechanization, and innovative technologies.
- Provide technical support on recovery and livelihoods enhancement projects.
- Provide technical support on implementation of Environmental and Social Safeguards.
Required Experience
- A minimum of five years of progressive experience in supporting design and implementation of Natural Resources Management, Climate Change Adaptation, Livelihoods, Food Systems and or Smallholder Agriculture Market Support programming with UN agencies, government entities, international non-governmental organisations and or civil society.
- Experience with community-based participatory planning approaches, stakeholder and community engagement, strategic partnerships, Smallholder Agriculture Market Support, Food Systems and collaboration UN Agencies and government institutions.
Qualifications
Advanced University degree in International Affairs, Economics, Agriculture, Environmental Science, Natural Resources Management, Social Sciences or other field relevant to international development assistance, or First University Degree with additional 8 years of related work experience and/or trainings/courses.
