Overview
The Programme Policy Officer will lead WFP Kyrgyz Republic’s Food Systems and Climate Resilience portfolio, providing strategic direction and quality assurance for programme delivery. The role involves driving the design and implementation of scalable programme models that link policy influence with field delivery.
Key Responsibilities
- Contribute to formulation of programme policies by translating corporate food systems, climate and resilience policy into country level strategies.
- Provide advice and support to team members on policy and programme operations.
- Provide technical leadership and mobilise expertise on programme design choices.
- Assist counterparts in governments and other partners in identifying how food systems and climate resilience approaches can contribute to sustainability.
- Build and sustain strategic partnerships with Government, UN agencies, IFIs, research institutions, civil society and the private sector.
- Enhance WFP’s leadership status in forums relating to food systems and climate resilience.
- Manage operational research, evidence generation and learning agendas on food systems and climate resilience.
- Contribute to resource mobilisation, including positioning food systems transformation and climate resilience as investable priorities.
- Advice and support the development of functional training in areas of expertise.
- Lead, motivate and develop a team of staff to enable high performance.
- Ensure the best use of assigned financial resources for achievement of set objectives.
- Contribute to Country Office Emergency Preparedness.
- Provide strategic inputs into the design of the next CSP and related programme strategies.
- Manage an integrated portfolio on food systems and climate resilience.
- Ensure strong coordination with the Government, UN and development partners.
- Contribute to the resource mobilization efforts for upcoming projects.
- Oversee the initiation and rollout of new project activities.
- Lead the development, testing and refinement of scalable programme models in food systems and climate resilience.
- Contribute to the overall office work.
- Any other tasks as required.
Required Experience
- Has gained experience in implementing or overseeing technical programs related to food systems, agriculture, nutrition-sensitive social protection and community engagement, ideally with understanding of value chain enhancement and farm-to-school approaches in school meals, delivering technical assistance and capacity-strengthening to national partners.
- Has implemented programmes and provided input into designing operations related to food systems, in coordination with national or international partners, national or sub-national government entities.
- Has provided input into policy discussions and decisions in the area of Value Chain and social behaviour change communication at community level.
Minimum five years of relevant post-graduate professional general experience related to Climate-smart Agriculture or other Social Sciences background relevant for home-grown school feeding, with additional value chain, public-private partnerships and other innovative finance background considered desirable, a research background an asset.
Qualifications
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 trainings/courses.
