Programme Policy Officer

4 weeks ago


India World Food Programme Full time

**ABOUT WFP**

The United Nations World Food Programme is the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide. The mission of WFP is to help the world **achieve Zero Hunger** in our lifetimes. Every day, WFP works worldwide to ensure that no child goes to bed hungry and that the poorest and most vulnerable, particularly women and children, can access the nutritious food they need.

**TERMS AND CONDITIONS**

This vacancy is open to Indian National only
The Salary for this position is INR 1,30,728/- per month and medical benefits as per WFP 's Plan. All Tax liability for payments from this contract are to be borne by the subscriber

**VACANCY DETAILS**

Job Title : Programme Policy Officer (Climate Resilient Livelihoods)

Grade: Level 8

Type of Contract : Service Contract

Duration: 1 Year ( with possible renewable )

Reporting To: Programme Policy officer
- Head of Unit

Duty Station: New Delhi

Vacancy Number :524654

Date of Publication: 28 February 2023

Deadline of Application: 14 March 2023

**CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS**
- Ability to engage effectively with a wide range of actors from government, private sector and civil society.
- Very strong communications skills, both in writing and speaking
- Solid planning and problem-solving skills and action orientation
- Ability to work under tight deadlines and simultaneously manage multiple tasks in an independent but consultative manner;
- Ability to work with the diverse team to include food and nutrition, supply chain, gender and inclusion and undertaking assessments
- Maturity, initiative, courtesy, tact and ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with people of different national and cultural backgrounds
- Ability to handle any other additional tasks as requested by the supervisor.

**EDUCATION AND EXPERINCE**

Advanced university degree in Rural Development, Social Sciences, Agriculture, Agriculture Economics, Livestock or related environmental science /other related field or First level University Degree and/or certification courses/trainings in the field, with additional two years of related work professional experience in this sector.

Languages: Fluency in spoken and written English and Hindi; ability to speak in other Indian languages is a plus.

**ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT**

The WFP is the largest humanitarian organisation **delivering food assistance in emergencies** and **working with communities to improve nutrition and build resilience**. WFP’s policy on Climate Change commits it to preventing acute hunger and investing in climate action
- at both government and community levels - of the international frameworks including Paris Agreement and disaster risk reduction adopted in Sendai, Japan, in 2015.

WFP India’s Country Strategic Plan (CSP, 2023-2027) outlines its commitments to contribute to the efforts of Indian government in achieving their targets under SDG 2 and connected SDG 5 and 13. WFP works with a variety of State and Central Ministries to take this agenda forward. Realizing India’s growing willingness and potential to provide technical support in the area of building resilience for sustainable food and nutrition security with a focus on strengthening adaptive capacities, climate resilient food systems and livelihoods with following two main outputs:

- Stakeholders at national and state levels have strengthened capacities to address food security and nutrition issues in disaster and climate-response mechanisms.
- National climate response mechanisms are strengthened to improve community-level resilience and adaptation to natural shocks and other climate events.

**JOB PURPOSE AND KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (Not all inclusive)**

The Programme Policy Officer (Climate Resilient Livelihoods) will support WFP operations under CSP Outcome 4 in partnering with state government departments to support promotion of resilient livelihoods (farm and non-farm) for small holder farmers and marginalized communities.

In particular, to lead the implementation of a project on ‘Building Resilience of Small-holder women farmers through use of Solar based Technologies’ (S4R) in collaboration with the Government of Odisha, Department of Agriculture and Farmer Empowerment in two blocks of Ganjam district. The project aims to improve climate resilience and sustainable nutritional security by use the solar technology for drying the horticulture produce and other produce and build linkages for its marketing. The position will work in close collaboration with the state Agriculture Department, other relevant departments/agencies and will also provide technical inputs to other national and regional projects supported by WFP.

Under the direct supervision of the Head of Unit (Climate Change, Resilient Food Systems and DRR) and with overall supervision of the Deputy Country Director /Country Director, the incumbent will be responsible for implementation of S4R project and providing inputs to other initiatives with the fol


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