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Job Title: Programme Associate – Production and Post-Harvest Management
Contract Type: Service Contract
Grade: SC6
Duty station: Semera
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.
In 2020 WFP CO Ethiopia launched its Country Strategic Plan (CSP) 2020-2025. The five-year country strategic plan is based on WFP’s recognized strengths and on strong strategic and operational partnerships with the Government, private sector entities, non-governmental organizations and other United Nations agencies. While the bulk of operations continue to address the immediate short-term needs of refugees, internally displaced persons and other food-insecure and undernourished people, there is focus on expansion and intensification of climate change adaptation, resilience and livelihood diversification initiatives also linked to the humanitarian-development–peace nexus. WFP’s mission of saving and changing lives is being realised through implementation of broad food security strategies that aim to:
This job is based in the Afar Regional State, Semera Sub-Office. The job holder will report to a Programme and Policy Officer and will be receiving guidance and regular feedback on work performed. He/she will focus on production and post-harvest related interventions. He/she will provide support to livelihood and resilience building programmes and activities to contribute to the wellbeing of WFP beneficiaries.
Education: University degree in Agriculture, Environmental Science, Natural Resource management or another relevant field.
Language: Fluency in both oral and written English is sufficient and knowledge of Afar language is an advantage.
Experience: Six or more years with a Secondary school certificate or Four Years of postgraduate professional experience in programme related functions of which significant experience (3 or more years) must be related to resilience building, agricultural value chains, (agro) pastoralists, etc., to achieve food security and/or nutrition objectives.
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12 July 2023
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