Programme Policy Officer (Agronomy & Food Systems) job at The World Food Programme (WFP)
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Vacancy title:
Programme Policy Officer (Agronomy & Food Systems)

[ Type: FULL TIME , Industry: Nonprofit, and NGO , Category: Agribusiness ]

Jobs at:

The World Food Programme (WFP)

Deadline of this Job:
05 January 2022  

Duty Station:
Within Tanzania , Dar es Salaam , East Africa

Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, December 28, 2021 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed


JOB DETAILS:
To provide support to policy and programme activities that effectively meet organizational needs and objectives in implementation of sustainable farming practices.

Key Accountabilities (not all-inclusive)
• Provide agronomic technical guidance and serve as technical lead for farmer productivity to ensure sustainable and environmentally friendly practices are adopted by smallholders. This may include, but is not limited to, the review of implementing partner practices, capacity strengthening and addressing risks with appropriate risk mitigation tool;
• Work closely with Government counterparts to provide technical support at all levels of production and ensure district agroecological zones are observed. Organize regular strategic meetings (preliminary and follow up) at the national and regional levels;
• Lead the development of alternative extension models, refine scalable approaches for increased productivity, review training materials/manuals in collaboration with project partners. Guide partners on extension services, farmer mobilization and trainings, and ensure timelines are met;
• Maintain the reports and records of extension services delivered (including budget records and other documentation) and make information available for colleagues;
• Create, capture, and synthesize knowledge and best practice extension approaches that can be utilized by WFP, Government, and partners;
• Provide consistent and timely technical advice to meet the needs of partners, allowing partners to participate in planning, and adjust services as required along the farming cycle;
• Engage effectively in forums such as trade fairs, policy dialogue workshops, and exhibitions;
• Coordinate food production/productivity assessments with M&E, provide analysis, develop, implement, and monitor action plan;
• Ensure and/or perform accurate, timely recording of data (e.g., resource utilization, programme status, performance) and consistency of information presented to stakeholders (incl. government, partner agencies, implementing partners and beneficiaries);
• Ensure that the implementation plan, budgets, reports and program documents are kept up to date, as required by donors;
• Serve as a daily focal point for WFP on the food systems agenda for the Local and International stakeholders or partners from both public and private sectors;
• Perform any other related duties as required.
• Purpose
• Understand and communicate the Strategic Objectives: Understands WFP’s Strategic Objectives and the link to own work objectives.
• Be a force for positive change: Flexibly adapts individual contributions to accommodate changes in direction from supervisors and internal/external changes (such as evolving needs of beneficiaries, new requirements of partners).
• Make the mission inspiring to our team: Recognizes and shares with team members the ways in which individual contributions relate to WFP’s mission.
• Make our mission visible in everyday actions: Sets own goals in alignment with WFP’s overall operations, and is able to communicate this link to others.
• People
• Look for ways to strengthen people’s skills: Assesses own strengths and weaknesses to increase self-awareness, and includes these in conversations on own developmental needs.
• Create an inclusive culture: Participates in open dialogue, and values the diverse opinion of others, regardless of background, culture, experience, or country assignment.
• Be a coach & provide constructive feedback: Proactively seeks feedback and coaching to build confidence, and develop and improve individual skills.
• Create an “I will”/”We will” spirit: Participates in accomplishing team activities and goals in the face of challenging circumstances.
• Performance
• Encourage innovation & creative solutions: Shows willingness to explore and experiment with new ideas and approaches in own work.
• Focus on getting results: Consistently delivers results within individual scope of work on time, on budget and without errors.
• Make commitments and make good on commitments: Commits to upholding individual accountabilities and responsibilities in the face of ever-changing country or functional priorities.
• Be Decisive: Makes rational decisions about individual activities when faced with uncertain circumstances, including in times of ambiguity regarding information or manager direction.
• Partnership
• Connect and share across WFP units: Seeks to understand and adapt to internal or cross-unit teams’ priorities and preferred working styles.
• Build strong external partnerships: Demonstrates ability to understand and appropriately respond to and/or escalate needs of external partners.
• Be politically agile & adaptable: Portrays an informed and professional demeanor toward internal and external partners and stakeholders.
• Be clear about the value WFP brings to partnerships: Provides operational support on analyses and assessments that quantifies and demonstrates WFP’s unique value as a partner.

Functional Capabilities
• Capability NameDescription of the behaviour expected for the proficiency level
• Programme Lifecycle & Food Assistance Displays ability to identify the main hunger problem at the national or subnational level to design and implement context-specific programmes that integrate complex analysis and the full range of food assistance tools.
• Transfer Modalities (Food, Cash, Voucher)Demonstrates ability to analyse and consolidate quantitative and qualitative information from different sources (e.g., market studies) to inform transfer modality selection and programme development.
• Broad Knowledge of Specialized areas (i.e. Nutrition, VAM, etc.) Demonstrates the ability to interpret basic data in the context of WFP specialised fields to contribute to technical programme design, implementation and monitoring.
• Emergency ProgrammingDisplays ability to translate understanding of programme principles in emergencies and protracted conflict situations into relevant, effective, and context specific approaches.
• Strategic Policy Engagement w/ Government Develops thorough recommendations using multiple inputs (e.g., government counsel, research, own experience) to strengthen national or subnational entities and government owned food and nutrition security programmes.

Standard Minimum Qualifications
• Education: University degree in one or more of the following disciplines: Agriculture, Agriculture Economics or a field relevant to agricultural value chain management. An advanced degree in the relevant field is an advantage.
• Language: Fluency in both oral and written communication in English and Swahili and any other official UN language would be an asset.
• At least seven (7) years of working experience in agronomy, agriculture project management and marketing within public or private sector with a strong focus on market systems dynamics as an added advantage
• Demonstrated knowledge of agricultural economics; field level experience with smallholders and pro-smallholder MSMEs.
• Demonstrated knowledge of gender-responsive agriculture and commercial agriculture modelling.
• Has competencies on problem solving, negotiation skills and ability to travel extensively in remote areas.

Work Hours: 8


Experience in Months: 84

Level of Education:
Bachelor Degree

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Job Info
Job Category: Environment, Forestry and Agriculture jobs in Tanzania
Job Type: Full-time
Deadline of this Job: 05 January 2022
Duty Station: Dar es Salaam
Posted: 28-12-2021
No of Jobs: 1
Start Publishing: 28-12-2021
Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030): 28-12-2065
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