UN World Food Programme Policy Officer - Regional Anticipatory Action Coordinator - Jobs in Kenya

UN World Food Programme Policy Officer - Regional Anticipatory Action Coordinator - Jobs in Kenya

About WFP
The mission of WFP is to help the world achieve Zero Hunger in our lifetime. 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.

The WFP Regional Bureau for Eastern Africa (RBN) is based in Nairobi and provides strategic direction, technical guidance, resource mobilization, and management support to WFP operations and activities in ten countries: Burundi, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, and Uganda.

The Climate and Disaster Risk Reduction Programmes (PRO-C) unit in WFP Headquarters and our Food Systems (Climate Action, Resilient Livelihoods and Gender) unit in Regional Bureau for Eastern Africa (RBN) provide guidance and support to WFP Country Offices (COs) and governments on activities related to climate risk management, climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction.

These services can range from climate analyses to better understand climate change impacts on food security and nutrition, to supporting governments and WFP COs with technical advisory services as well as policy advice on risk reduction, financing, and transfer. In the Greater Horn of Africa sub-region, the management of climate risk is a key entry point for reducing vulnerability to the climate shocks that disproportionately affect countries in the region, undermining development gains, and making humanitarian response late and consequently more expensive and inefficient


Purpose of the Assignment
One of the largest climate risk programs WFP is implementing in the Eastern Africa Region is WFP’s Anticipatory Action (AA) proramme that supports governments to strengthen early warning systems and establish linkages with prearranged financing.

WFP’s AA portfolio in the region now includes 8 countries where together with national and local government partners WFP is operationalizing and integrating AA systems into national disaster risk management plans for critical natural hazards such as droughts and floods. Collaboration and partnerships with regional and national government institutions, humanitarian and development organisations, as well as research and science-based institutions, is critical for the strengthening and implementation of AA at scale.

WFP´s vision for the next 5 years is to mainstream AA systems within the humanitarian program cycle including in WFP’s systems, and support the implementation of the Regional Roadmap for Enhancing AA in the IGAD region with partner governments for the scale-up of multihazard AA systems across all countries in the region. In that aim, WFP is seeking an expert with specialized skills in climate risk information and experience in anticipatory actions, early warning systems and provision of guidance and support to projects across multiple countries to coordinate and technically support WFP's AA strategy in Eastern Africa Region.

Based in WFP's RBN office, the expert will coordinate strategic engagements, provide guidance, thought leadership and technical support to WFP RBN and COs implementing the AA approach. The expert will liaise with partner agencies and institutions to strengthen coordination and advocacy efforts to scale up the implementation of the AA approach in the eastern Africa region.


Standard Minimum Qualifications