Programme Policy Officer - Nutrition & Food Security - Abuja - 2 positions

at  World Food Programme

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

10 September 2024-23:59-GMT+01:00 West Africa Standard Time (Lagos)
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• A career path in WFP provides an exciting opportunity to work across the various country, regional and global offices around the world, and with passionate colleagues who work tirelessly to ensure that effective humanitarian assistance reaches millions of people across the globe.
• We offer an attractive compensation package (please refer to the Terms and Conditions section of this vacancy announcement).
  Background
  Nigeria is currently facing unprecedented challenges related to food insecurity and malnutrition, exacerbated by factors such as food inflation, climate change affecting agricultural production, insecurity, and significant post-harvest losses. These issues have led to widespread malnutrition and food crises affecting millions across the country.
  The National Assembly, recognizing the severity of the situation, established a Standing Committee on Nutrition and Food Security to coordinate efforts and enhance legislative oversight in addressing these critical issues. The Committee aims to strengthen existing policies, advocate for new legislation, and ensure effective implementation of nutrition and food security programs across various government ministries, departments, and agencies (MDAs). To drive this process, a workplan was developed to be implemented with the support of technical consultants.
  Job Context:
  WFP is seeking to hire a qualified individual for the position of a Senior Technical Assistant to facilitate the implementation of the workplan for the Senate committee on Nutrition and Food Security as part of the measures put in place by the Federal Government to address pertinent issues around nutrition and food insecurity in the country. The selected candidate will have specialized skills in policy development, stakeholder engagement and Government relations. S/he will leverage your expertise to provide strategic guidance, conduct in-depth analyses, and collaborate with stakeholders to develop sustainable solutions to nutrition and food security issues. The role will involve research, data collation and interpretation, policy development, capacity building, and advocacy, development, and presentation of technical documents to address complex challenges related to nutrition and food security in Nigeria.
  Duration
  The consultancy is expected to commence immediately, upon selection of the successful candidate for an initial 6 month period with possible extension for an additional 5 months subject to performance review and quality of set deliverables.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive, within delegated authority)

• Facilitate the coordination of various multi-stakeholder programs aimed at promoting nutrition and food security in Nigeria.
• Coordinate State-level Consultations on Nutrition and Food Security.
• Design, coordinate, and supervise the implementation of a monitoring framework for the Nutrition and Food Security Policy
• Organize inter-ministerial meetings where relevant MDAs can provide updates on their roles and responsibilities linked to the implementation of policies that have a significant bearing on food and nutrition security.
• Collate, review, interpret and present current nutrition and food security data to keep members of the committee updated and aware of the evolving landscape in Nigeria.
• Develop a strategy that will strengthen the legislative framework on nutrition in-line with global best practices.
• Develop advocacy briefs for inclusion of nutrition in government priority programs.
• Prepare quarterly activity reports based on output from work done.
• Provide technical assistance to the National Legislative Network on Nutrition and Food Security and support the implementation.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

• Advanced University degree in Development Science, Economics, Nutrition/Public Health, Agriculture, Environmental Science, Social Sciences, or another field relevant to international development assistance, or First University Degree with additional years of related work experience.
• A minimum of 5 years relevant experience working in close collaboration with multi-stakeholder groups at National and subnational level. Experience working with the government like the National Assembly will be an added advantage.
• Ability to work effectively in resource-constrained environments, deliver within tight deadlines, work independently with minimal supervision.
• Conversant with government processes for policy and legislation formulation
• Experience guiding stakeholder input in the formulation of high-level public documents.
• Experience in convening and making presentations to senior government officials.
• Strong grasp of the dynamics of Nutrition and Food Security
• Excellent writing and communication skills, Strong data analytics skills

Please refer the Job description for details