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principle of equal employment opportunity for all its employees and
encourages qualified candidates to apply irrespective of race, colour,
national origin, ethnic or social background, genetic information,
gender, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, religion
or belief, HIV status, physical or mental disability.
ABOUT WFP
The
World Food Programme (WFP) is the world’s largest humanitarian agency
fighting hunger worldwide. WFP pursues a vision of the world in which
every man, woman and child has access at all times to the diverse food
needed for an active and healthy life.
WFP Tanzania has been
connecting smallholder farmers to markets since the launch of the
Purchase for Progress (P4P) pilot in 2009. WFP has been supporting
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) to strengthen the ecosystem
in which smallholder farmers access affordable inputs, services and
markets. Finally, with the Government of Tanzania, WFP supports local
and smallholder purchasing to meet local and regional demand for WFP
food assistance.
WFP’s strategy to support smallholder farmers
highlights the importance of women and youth in rural development,
livelihoods, strengthening value chains, and improving food systems. The
strategy is committed to empower over 405,000 farmers in the next five
years (2022-2027), generating over USD 150 million of aggregated annual
purchasing demand in the Country.
In livelihoods support of the
strategy, the upcoming “Strengthening Food Systems to Empower
Smallholder Farmers and Young People” project will support MSME
development and scale support to the maize, sorghum, beans and
horticulture value chains, targeting smallholder farmers and youths,
especially women.
Furthermore, the upcoming “Strengthening
Smallholder Agriculture Value Chain, Gender Equity and Peace in Refugee
Hosting Districts” project will enhance food security and nutrition
amongst vulnerable groups, strengthen community-based organizations to
become active contributors to social cohesion, gender equality and
peace, and increase smallholder farmers agricultural and financial
capacities for market engagement and resilient livelihoods.
STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Education:
University degree, preferably with specialized certification in
international development, gender studies, behavioral economics,
sociology, or another related field;
Language: Fluency in both oral and written communication in English and Swahili and any other official UN language would be an asset.
ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT
Under
the overall guidance of the Head of the Sub Office and the technical
guidance of the Head of Smallholder Unit, and in close collaboration
with the CO Gender Focal Point, the incumbent will play a key role in
identifying and implementing gender and youth integration strategies
into WFP activities supporting commodity value chains, smallholder
access to markets, and capacity strengthening of community-based
organizations. This will lead to a more equal distribution of access to
resources, livelihood opportunities and income across stakeholder
groups.
JOB PURPOSE
The incumbent is expected to
provide professional support to improve the equal participation of women
and youth along the value chain and its actors – including MSMEs,
financial institutions, bank guarantee schemes including insurance
products to smallholder farmers, private off takers, farmer groups, and
other supply chain actors along the value chains that WFP supports.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)
- Integration
and Support: Conduct Gender Equity and Youth Engagement Analysis and
build a Plan of Action for integrating a gender and youth lens into WFP
Smallholder programming, including but not limited to: - Integrate
elements of the WFP Gender Strategy to ensure that gender issues are
appropriately mainstreamed in project implementation - Lead the implementation of youth engagement strategies across activities
- Identify
and develop innovative activities related to gender equality and youth
engagement that contribute to social changes in the project areas and
facilitate the gender and youth learning agenda - Capacity building on Gender Equity and Youth Engagement amongst internal and external stakeholders
- Disseminating
gender equity and youth engagement best practices to WFP Staff,
farmers, partners, and Government. Review and propose capacity building
programmes for different stakeholder groups. - Propose and create educational and communication materials, including at village level to highlight gender and youth issues
- Build
capacity of WFP programme staff, including Sub-offices, for better
understanding why gender and youth mainstreaming is important, and
ensure gender and youth are mainstreamed across smallholder activities
with clear gender and youth indicators. Leverage synergies in
smallholder farmer value chains support interventions to impart gender
knowledge and awareness at field levels - Liaise with Community
Development Officer and hold gender advocacy sessions at the District
and Region levels to garner support for gender mainstreaming in all
other projects by other partners.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES CONTINUED
- Work closely with the M&E Unit to oversee the monitoring of project outputs related to gender and youth.
- Monitor
progress on youth and gender related indicators. Provide appropriate
feedback, technical advice and support to the project staff and partners
during the implementation - Document gender and youth engagement best practices
- Draft regular progress reports and contribute to donors and corporate reports as required
- Contribute to the development of Concept Notes and proposals for gender and youth mainstreaming as required
- Perform other related duties as required.
4Ps CORE ORGANISATIONAL CAPABILITIES
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 Name: Description 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 Programming Displays 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.
OTHER SPECIFIC JOB REQUIREMENTS
- 3+
year of working experience with demonstrated knowledge of youth and
gender as related to food security, agricultural value chains/market
systems and/or nutrition-integrated agriculture strongly preferred. - University
degree in one or more of the following disciplines: international
development, gender studies, behavioral economics, sociology, or related
field; - Experience conducting gender, positive youth development, and other related participatory trainings
- Competent on problem solving, negotiation skills and ability to travel extensively in remote areas.
DESIRED EXPERIENCES FOR ENTRY INTO THE ROLE
- Has experience working across the Program portfolio including Gender/Youth empowerment.
- Has led a sub office or a small country/area office programme team or a component of a country office programme portfolio.
- Has engaged in policy discussions and provided input into policy decisions.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Duration of Contract: One year renewable up to five years until end of project (subject to performance).
All applications should be submitted through e-recruitment portal.
Only qualified shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS
The deadline for receiving applications is 07 January 2022.
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All
employment decisions are made on the basis of organizational needs, job
requirements, merit, and individual qualifications. WFP is committed to
providing an inclusive work environment free of sexual exploitation and
abuse, all forms of discrimination, any kind of harassment, sexual
harassment, and abuse of authority. Therefore, all selected candidates
will undergo rigorous reference and background checks.
No
appointment under any kind of contract will be offered to members of the
UN Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions
(ACABQ), International Civil Service Commission (ICSC), FAO Finance
Committee, WFP External Auditor, WFP Audit Committee, Joint Inspection
Unit (JIU) and other similar bodies within the United Nations system
with oversight responsibilities over WFP, both during their service and
within three years of ceasing that service.
