Programme Officer – Food Assistance Programs

Job Description

Programme Associate SC6 | World Food Programme

The Tone:
This is a full-time Programme Associate role at the World Food Programme, available across multiple duty stations. The World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian organization, dedicated to saving lives in emergencies and building pathways to peace, stability, and prosperity through food assistance. This role is crucial in providing effective specialized support and technical analysis to policy and programme activities, directly contributing to meeting food assistance needs globally.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Type: Full-time
• Location: In-person – Multiple Duty Stations

• Team: Reports to a Programme Policy Officer or Head of Field Office.
• Mission: To provide effective specialized support and technical analyses to policy and programme activities that effectively meet food assistance needs.
• Tech Stack: MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

What You’ll Actually Do
• Support: Provide technical support and assist in the development and implementation of various programme activities and processes, ensuring alignment with wider policies and guidelines.
• Manage: Deliver specialized project management support for specific programmes, ensuring activities are performed within established targets following WFP’s policies and procedures.
• Analyze: Prepare a range of reports and data analyses (e.g., food assistance needs, resource utilization, programme status) and highlight trends or issues, ensuring deliverables adhere to corporate standards.
• Coordinate: Liaise with internal counterparts and coordinate with local partners, agencies, NGOs, and government institutions to support effective collaboration and efficient food assistance delivery.
• Oversee: Review the work of other support staff, providing practical advice and guidance to contribute to delivering objectives to agreed standards and deadlines.

The Must-Haves
• Background: University Degree in one or more of the following disciplines: Agriculture/Agronomy, Horticulture, Agriculture Economics, Agribusiness, Agricultural Extension, Agricultural Education Range Management, Livestock, Natural Resource Management, or an equivalent qualification from a recognized institution.
• Experience: Minimum of 6 years of working experience in comparable and/or relevant positions within the public service, private sector, or an international organization, including experience with technical teams, contributing to programme implementation, and assisting with policy discussions.
• Skills: Fluency in both oral and written English, ability to build relationships with government and other stakeholders, proficiency in MS Office programmes (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), demonstrated ability to analyze and write reports, and an understanding of food security vulnerability to link analysis to programme design and implementation in the context of WFP programmes and CSP.
• Bonus: Understanding of local languages.