Programme Policy Officer (Commercialization) SSA9

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WFP seeks candidates of the highest integrity and professionalism who share our humanitarian principles.

Selection of staff is made on a competitive basis, and we are committed to promoting diversity and gender balance.

ABOUT WFP

The United Nations World Food Programme is the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide.  The mission of WFP is to help the world achieve Zero Hunger in our lifetimes.  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.

ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT

The Programme Policy Officer (Commercialization) is based at the Country Office, World Food Programme, and reports to the Head of Nutrition (SO3 Manager).

JOB PURPOSE

The Programme Policy Officer (Commercialization) will be assisting the Nutrition Unit, located within the Country Office, World Food Programme, with all activities related to the commercialization of specialized nutritious foods (SNFs), including regulation, coordination, policy and planning, implementation, capacity building, and follow-up with the private sector and international and donor community. The Programme Policy Officer (Commercialization) will be required to facilitate, coordinate and provide high-level engagement with Government, private industry and United Nations to create an enabling environment for commercialization of SNFs.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

• Lead the facilitation and coordination of high-level engagement with Government, private industry and United Nations to create an enabling environment for commercialization of SNFs;
• Lead the technical support to strengthen local production of SNFs for commercialization, including technical reviews of national policy frameworks, development of strategic partnerships, and development and delivery of advocacy strategies related to commercialization;
• Provide leadership, facilitation, coordination and technical advice on commercialization of SNFs to the federal and provincial Government, private sector, UN agencies, donors and other relevant stakeholders to overcome malnutrition and create a healthy Pakistan;
• Analysis of the present policy or alternatively the collection of policy opinions of the present Government, commercial industry and other relevant stakeholders with regards to commercialization of SNFs that will need to be addressed through advocacy or sensitization;
• Provide leadership and support in consultations with the federal and provincial Government, commercial industry and other relevant stakeholders to establish the scope and methodology for conducting commercialization of SNF;
• Provide facilitation, coordination and support for the development of government, public and private collaboration models for commercialization;
• Provide leadership in collaborating with the Government for the development of strategies and action plans for SNF commercialization;
• rovide facilitation, coordination and technical advice on the establishment of government, public and private collaboration platforms to support strategic market oriented value chain planning for SNF commercialization in Pakistan;
• Provide guidance and support to the Government on the value chain analyses for the selected commodities (i.e. chickpeas through agricultural departments, dry skimmed milk through livestock departments and premix through pharmaceutical companies);
• In collaboration with the Government, lead the assessment of demand and market conditions for SNF within selected value chains and support the identification of public investments required to support the selected value chains;
• Provide support and technical advice on the preparation of a monitoring plan for capacity building through individual mentorships and group learning opportunities to the Government, commercial industry and other relevant stakeholders, which would also provide hands-on implementing support;
• Prepare briefs, guidelines, and case studies on policy issues related to commercialization of SNFs, proposed new and innovative research on SNFs, and review lessons learnt from local SNFs production and report these results to the Head of Nutrition; and
• Provide support for any additional tasks assigned during the consultancy.

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.

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education: A Master’s Degree in business, marketing or related field

Experience: 10 years’ work experience in the commercial sector in the specific areas of demand creation, developing and managing marketing strategies and in customer and market research particularly in the field of health and nutrition.

Language: Fluency in English and Urdu; knowledge of any other language would be an asset.

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

Deadline for applications in 28 May 2019

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Qualified female applicants are especially encouraged to apply

WFP has zero tolerance for discrimination and does not discriminate on the basis of HIV/AIDS status.

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.