DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS22 August 2025-23:59-GMT+02:00 Central Africa Time (Maputo)
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ABOUT WFP
The World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian organization saving lives in emergencies and using food assistance to build a pathway to peace, stability and prosperity, for people recovering from conflict, disasters and the impact of climate change.
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WHY JOIN WFP?
WFP is a 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.
WFP offers a highly inclusive, diverse, and multicultural working environment.
WFP invests in the personal & professional development of its employees through a range of training, accreditation, coaching, mentorship, and other programs as well as through internal mobility opportunities.
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).
PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT:
WFP is looking for a Senior Programme Associate with strong writing skills to support policy dialogue and technical assistance to the Ministry of Education and Human Development (MINEDH), partnerships and communications workstreams for its school feeding programmes.
GENERAL KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Provide specialized expertise and contribute towards the development of project activities, plans and processes within the specific technical area of work ensuring alignment with wider programme policies and guidelines.
Provide efficient coordination and specialized project management support to a range of specific and/or defined programmes to ensure that the various activities are performed within the established targets following WFP’s policies and procedures.
Within the specific area of responsibility, prepare a variety of elaborated reports and substantial data analysis and make recommendations to supervisors, ensuring deliverables adhere to corporate standards and quality control.
Lead and ensure accurate, timely recording of data within the specific technical area of work and consistency of information presented to stakeholders.
Coordinate and liaise with internal counterparts on a range of complex matters to enable effective collaboration, implementation and monitoring of ongoing project activities.
Foster relationships and support partnership-building with local partners, agencies, NGOs and government institutions to perform accurate food security analyses and to ensure efficient delivery of food assistance.
Support the capacity building of WFP staff, cooperating partners and national government.
Act as an escalation point for complex query resolution on all matters within the area of responsibility.
Manage a team of support staff, providing advice, guidance and training, to ensure individual and team objectives are delivered to agreed standards and deadlines.
Follow standard emergency preparedness practices to ensure WFP is able to quickly respond and deploy needed resources to affected areas at the onset of the crisis.
SPECIFIC POST REQUIREMENTS:
Capacity Strengthening and engagement with MEC
Act as focal point for regular liaising between WFP and Ministry of Education and Culture and departments to ensure smooth day-to-day coordination on administrative matters related to school feeding (e.g. travel clearances, meeting logistics, conference participation, and document exchanges).
Draft and review briefing notes, meeting minutes, and policy documents to support engagement with government counterparts contributing to the creation of advocacy products for school feeding in collaboration with other stakeholders.
Support the operationalization of coordination platforms such as national School Feeding Task Force or Technical Working groups.
Facilitate the coordination efforts regular joint planning, review, and learning meetings with government partners as well as fundraising campaigns.
Ensure alignment of communication and reporting material related to WFP-supported interventions with national strategies, plans, and priorities.
Coordinate the preparation and dissemination of guidance materials and training material for implementing partners and government staff and lead the coordination for the NFI procurement for SF programmes for government.
Knowledge Management and Reporting
Collaborate with the M&E team to ensure that, building on existing data and studies, key insights and knowledge are synthesized and presented effectively, including through the regular updating of the national school feeding indicators summary.
Document best practices, lessons learned, and success stories to support continuous learning, improve programme quality, and strengthen advocacy efforts.
Support the preparation of inputs for internal and external reports, proposals, donor briefs, and policy dialogues ensuring that knowledge and evidence are accurately reflected and accessible.
Lead knowledge management to ensure accuracy, timely recording of data within the specific technical area of work and consistency of information presented to stakeholders.
DESIRED EXPERIENCES FOR ENTRY INTO THE ROLE:
Has 3 years’ experience engaging with the government or in other types of partnerships
Relevant work experience related to the fields of international relations, public administration/policies, development cooperation or humanitarian assistance
Has excellent writing skills in English and Portuguese
Has provided input to policy discussions
Has participated in implementing technical programs
Has implemented programmes with increased level of responsibility
Has experience writing project proposals, reporting or communication materials
STANDARD MINIMUM ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS:
Education: Completion of secondary school education. A post-secondary certificate in related functional area. A University degree is considered a plus in the related areas of social sciences, public administration/policies, international relations, communication.
Experience: Seven years or more of professional experience in the relevant field of work, with a background and interest in international relations, public administration/polices, development cooperation or humanitarian assistance.
Language: Fluency in both oral and written communication in Portuguese and English.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS:
Type of contract: Service Contract, SC7
Duty Station: Maputo
Duration: 12 months
This position is open to Mozambican Nationals Only.
Female-qualified candidates are highly encouraged to apply.
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS:
23rd August 2025
Only Shortlisted Candidates will be Contacted
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REMINDERS BEFORE YOU SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION
We strongly recommend that your profile is accurate, complete, and includes your employment records, academic qualifications, language skills and UN Grade (if applicable).
Once your profile is completed, please apply, and submit your application.
Please make sure you upload your professional CV in the English language
Kindly note the only documents you will need to submit at this time are your CV and Cover Letter
Additional documents such as passport, recommendation letters, academic certificates, etc. may potentially be requested at a future time
Please contact us at global.hrerecruitment@wfp.org in case you face any challenges with submitting your application
Only shortlisted candidates will be notified
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.
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