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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).

    Advising decentralization roll-out strategy

    • Support the strategic roll-out of localized governance and decentralization in collaboration with the Ministry of Local Government and Community Affairs (MLGCA) and Fiscal Decentralization Division (FDD), including strengthening statutory guidelines on Chiefdom Development Committee (CDC) governance, ensuring alignment with prevailing customary law.
    • With the Ministry of Lands, develop Standard Operation Procedures and statutory guidelines to harmonize the formulation of Chiefdom Development and Land Use Plans, and coordinate roll-out with the District Councils.
    • Develop guidelines to effectively manage the NN-Facility, and work in close consultation with district councils and the Project Steering Committee to appraise and approve proposals received from CDCs.
    • Oversee the transformation of customary institutions, by strengthening inter-linkages with sub-national government, specifically the Ministries of Agriculture and Food Security, Environment and Climate Change and Forestry Division, for quality service delivery.
    • Facilitate policy dialogue through coordinating a Multi-Stakeholder Government Body which is briefed on the environmental status of targeted key landscapes, and tasked with troubleshooting any existential challenges faced, based on evidence, Learning, and Environmental Accountability.

      Technical backstop sub-national government to plan and implement programmes

      • In collaboration with respective District Councils, provide technical expertise to guide participatory 360° assessments of CDCs using culturally sensitive processes, and create tailored capacity strengthening plans.
      • In collaboration with the MLGCA and respective District Councils, train and technically backstop CDCs to design, implement and report on multi-year and multi-sectoral programmes.
      • Develop training modules and train sub-national government staff in localization, environmental governance, participatory planning and monitoring and reporting.

        Project Coordination

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