DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Under the direct supervision of the Head of Programme and technical backstopping from the Head of Social Protection and the School Meals Manager, the JPO will have the following responsibilities:
Technical Support on School Meals and Food Systems (60%)
Provide project management support to current WFP projects and activities in support of the national Mid-day Meals programme, Rice Fortification programme, and the Nuts and Fruits in Hilly Areas (NAFHA) project.
Contribute to the design of food systems and nutrition-sensitive social protection projects, plans, and processes, ensuring coherence with WFP’s standards, policies, and guidance.
Coordinate with WFP programme and engineering colleagues on integrated programming priority areas concerning school, meals, rice (and food) fortification, climate adaptation, and green energy in school.
Support the development of indicators, monitoring tools, and evaluation frameworks for the Mid-day Meals programme and Rice Fortification programme, ensuring compliance with corporate minimum monitoring requirements and standard operating procedures.
Strengthen the capacity of government stakeholders and WFP staff in establishing and implementing a home-grown school feeding approach in line with the Government’s new home-grown school feeding framework.
Support the school meals teams in Kathmandu and in field locations in designing, reviewing, and producing training materials.
Work closely with the Monitoring, Review, and Evaluation (MRE) team to track ongoing projects, facilitating collaboration, ensuring timeliness and efficiency, and identifying risks to programme delivery.
Provide support for WFP’s strategic engagement and partnerships with local donor groups—particularly the Embassy of Finland—related to Finnish-funded (home-grown) school meals projects, including exploring new collaboration or programme opportunities.
Partnership and Resource Mobilization (20%)
Strengthen partnerships and knowledge networks inside and outside WFP to support enhanced school meals implementation.
Support identification, assessment, and negotiation with potential partners to promote a holistic, multisectoral approach to school meals programming.
Collaborate with the external relations unit to explore, assess, and document partnership opportunities with Finland, as well as other public or private stakeholders.
Prepare scoping notes, concept notes, funding proposals, and donor briefing documents as required.
Coordinate with other UN agencies to ensure complementarity, joint programming, and coherent programmatic support.
Knowledge Management (20%)
Establish digital/online documentation systems, one-stop repositories, and information-sharing platforms for school meals-related materials.
Contribute to the development of project-specific communication and outreach materials.
Compile, document, and disseminate case studies, lessons learned, and evidence to support scale-up of innovations and best practices.
Perform other tasks as needed to support day-to-day operations of the programme unit and management, as required.
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
Age limit: Be not older than 32 years as of the closing date of the application.
Education: Advanced university degree in Public Health, International Development, Education, or any other relevant field.
Experience for entry into the role:
Minimum of two years relevant working experience in the development sector or relevant field, preferably focusing on food security, School Meals, Public Health, and Nutrition.
Qualifications:
Candidates must hold a Master's degree
Proficiency in Windows MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
Behavioural competencies: leads by example with integrity, drives results and delivers on commitments, fosters inclusive and collaborative teamwork, applies strategic thinking, builds, and maintains sustainable partnerships.
Language:
Fluency (level C) in the English language.
Spoken and written knowledge of either Finnish or Swedish.
DESIRABLE REQUIREMENTS
Exposure to the international arena either by direct work for an international institution/organization or by interacting with international stakeholders.
Intermediate knowledge (level B) of a second official UN language: Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish, and/or Portuguese (a WFP working language).
WFP’s international professionals are required to serve in different locations around the world during their career (including in hardship duty stations); willingness to be mobile would maximise opportunities for long-term retention into the Organization.
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