Background and Purpose of the Assignment
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is the world’s largest humanitarian agency, fighting hunger worldwide. WFP Somalia works in partnership with the Government and other stakeholders through technical assistance and direct implementation of integrated programmes targeting the most vulnerable people with the vision to progressively shift towards building national capacities to formulate, manage and implement programmes for achieving zero hunger, while also advancing on other interlinking national priorities. WFP’s work in Somalia is informed by five strategic outcomes outlined in the Country Strategic Plan (CSP). Strategic outcome 2 focuses on strengthening Human Capital Development – a critical precondition for advancing on Zero Hunger agenda and national priorities around economic growth and poverty reduction. This outcome encompasses capacity strengthening and direct implementation in the areas of school feeding, social protection, poverty and food insecurity analysis and mapping, data-driven planning, nutrition, economic inclusion and transformative programming.
Under Strategic Outcome 2, WFP acts as a technical partner of the Government of Somalia in developing and expanding the National School Feeding Programme launched in 2003. In 2021, the Government of Somalia joined the School Meals Coalition and aims to align with the Coalition’s goals to ensure a nutritious diet for schoolchildren, enhancing education outcomes and human capital development. In September 2023, the Federal Ministry of Education, Culture and Higher Education, Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation and Ministry of Finance, endorsed a national vision for school meals for all. This has since led to the drafting of a roadmap for a nationwide programme by 2030 which is being implemented with technical and operational support from WFP. As a starting point, in 2023, WFP supported the crafting and dissemination of the National School Feeding Policy. WFP is now assisting the government with the operationalization of the school feeding policy with a particular focus on girls.
Position Overview
In delivering its technical and operational support to the national school feeding programme, WFP works with a large number of strategic government and development partners to mobilize and advocate for cross-sectoral investments in support of a home-grown school feeding programme. WFP also invests in an ambitious learning agenda to inform policy and advocacy for school feeding, which feeds into WFP’s global school feeding learning agenda. Given Somalia’s low human capital development (170/175), a burgeoning caseload of 4.8 million out-of-school children, 26% primary enrolment rates and low labour productivity, Somalia’s school feeding programme, as a precursor for systematically advancing Somalia’s developmental priorities on human capital development, economic growth and poverty reduction.
The School Feeding Project Manager will provide strategic engagement with key stakeholders and design a needs-based and results-oriented multi-year school feeding programme hinged on the predictability of support to draw predictable results, with the broader vision of transitioning the programme in its entirety to the Federal and State Governments. This position will be based in Mogadishu, Somalia and will report to the Social Protection Lead.
What will you do?
Do you meet the minimum requirements?
Are you competent for this job? Do you have:
Language
• International Professional: Fluency (level C) in English language. Intermediate knowledge
(Level B) of a second official UN language, an added advantage.
Interested and qualified candidates are requested to submit online applications through E-Recruitment using the link below:
Programme Policy Officer (School Feeding Project Manager)
Application Guideline
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