Regenerative Agriculture Specialist

Organizational Context

The World Food Programme (WFP) is the world's largest humanitarian organization, dedicated to saving lives in emergencies and building pathways to peace and prosperity. WFP utilizes food assistance to support people recovering from conflict, disasters, and the impacts of climate change. The organization values diversity, inclusion, and invests in employee development, offering a dynamic and impactful career.

Job Purpose

The Regenerative Agriculture Specialist will provide technical leadership for the Global Innovation Hub for Regenerative School Meals Project. This role focuses on designing and validating climate-resilient food production models, bridging field practices with scalable knowledge products like manuals and toolkits for partner countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The specialist will lead the development of agroecology pilot methodologies, contribute to implementation manuals for productive school initiatives, and design pathways to link smallholder regenerative farmers with national school feeding programs. A key responsibility includes co-authoring knowledge products, integrating impact measurement, carbon credit potential, and biodiversity monitoring, while fostering partnerships to strengthen the Hub's repository and validating regenerative roadmaps in pilot countries.

Responsibilities

The Regenerative Agriculture Specialist will provide technical leadership for the Global Innovation Hub for Regenerative School Meals Project. Responsibilities include designing and validating climate-resilient food production models, and bridging the gap between field practices and scalable knowledge products like manuals and toolkits for partner countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The specialist will lead the development of four validated agroecology pilot methodologies in Brazil, documented as implementation guides. They will contribute technical inputs to a Productive School Implementation Manual in Kenya, focusing on school gardens and seed bank management. Additionally, the role involves designing "Local Procurement Pathway Maps" to connect smallholder regenerative farmers with the National School Feeding Programme (PNAE). The specialist will co-author at least 15 knowledge products, including technical roadmaps, toolkits, and policy briefs. They will integrate impact measurement frameworks, carbon credit potential, and biodiversity monitoring into agricultural methodologies. Fostering technical partnerships and leading field validation missions in pilot countries are also key duties. The role requires a deep understanding of regenerative agriculture, sustainable supply chains, and strong communication skills for global stakeholder engagement.

Work Experience

Requires at least 5 years of general experience in Agroecology/Regenerative Agriculture. Proven track record in leading sourcing and sustainability within regenerative agriculture value chains. Experience in organizations focused on ecosystem building, impact measurement, and circular economy projects is needed. Experience as a counselor or board member for organizations promoting improved industry practices is an asset. Deep knowledge of Regenerative Agriculture, Carbon & Biodiversity projects, and Sustainable Supply-Chain management is essential, along with strong strategic communications and advocacy skills.

Skills

Regenerative Agriculture, Agroecology, Climate-Resilient Food Production, Sustainable Supply Chains, Impact Measurement, Carbon Footprinting, Biodiversity Monitoring, Ecosystem Building, Technical Advocacy, Strategic Communications, Project Management, Knowledge Product Development, South-South Cooperation, Food Security, Nutrition

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