CSP Mid-term Review Consultant

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 climate change impacts. Embracing diversity and inclusion, WFP strives for a skilled, high-performing workforce committed to its core values and collaborative partnerships.

Job Purpose

The CSP Mid-term Review Consultant will facilitate a participatory exercise to assess the performance of WFP's Country Strategic Plan (CSP) in Bhutan for the period January 2024 to June 2026. This role is crucial for internal learning, informing operational decision-making, and identifying necessary adjustments to ongoing programmes. The consultant will analyze progress towards CSP outcomes, focusing on areas such as resilient food systems, nutrition integration, social protection, emergency preparedness, and capacity strengthening for government institutions and private sector partners. Key responsibilities include reviewing implementation effectiveness, identifying constraints and enablers, and assessing coherence with the Royal Government of Bhutan's development priorities. The consultant will produce a comprehensive report with action-oriented recommendations to enhance future results, ensuring the CSP remains aligned with national goals and effectively addresses challenges like the triple burden of malnutrition and climate change impacts on agriculture.

Responsibilities

The World Food Programme (WFP) is the largest humanitarian organization globally, dedicated to saving lives during emergencies and utilizing food assistance to foster peace, stability, and prosperity for those affected by conflict, disasters, and climate change. WFP emphasizes diversity, inclusion, and equal employment opportunities, encouraging applications from all qualified candidates regardless of background. The organization is committed to personal and professional development through various training and mentorship programs, offering a multicultural work environment and opportunities for global career paths. WFP's Country Strategic Plan (CSP) for Bhutan (2024-2028) aims to support equitable economic growth and human capital development, focusing on resilient food systems, nutrition integration into social protection, and enhanced emergency preparedness. Key activities include providing technical assistance to government institutions and private sector partners to strengthen farmer capacities, promote climate-resilient livelihoods, improve social protection programs like school feeding, and enhance disaster risk reduction. The mid-term review of this CSP will assess implementation progress from January 2024 to June 2026, focusing on results, implementation challenges, and strategic adjustments needed to achieve the plan's objectives, ensuring WFP's support aligns with Bhutan's national development goals and addresses challenges like malnutrition and agricultural productivity.

Work Experience

Requires 6-10 years of experience in the humanitarian/development field, with prior experience working with WFP on reviews, evaluations, or monitoring. Essential skills include project management, advanced analysis, stakeholder relationship management, and the ability to engage diverse groups. Technical knowledge in food systems, resilience, emergency preparedness, and development programs is necessary. Familiarity with gender, protection, and inclusion issues, as well as humanitarian/development planning systems, is also required.

Skills

Food Systems, Resilience Building, Nutrition, National Emergency Preparedness and Response, Shock-Responsive Social Protection, School Nutrition, Social and Behaviour Change Communication (SBCC), Rice Fortification, Climate Change Adaptation, Monitoring and Evaluation Systems, Capacity Strengthening, Risk Management, Value Chain Development, Gender Issues, Human Capital Development, Food Security, Humanitarian Assistance, Emergency Response, Partnership Building, Donor Relations

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