Asistente de Programas - Resiliencia
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 uses food assistance to help people recover from conflict, disasters, and the impacts of extreme weather. We are committed to diversity, inclusion, and investing in our employees' development.
Job Purpose
The Programme Assistant - Resilience will provide crucial support to the Resilience Coordinator and the technical and administrative team. This role is instrumental in planning and executing resilience activities for smallholder producers, ensuring integration of environmental and social criteria. The incumbent will contribute to identifying sensitive and vulnerable areas through spatial analysis and thematic mapping, and will be responsible for preparing and monitoring socio-environmental reports related to food resilience projects. Additionally, the role involves supporting the implementation of climate and environmental risk adaptation plans, facilitating coordination with indigenous communities and local actors, and assisting in training and community support for resilient practices and food security. The Programme Assistant will also aid in information gathering, analysis for monitoring and evaluation, and contribute to the preparation of technical and donor reports, as well as knowledge management and best practice systematization.
Responsibilities
The Program Assistant, under the Resilience Coordinator, provides crucial support to technical and administrative teams in executing resilience activities for small producers. Key responsibilities include assisting in the planning and implementation of these activities, ensuring integration of environmental and social criteria. The role involves contributing to the identification of vulnerable areas through spatial analysis using GIS and thematic cartography, in collaboration with the Monitoring and Evaluation unit. The Assistant will also be responsible for developing and tracking technical and socio-environmental reports related to food resilience projects. They will support the implementation of plans for preventing, mitigating, and adapting to climate and environmental risks. Facilitating coordination with indigenous communities, local producers, and other stakeholders for consultation and participation processes is essential. Furthermore, the Assistant will aid in training and accompanying communities and producers on resilient practices, risk management, and food security, as well as organizing workshops and seminars. Information gathering, consolidation, and analysis for monitoring and evaluation are also part of the role, along with contributing to technical, donor, and corporate reports. Finally, supporting knowledge management and the systematization of best practices is expected.
Work Experience
The role requires experience in food security and nutrition, socio-environmental analysis, and environmental impact assessments. Candidates should have experience coordinating with partner organizations, local governments, and community actors, as well as in prior consultation processes and community engagement. Experience in providing technical support for environmental and social risk prevention, mitigation, and adaptation plans, and in managing development and socio-environmental projects is also necessary. Proficiency in GIS and advanced Excel is required.
Skills
Information not available.