Consultant II – Resilience & Smallholder Farmers Support

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ABOUT WFP

The United Nations World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide.  The mission of WFP is to help the world achieve Zero Hunger in our lifetimes.  Every day, WFP works worldwide to ensure that no child goes to bed hungry and that the poorest and most vulnerable, particularly women and children, can access the nutritious food they need.

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education: Advanced University degree in natural resource management, agriculture, agricultural economics, rural development, or related discipline.

Experience: Minimum of 8 years’ experience working in Livelihoods, SAMS, value chain development, business development, social protection, humanitarian, and resilience projects.

Language: Verbal and written fluency in English

ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT

WFP is supporting the Government of Lesotho (GoL) in the implementation of resilience-building activities to support communities that experience chronic food insecurities and adverse effects of climate change in Mafeteng, Quthing, and Mohale’s Hoek districts through the Adaptation Fund project. Within component 3 of the project, the interventions include the creation of productive, nutrition-sensitive assets at household and community levels through climate adaptive measures. Furthermore, the CO provides capacity-strengthening activities to the GoL on value chain development, and market access activities to support smallholder farmers. WFP country office of Lesotho is therefore looking for a consultant to support the CO, the GoL, partners, and communities to effectively manage the planning and implementation of resilience building and SAMS activities in line with the national priorities guidelines, national resilience framework, climate change policy, WFP 3-pronged Approach and adaptation fund guidelines. The consultant will also help the CO to implement and oversee specific innovative initiatives to be launched under the 2nd Generation CSP.

JOB PURPOSE

The resilience and smallholder agricultural markets support expert will report to the Deputy Country Director and Head of Programme and work in close collaboration with IACOV Project Coordinator and will supervise field officers in the three districts of Mafeteng, Quthing and Mohale’s hoek. The expert will also work closely with directors, activity managers in the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, in Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security and Nutrition and any other relevant line ministries in the government of Lesotho and WFP. The position is based in Maseru and the candidate will be expected to be travelling up to 30% of their time within the country.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

1.    Provide specialized technical expertise and advisory support to all relevant partners, to ensure the highest possible quality and effectiveness of the CO integrated climate resilience and food systems efforts  .

2.    Support capacity strengthening and coaching on targeting, application of appropriate soil and water conservation techniques,  context-relevant environmentally and socio-economically sustainable livelihood options, identifying viable business packages, potential impacts of climate change on ecosystem regeneration and agricultural activities, etc.

3.    Identify options and strategic partnerships for integration of digital/technological innovations to strengthen smallholder farmer livelihoods, market access, access to tools and information, etc.

4.     Support the implementation of the CSP midterm review and Adaptation Fund midterm review recommendations and the management response plan in consideration of the logical frameworks.

5.     Support formulation of the proposals and other CO resource mobilization efforts for climate change adaptation, resilience, livelihood interventions.

6.      Promote implementation of 3 Pronged Approach and action oriented research in collaboration with the academic institutions to influence policy direction, documentation of lessons learned, good practices, success stories for replication and scaling, as required by the donors.

7.      Support the development and implementation of a sustainable exit strategy in the project sites

8.      Represent WFP in relevant forums and meetings.

4Ps CORE ORGANISATIONAL CAPABILITIES

Upholds WFP values, principles, and standards: Demonstrates and encourages others to uphold the WFP values, principles and standards.
Delivers results for maximum impact: Identifies and aligns objectives to the required outcomes, holding self and/or others accountable for the delivery of results for maximum impact.

Is inclusive and collaborative: Promotes inclusive teamwork and psychological safety by encouraging colleagues to collaborate by sharing ideas and openly raising issues.

Communicates and fulfils WFP’s vision: Communicates and fulfils WFP’s vision and operational outcomes to deliver meaningful solutions.

Builds partnerships: Initiates and builds partnerships by identifying and promoting opportunities for mutual areas of interest and benefit.

FUNCTIONAL CAPABILITIES

Experience in programme management including design, monitoring, and evaluation.

OTHER SPECIFIC JOB REQUIREMENTS

• Ability to work independently in a timely and organized manner.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Willingness to explore and experiment with new ideas and approaches.
• Ability to work in a team and multi-task as needed.

DESIRED EXPERIENCES FOR ENTRY INTO THE ROLE

• Good interpersonal and communication skills.
• Experience in working with partners.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

7 May 2024

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WFP has a zero-tolerance approach to conduct such as fraud, sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to WFP’s standards of conduct and will therefore undergo rigorous background verification internally or through third parties. Selected candidates will also be required to provide additional information as part of the verification exercise. Misrepresentation of information provided during the recruitment process may lead to disqualification or termination of employment

WFP will not request payment at any stage of the recruitment process including at the offer stage. Any requests for payment should be refused and reported to local law enforcement authorities for appropriate action.