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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.
The World Food Programme (WFP) is the United Nations frontline agency fighting hunger. WFP reaches more than 80 million people every day - delivering food assistance in emergencies and working with smallholder farmers, communities and governments to improve nutrition and build resilience.
As conflict and climate change drive up the number of hungry people in Eastern Africa, finding innovative solutions to the complex humanitarian & development challenges in the region is essential, now perhaps more than ever. WFP Regional Bureau for Eastern Africa which oversees some of the most promising innovations at WFP, has recently launched a WFP Innovation Hub for Eastern Africa to disrupt hunger in the region (Burundi, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Uganda). Its main goals are to a) upscale & support local innovation ecosystems to strengthen local food systems, b) support WFP country offices to test new products and innovations and c) facilitate best practices & knowledge sharing.
Based in Nairobi, the WFP Innovation Hub for Eastern Africa identifies, supports and scales high potential solutions to hunger worldwide. It supports entrepreneurs (could be WFP innovators or external startups, NGOs, companies) to take their innovations to the next level – either getting ideas to the first proof of concept or already implemented solutions to the next scale-up. Supported innovative projects can get seed funding, hands-on support by our New Venture Consultants or our partners and access to WFP's operations in Eastern Africa countries and globally through different acceleration and incubation programmes. The most promising innovations are supported in scaling further.
The WFP Innovation Hub for Eastern Africa is now supported by USAID, the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other partners. A wide range of next-level innovation are being supported, ranging from innovative businesses in South Sudan to start-ups in Uganda and Rwanda. With additional funding secured, the Hub is planning to launch new innovation programmes in the region (e.g. a climate-focused acceleration programme), build more services and products to support WFP teams in their quest to build the WFP of tomorrow and implement its newly-developed theory of change and M&E framework.
PURPOSE AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ASSIGNMENT
With a growing portfolio the Hub is looking for an Innovation Learning Design and Impact Officer to take impact measurement and knowledge sharing to the next level. Reporting to the Sustainable Food Systems Innovation Advisor, you will be spearheading this critical work within the Hub. Entrepreneurial and independent, you will be working with all functional units in the Regional Bureau, HQ and Country Offices as well as stakeholders and partners in the global and regional innovation ecosystem and lead the development of this portfolio.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)
1. Drive the collective learning agenda for the Innovation Hub:
2. Orchestrate the development and set up of an innovation learning community:
3. Lead on impact measurement and reporting:
4. Coordinate and support other partnerships and event needs as required:
DELIVERABLES
STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Education: Advance degree in innovation, design, international development or First University Degree with additional years of related work experience and/or trainings/courses
Language: Fluency in oral and written English mandatory. Good command of Swahili; other regionally-spoken Bantu, Nilotic, or Afro-Asiatic languages; and/or French is an added advantage.
Experience: At least 4 years of progressively responsible experience managing a fast-paced learning agenda, ideally in the in the international development sector.
Experience working and delivering in the private and/or humanitarian sectors, preferably at large-scale organizations.
OTHER SPECIFIC JOB REQUIREMENTS/KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS
The vacancy announcement is open from 27th May 2024 and will close on 08th June 2024 @ 11:59 PM EAT
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