Job Vacancies at World Food Programme August 2026

Job Vacancies at World Food Programme August 2026, The World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian organization saving lives in emergencies and using food assistance to build a pathway to peace, stability and prosperity, for people recovering from conflict, disasters and the impact of climate change.

At WFP, people are at the heart of everything we do and the vision of the future WFP workforce is one of diverse, committed, skilled, and high performing teams, selected on merit, operating in a healthy and inclusive work environment, living WFP’s values (Integrity, Collaboration, Commitment, Humanity, and Inclusion) and working with partners to save and change the lives of those WFP serves.

Title: Programme Policy Officer, Climate Resilience

Contract Type: Service Contract, SC9

Unit: Programme

Duty Station: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania CO

Duration: 12 Months

ABOUT CLIMATE RESILIENCE AT WFP
The World Food Programme (WFP) is the leading humanitarian organization fighting hunger worldwide, delivering food assistance in emergencies and working with communities to improve nutrition and build resilience.

WFP’s Strategic Plan is guided by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set forth in the 2030 Agenda, in particular SDG 2 on ending hunger and SDG 17 on revitalizing global partnerships for implementation of the SDGs.

THE ROLE
The Programme Unit within the Tanzania Country Office (CO) is looking for a highly experienced technical candidate to support the climate resilience portfolio. Overall, this role will support existing landscape rehabilitation and natural resources management initiatives, coordinate climate-focused initiatives across the Country Office, provide programme management and technical support to the teams and partners, and support in fostering strategic partnerships. This position is based in Dar Es Salaam and reports to the Activity 7 Manager.

ACCOUNTABILITIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

Working under the supervision of the Activity 7 Manager, the Climate Resilience National Officer will carry out the following tasks:

• Provide project monitoring and implementation support for integrated resilience activities, undertake field visits, review implementation of project activities to ensure progress towards objectives and identify opportunities of further collaboration.

• Design and develop proposals in the climate resilience portfolio under the guidance of the Activity Manager and WFP SO3 Manager.
• Provide technical expertise and guidance, including natural resources management, asset creation, regenerative agriculture, livelihood development, natural resource management, among other integrated activities.
• Contribute to the preparation of accurate and timely reporting on programmes and activities that enable informed decision making and consistency of information presented to stakeholders.
• Support coordination of the climate resilience portfolio across the country office, cooperating partners, and development partners.
• Represent WFP in public fora and maintain relationships with the government, development partners, and other organizations involved in natural resource management.
• Ensure gender and nutrition perspectives are embedded in programming to empower women, men, and marginalized groups.
• Support the capacity building of WFP staff, partners and national government to integrate climate resilience concepts and approaches, targeting a variety of sectors (i.e. social protection, anticipatory action, school feeding, and agriculture market development)
• Produce internal and external operating procedures, knowledge products (e.g., briefs, case studies), and lessons learned, among others.
• Any other tasks as may be assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

EDUCATION:

• Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in climate studies, agriculture, environmental studies, natural resource management, international development, or other related disciplines. A postgraduate degree would be considered an asset.

EXPERIENCE:

• Five or more years of progressively responsible professional experience working in climate mitigation and adaptation, natural resources management, agriculture, international development, or other related sectors.
• Field experience working on food security, natural resource management and sustainable development, rural livelihoods and poverty reduction, asset creation, or climate change mitigation and adaptation programmes.
• Experience implementing nutrition-sensitive, gender, youth, and inclusion programming is desirable.
• Demonstrated experience engaging and fostering relationships with national and local governments, organizations, and communities.
• Proven ability to design, plan and facilitate trainings and workshops for a diverse audience.
• Excellent interpersonal, networking, communication, and negotiation skills.
• Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) and other standard software packages and systems.
• Previous work and knowledge of WFP’s processes and procedures in the field of asset creation, landscape rehabilitation, and participatory development (i.e. Three-Pronged Approach), is considered an asset.
• General knowledge of UN system policies, rules, regulations, and procedures is considered a plus.

LANGUAGE: Fluency (level C) in English and Kiswahili

Location: Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, The United Rep.

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