
World Food Programme
Programme Policy Officer - Strategic Coordination and Emergency, CST II

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Description
Skills and Experience
- Proven experience managing high frequency multiple projects concurrently (at least 4 years).
- Strong skills in project planning, scheduling, risk management and budgeting, including ownership of full project budgets.
- Proficiency in project management and reporting tools – Smartsheet, Excel or similar.
- Ability to effectively manage field-level stakeholders including enumerators, field vendors, local authorities and community representatives.
- Ability to work collaboratively with BURN's Kenya country teams, the Carbon Technical Team and other internal teams to ensure timely delivery of project-side inputs at each stage.
- Strong communication skills including reporting, negotiation and conflict resolution.
- Experience recruiting, leading cross-functional field data collection teams, enumerators or research consultants.
- Ability to manage time effectively and prioritise tasks to meet issuance timelines.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; ability to make decisions quickly in dynamic field environments.
- Capable of adapting to changing project scopes, timelines and resources.
- Open to new technologies, methodologies and feedback.
- Right to live and work in Kenya.
- May be required to manage other A6.2 projects in other markets, working out of Kenya.
- Open to travel both locally and out of the country, as required by the role.
- Industry-Specific Knowledge
- Familiarity with the carbon project lifecycle and certification cycle.
- Experience managing field MRV activities – including monitoring surveys, KPT/WBT coordination and verifier engagement.
- Direct experience with Article 6.2 / bilateral carbon programmes (e.g. KliK/Switzerland, Japanese JCM or equivalent).
- Understanding of key regulatory carbon requirements or standards (e.g. Verra/VCS, Gold Standard).
- Familiarity with BURN Manufacturing's stove product range or Kenya's clean cooking sector.
- Experience with institutional or commercial-scale cookstove carbon projects.
- Prior experience working in Kenya or in rural field settings in East Africa.
- PMP / PRINCE2 certification or equivalent.
- Minimum 4 years' project management experience, preferably in a field-operations or programme delivery context.
- University degree in a relevant field (environmental science, development, project management, engineering or similar). .
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