Requirements

Education:

•Advanced university degree in Agriculture, Agribusiness, Rural Development, Economics, Development Studies, Food Systems, or related field; OR

•First university degree with 3 additional years of relevant professional experience.

Experience:

•Minimum 7 years of relevant professional experience in livelihoods, agricultural development, market systems development, resilience building, or food systems.

•Experience working with refugee and host community programming.

•Experience working with government institutions and private sector actors.

•Experience contributing to or leading self reliance or graduation programming—an advantage

Strategic Leadership & Programme Design

•Lead the design and refinement of integrated livelihoods and resilience programmes aligned with WFP’s Country Strategic Plan (CSP).

•Ensure programmes promote self-reliance, reduce long term dependency, and support progressive graduation from food/cash assistance.

Support development of community and district plans using WFP tools such as 3PA and seasonal livelihood planning.

•Conduct and guide market assessments, value chain analyses, and feasibility studies to inform evidence-based design.

Strengthen Production Systems

•Oversee interventions that enhance productivity, post-harvest handling, and value addition for smallholder farmers and producer groups.

•Promote climate smart agriculture, livelihood diversification, and asset creation aligned with resilience-building objectives.

•Strengthen farmer groups, cooperatives, and community structures for aggregation, bulking, and improved access to services.

Market Linkages, Economic Inclusion & Food Systems Development

•Facilitate strong market linkages between producers, aggregators, processors, traders, and financial service providers.

•Support food system development and value chain upgrading relevant to target communities (cereals, legumes, horticulture, livestock, etc.).

•Promote financial inclusion initiatives (VSLA strengthening, access to credit, digital finance).

•Coordinate with CBT and Supply Chain units to leverage market-based approaches, HGSF, and local procurement initiatives.

Advancing Self Reliance & Transitioning from Dependency

•Lead the development of self-reliance frameworks, graduation pathways, and transition strategies for refugee and host populations.

•Support the identification of households ready to transition from humanitarian assistance through context appropriate criteria.

•Promote economic empowerment initiatives (youth skilling, women’s economic empowerment, enterprise development).

Coordination & Partnerships

•Strengthen coordination with government ministries, district authorities, UN agencies, NGOs, private sector and financial institutions.

•Represent WFP in technical working groups (Agriculture, Livelihoods & Resilience Sector, CRRF Steering structures, etc.).

•Provide technical guidance and oversight to cooperating with partners to ensure harmonized quality implementation.