KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES: (not all-inclusive, within delegated authority)

• Support the coordination and implementation of emergency preparedness and relief activities, ensuring responsiveness to the diverse needs of women, men, and youth across urban and rural contexts.
• Contribute to the design of anticipatory action interventions in collaboration with humanitarian partners.
• Review relief project proposals, present them to the Project Review Committee, and follow up with Area Offices on committee recommendations.
• Provide project management support, liaising with internal units and conducting field visits to monitor implementation and resolve operational issues.
• Draft analytical reports on programme status, food needs, resource utilization, and performance trends, ensuring compliance with corporate quality standards.
• Contribute to the Humanitarian Response Plan (food security pillar) and related donor reporting.
• Strengthen the capacity of WFP staff, partners, and government counterparts in emergency preparedness and response.
• Serve as a focal point for resolving operational issues within the relief portfolio.
• Track and follow up on resource utilization under relief projects.
• Support AAP processes, ensuring timely information sharing, consultation, and feedback mechanisms for affected communities.
• Support community-level programme integration and facilitate feedback and learning processes.
• Contribute to project closure reporting and provide inputs for routine reports, briefings, and donor communications.
• Perform other duties as required.

Education: Completion of Secondary School Education or University Degree (Diploma/Bachelor) in International Relations, Development Studies, Social Sciences, Economics, Agriculture, Urban and Rural Development or any other related fields.

Experience:​ At least seven (7) years of experience with a Secondary School Certificate or University Degree (Diploma/Bachelor’s) with a minimum of two (2) or more years of relevant experience in emergency assistance and humanitarian programmes with a good knowledge and experience working in relief, nutrition, SafetyNet, M&E or livelihood related program activities.

Language: Fluency (level C) in English language and Somali Language.

Knowledge and Skills:     

• Solid knowledge of humanitarian work, standards, and principles.

• Very good understanding of food security and related interventions.

• Experience working in fragile context and or emergency settings.

• Excellent communication skills, both oral and in writing.

• Solid analytical skills and capacity to synthesize complex information.

• Ability to plan and coordinate.

• Ability to work and deliver quality inputs under pressure

This position is open to qualified Somali national candidates Only. Female candidates are highly encouraged to apply. WFP offers female friendly spaces in the workplace.

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