Requirements

Who Can Apply

The notice does not limit this role to any nationality. WFP says it welcomes qualified candidates of all backgrounds, including people with disabilities.

Education

• An advanced university degree in humanitarian affairs, international development, food security, disaster risk management, economics, social sciences, international relations or a related field.

• A first university degree with extra relevant work experience is also accepted.

Experience

• At least 5 years of growing responsibility in humanitarian programme management, emergency response or related operations.

• Work in refugee or displacement responses, in difficult settings with limited resources.

• Hands-on work planning or running food assistance or cash transfers, including field delivery and partner coordination.

• Experience in emergency preparedness, contingency planning, rapid response, anticipatory action or disaster risk management.

• Experience coordinating across programme, analysis, supply chain, finance, technology, protection and field teams.

Skills

• Strong coordination and facilitation skills.

• Ability to turn plans and analysis into practical tools and decisions.

• Good understanding of needs-based targeting, beneficiary data, food and cash modalities, accountability to affected people and protection.

• Ability to spot risks, set priorities and solve problems under pressure.

• Excellent writing, briefing and reporting skills.

• Fit and available for frequent field travel.

Language

• Fluent French is required.

• Strong working English is required.

• Arabic or local languages are an asset.

Nice to Have

• Experience with resilience, livelihoods or humanitarian-development nexus programmes.

• Past WFP or UN operational experience.

• Experience in the Sahel or Central or West Africa.