WFP Innovation Programme Manager Jobs 2022 – Kenya NGO Jobs. WFP Kenya looking for “Innovation Programme Manager”. Applicants with a Advance degree in business may apply on or before 12 November 2022.
The World Food Programme is the food-assistance branch of the United Nations. It is the world’s largest humanitarian organization, the largest one focused on hunger and food security, and the largest provider of school meals. Founded in 1961, it is headquartered in Rome and has offices in 80 countries.
WFP Innovation Programme Manager Jobs 2022
The WFP has published a job vacancy announcement on 12 November 2022 for qualified Kenya’s to fill in the vacant post of Innovation Programme Manager to be based in Nairobi, Kenya.
| Recruiter | World Food Programme (WFP) |
| Position | Innovation Programme Manager |
| Location | Nairobi, Kenya |
| Country | Kenya |
| Total Vacant Post | N/A |
| Qualification | Advance degree in business |
| Experience Required | Three years |
| Application Deadline | 12 November 2022 |
WFP Job Vacancy 2022
Purpose and Responsibilities of the Assignment: Reporting to the Head of the WFP Regional Innovation Hub For Eastern Africa, you will be working with all functional units in RBN including Partnerships, Supply Chain, Programme, Evaluation, and others. You will also work with WFP Country Offices, stakeholders, and partners in the regional innovation ecosystem.
The responsibilities will include:
- Support country offices (CO) to select a credible implementing partner (IP) to execute IGNITE innovation challenges and to develop associated workplans and budgets.
- Support COs and IPs to design the innovation challenges and associated processes (application design, management, communications, innovator recruitment etc)
- Support the COs and IPs to ensure successful delivery of innovation challenges against set budget and workplan.
- Review and select MSMEs and start-ups to attend the acceleration programmes organized by the Hub; co-create criteria for selection with other team members/IPs, building on what was executed for IGNITE cohort 1.
- Support the due diligence process of each business in each ecosystem/country context, engaging partner organizations if/when needed.
- Support the cultivation and maintenance of a network with other accelerators/investors in the social impact/food tech/agri-tech/supply chain tech/fintech sectors for pipeline sharing and exchange of lessons learned in the ecosystem.
- Manage and support the innovation investment selection process with Implementing Partners and Innovation Hub’s Innovative Financing Advisor
Qualification:
- Advance degree in business, innovation, design, international development or other related degrees.
Experience:
- Three years post graduate relevant professional experience in African Start-ups, consulting, FMCG private businesses or innovation/entrepreneur support in the humanitarian/international development sector, or five years of under graduate professional experience with a first University Degree.
- Program and event organization, project management, and data collection and analysis experience required. Experience working with startups/organizations in the East Africa innovation ecosystem and/or in food systems is beneficial.
Languages: Fluency in oral and written English mandatory. Good command of Swahili; other regionally-spoken Bantu, Nilotic, or Afro-Asiatic languages; and/or French is an added advantage.
Other Details
- Contract Type: Full Time
- Selection Process: Interview
- Salary: negotiable
- Application Process: Online
How to Apply WFP Innovation Programme Manager Jobs 2022
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The Closing Date: 18 November 2022
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.
| Particulars | Details Link |
| Job Advertisement | Download |
| Official Website | www.wfp.org |
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