WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME UGANDA
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1 May 2025-23:59-GMT+03:00 East Africa Time (Kampala)
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A career path in WFP provides an exciting opportunity to work across the various country, regional and global offices around the world, and with passionate colleagues who work tirelessly to ensure that effective humanitarian assistance reaches millions of people across the globe.
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WFP is seeking to recruit a Consultant – Integrated Climate Risk Insurance (SSA8) to support the implementation of WFP’s climate risk insurance programming in this pilot phase. The successful candidate shall be responsible for the implementation of the Agricultural Insurance pilot and the roll-out and scaling of the Forecast-based Index Insurance (FII) for early response insurance products for smallholder farmers. This position is a time-bound consultancy to lead the initial design and piloting of the programme before review of these initial experiences and scale-up leveraging WFP’s core programming.
Project And Operational Coordination
Coordinate the technical design of robust and context specific insurance products with RBN and HQ teams which are responsible for technical backstopping on insurance design.
Support the CO in the roll-out/scale-up Agricultural Index Insurance and Forecast-based Index Insurance (FII) programmes in Uganda starting with Karamoja region ensuring smooth implementation of various project components including beneficiary identification and registration, awareness creation, trainings and capacity building, product delivery, seasonal monitoring, payout disbursements and reporting among others. Specific delivery is expected in ensuring linkages between farmer groups and the insurance service providers contracted by WFP.
Support the design and implementation of complementary risk retention and livelihood diversification initiatives including savings, access to credit strategies, market linkages through Village Savings and Loans Associations, Farmer Associations or any other approach.
Follow through with insurance companies and other service providers to ensure timely delivery of services and seasonal reporting on insurance performance.
Develop and operationalize innovative and efficient product distribution models for insurance.
Technical Support
Provide technical advice and backstopping on FII and agricultural insurance to colleagues.
Contribute to the CO’s engagements in Uganda’s national Disaster Risk Financing (DRF) technical working group with a particular focus on insurance.
Partnerships and stakeholder engagements:
Support the CO and Field Offices (FOs) and their implementing partners i.e. Cooperating Partners (CPs), Insurance companies, NGOs, Government partners and UN agencies in operationalizing sustainable implementation of climate risk insurance and financial inclusion services.
Assist in coordination of partnerships that add both programmatic and strategic value to the climate climate risk agenda and help achieve program objectives.
Liaise with Government institutions including to support implementation of FII in Uganda.
Knowledge management and M&E
Support effective planning, organization and participation in insurance and financial inclusion Learning forums; including webinars, trainings, workshops, and conferences and provide high quality reports and communication materials.
Coordinate CO efforts in conducting outcome monitoring and reporting through Post Distribution Monitoring surveys on insurance.
o Keep track and periodically update the climate risk financing indicators (CRF) data base as per WFP HQ guidelines.
Support dissemination/incorporation of lessons learnt.
Contribute to the global annual report on climate risk insurance.
Any Other Duties As Relevant
Support CO in development of TORs for service providers, review legal documents (in liaison with legal office)
Ensure adherence to WFP procurement and reporting requirements.
Maintain track of various project budgets and reporting
Education
Qualification, Experience and Languages required:
An advanced university degree in the areas of Business Administration, Agronomy, Agricultural Economics, Actuarial Science, Development studies, Climate adaptation, or related field.
Experience
At least 1 year of post-graduate work experience in the Agricultural/Livestock Insurance sector OR Disaster Risk Financing Programmes
Experience working with/supporting public and private sector actors in project implementation in this or a closely related field.
Knowledge & Skills
Ability to work independently in a timely and organized manner
Excellent coordination skills
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Ability to interpret and translate technical concepts into local contexts
Ability to work in a team and establish effective working relationships with persons of different national and cultural backgrounds and multi-task as needed
Languages: Fluency in English language.
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REMINDERS BEFORE YOU SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION
We strongly recommend that your profile is accurate, complete, and includes your employment records, academic qualifications, language skills and UN Grade (if applicable).
Once your profile is completed, please apply, and submit your application.
Please make sure you upload your professional CV in the English language
Kindly note the only documents you will need to submit at this time are your CV and Cover Letter
Additional documents such as passport, recommendation letters, academic certificates, etc. may potentially be requested at a future time
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Only shortlisted candidates will be notified
All employment decisions are made on the basis of organizational needs, job requirements, merit, and individual qualifications. WFP is committed to providing an inclusive work environment free of sexual exploitation and abuse, all forms of discrimination, any kind of harassment, sexual harassment, and abuse of authority. Therefore, all selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks.
No appointment under any kind of contract will be offered to members of the UN Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ), International Civil Service Commission (ICSC), FAO Finance Committee, WFP External Auditor, WFP Audit Committee, Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) and other similar bodies within the United Nations system with oversight responsibilities over WFP, both during their service and within three years of ceasing that service.
Desired Skills and Experience
Policy Advocacy; Partnership Management; Program Management; Policy Interpretation; Innovation; Data Visualization; Government Relations; Customer-Oriented; Data Analytics; Learning Agility; Technologically Savvy; Emergency Programs; Teamwork; Communication; Policy Analysis; Strategic Thinking; Partner Relationship Management (PRM); Results-Oriented; Capacity Development; Negotiation; Waterfall Model; Professional Integrity; Analytical Thinking; Broad knowledge and application of specialised areas and transfer mondalities; Diversity and Inclusion (D&I)
