Under the overall supervision of the Head of Sub Office, Tamale, and the direct supervision of the Programme Policy Officer (Food Systems) Tamale, the Programme Associate will be expected to perform the following duties:<\/p>\n
Job Description<\/strong><\/p>\n Job Title: Programme Associate (Food Systems)<\/strong><\/p>\n JOB PURPOSE:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 Support implementation, monitoring and reporting on all sustainable food systems activities in the 5 regions of the North (Upper East, Upper West, Savanna, North East and Northern regions) with a focus on efficient production systems, post-harvest loss management, access to affordable financial services and innovative market linkages and support to community and medium scale food processors<\/p>\n MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 Support in coordinating all efforts and activities to guide the implementation of WFP\u2019s Smallholder Agriculture and Market Support (SAMS) programme in the 5 regions of the North (Northern, Upper East, Upper West, Savannah and North East). Qualification Required & Experience<\/strong><\/p>\n Minimum Academic Qualifications<\/em><\/p>\n \u2022 First degree in Social Sciences, Development Studies, Agribusiness, E-Commerce, Nutrition, or other related fields. A master\u2019s degree in any of the above fields is an added advantage Language:<\/strong>\u00a0Fluency in English language is essential. Knowledge of local languages spoken in northern Ghana will be an advantage.<\/p>\n Location:<\/strong>\u00a0Tamale<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Under the overall supervision of the Head of Sub Office, Tamale, and the direct supervision of the Programme Policy Officer (Food Systems) Tamale, the Programme Associate will be expected to…..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6721,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[96],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2nO32-hd2","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66156"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6721"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66156\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u2022 Provide technical support and assist in the development and implementation of various activities and processes within food systems area of work supporting alignment with wider programme policies and guidelines.
\n\u2022 Provide specialized project management support to specific and\/or defined programmes to ensure that the various activities are performed within the established targets following WFP\u2019s policies and procedures.
\n\u2022 Prepare a range of reports and data analysis (e.g. resource utilization, programme status, performance) and highlight trends\/issues ensuring deliverables adhere to corporate standards and quality control.
\n\u2022 Liaise with internal counterparts to support effective collaboration, implementation and monitoring of ongoing project activities.
\n\u2022 Support with the organization of field missions, workshop and capacity strengthening for WFP staff, cooperating partners and national government; and other events related to food systems.
\n\u2022 Assist in Liaising with the regional departments of agriculture through the designated regional focal points for implementation, monitoring, and reporting; follow-up on monthly activity\/project progress reports, review, consolidate and share with the Programme Policy Officer -Food Systems.
\n\u2022 Support capacity strengthening of Small Holder Farmers (SHF), Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), aggregators, and other rural actors to participate in structured markets; and promote market linkages through e-commerce platforms and other end buyers.
\n\u2022 Assist in ensuring active participation of smallholder farmers including women and youths in organized value chains and structured markets to facilitate job creation for the youths.
\n\u2022 Assist in facilitating and promoting youth innovations that create efficiency in marketing for smallholder farmers e.g. e-commerce innovations, digital payments, transport, packaging, storage, and other logistical innovations.
\n\u2022 Assist in preparation of routine reports, Annual Performance Plan (APP), Annual Country Report (ACR), COMET, and other corporate requirements.
\n\u2022 Perform any other duties as may be provided by Supervisors from time to time.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 A minimum of five years of progressive work experience in supporting programme implementation and management.<\/p>\n