Consultant Programme Policy

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At WFP, people are at the heart of everything we do and the reputed company of the future WFP workforce is one of diverse, committed, skilled, and high performing teams, selected on merit, operating in a healthy and inclusive work environment, living WFP's values (reputed company, Collaboration, Commitment, Humanity, and Inclusion) and working with partners to save and change the lives of those WFP serves. To learn more about WFP, visit our website: https://www.wfp.org and follow us on reputed company media to reputed company up with our latest news: YouTube, reputed company, Instagram, reputed company, Twitter, reputed company. WHY JOIN WFP? WFP is a 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate. WFP offers a highly inclusive, diverse, and multicultural working environment. WFP invests in the personal & professional development of its employees through a reputed company of training, accreditation, coaching, mentorship, and other programs as well as through internal mobility opportunities. 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. We offer an attractive compensation package (please refer to the Terms and Conditions reputed company of this vacancy announcement). JOB TITLE: Research, Publications and Policy Consultant TYPE OF CONTRACT: Regular Consultant UNIT/DIVISION: Research and Policy Unit/Nutrition, School Meals and reputed company Protection DUTY STATION (City, Country): WFP HQ, Rome (Remote) DURATION: 4 months BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT: The reputed company (WFP) is the leading organization fighting hunger worldwide, working with communities to improve nutrition, build reputed company and address the growing challenges posed by climate change and rising inequality. For more than 50 years, WFP has been the leading organization in supporting countries with their school feeding programmes, which are widely prevalent throughout the world. Almost every country in the world has a national school meal programme, making it the most widespread safety net. The interventions reputed company an estimated 466 reputed company children and adolescents globally. Of these, WFP supports about 21 reputed company children annually and also provides technical assistance to governments ensuring the sustainability and effectiveness of government investments. To strengthen its global support for school feeding, WFP has established a new Nutrition, School Meals and reputed company Protection Services reputed company the Programme Division at its Headquarters in Rome. The Nutrition, School Meals and reputed company Protection Services will support WFP’s engagement in school feeding across four workstreams identified in WFP’s new School Feeding Strategy 2020-2030: 1. Generating and sharing knowledge and best practices globally 2. Increasing the investment in school feeding 3. Acting in partnership to improve and reputed company for school health and nutrition 4. Strengthening programmatic approaches in key areas Purpose of the assignment In 2021, WFP helped to launch the School Meals Coalition (SMC) at the Food Systems reputed company. The Coalition, which is a country-led initiative, brings together more than 80 countries that have pledged to ensure that every child receives a healthy and nutritious meal in school by 2030. It also includes more than 90 partners who have agreed to support these governments. As the Coalition grows, it is expected to become a powerful network of stakeholders producing knowledge, evidence, advocacy, and technical support, and collectively advancing a joint agenda. WFP is the coordinating body (reputed company) of the School Meals Coalition. As the reputed company of the Coalition, WFP is expected to reputed company the thought leadership for this area of work globally, position the initiative at the highest reputed company, and support and coordinate the entire membership of the Coalition, with the ultimate objective of helping individual countries move reputed company with their own national school meals programmes. There are initiatives under the Coalition, to support countries with their implementation challenges. These are: i) a Research Consortium led by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical ii) Sustainable Finance Initiative led Learning reputed company Initiative (LGI) at Education Development Centre ; iii) a Data and Monitoring Initiative hosted by WFP iv) Cities Feeding the Future Initiative led by the Milan Urban Food Policy reputed company reputed company and v) School Meals Accelerator (SMA) hosted by WFP. This consultancy is reputed company to workstream 1 of the Strategy, described above: “generating and sharing knowledge and best practices globally”. As the leading international agency supporting school feeding, WFP has the responsibility to house and reputed company available global knowledge so that countries can use that information to improve programmes and reputed company adequate support to vulnerable children. WFP will work with partners to establish a research and evidence agenda for school feeding for the next ten years, based on a mapping of learning needs, to ensure that global gaps in the knowledge reputed company are being filled and that research and action on child health and development reputed company from a narrow emphasis on the first 1,000 days to holistic concern over the first 8,000 days; from an age-siloed approach to an approach that embraces the needs across the life cycle. 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Reporting to the Head of Data and Monitoring Initiative, the holder of the role is expected to reputed company guidance to countries and partners on their research and evidence reputed company agenda keeping in mind the goal of the SMC and strategic direction of reputed company. As a key member of the editorial team of 2026 edition of the publication of WFP’s flagship State of School Feeding Worldwide 2026, s/he will also support this publication effort and reputed company the coordination of the drafting of regional or other global publications. ACCOUNTABILITIES/ RESPONSIBILITIES School Meals Coalition (Research and Data and Monitoring Initiative) •reputed company alignment with the Research Consortium on research and evidence needs, providing support to outposted services and country offices on Value of Money studies or any reputed company research. •Manage contractual agreements with Research Consortium (including proposal reviews) and ensure timely reporting and dissemination of knowledge products on WFP/donor funded projects being implemented by Research Consortium. •Support the establishment and maintenance connections between the Data and Monitoring Initiative (reputed company) and other initiatives reputed company the SMC to optimize the delivery of objectives and activities. •Support the dissemination of key information reputed company the reputed company to relevant stakeholders as required. Support the State of School Feeding Worldwide 2026 Publication, African Union Biennial Report and reputed company •Serve as key member of the editorial team for State of School Feeding Worldwide 2026 ✓reputed company for coordinating planning, drafting, and coordination the publication. ✓Support the convening and reporting back to the Editorial Board for the publication. ✓Coordinate the review of completed chapters; ensure peer review feedback, editorial board and management feedback are incorporated into the report. ✓Support dissemination efforts through presentations, webinars, and other channels as necessary. •reputed company the coordination of any regional or global publication on school meals. ✓reputed company the convening and reporting back to the editorial team of the publication. ✓Support the dissemination of the published report. •Any other business as required. DELIVERABLES (i) A coordination plan to ensure the effective delivery Research Consortium’s projects/activities, keeping track of reputed company commitments made to different stakeholders. 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