Zimbabwe Jobs: World Wide Fund For Nature, Africa Food Initiative Facilitator`

Organization: World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF)

Job Title: Africa Food Initiative Facilitator,

Location: Harare-Zimbabwe

Closing date: Friday, 28 October 2016

Position title: Africa Food Initiative Facilitator

Reports to: Country Director (Africa Food Initiative Champion)

1. Background

The WWF Regional Office for Africa (ROA) adopted an approach of working on transformational Initiatives aligned to some of the Network’s global practices (wildlife;

forests; freshwater; energy and climate change; oceans and food); and drivers

(governance, finance and markets). One of the Initiatives is on Food and Agricultural

Systems. Africa’s agricultural productivity is still very low despite increasing demands on

the sector to feed a growing population and to drive its socio-economic development

agenda. This has raised questions on whether a sustainable “green revolution” is possible

on a continent richly blessed with natural resources and likely to suffer the most from

climate change impacts. It is against this background that ROA identified Food and

Agriculture as a key transformational sector. In this regard and in partnership with others,

we seek to contribute to strategies, approaches and tools that ensure a sustainable and

positive ecological future for Africa.

Since WWF Africa is relatively nascent in the food space, it seeks the dedicated resources

of a Food Initiative Facilitator to bring several sub-projects within this Transformational

Initiative to life.

1. Job Purpose

The incumbent will work with partner organizations to implement various actions under the

Africa Food Initiative. He/she will report to a Country Director (Africa Food Initiative

Champion); work closely with Country Office Food Focal Points; and link with the Global

Food Practice.

III. Major Duties and Responsibilities

• Catalyse the development, financial resourcing and implementation of pilot projects that test economically viable and sustainable food production methods and value chains in trans-boundary landscapes;
• Effectively engage relevant partner organizations (e.g. AfDB, CARE, ICRAF, CIAT and FAO) in the implementation of relevant components of the Food Initiative.
• Design and support the population of an information management framework that summarizes lessons learnt from the pilot projects for rolling out and cross learning;
• Catalyze the conduct of Africa Food Reaction Simulations/Games at one level and develop a roadmap for their implementation at other levels (e.g., continent, regional, country, sub-country);
• Facilitate the establishment and maintenance of a vibrant WWF Africa Community of Food Experts through Country Office Food Focal Points;
• Faciltate the convening of training workshops and sessions that build capacity in the Food space across WWF Offices;
• Link with and tap into the Global Food Practice; and,
• Effectively prepare, document and follow-up on actions of meetings.

1. Profile

 Required Qualifications

• Master’s degree in agriculture, environmental science or development field. A PhD will be an added advantage.
• At least 9 years of relevant work experience in the delivery of innovative and adaptive solutions;
• In-depth knowledge and proven operational experience in agriculture, ecosystem resilience and sustainable development;
• Work experience in least developed countries, small island states and/or Africa would be a distinct advantage;
• Ability to meet deadlines with attention to detail and quality; and,
• Strong quantitative skills.

1. Working Relationships

Internal: The position will report a Country Director (Africa Food Initiative Champion) and will work closely with Country Office Food Focal points and the Global Food Practice.

External: The position will support relationships with relevant technical and funding partners (e.g. AfDB, CIAT, ICRAF, CARE and FAO), private sector and government stakeholders.

This job description covers the main tasks and conveys the spirit of sort of tasks that are

 anticipated proactively from staff. Other tasks may be assigned as necessary according to organisational needs.

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