Innovation Programme Coordinator at World Food Programme (WFP)

The World Food Programme is the food assistance branch of the United Nations and the world’s largest humanitarian organization addressing hunger and promoting food security.

JOB PURPOSE

You will design and implement acceleration programmes for start-ups and MSMEs from start to finish. You will be in charge of crafting the call for applications and investment thesis, creating a strong pipeline of growth businesses and start-ups, co-selecting the most promising ones, bringing & signing up partners that can add value, organizing demo days or pitch events and ensuring that the acceleration programme creates strong value to those businesses. You will also measure the impact of this programme and of those businesses and support the innovation team on other topics as required.

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education: Bachelor’s degree in business, innovation, design, international development or other related degrees

Working Experience: At least 5 years of progressively responsible experience in African start-ups, consulting, Fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) private businesses or innovation/entrepreneur support in the humanitarian/international development sector.

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.

Language: Fluency in both oral and written English. Intermediate knowledge of French would be an advantage.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

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.

What you will do:

• Support and drive the development of a healthy startup/innovation pipeline (both external and internal teams)


• Support program and challenge sourcing process (application design & management, communications, recruitment, )


• Support the cultivation and maintenance of a network with other accelerators/investors in the social impact/food tech/agtech/supply chain tech/fintech sectors for pipeline sharing and exchange of lessons learned in the ecosystem


• Manage organization of program delivery and support measurement and learning


• Organize workshops and events, e.g. innovation bootcamps (liaising with internal procurement, session design, supporting materials, etc)


• Create and manage process flows for existing programming (gannt charts with roles and responsibilities, coordination between country offices and partners, managing timely execution of deliverables against timelines)


•  Lead data collection of program insights and results to inform future program design and meet reporting requirements


• When needed during programs, act as an entrepreneur in residence to support team project teams during ideation & product design


• Support other Innovation Hub activities


• Provide analysis & content preparation (data on projects, PowerPoint presentations, briefs, etc) for corporate priority topics and executive management meetings


• Collaborate with colleagues in other divisions and/or external stakeholders on topics related to innovation


• Support other core processes of the Innovation Hub (e.g. fundraising, partnerships, events) as required


• Support the Head of the Innovation Hub as required

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Type of Contract: Service Contract SC8 -equivalent to NOA

 

Contract Duration:  6 months

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