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Innovation Advisor
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TYPE OF CONTRACT:
International Consultant, level 2 (P3 Equivalent)
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UNIT/DIVISION:
WFP Innovation Hub for Eastern Africa (RBN)
DUTY STATION (City, Country):
Nairobi, Kenya
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DURATION:
11 months
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BACKGROUND:
The World Food Programme (WFP) is the United Nations frontline agency fighting hunger. WFP reaches more than 80 million people every day - delivering food assistance in emergencies and working with smallholder farmers, communities and governments to improve nutrition and build resilience.?
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As conflict and climate change drive up the number of hungry people in Eastern Africa, finding innovative solutions to the complex humanitarian & development challenges in the region is essential, now perhaps more than ever. WFP Regional Bureau for Eastern Africa which oversees some of the most promising innovations at WFP, has recently launched a WFP Innovation Hub for Eastern Africa to disrupt hunger in the region (Burundi, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Uganda). Its main goals are to a) upscale & support local innovation ecosystems to strengthen local food systems and climate resilience, b) facilitate best practices & knowledge sharing and c) support WFP country offices to test new products and innovations.
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Based in Nairobi, the WFP Innovation Hub for Eastern Africa identifies, supports, and scales high potential solutions to hunger worldwide. It supports entrepreneurs (could be WFP innovators or external startups, NGOs, companies) to take their innovations to the next level ? either getting ideas to the first proof of concept or already implemented solutions to the next scale-up. Supported innovative projects can get seed funding, hands-on support and access to WFPs operations in Eastern Africa countries and globally through different acceleration and incubation programmes. The most promising innovations are supported in scaling further.
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The WFP Innovation Hub for Eastern Africa is now supported by USAID, the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and other partners. A wide range of next-level innovation are being supported, ranging from innovative businesses in South Sudan to start-ups in Uganda and Rwanda. With additional funding secured, the Hub is planning to launch new innovation programmes in the region, build more services and products to support WFP teams in their quest to build the WFP of tomorrow and implement its newly developed theory of change and M&E framework.??
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PURPOSE AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ASSIGNMENT:
The incumbent, reporting to the?Head of the WFP Regional Innovation Hub for Eastern Africa, will be working with all functional units in RBN including Partnerships, Supply Chain, Programme, etc. and Country Offices (COs) as well as stakeholders and partners within the Eastern Africa external innovation ecosystems and the global WFP Innovation Accelerator. The incumbent will lead innovation engagement across the region