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• Demonstrate ownership, promote and deploy WFP
  corporate initiatives and strategies;
• The incumbent will formulate and implement
  country strategies, policies and plans aligned with the national
  development objectives and strategies as well as corporate WFP and wider UN
  strategies, policies and processes;
• The jobholder will steer and ensure
  continuous support to field operations to build on the agreed role and
  comparative advantages of WFP;
• Develop and maintain appropriate contingency
  plans and activities to ensure readiness and ability to take timely and
  appropriate actions during an emergency;
• Ensure emergency food assistance needs are
  met, including acting in an assigned emergency management capacity as
  required;
• Formulate, manage and implement change
  processes to maximize performance, enable innovations and achieve
  cost-effective and efficient delivery of activities; ensure that country
  teams remain engaged and motivated during the change processes;
• The Country Director will also identify and
  build strategic partnerships and relationships with a broad range of internal
  and external partners at the local and regional level to support national objectives
  while promoting WFP corporate strategies, transfer of knowledge and expertise,
  technological advancement and to attract support for WFP activities;
• Hold accountability for standards, guidance
  and processes within the Country Office that enable the implementation of
  best practice and high performance and at the same time ensuring optimal
  use of resources;
• The incumbent will hold accountability for
  transparent and efficient people management, and ensure the best use of
  financial resources for achievement of set objectives;
• Provide effective leadership to the Country
  Office to ensure the continued development and coaching of a cohesive and
  high performing team;
• Take responsibility for incorporating gender
  perspectives in all areas of work, to ensure equal participation of women
  and men;
• Ensure that evaluation, audit and compliance
  recommendations are efficiently implemented within the Country Office;
• Actively participate, lead or co-lead UN
  forums and clusters to ensure delivery of the broader UN mandate and
  effective WFP leadership in areas of specialization;
• Perform any other duties as required.

• The applicants for the United Nations World
  Food Programme (WFP) Country Director career opportunity should hold an advanced
  University degree in Economics, International development, Social sciences
  or other relevant area, or First University degree with additional
  relevant experience and/or advanced training/courses.
• A minimum of thirteen years of senior level
  experience in a relevant field of work, with a background and interest in
  international humanitarian assistance and development;
• Extensive experience leading multicultural
  teams and improving performance;
• Operational and field experience in contexts
  similar to those in which WFP works.
• Broad knowledge of diverse humanitarian assistance
  and development practices with a particular area of leading technical
  expertise;
• Demonstrated ability to lead, coach and
  motivate large and diverse teams and drive improving performance;
• Possess excellent financial management and
  resource mobilization skills and commercial acumen;
• Proven ability to build and leverage external
  partnerships to strengthen ability to achieve shared objectives;
• Excellent track record of dealing with and
  influencing at the highest levels within and beyond the organization;
• Ability to assimilate and analyze complex
  issues to develop strategies and policies;
• Broad knowledge and understanding of business
  principals and processes and the ability to quickly assimilate UN / WFP
  specific processes and systems.
• Language: Fluency in oral and written English
  with another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and
  Spanish) or Portuguese (one of WFP’s working languages)

• Excellent communication skills, to be an
  advocate for WFP to internal and external stakeholders;
• Excellent people skills, with the ability to
  provide constructive feedback and to strengthen people’s capabilities and
  to provide an inclusive culture;
• A strong performance mindset, with a focus on
  getting results and to be decisive;
• Excellent network and interpersonal skills to
  establish strong partnerships with internal and external stakeholders.

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