DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS 19 February 2025-23:59-GMT+01:00 Central European Time (Rome) ABOUT WFP The World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian organization saving lives in emergencies and using food assistance to build a pathway to peace, stability and prosperity, for people recovering from conflict, disasters and the impact of climate change. At WFP, people are at the heart of everything we do and the vision 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 (Integrity, 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: 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 range 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 section of this vacancy announcement). JOB TITLE: Strategic Coordination Project Manager TYPE OF CONTRACT CST Regular (Level I) UNIT/DIVISION School Meals and Social Protection Service (PPGS) DUTY STATION (City, Country): HQ - Rome, Italy DURATION:



11 months BACKGROUND Recognizing the transformative potential of school meal programmes, a group of member states launched the School Meals Coalition at the UN Food Systems Summit in 2021. The Coalition is a government-led global platform driving actions to urgently improve and scale up school meal programmes to ensure that every child has the opportunity to receive a healthy, nutritious meal in school by 2030. Since its creation, the membership of the School Meals Coalition (co-chaired by France, Finland and Brazil) steadily increased from 46 countries in September 2021 to over 100 countries from all regions across the world. The Coalition has resulted in governments taking a central role and moving rapidly to advance school meal programs, with the topic now globally positioned as a key priority. As of today, the Coalition has received national commitments from 49 countries. In 2024, during the last Task Force Ministerial meeting held in Nairobi and hosted by President Ruto, a new initiative of the coalition was approved: the School Meals Impact Accelerator. The initiative will support countries with technical support that will help them meet targets for improving nutrition, climate, gender, economic development, and education outcomes. WFP has been selected as the host of this new initiative, which will be funded by philanthropies and bilateral partners, becoming an innovative public-private partnership.



PURPOSE OF THE POSITION Building on the School Meal Coalition’s success in mobilizing governments towards making ambitious commitments and setting their own goals, further efforts are needed to support countries in turning these commitments into action. WFP is now preparing the ground to host this initiative and building the Core Team needed to support its development. The Project Manager will oversee project milestones, facilitate stakeholder collaboration, and ensure timely delivery of key outputs, as well as other tasks. ACCOUNTABILITIES/RESPONSIBILITIES: 1. Project Management: Oversee work planning and coordinate multiple workstreams to ensure the timely delivery of milestones, escalating roadblocks as needed. 2. Support to supervision and tracking of progress: Provide support in monitoring the progress of deliverables under the School Meals Impact Accelerator implementation, working closely with relevant stakeholders. 3. Analytical support and communication: Offer analytical support and develop material to effectively communicate key insights to senior management. 4. Meeting organization: Organize regular and ad-hoc meetings at all levels to share information, facilitate decision-making, and secure endorsement of critical decisions related to SMIA implementation 5. Tracking lessons learned and coordinating progress: Monitor and document lessons learned, ensuring effective coordination of progress across the initiative. 6. Additional support to PPGS Director as required. QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED: Education: Advanced university degree, or first university degree in a relevant field. Preference for a degree in engineering, or business. Experience: Minimum 3-5 years professional experience. Experience at the international level

📌 Strategic Coordination Project Manager (Roma)
🏢 World Food Programme
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