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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). WFP encourages female candidates and people with disabilities to apply. BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT: About WFP: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is the worlds largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide. The mission of WFP is to help the world achieve Zero Hunger in our lifetimes. Every day, WFP works worldwide to ensure that no child goes to bed hungry and that the poorest and the most vulnerable, particularly women and children, can access the nutritious food they need. Background: The Government of Nepal received financial assistance from the Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (“GAFSP”), worth USD 12 million (USD 9 million investment grant and USD 3 million Technical Assistance grant) for implementing a project entitled Vegetables in Hilly Areas Project (as part of the Nuts and Fruits in Hilly Areas (NAFHA) Project) for 5 years. Through consent from the Government ADB and WFP have been selected as Supervising Entities for the project. As such, ADB manages the USD 9 million investment grant while WFP manages the Technical Assistance (TA) component of the project contributing to the Projects Output 2: production and productivity of project farmers increased. This project is also part of WFP Nepal’s Country Strategic Plan (CSP), 2024-2028, Strategic Outcome 3: Smallholder farmers and climate-vulnerable populations in Nepal benefit from climate-resilient and equitable food systems, sustainable livelihoods and climate-proof assets and services by 2028. Apart from providing technical assistance in the effective delivery of activities of output 2, to be funded by ADB investment and GAFSP grant, the GAFSPs technical assistance grant of USD 3 million is used for activities that support smallholder farmers in the production of vegetables and nutritious crops. The project supports 10,000 HHs who have less than 0.2 Ha of land and lack financial resources for fruits and nuts orchard development and will be implemented in 100 Local Governments of 34 districts of five Provinces (Koshi, Bagmati, Gandaki, Karnali and Sudur-Paschim) along the mid-hill highway. The major activities include: a) establishing and operationalizing Farmers Nutrition Schools (FNS) (400 FNS covering 10,000 farmers) focusing on climate-smart, nutrition-sensitive, and good agricultural practices and technology for the production of vegetables and nutrient-dense local crops; b) supporting household availability and utilization of nutritious food (seeds, diversity kits, chicken), c) training and support for home garden fruit plantation and irrigation for nutrition promotion, d) facilitating market linkage for smallholder farmers to localized markets leveraging the home-grown school feeding approach in community schools and e) providing Technical Assistance (TA) guidance, oversight and monitoring for management of grants to the farmers for farming/production of vegetables, and nutrient-dense local crops. As part of WFPs TA provisions, WFP is looking to recruit a highly motivated, experienced programme policy officer to serve as Provincial Project Coordinator for Karnali Province who will support the NAFHA project execution at the provincial and local level in Karnali Province. Job Purpose: The Programme Policy Officer (GAFSP Provincial Project Coordinator) shall be responsible for coordinating the Vegetables in Hilly Area Project which is part of NAFHA project at the provincial level for proper project management, implementation, coordination, monitoring and reporting, and coordinating/facilitating TA activities (FNS-related activities) within the province, and providing technical backstopping to frontline technicians for FNS and household nutrition-related activities. S/he will ensure GAFSP activities and FNS at the province level are implemented effectively and efficiently contributing to climate-resilient horticulture farming and improving nutritious and diverse food production and consumption of smallholder farmers. TERMS AND CONDITION Position Title: Programme Policy Officer (GAFSP Project Provincial Coordinator)-Karnali Province Contract Type: Service Contract (SC) Level: SC L8 Contract Duration: 12 months (Renewable) Duty Station: Surkhet, Karnali Province Date of Publication: 04.03.2026 Deadline of Application: 17.03.2026 WFP offers a competitive benefits package including salary plus CIGNA health insurance. KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES/RESPONSIBILITIES: The Programme Policy Officer (GAFSP Provincial Project Coordinator) will work under the functional supervision of Programme Policy Officer (GAFSP Project Coordinator) and administrative supervision of Head of WFP Western Nepal Region Field Office, with the overall guidance of Deputy Head of Programme/Strategic Outcome Manager, Head of Programme and senior management of WFP and in close coordination with Director of the respective Provincial Directorate of Agriculture Development (DoAD)/Project Implementation Unit (PIU) of NAFHA, and technical experts based at Project Implementation Unit. The incumbent will be responsible for the following tasks: 1.Contribute to the implementation of WFP Nepals Country Strategy Plan (CSP), corporate policies and programmes aligned with national policies (such as the Agricultural Development Strategy, National Climate Change Policy, National Nutrition Policy, and Strategy, etc) and wider UN strategic focus areas related to nutrition, agriculture, and livelihoods. 2.Support for the implementation, monitoring and reporting of the GAFSP-funded component of the NAFHA project at the provincial level. 3.Provide strategic support to the Project Implementation Unit (PIU) in the plan development and implementation of the GAFSP-funded component of NAFHA. 4.Support in training and workshops related to the project activities, including Training of Trainers/Facilitators (ToTs/ToFs) to Junior technicians/Junior technical assistants (JTs/JTAs) of the NAFHA project and resource farmers to facilitate FNS. 5.Facilitate and provide technical backstopping to JTs/JTAs in…