Programme Policy Officer – Food Technologist

Coordinates WFP Madagascar’s support for local production of nutritious foods, managing small programmes, monitoring quality and results, strengthening producers and women’s groups, establishing food-safety controls, developing social marketing and documenting models for consolidation and scale-up.

Department: Resilience Programme

• Coordinate local production of high-nutritional-value foods
• Support industrial, semi-industrial and artisanal production models
• Establish quality-control systems for fortified food production
• Manage programme plans, monitoring data and timely reporting
• Build capacity of producers, partners and government counterparts
• Develop social-marketing approaches to increase nutritious-food demand
• Document implementation and prepare consolidation and scale-up plans

• Advanced degree in nutrition, health, food science, food technology, food engineering, agriculture, environmental science, social sciences or another relevant field, or a first degree with additional experience or training
• At least one year of postgraduate professional experience for candidates with a master’s degree
• Fluency at Level C in French
• Intermediate Level B English

• Fixed-term NO-A appointment for one year, renewable after probation confirmation
• Application-stage documents are a CV and cover letter