Job Title: Communication and Marketing Officer (International Consultant Level II, WAE), Accra - Ghana
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๐ข Job Title: Communication and Marketing Officer (International Consultant Level II, WAE), Accra, Ghana
โจ Contract type and Grade: WAE Consultant Level II
๐ง Duration: 120 days (WAE) within eleven (11) months a period
โ Unit / Division: Executive Management
๐ Duty Station: Accra, WFP Ghana Country Office
โฐ Closing date: 20th June 2024
WFP celebrates and embraces diversity. It is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all its employees and encourages qualified candidates to apply irrespective of race, colour, national origin, ethnic or social background, genetic information, gender, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, HIV status or disability.
WFP seeks candidates of the highest integrity and professionalism who share our humanitarian principles. Selection of staff is made on a competitive basis, and we are committed to promoting diversity and gender balance. Female Candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
ABOUT WFP
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), a highly prestigious, reputable & worldโs largest humanitarian organization, operates in more than 120 countries and territories, bringing life-saving assistance in emergencies, building pathways to peace, stability, and prosperity for people recovering from conflict, disasters and the impact of climate change and supporting sustainable and resilient livelihoods for a world with zero hunger. 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.
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT:
The Country Strategic Plan 2024 - 2028 (CSP2.0) has been approved wherein WFP seeks to support national development priorities through four thematic pillars: Emergency Preparedness and response; Nutrition, Food Systems; Social Protection; and On-demand services and protection programmes.
To fully meet its objectives in Ghana, WFP is increasing its โenablerโ role by providing capacity strengthening for national institutions and supporting advocacy to improve food security and nutrition
outcomes. Efforts to achieve durable zero hunger solutions are largely hinged on:
1. Co-creating with government through augmenting services like institutional capacity strengthening, policy coherence and technical support.
2. Pursuing sustainable financing and optimization in the utilization of available resources.
3. Gender mainstreaming layered in our evidence generation, activity designs and implementation including the selection of the modalities used to provide assistance.
4. Pursuing partnerships that seek to maximize impact taking into consideration accountability to affected populations like youth, women and people living with disabilities.
5. Expanding from providing support to a finite number of people, to all people living in Ghana.
The Communication and Marketing Officer will be under the supervision of the Country Director and will undertake the following:
ACCOUNTABILITIES/RESPONSIBILITIES: