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World Food Programme

UN food assistance and humanitarian relief

Program Assistant - Resilience

Community Outreach & ProgramsConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeLa Paz, BoliviaNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • Applicants must be Bolivian nationals or foreign nationals with a valid work permit at the time of application.
  • A bachelor's-level degree in agronomic engineering, environmental engineering, geography, rural development, or a related field is required.
  • Experience in food security and nutrition, socio-environmental analysis, and preparation of Environmental Impact Assessment Studies is required.
  • Experience coordinating and technically monitoring partner organizations, local governments, and community stakeholders is required.
  • Experience with prior consultation processes and community engagement is required.
  • Experience providing technical support for environmental and social prevention, mitigation, and adaptation plans is required.
  • Experience managing development and socio-environmental projects is required.
  • Proficiency in information systems, including geographic information systems and databases, is required.
  • Advanced Excel skills are required.
  • Excellent written, spoken, and reading proficiency in Spanish is required.
  • Intermediate written, spoken, and reading proficiency in English is required.
  • Ability to prepare technical and socio-environmental reports is required.
  • Operational program management capability is required.
  • Ability to manage multiple tasks and work under pressure is required.
  • Flexibility and adaptability to changing work demands are required.

Responsibilities

  • Support the planning and implementation of resilience activities for smallholder producers, integrating environmental and social criteria.
  • Contribute to identifying sensitive and vulnerable areas through spatial analysis using geographic information systems and thematic mapping, in coordination with the Monitoring and Evaluation unit.
  • Prepare and follow up on technical and socio-environmental reports related to food resilience projects.
  • Support the implementation of prevention, mitigation, and adaptation plans addressing climate and environmental risks.
  • Facilitate coordination with Indigenous communities, TCO/TIOC, smallholder producers, and local stakeholders in consultation and participation processes.
  • Support training and provide guidance to communities and smallholder producers on resilience practices, risk management, and food security.
  • Contribute to organizing workshops, seminars, and training sessions on resilience and food systems.
  • Support the collection, consolidation, and analysis of information for monitoring and evaluating activities.
  • Contribute to preparing technical reports, donor reports, and corporate reports for the World Food Programme.
  • Support knowledge management processes and the systematization of good practices.
  • Perform other duties as required within the scope of the role's authority and competencies.

About the Company

World Food Programme

UN food assistance and humanitarian relief

The World Food Programme (WFP) is the United Nations’ food assistance arm and the world’s largest humanitarian organization focused on fighting hunger. It delivers food aid and nutrition support to people in emergencies and in food-insecure areas around the world. WFP works by providing direct food deliveries, cash-based transfers, and logistical support to reach communities in need; it also runs programs like school meals and nutrition initiatives to improve health and resilience. What makes WFP different from its peers is its scale and global logistics network—having a mandate from the UN to operate in many countries and coordinate large, rapid-response relief efforts, often moving food, supplies, and aid through complex supply chains. The program’s goal is to save lives by preventing hunger and to help people achieve longer-term food security and resilience, so communities can recover from crises and build sustainable access to food.

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Headquarters
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Founded
1961

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