How can you make a difference?
In this position, you will have to:
1. Contribute to the operationalization of WFP Ukraine’s 2025-2027 Food Systems and Livelihoods Strategy, specifically focusing on the pillar that aims to implement a traceability system and increase the share of pro-smallholder procurement from Ukraine.
2. Manage partnerships and relations with small-scale farmers, agribusiness private sector players and associations representing Ukrainian producers of grain, pluses, and vegetable oil to increase the share of WFP’s pro-smallholder purchases from Ukraine.
3. Engage and coordinate with small-scale farmers producing WFP’s basket of commodities to establish entry points for direct and indirect sourcing.
4. In coordination with the Partnerships team, lead the project proposal preparation for the WFP Ukraine Agri-Hub model.
5. Manage internal and external relationships regarding the development and implementation of the WFP Ukraine Agri-Hub model.
6. Work closely with partners such as the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to ensure coordination and advocacy on the use of the state agrarian register (SAR) and support to small-scale farmers and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) close to frontline areas.
7. In close collaboration with the Procurement team, contribute to the 2025/2026 sourcing plan and the definition of pro-smallholder targets.
8. Analyze data and contribute to the preparation of accurate and timely reporting, including Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) about the project, supporting a WFP-wide view of livelihoods and food systems activities that enables informed decision-making and consistency of information presented to stakeholders.
9. Performing other duties as assigned as per the needs of the operations.
To join us in saving lives, changing lives, you will have:
Education: Advanced university degree in Agribusiness, Logistics, Food Systems, Economics, or a related field.
Experience:
Knowledge & Skills:
Language: Fluency (level C) in English, knowing the Ukrainian language will be an asse
The UNITED NATIONS WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME (WFP) is the world’s largest humanitarian organization working towards zero hunger by 2030, 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. Powered by the passion, dedication and professionalism of our 20,000 staff worldwide, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) works in over 80 countries to bring life-saving food to people displaced by conflict and made destitute by disasters, and help individuals and communities find life-changing solutions to the multiple challenges they face in building better futures. In 2020, WFP assisted 115.5 million people – the largest number since 2012. On any given day, WFP has 5,600 trucks, 30 ships and nearly 100 planes on the move, delivering food and other assistance to those in most need. Every year, we distribute more than 15 billion rations at an estimated average cost per ration of US$ 0.61. We work to enhance nutrition in women and children, support smallholder farmers in improving productivity and reducing losses, help countries and communities prepare for and cope with climate-related shocks, and boost human capital through school feeding programmes. In conflict situations, we bring relief to exhausted populations and use food assistance to build pathways to peace and stability. For its efforts to combat hunger, for its contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflict-affected areas and for acting as a driving force in efforts to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of war and conflict, WFP was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2020.