Are you keen to contribute to Food Systems Transformations, leading to improved food and nutrition security for people living in conflict and protracted crises, e.g. in the Horn of Africa? Are you intrigued to work across the Humanitarian-Development-Peace nexus in fragile settings?
This position with Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation might be something for you!

We are looking for a Food Systems Resilience expert, to help implement our projects in the Horn of Africa (Sudan, South Sudan, Somaliland), where we work with partners on enhancing Food Systems Resilience in a dynamic, volatile and fragile context, with conflicts and situations of protracted crises.
The selected candidate will support and contribute to the implementation of projects, and support learning and capacity building agendas.
You will contribute to programme management, including planning, coordination and delivery, and report on project progress. You will organise and help facilitate workshops, learning events and training courses, contribute to evidence-based adaptive management and coordinate Communities of Practice and Learning Journeys. You will engage in the organization and follow-up of meetings, consultations and conferences and in the production of required materials and in the provision of information and assistance to partners. In addition, you will contribute to FSR studies through data processing and analysis/foresight in synergy with current humanitarian data environment.

The selected candidate will work at Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation (WCDI). Our work focuses on sustainable and inclusive food- and ecosystem transformation in Africa, Asia and to a lesser extend Latin America. As Food system resilience advisor, the candidate will have the opportunity to get involved in projects and build strategic partnerships between knowledge institutes, government organisations, civil society organisations, and private companies. WCDI is knowledge partner in the consortia in which we operate. You will be asked to apply relevant knowledge in projects, and to co-create knowledge with our partners. In addition, facilitating learning of professional partners, individuals as well as organisations, is part of the job.

Duty station is Wageningen with travel to countries that participate in WCDI’s portfolio (in particular HoA).

• MSc degree in international development, disaster management, conflict studies or similar field
• 2 years of working experience, of which at least 1 year in an international environment, preferably in or with partners in the Horn of Africa or other protracted crises areas;
• Proven experience on conceptualizing and operationalizing food system resilience (e.g. through reports or publications);
• Affinity with quantitative and qualitative data processing and analysis;
• Experience in (co-)developing and (co-)delivering professional training, preferably in hybrid settings. Experience to work with online learning environments.
• Excellent communication and facilitation skills with a strong ability to work and communicate across boundaries/cultures;
• Willingness to provide a helping hand wherever needed, if co-facilitation, project management support or data processing
• An enthusiastic result oriented team player, who is also client oriented and stress resistant;
• Willingness to travel (short missions);
• Your English proficiency is excellent (a minimum of CEFR C1 level) and proficiency of spoken and written Arabic is an noteworthy asset; for more information about this proficiency levels, please visit our special language page;

Wageningen University & Research offers excellent terms of employment. A few highlights from our Collective Labour Agreement include:

• working hours that can be discussed and arranged so that they allow for the best possible work-life balance;
• the option to accrue additional compensation hours by working more, up to 40 hours per week;
• sabbatical leave, study leave, and partially paid parental leave;
• there is a strong focus on vitality and you can make use of the sports facilities available on campus for a small fee;
• a fixed December bonus of 4%;
• excellent pension scheme.

In addition to these first-rate employee benefits, you will of course receive a good salary. We offer, depending on your experience, a competitive gross salary of between € 2.949,- and € 4.809,- for a full-time working week of 36 hours, in accordance with the CLA Wageningen Research. Additionally, a contract for 0,8 FTE can be discussed.

Wageningen University & Research encourages internal advancement opportunities and mobility with an internal recruitment policy. There are plenty of options for personal initiative in a learning environment, and we provide excellent training opportunities. We are offering a multi-faceted position in an international environment with a pleasant and open working atmosphere.

You are going to work at the greenest and most innovative campus in Holland, and at a university that has been chosen as the “Best University” in the Netherlands for the 18th consecutive time.

Coming from abroad
Wageningen University & Research is the university and research centre for life sciences. The themes we deal with are relevant to everyone around the world and Wageningen, therefore, has a large international community and a lot to offer to international employees.
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Wageningen University & Research

Wageningen University & Research
The mission of Wageningen University & Research is “To explore the potential of nature to improve the quality of life”. Under the banner Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen University and the specialised research institutes of the Wageningen Research Foundation have joined forces in contributing to finding solutions to important questions in the domain of healthy food and living environment. With its roughly 30 branches, 7,200 employees (6,400 fte) and 13,200 students and over 150.000 participants to WUR’s Life Long Learning, Wageningen University & Research is one of the leading organisations in its domain. The unique Wageningen approach lies in its integrated approach to issues and the collaboration between different disciplines.

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