Programme Officer Climate Finance P3 - Rome, Italy Lazio

Programme Officer Climate Finance P3 - Rome, Italy
Roma
Lazio, Lazio

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Are you a climate finance professional interested in further developing your professional experience while contributing to ending global hunger?

Are you passionate about helping those in need?

Would you like to join a global organisation investing in its people?

If so, an exciting & fulfilling career awaits you!!!

Join our diverse and passionate team that works on varied and international projects directly contributing to saving & changing millions of lives around the globe.

**WHO WE ARE**:

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), a highly prestigious, reputable & world's largest humanitarian organization, 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.

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.

**WHY JOIN US?

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- WFP is a 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate

- WFP offers a highly inclusive, diverse, and multicultural working environment

- WFP invests in the personal & professional development of its employees through a range of training, accreditation, coaching, mentorship, and other programs as well as through internal mobility opportunities

- A career path in WFP provides an exciting opportunity to work across the various country, regional and global offices around the world, and with passionate colleagues who work tirelessly to ensure that effective humanitarian assistance reaches millions of people across the globe

- We offer an attractive compensation package (please refer to the Terms and Conditions section)

**ABOUT CLIMATE AND DISASTER RISK REDUCTION PROGRAMMES UNIT (PRO-C) AT WFP**:

The Climate and Disaster Risk Reduction Programmes Unit (PRO-C) in WFP headquarters serves as the institutional focal point for interaction with multilateral climate finance mechanisms.

A specialized team in the Unit provides technical guidance to Country Offices and Regional Bureaux on the specific requirements and complex project cycles of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change's Adaptation Fund (AF) and Green Climate Fund (GCF) and supports design and implementation of projects to be funded by multilateral climate funds.

These projects incorporate a range of climate change adaptation and risk management activities benefitting of WFP's comparative advantage, including climate risk analyses to help governments better understand the impact of climate risk on food security and nutrition; nature-based solutions; climate risk insurance, forecast-based financing schemes to increase anticipatory action ahead of climate hazards, last-mile climate information, energy services, and technical support to governments to establish risk management structures, processes and strengthen implementation capacities.

**THE ROLE**:

WFP is looking for two Programme Officers who will join the Climate Finance team within PRO-C and play a key role in supporting the design and implementation of WFP's climate finance portfolio, with a focus on Adaptation Fund and Green Climate Fund.

The posts are based in WFP HQ in Rome and report to the Climate Finance Team Leader in PRO-C.

They might entail supervision of junior climate program officers, interns, and consultants.

**KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)**:

The Programme Officers will be responsible for providing guidance and support to Country Offices (CO) and Regional Bureaux (RB) in designing and implementing climate change adaptation projects funded through climate finance.

They will ensure the technical quality of the projects and compliance of the proposals with the requirements of multilateral climate finance funds.

The Programme Officers will also be ensuring compliance with the funds' rules and regulations during project implementation and develop guidance to support COs and RBx throughout the entire project cycle.

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Provide advice and support to Country Offices and partners (especially governments), in collaboration with Regional Bureaux, to design quality programmes that build climate resilience in communities, and to draft funding proposals, especially for the Adaptation Fund (AF) and Green Climate Fund (GCF):

- Guiding COs through the entire proposal preparation and submission processes;

- Ensuring compliance with Funds' rules, regulations, processes, and requirements;

- Providing support in writing concept notes and funding proposals, when needed;

- Liaising with the Funds during proposal review processes and coordinating answers to their questions and proposals finalization;

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Provide advice and support to COs, in collaboration with RBx, during st