This position is open to qualified Somali candidates. Female candidates are especially encouraged to apply.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

• Be the lead focal point for all innovation related matters for WFP Somalia. Provide regular updates, advisory, technical inputs, and strategic inputs to Head of Partnerships, and Country Office (CO) Senior Management on innovation related matters. 
• With support from the regional bureau and your supervisor, formulate an innovation strategy that aligns with 1) WFP Somalia CSP, and 2) WFP Regional Bureau Innovation theory of change. 
• Provide guidance, mentorship, training, and leadership to local national staff who are part- or full-time innovation officers so they can improve their ability to manage and run innovation programs. 
• Manage the country office innovation budget and with your supervisors support assess and pursue fundraising opportunities. 
• Manage communications with key innovation donors, government, and stakeholders by preparing regular reports, fact sheets, briefs etc.  
• Ensure coordination of country office innovation activities visibility to internal and external audience as per WFP communication guidelines. 
• Capture learnings from other WFP and CARE country offices on experience in running an internal innovation challenge and engage with WFP Accelerator to pick lessons from the WFP Innovation Challenge.  
• Represent WFP in Somalia and regional innovation forums, events, workshops, etc. and build a stable network for collaboration. 
• Launch external and internal innovation challenges to source innovative solutions to humanitarian and development challenges faced in Somalia. 
• Oversee WFPs sourcing, onboarding and management of program implementing partners.  
• Support Somalia CO’s efforts to increase WFP’s engagement with the private sector through research/data/market analysis, communication, advocacy and visibility. 
• Identify and support the work of Somalia on new private sector initiatives, including through enhanced engagement with existing donors/ other partners. 
• Develop a Country Office Private Sector Partnerships roadmap, leveraging innovation and WFP programmes  
• Perform other duties as required.