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About the Role

This role facilitates strategic partnerships with macro insurance partners and Disaster Risk Financing (DRF) actors, increasing WFP’s visibility with the UK government, IFIs, and the insurance sector. It contributes to designing and implementing the WFP DRF Architecture, the UN DRF platform, and the DRF4ASP window, including gender-responsive operational plans and a strengthened risk-layering approach.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain effective technical and resource partnerships with key insurance stakeholders in London.
• Identify opportunities to develop new partnerships with development, humanitarian, and private sector entities.
• Ensure WFP's engagement on strategic discussions in the DRF sector and advise on developments.
• Represent WFP in UN and other multilateral bodies, including NGO and private sector fora.
• Identify funding opportunities and develop proposals, advocacy, and communication materials.
• Support country offices in the design and update of risk profiles, index insurance products, and risk transfer parameters.
• Advise and support the development and delivery of functional training in disaster risk financing and insurance.
• Lead on the research and implementation of strategies for risk layering and improved early action.
• Oversee the implementation and continued scaling of WFP's macro insurance programme.
• Conduct country visits to introduce Country Offices to macro insurance and DRF.
• Contribute to the design and implementation of the DRF architecture.
• Coordinate the development of the UN DRF platform with other UN agencies and humanitarian organizations.
• Plan use of resources and ensure timely technical and financial reporting to donors.

Requirements

• At least 8 years of post-graduate, progressively responsible work experience in disaster risk financing, parametric insurance, or climate risk management.
• Proven experience working with sovereign / macro risk financing instruments, regional risk pools, and insurance industry players.
• Existing strong networks with key institutions in climate and disaster risk financing and insurance (CDRFI).
• Participation in working groups in this field.
• Existing experience working with UN organizations will be an asset.
• Field experience in humanitarian work.
• Strong expertise in climate risk financing / disaster risk financing / public finance management.
• Operational experience in humanitarian preparedness & response to climate shocks or natural hazards.
• Ability to lead high-level technical discussions and advise senior partners.
• Experience in managing partnerships and complex programming, including large budgets (above 5 m USD p.a).
• Strong coordination and communication skills across diverse stakeholders.
• Excellent analytical writing and technical reporting skills.

Skills

• Disaster risk financing
• Parametric insurance
• Climate risk management
• Macro risk financing instruments
• Regional risk pools
• Insurance industry players (insurers, reinsurers and brokers)
• Product design
• Policy placement
• Preparedness
• Payout implementation
• Climate and disaster risk financing and insurance (CDRFI)
• Public finance management
• Humanitarian preparedness & response
• Partnership management
• Complex programming
• Coordination
• Communication
• Analytical writing
• Technical reporting

Location

• London

Work Type

• Full-time
• International Professional

Experience Level

• At least 8 years of post-graduate experience

Education Level

• Advanced University degree in economics, environmental studies, agriculture and food security, development studies, emergency preparedness or related area
• First University Degree with two additional years of related work experience

Benefits

• Attractive compensation and benefits package in line with ICSC standards
• Basic salary
• Post adjustment
• Relocation entitlement
• Visa
• Travel and shipment allowances
• 30 days’ annual leave
• Home leave
• Education grant for dependent children
• Pension plan
• Medical insurance

About the Company

• The World Food Programme is the 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.
• 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.

Equal Opportunity

• WFP celebrates and embraces diversity. It is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all its employees and encourages qualified candidates to apply irrespective of race, colour, national origin, ethnic or social background, genetic information, gender, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, HIV status or disability.
• All employment decisions are made on the basis of organizational needs, job requirements, merit, and individual qualifications. WFP is committed to providing an inclusive work environment free of sexual exploitation and abuse, all forms of discrimination, any kind of harassment, sexual harassment, and abuse of authority.