Location: Delhi
Apply by: 09 Jun 2026
Job Title: SSA Consultant- Climate- Resilient livelihoods & Food Systems expert
Type of Contract: Special Services Agreement
Duration: 7 Months from start date of the contract
Reporting To: Team Lead (CSP) and Deputy Country Director (DCD)
Duty Station: New Delhi
Deadline of Application: 09 June 2026
Terms and conditions
This vacancy is open to Indian National only
A Written test will be used for Screening Candidates
Candidates readily available to join immediately will be preferred.
The recruitment process will be limited to individual consultants only. Candidates applying as representatives of firms, agencies, or any other organizational entities would not be eligible for consideration, as WFP will issue payments directly to the consultant and not to any firm, agency, or institution
The Salary for this position will be LUMP-SUM and will be linked to deliverables Refer to the payment schedule in Terms of reference. Consultant will be covered with medical & death & disability coverage as per WFP 's Plan. All Tax liability for payments from this contract are to be borne by the subscriber.
Background and objectives
The Country Strategic Plan (CSP) Review (2023–2027) provides a comprehensive assessment of WFP India Country Office (CO) strategy and programmatic activities over the period. It aims to generate evidence, insights, and strategic direction to inform decision-making and the formulation of the next CSP (2028–2032).
Specifically, the review will:
Undertake a landscape and context analysis of the food security and nutrition sector in India;
Assess the CSP 2023–2027, including programmatic performance and partnerships with the Government of India and State Governments;
Generate independent, impartial evidence and strategic learnings from programme implementation to inform future strategic direction;
Identify opportunities and potential for resource mobilization from diverse funding sources.
The review will include both internal and external components. The internal component will focus on performance analysis of the current CSP, while an external review will focus on the landscape analysis including funding landscape, which will be led by a team of consultants (one Team Leader and three subject matter experts), each contracted individually. For more details, please access the detailed TOR here.Climate Resilient livelihoods & Food Systems Expert
To guide and coordinate this process, the India CO will establish a CSP Task Force responsible for overseeing the implementation of the CSP review.
How to apply
To be considered, interested candidates are invited to apply via (https://www.wfp.org/careers/job-openings). Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
WFP will not request payment at any stage of the recruitment process including at the offer stage. Any requests for payment should be refused and reported to local law enforcement authorities for appropriate action.
Please find the details here