Strategy and Planning Officer (SURAGGWA-PAGGW)

Location: Dakar, Senegal; onsite position in the Subregional Office for West Africa. Fixed-term appointment for one year, with the possibility of extension.

Company

hirify.global is a United Nations specialized agency supporting the transformation of agrifood systems and implementing the SURAGGWA programme with the Pan African Great Green Wall and national entities across Africa.

What you will do

• Develop and update SURAGGWA work plans, planning matrices, results frameworks, logical frameworks, impact pathways, and coordination roadmaps.
• Provide strategic planning guidance to country teams and national Great Green Wall institutions to align national interventions with the regional programme.
• Support results-based monitoring, field activity tracking, data integration, regional progress reports, briefs, dashboards, and GCF reporting.
• Facilitate multi-stakeholder planning workshops and support National Great Green Wall Coalitions, institutional development plans, and capacity building.
• Contribute to climate-related technical work, geospatial monitoring, carbon-sequestration assessments, and identification of suitable carbon methodologies.
• Prepare partner concept notes, proposals, knowledge products, strategic risk notes, and communication materials for programme events.

Requirements

• Advanced university degree in business or public administration, finance, economics, agriculture, development economics, international development, computer science, or a related field.
• At least five years of relevant experience in planning, monitoring and evaluation, financial analysis, business process analysis, and/or systems development.
• Working knowledge of English at proficiency level C is required.
• Intermediate knowledge of another hirify.global official language at level B is required.
• Experience analyzing strategy, policy, operational, and programmatic issues, including results-based planning, monitoring, and reporting.
• Ability to analyze complex planning issues and integrate them into business-process systems and data-analysis tools.

Nice to have

• Experience working in multiple locations or field positions.
• Knowledge of the Pan African Great Green Wall and activities in the targeted countries.
• Experience with country programming and coordination between national and regional teams.
• French at intermediate or working knowledge level.

Culture & Benefits

• International workplace focused on integrity, respect, inclusion, diversity, and professional conduct.
• Competitive United Nations compensation and benefits package, subject to eligibility.
• Dependency allowances, rental subsidy, education grant, home leave travel, and 30 working days of annual leave.
• Pension fund entitlements, international health insurance, optional life insurance, and disability protection.
• Family-friendly policies and flexible working arrangements.

Hiring process

• Submit a complete online profile through the hirify.global recruitment portal, including employment records, qualifications, language skills, and a motivation letter.
• Applications are screened based on the submitted profile; selected candidates may undergo assessments, reference checks, and background verification.