Programme Policy Officer (Livelihood and Technical Training Specialist)_SC8 based in the Department of Rural Development and Poverty Reduction (DRD-PR) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment (MAE)

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

25 November 2026-23:59-GMT+07:00 Indochina Time (Vientiane)

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Background

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The Building Resilience and Reducing Rural Poverty Project (BRRRP) is an initiative by the Government of Lao PDR, particularly the Department of Rural Development and Poverty Reduction (DRD-PR) Ministry of Agriculture and Environment (MAE), in collaboration with the Asian Development Bank (ADB), aimed at addressing food insecurity, rural poverty, and reduce vulnerabilities exacerbated by climate change. It aims to improve the health, resilience, and socioeconomic profile of poor households, particularly women, through a combination of adaptive and shock-responsive social protection measures.

The project targets districts in four provinces: Khammouan, Louangphabang, Savannahkhet, and Xaiyabuly, which are characterized by high poverty rates, malnutrition, and climate risks. It combines nutrition-sensitive conditional cash transfers (CCT) with an innovative poverty graduation program, aimed to support the most vulnerable populations, particularly poor pregnant women and mothers of young children.

Key components of the project include:

• Output 1: Coverage of shock-responsive and nutrition-sensitive conditional cash transfer program expanded.
• Output 2: Gender-responsive and climate-resilient poverty graduation program piloted.
• Output 3: Social protection delivery systems and CCT implementation enhanced.
• Output 4: Institutional capacity for gender-smart and climate-responsive monitoring and evaluation strengthened.

Under Output 2 WFP will provide technical support to MAE in the design, implementation, and evaluat...

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