Giving Compass' Take:

• To attract a wide range of diverse and qualifies candidates, the World Food Programme is launching the Future International Talent Pool.

• Is the talent pool model ideal for this type of work? How can other organizations leverage this model? 

• Learn about the World Food Programme's aggressive new approach to tackling hunger. 

Over the past few years, an escalation of global humanitarian emergencies has put an increased demand on the World Food Programme to respond in these situations, and hire and deploy its people in a more agile way. To allow the organization to meet this growing demand, WFP is launching a talent pool to find qualified professionals for a range of international and fixed-term positions across many sectors including program policy, supply chain, finance, security, nutrition, vulnerability analysis mapping, and communication to name just a few.

The Future International Talent Pool — or FIT Pool — is part of a new hiring approach anticipating staffing needs so that when that need arises, the organization will be in a position to respond almost immediately explained Pilar Cortés, WFP’s chief of talent acquisition and talent deployment. “WFP has a very special mandate and also a very special culture,” said Cortés

WFP eventually aims to have FIT pools for almost every function, said Cortés, while aiming for gender parity across the organization. “We are trying to increase the number of female recruits, particularly in functions where traditionally we were recruiting more male candidates,” she said.

Security, information technology, and supply chain are some of the functional areas where the organization is hoping to attract more female applicants.

Read the full article on the Future International Talent Pool at Devex International Development