Senior Partnership Advisor

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

14 October 2026-23:59-GMT+01:00 Central European Time (Rome)

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WHY JOIN WFP?

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• 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.
  
• We offer an attractive compensation package (please refer to the Terms and Conditions section of this vacancy announcement).
  

JOB TITLE: Partnerships Consultant

TYPE OF CONTRACT : WAE - 45 work days

UNIT/DIVISION: PPDR - Country Office Support Hub

DUTY STATION (City, Country): Rome

DURATION: 3 months

Under the overall guidance of the Secretary of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS), the incumbent will:

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• Provide high-level strategic advice and support to the CFS Chairperson and CFS Secretary on priorities, positioning, outreach and engagement with external stakeholders, including in the preparation for and during the CFS 54 in October 2026, drawing on the extensive experience of the incumbent with WFP, the Rome-based agencies and other UN organizations, in order to leverage an established CFS network and knowledge of the global food security and nutrition landscape.
  
• Follow up in the finalization, discussion and presentation of the outcomes of the CFS workstream on “Collaborative governance for Coordinated Policy Responses to Emerging Global Food Crises Towards Sustainable Agriculture and Food System Transformation” in the context of the CFS 54 Plenary in October, including the topics on healthy diets and data systems for food security and nutrition, as well as facilitating the identification by the CFS Bureau of the incoming thematic discussions for this workstream in 2027.
  
• Provide strategic and technical advice on food security and nutrition to the CFS Chair and CFS Secretary, in particular to support the integration and mainstreaming of nutrition across CFS priorities, activities and policy processes under the MYPoW 2024–2027, as well as supporting and facilitating engagement with UN agencies linked to this area of work (World Health Organization, UNICEF and other UN relevant), prioritizing those based in Geneva, Switzerland.
  
• Support CFS resource mobilization and strategic partnerships to support the implementation of CFS uptake activities, including by identifying opportunities with donors and other strategic partners, especially from the Near East region.
  
• Support the engagement of the CFS with UN Agencies and Civil Society organizations based in Geneva, in particular those related with the implementation of the Right to Food, such as the Office of the UN High-Commissioner on Human Rights and the Scaling Up Nutrition Movement (SUN), to facilitate the implementation of CFS uptake activities and the development of activities to raise awareness about the CFS in Geneva.
  
• Provide technical advice about the use of the CFS Framework f