Partnership Manager, Rome, Italy

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS 24 September 2026-23:59-GMT+01:00 Central European Time (Rome)

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ABOUT WFP

The World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian organization saving lives in emergencies and using food assistance to build a pathway to peace, stability and prosperity, for people recovering from conflict, disasters and the impact of climate change. At WFP, people are at the heart of everything we do and the vision of the future WFP workforce is one of diverse, committed, skilled, and high performing teams, selected on merit, operating in a healthy and inclusive work environment, living WFP's values (Integrity, Collaboration, Commitment, Humanity, and Inclusion) and working with partners to save and change the lives of those WFP serves. To learn more about WFP, visit our website: https://www.wfp.org and follow us on social media to keep up with our latest news: YouTube, LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, TikTok.

WHY JOIN WFP?

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 DETAILS

• Job Title: Partnership Manager
• Unit/Division: Private Sector Partnerships (PSP) Org. Unit 50015246
• Team: Partnership Management Team
• Duty Station: Rome, HQ
• Contract Type: Regular Consultant
• Duration: 11 months
• Work Schedule: Full time, Monday to Friday
• Line Manager/Supervisor: Head of Global Partnership Management

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is the world’s largest humanitarian agency working to create a world with zero hunger. As the leading humanitarian organization saving lives and changing lives, WFP delivers food assistance in emergencies and works with communities to improve nutrition and build resilience for the long term. WFP believes that individual and collective wellbeing can only be achieved if all children, women, and men get the nutritious food they need to lead healthy, dignified lives. WFP also works with partners to strengthen the resilience of communities most vulnerable to hunger and malnutrition through long‑term development programmes aimed at boosting food security, local economies, education, employment, and gender equality.

PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT

The position is part of the partnerships management team and will manage and optimise the impact and results of WFP’s portfolio of global partnerships with international and national businesses. PSP requires a senior officer with extensive experience managing partnerships of this scale and complexity to manage global partnerships to ensure we are creating a strategy which maximises the financial and technical/non‑financial value for WFP while also creating the most effective and efficient approach to the partnership.

ACCOUNTABILITIES / RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manage global corporate partnerships: act as focal point, manage the portfolio, define, and develop standards.
• Partnerships Management: Lead on the execution of the PSP global partnerships plan and adapt based on shifts in select partnerships.
• Develop and implement strategic account and stakeholder engagement plans for assigned global partnerships, including stakeholder mapping, executive engagement strategies and relationship management approaches.
• Identify and cultivate relationships with key decision‑makers, influencers and champions across partner organisations, ensuring tailored engagement with senior executives to support partnership growth, renewal, risk mitigation and long‑term strategic objectives.
• Lead on renewal conversations and negotiations when required including implementing new ways of working and processes in line with the renewal.
• Draft and finalise any contract amendments, revisions and extensions required to the global partnerships’ contracts, working closely with PSP legal department and other key departments.