Business Innovation Consultant

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

30 March 2025-23:59-GMT+01:00 Central European Time (Rome)

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.

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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 TITLE: Business Innovation Consultant, United Nations World Food Programme
- DUTY STATION (City, Country): Rome
- DURATION: 6 months

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT:
Over the past years the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has responded to an unprecedented level of emergencies, while maintaining ongoing operations. This increased demand stretches the organization which means WFP has to find new approaches and ways of working to ensure we are channelling every available resource to the people we serve.
- The Business Innovation Unit (BIU) was established in 2015 to manage change and to promote innovation as part of WFP’s Innovation division:
- BIU acts as the “management consulting arm” of WFP- BIU is composed of staff with top-tier management consulting backgrounds as well as UN experience

We execute projects on behalf of Executive Directors, Assistant Secretary Generals, and Directors across the UN system, and have become a trusted advisor to WFP and other entities (e.g. UN Women, UNFPA, Business Innovation Group). Our focus is on end-to-end solutions, including problem assessment, data analysis, operational model design, change plan and implementation monitoring.
- ACCOUNTABILITIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Execution of Business Innovation projects
- Overall Innovation and Change Management priorities
- Other activities

DELIVERABLES:
- Corporate Executive Director, Board and divisional key initiatives- Advise Division Managers on prioritization of key corporate initiatives- Participate in discussions with team members and other divisions to align on objectives, activities, timelines and outputs for the Business Innovation agenda as applicable- Provide analytical and project management support- Support initiative owners in driving implementation forward- UN Reform: Support Head of Business Innovation on UN Reform implementation inside the WFP and part of an inter-agency project team- Explore benefits for potential global / local collaboration with sister agencies- Identify Business Operations Strategy best practices for collaboration and support cross-COs knowledge transfer- Support UN Reform Business Innovation Group to perform internal analysis on service delivery effectiveness and efficiency, review current service approaches at global and country levels and support pilot launches as needed- Support communication efforts on UN Reform- Additional support to divisional needs- Support knowledge management reviews and best practices sharing- Additional support requests, as required

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

- Education:

- Preference for a degree in business, economics or engineering
- Experience:

- About 2 years of progressively responsible national and/or international experience in a business or international relations related position. 2 years experience in change management, management consulting or finance required. Additional work experience desirable.

Knowledge & Skills:

- Ability to contribute to developing new strategies and innovative projects
- Good analytical abilities, both quantitative and qualitative: ability to perform advanced analysis in excel and produce high-quality written materials, including powerpoint presentations as well as text documents;
- Experience with optimization processes (e.g. optimization of strategic planning, sourcing, logistics, finance processes, performance management, etc.)
- Collaborative spirit t