Partnerships Officer

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• 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 Officer
TYPE OF CONTRACT: International Regular Consultant Level II

UNIT/DIVISION: PCS (CO Support Hub)

DUTY STATION: Rome, HQ

DURATION: 11 months

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT:

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide. The mission of WFP is to help the world achieve Zero Hunger in our lifetime. Every day, WFP works worldwide to ensure that no child goes to bed hungry and that the poorest and most vulnerable, particularly women and children, can access the nutritious food they need.

WFP is committed to addressing the growing humanitarian needs exacerbated by conflict, climate change, and economic shocks. With resources increasingly constrained, it is critical for WFP to diversify funding sources and enhance engagement with non-traditional donors. To support this endeavor, the Executive Board approved a Corporate Critical Initiative (CCI) - Positioning WFP to unlock diverse funding to catalyze efforts to diversify funding by increasing and supplementing capacities in the field for identifying new and different partnerships.

Under the CCI and in the context of the WFP restructuring into Global HQ, the newly created Country Office Support Hub (under HQ Public Partnerships Department, including parts of the former Partnership Coordination Service) in collaboration with the Regional teams will provide hands on partnerships support to the field. The Country Office Support Hub will be composed of desk officers who can offer remote and surge support to partnerships teams in COs across the resource mobilization spectrum: from planning corporate processes to proposal writing and donor engagement. The team's efforts will contribute to the objectives of the CCI on funding diversification but will also contribute to the traditional fundraising objectives of the COs.

ACCOUNTABILITIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

1.Support the implementation of the roadmap of changes in selected COs in close coordination with the Regional Bureaus (RBs)

2.Map stakeholders supporting the roadmap and the implementation of the future state in selected Country Offices

3.Assist the RBs in supporting selected COs implementing the roadmap and the future state

4.Support on-going development and updates of COs and RBs roadmap related workplans which outline key milestones, deliverables, tasks, deadlines, and owners

5.Facilitate regular coordination meetings between identified stakeholders to align on objectives, activities, timelines and outputs. Be responsible for cross-fertilisation between countries

6.Monitor progress of the implementation of the roadmap of changes at Country Office's level

7.Organize cadenced and ad-hoc meetings to align on and validate CO's roadmap implementation updates and decisions

8.Prepare and provide timely / regular updates on roadmap implementation; for efficiency and effectiveness differentiate per audiences

9.Assist in coordination among teams to address roadblocks and conflicts, escalating when necessary

10.Provide support on infographics to portray pre-determined content in a way that facilitates understanding and discussion of certain topics 11.Conduct data analysis for insights and to support decision making 12.Support knowledge management reviews and sharing of best practices for future scale up

13.Contribute internal communication and dissemination of progresses 14.Additional support requests, as required

DELIVERABLES AT THE END OF THE CONTRACT:

• Deliver  donor mappings and engagement plans, supporting diversification objectives of a selected number of COs 

• Lead in the development of full fledged proposals aligned with CO priorities and donor expectations

• COs with the development of concept notes and slide decks according to the engagement plan jointly developed

• Monitor CCI Diversification progress KPIs, contribute to CCI Diversification quarterly meetings and progress reports

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

Education: Preference for a degree in International Development, Business Administration, Political Sciences or other related fields.

Experience: Over 6 years of progressively responsible national and/or international experience in a business or international relations related position. Experience with WFP is an asset. At least 2 years of field (country) experience in partnership or policy and programme from a national perspective. Additional work experience desirable.

Knowledge & Skills:

Ability to develop 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;

Excellent networking and communications skills to ensure participatory collaboration and buy-in from all staff involved across departments and including the field;

Experience with optimization processes (e.g. optimization of strategic planning, sourcing, logistics, finance processes, performance management, etc.)

Collaborative spirit to liaise with a wide range of people at all levels and across different cultures, with credibility and diplomacy;

Time management skills with an ability to plan ahead, anticipate requirements, problems and obstacles, and an ability to juggle competing priorities successfully, and to work on tight deadlines;

Self-motivated and able to work with a certain degree of autonomy and/ or in team

Fully committed and motivated to achieve the aims of the UN World Food Programme

Knowledge of UN system policies and functions of protection-mandated agencies. Flexibility to travel on short notice and in challenging and difficult environments.

Team spirit and excellent interpersonal skills.

Languages: In addition to a high proficiency in written and spoken English, knowledge of a second UN language is a plus.

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