Overview
Facilitate WFP's positioning with public, private, and external partners to attract support, resources, and innovative solutions, while supporting member states in achieving SDGs and Zero Hunger.
Key Responsibilities
- Support the implementation of the work plan for an assigned area to identify, develop and strengthen partnerships.
- Support the management of a partnerships portfolio, including partner profiling, data/trends analysis and outreach.
- Use data to propose options to managers to expand support from existing partners and scope new partners.
- Solicit inputs from other WFP entities to inform partner audiences on WFP’s programmatic offering.
- Gather and present internal and external data/information to support WFP’s effective positioning vis-à-vis national governments, regional and international institutions.
- Support the development of partnerships and joint events with member states, civil society and intergovernmental organizations.
- Contribute to draw up quality partner proposals and reports.
- Support senior managers in the preparation of strategic agreements, joint strategies and MOUs.
- Contribute to preparedness actions, providing technical recommendations and guidance, and monitor defined risks.
- Other as required.
Required Experience
- Minimum three or more years of relevant professional work experience in partnership roles.
- Has an understanding of government strategies.
- Has developed effective relationships with partners and explored new areas to scaleup existing activities and researched new opportunities.
- Has developed powerful narratives by using data analysis visualization to enable action-oriented discussions with partners.
- Has prepared briefs to raise resources for operations and collaborated for timely registration, maintenance and update of contributions and forecasts.
- Has provided technical support and identified opportunities for service delivery excellence to strengthen partnerships.
- Has motivated team spirit and contributed to a gender-balanced, inclusive and sound working environment.
Qualifications
Advanced University degree in Political Science, International Development, Development Economics, International Relations, Law, Marketing, Communication or other relevant field, or First University degree with additional years of related work experience and/or trainings/courses.
