Overview
The consultant will provide strategic leadership in resource mobilization, advocacy, and partnership development to support WFP Kenya's strategic objectives and diversify funding sources.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead engagement with international financial institutions, development financing institutions, emerging and non-traditional government donors, and regional organisations.
- Co-lead the development and implementation of a Resource Mobilization Strategy.
- Lead engagement on climate and innovating financing.
- Strengthen UN inter-agency engagement and joint partnership and resource mobilisation opportunities.
- Scan the country development landscape and identify new partners.
- Coordinate and implement strategic segments of the partnerships work plan.
- Lead the tracking and management of partnership pipelines.
- Work with functional units and Regional Office staff to create coordinated outreach plans.
- Proactively identify and highlight strategic opportunities for partnership.
- Identify and pursue strategic opportunities for engagement with government and other external partners.
- Guide functional units on partnership strategies and provide guidance on contribution management and proposal/report writing.
- Serve as a focal point between technical teams and leadership.
- Build and maintain strategic partnerships with key stakeholders.
- Support the management of WFP’s brand among key external partners.
- Coordinate the development of key updates and briefings on emerging issues.
Required Experience
- Seven years or more of postgraduate professional experience in a relevant field of work, with a background and interest in international humanitarian development.
- Prior experience working within, or in connection with, a UN system organization or in the humanitarian sector is desirable.
- Prior experience working in, or supporting projects based in, developing countries will be highly regarded.
- Significant experience in exploring new opportunities and developing proposals.
- Good understanding of government and corporate strategy and priorities.
- Experience in developing multi-stakeholder partnerships.
- Experience in designing and managing resource mobilization processes.
- Experience in negotiating contract terms.
- Experience in providing resourcing advice to senior management.
- Experience in gathering, documenting and analysing partner intelligence.
Qualifications
• Advanced University degree in Political Science, International Development, Development Economics, International Relations, Law, Marketing, Communications, Social Sciences or other relevant field, or First University degree with additional years of related work experience and/or training/courses.
