Partnerships Officer

Organizational Context

The World Food Programme (WFP) is the world's largest humanitarian organization, dedicated to saving lives in emergencies and building pathways to peace and prosperity. WFP utilizes food assistance to support people recovering from conflict, disasters, and climate change impacts. The organization values diversity, inclusion, and a high-performing workforce committed to its mission.

Job Purpose

The Partnerships Officer will support senior staff in effectively positioning WFP with public, private, and external partners to secure policy support, resources, technical assistance, and innovative solutions. This role is crucial for advancing WFP's strategic objectives and supporting member states in achieving the SDGs and Zero Hunger. The officer will implement work plans to identify, develop, and strengthen partnerships, contributing to a robust partnerships portfolio through outreach and profiling. Utilizing data, the role will identify opportunities to expand support from existing partners and scope new ones, enhancing WFP's impact and diversifying its resource base. Key responsibilities include drafting briefs, gathering and presenting data to inform strategic positioning, supporting partnership development within the UN system, and contributing to partnership strategies and proposals. The role also involves supporting the negotiation of strategic agreements and contributing to country-specific communication work plans to enhance WFP's visibility and support fundraising efforts.

Responsibilities

The role involves facilitating senior staff in positioning the World Food Programme (WFP) with public, private, and external partners to secure policy support, resources, technical assistance, and innovative solutions. This is crucial for advancing WFP's strategic objectives, supporting member states in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Zero Hunger, and highlighting WFP's contributions. Key responsibilities include implementing work plans to identify, develop, and strengthen partnerships, proactively contributing to a partnerships portfolio through outreach and profiling, and maximizing resource acquisition and leverage of policy/technical support. The role requires using data to propose ideas for expanding support from existing partners and identifying new ones, enhancing WFP's impact and diversifying its resource base. It also involves gathering operational updates from WFP entities to inform partner audiences, drafting briefs, and highlighting strategic issues to senior staff to nurture partnership growth. Furthermore, the position requires gathering and presenting internal and external data to influence policy agendas and support WFP's positioning with governments and institutions. It includes developing partnerships and joint events within the UN system and multilateral fora to advocate for SDGs and Zero Hunger, contributing to partnership strategies and action plans, and drafting partner proposals and reports. The role supports senior managers in preparing strategic agreements and MOUs, contributes to preparedness actions by providing technical recommendations and monitoring risks, and may involve leading resource mobilization strategies and negotiating terms. Additionally, it entails implementing country-specific communication work plans to enhance WFP's visibility and reputation, and generating donor-specific visibility content to support fundraising activities.

Work Experience

Requires a minimum of one year of relevant professional experience in partnership roles. This includes understanding government strategies, building partner relationships, exploring new opportunities, using data visualization for discussions, preparing resource-raising briefs, and providing technical support to strengthen partnerships. Experience in fostering team spirit and an inclusive work environment is also valued.

Skills

Partnership Development, Resource Mobilization, Data Analysis, Policy Influence, Communication, Project Management, Cross-cultural Collaboration, UN System Knowledge, Strategic Planning, Reporting and Reporting

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