Overview
Facilitate the work of senior staff to effectively position WFP with public, private and external partners to attract policy support, resources, technical assistance and innovative solutions to advance WFP's work.
Key Responsibilities
- Implement the work plan for an assigned area to enable WFP to identify, develop and strengthen quality partnerships.
- Proactively contribute to a partnerships portfolio, including partner profiling and outreach activities.
- Use data to present managers with well-researched ideas to expand support from existing partners and to 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, using key information systems, 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 partnerships strategies, including the development of Partnership Action Plans.
- 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.
- Lead design of resource mobilization strategies, negotiate terms, and provide senior mgt with advice.
- Contributes to drafting, negotiation and positioning for strategic agreements and joint strategies.
- Implement country specific communication work plans designed to maintain and enhance the visibility and reputation of WFP, as well as support fundraising activities.
- Generate donor specific visibility content including, text, photos, videos and audio for use across a range of integrated online platforms.
Required Experience
- Has a basic understanding of government strategies.
- Has developed effective relationships with partners and explored new areas to scale up 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 advanced 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.
- Minimum one or more years of relevant professional work experience in partnership roles.
Qualifications
Advanced University degree in Political Science, International Development, Development Economics, International Relations, Law, Marketing, Communications or other relevant field, or First University degree with additional years of related work experience and/or trainings/courses.
