Deadline: 15 April, 2021
Location: Abuja, Nigeria
The World Food Programme (WFP) is seeking to fill the position of Partnerships Officer.
WFP works to ensure the most vulnerable populations, especially women and children, can access the nutritious food they need.
Responsibilities
- Implement the workplan for an assigned area to enable WFP to identify, develop and strengthen quality partnerships in support of WFP strategic objectives
- Proactively contribute to a partnership portfolio, including partner profiling, data/trends analysis, and outreach activities, with the aim to maximise resources and leverage policy and technical support for WFP’s work
- Ensure partner conditions are met
- Use data to propose options to managers to expand support from existing partners and to scope new partners, guided by programmatic assessment and context-specific analysis, with the aim to enhance the impact of WFP’s work and diversify the resource base
- Gather and share partner intelligence (including forecasting), using key information systems (Salesforce, WINGS, WFPGo, etc.)
- Solicit inputs from other functional entities, RBs, and COs on WFP’s programmatic offering that can gain traction with individual partner audiences
- Conduct analysis and draft quality briefs in support of outreach opportunities
- Gather socio-political insights to support WFP’s effective positioning vis-à-vis national governments, regional and international institutions with the aim to influence the policy agenda
- In the context of the UN system and multilateral forums, support the development of partnerships and joint events with member states, civil society and intergovernmental organisations
- Provide inputs to partnerships strategies, including the development of partnership action plans
- Draw up quality partner proposals and reports by engaging with other WFP entities and external stakeholders
- Contribute to the preparation of strategic agreements, joint strategies, and MOUs in order to promote the SDGs and Zero Hunger on the national, regional, and global agenda and to reach advantageous outcomes for WFP
- Facilitate corporate dialogue with partners through networking and information sharing
- Proactively highlight strategic issues to senior managers and propose options for the best course of action to nurture trust and partnership growth
- Contribute to preparedness actions, providing technical recommendations and guidance
Requirements
- Advanced degree in Political Science, International Development, Development Economics, International Relations, Law, Marketing, Communications, or a related field
- First degree in a relevant field with years of related work experience and/or training/courses may be accepted in lieu of the advanced degree
- Three years, minimum, of relevant professional work experience in partnership roles
- Fluency (level C) in English or the duty station’s language
To apply and for more information, click here.
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