Deadline: 03 June, 2021
Location: Dakar, Senegal
The World Food Programme (WFP) is seeking applications from eligible applicants for the post of Senior National Development Advisor.
WFP works to ensure the most vulnerable populations, especially women and children, can access the nutritious food they need.
Responsibilities
- Provide strategic direction and high-quality advisory services to the country director and country office management in terms of strengthening WFP’s relationship with the government and position WFP as a key actor in the development space
- Develop and co-lead the implementation of WFP’s partnerships with government and key development actors, including IFIs, academia, regional organisations and other UN agencies working on development issues.
- Build and maintain strategic partnerships with key stakeholders as relevant
- Support the management of WFP’s brand among key external stakeholders as a UN agency with a dual humanitarian and development mandate and a trusted development partner
- Ensure close contact with relevant colleagues from the country office, and support the development of WFP’s value proposition and specific offerings in the areas of rural transformation, sustainable infrastructure, and human capital development, and contribute to the process of project design
Requirements
- Advanced university degree in Public Administration, Political Science, Economics, International Development, or a relevant field
- Eight years, minimum, of experience working in the public sector
- Experience with the national government
- Director level government experience, preferably from Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Planning, or a line ministry with significant interaction with IFIs
- Experience with development issues and significant experience in developing relationships and managing strategic partnerships with governments and development partners, particularly IFIs
- Experience in project design processes and coordination with internal and external stakeholders, including governments and IFIs
- Experience working closely with academia and think tanks
- Proven record of accomplishment in new partnership building, brokering relationships with partners, and engagement at a senior level
- Ability to interact effectively with staff at the ministerial level and at the IFI management level
- Knowledge of WFP operations in country and international experience is a plus
- Fluency (level C) in French and English
To apply and for more information, click here.
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