Consultant Partnerships

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

27 October :59-GMT+03:00 East Africa Time (Nairobi)

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WHY JOIN WFP? 

• WFP is a 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.

• WFP offers a highly inclusive, diverse, and multicultural working environment.

• WFP invests in the personal & professional development of its employees through a range of training, accreditation, coaching, mentorship, and other programs as well as through internal mobility opportunities.

• A career path in WFP provides an exciting opportunity to work across the various country, regional and global offices around the world, and with passionate colleagues who work tirelessly to ensure that effective humanitarian assistance reaches millions of people across the globe.

• We offer an attractive compensation package (please refer to the Terms and Conditions section of this vacancy announcement).

JOB TITLE:  Partnerships Manager

TYPE OF CONTRACT: Consultant (Level 2)

UNIT/DIVISION: Partnerships Unit

DUTY STATION (City, Country):Nairobi, Kenya

DURATION: 11 months

 BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT:

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide. The mission of WFP is to help the world achieve Zero Hunger in our lifetimes. Every day, WFP works worldwide to ensure that no child goes to bed hungry and that the poorest and most vulnerable, particularly women and children, can access the nutritious food they need.

Reporting to the Head of Partnerships at the Regional Bureau, the Private Sector Partnerships Foundations Manager will have the unique opportunity to influence WFP's work in the region and to ensure that, by working in innovative ways with partners, WFP delivers real results for the millions of people in the region who face food insecurity.

Strategic Partnerships and Regional Fundraising

To meet WFP's objectives, RBN has recognised the strategic importance of non- traditional donors, e.g., Foundations, as catalytic agents to achieving zero hunger. Non- traditional Partnerships represent a shift in WFP's traditional programming work and relationships with donors, and a catalyst for food systems transformation work in the region.

Given the complexity of these partnerships and donor interest in co-creation, strong oversight, leadership and guidance is required from RBN teams throughout both project design and implementation. The Private Sector Partnerships Foundations Manager will act as the convener and facilitator of collaboration, support, and partnership engagement with high-priority regional and multi-country partnerships at RBN.

This Private Sector Partnerships Foundations Manager position will ensure the effective and efficient design and implementation of new and renewed partnerships – under the Private Partnerships Unit, while ensuring close collaboration and integration with regional bureau programme and other teams.

ACCOUNTABILITIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

Under the general guidance and supervision of the Private Sector Lead, the Private Sector Partnerships Foundations Manager will be responsible for leading partnership engagement, development and management with existing and new partners, supported by the Private Sector Partnerships Officer who the Advisor will supervise. The PPF Manager will be responsible for the following key responsibilities:

Strategic Partnerships And Regional Fundraising Initiatives

Lead the identification, development, and management of high-value regional and multi-country partnerships, including Public-Private Partnerships, with major donors, foundations, and businesses.

Serve as the primary relationship manager for some of the high-priority regional partnerships (i.e Novo Nordisk Foundation, Grundfos Foundation), ensuring proper stewardship, renewal, and expansion of these partnerships.

Lead development of quarterly Private Sector updates

Support To Broader Partnership And Resource Mobilization Efforts

Establish new strategic and operational partnerships with private sector for further partners (prospecting, pitching, etc.)

Act as partnership's focal point for school feeding and nutrition, collaborating closely with programme teams on strategic partnership engagement and development.

Contribute to broader regional and global partnership objectives by supporting related tasks and ensuring an integrated approach across the partnership team.

Project Management (i.e. Rockefeller Foundation, Novo Nordisk Foundation, etc.)

Manage the development and implementation of project plans and activities, providing technical oversight and guidance to Country Office project focal points and colleagues, providing inputs into programmatic strategy, identifying opportunities for programme quality improvement and innovation

Ensure a coordinated approach with wider programmes and functional units like supply chain, nutrition, school-based programmes for successful implementation and scale up.

Ensure the dissemination of learning and knowledge sharing from the project to inform corporate policies and programming that complies with WFP standards and procedures.

Plan, monitor, and prioritise project resources to maximise cost-effectiveness, providing timely donor reports.

Coordinate engagement in strategic communications and knowledge management with a focus on sharing project experiences with regional and global audiences.

Improve visibility of high-priority partnerships in the region by proactively ensuring consistent and accurate programme information in all internal and external communications

Manage the preparation and dissemination of accurate and timely reports, publications, and a variety of information products for internal or external use that enable informed decision making and consistency of information presented to stakeholders

Proactively highlight strategic opportunities and issues to the Partnership and Programme Unit's management and propose options for the best course of action to nurture trust and interest in the work of WFP.

Take responsibility for ensuring gender perspectives are incorporated in all areas of work, to ensure equal participation of women and men.

Establish new strategic and operational partnerships with WFP.

Partnership Management

Coordinate and plan donor visits, missions and internal monitoring and field trips to the project implementation sites and activities with Rockefeller/Novo Nordisk and other donors, WFP Country Office Staff, and Government, to ensure programme quality and coordination.

 

Effectively communicate project progress and results to the donors and the other stakeholders through reports and other material to improve transparency and accountability

Strengthen existing partnerships portfolios with the Rockefeller Foundation, Novo Nordisk Foundation, and Mastercard Foundation including strategy development, partner profiling, data/trends analysis and outreach activities, with the aim to

maximize resources and leverage policy and technical support for WFP's work.

Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning

Support WFP's school feeding and food systems learning agendas ensuring that research, learning and evidence building activities are integrated into Foundation partnerships.

Facilitate the development of monitoring, evaluation and accountability approaches for project activities under the Rockefeller and Novo Nordisk partnerships with the RBN M&E units, ensuring relevant and credible data and evidence is generated and utilized to inform the activities.

Facilitate knowledge exchange and learning across the region, including the organization of webinars, workshops and sharing of best practices to build country office capacity

 QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

Education:

Advanced University degree in International Affairs, Economics, Public Health Nutrition, Nutrition, Food Technology, Agriculture, Environmental Science, Social Sciences, or other relevant field.

Experience:

• At least six years of relevant professional experience in development, project management and/or school feeding;
• Experience in school feeding programs;
• Experience with private partnerships, preferably Foundations
• Experience in Eastern Africa;
• Technical skills & knowledge of project management;
• Monitoring, evaluation and reporting knowledge.

Knowledge & Skills:

• Strong skills or experience in designing and implementing monitoring and evaluation processes.
• Experience working in developing country context, preferably in food security or resilience projects or programmes.
• Experience coordinating or leading a programme team or a component of a programme portfolio.
• Experience in engaging in policy and strategy discussions and providing input into these.
• Ability to analyse and identify opportunities for and propose solutions to programme quality improvement.
• Analytical skills with ability to compile, analyse and interpret data, prepare reports and draw conclusions and recommendations.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to deal patiently and tactfully with people of different national and cultural

backgrounds and to manage external partnerships.

• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely both orally and in writing.

Languages:

• Fluency in oral and written English

WFP LEADERSHIP FRAMEWORK

 

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