Partnerships Officer

Your privacy is important to us* 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 Officer (Head of Partnerships, Communications and Reports)** TYPE OF CONTRACT: **Fixed-term Appointment** JOB GRADE: **NO-C** UNIT/DIVISION: **Partnerships, Communications and Reports Unit** DUTY STATION (City, Country): **Manila, Philippines** DURATION: **12 months with possible extension*** ## Proactively support a wide range of aspects of the CO partnerships portfolio development and management, including partner profiling, data/trends analysis, proposal preparation, and outreach plans, to maximize resources and leverage policy and technical support for WFP’s work; ensure partner visibility and that partner conditions are met.* ## Facilitate in the preparation and finalization of partnership proposals, strategic agreements, joint strategies and/or MOUs, taking into account corporate norms, processes and external regulations. Ensure quality control of content by engaging with relevant CO functional units, regional office, and HQ, and project partners (e.g. partner UN entities).* ## Use socio-political insights to support WFP’s effective positioning vis-à-vis national governments, regional and international institutions to influence the policy agenda* ## Help facilitate partnership growth, by exploring opportunities to expand existing partnerships and scoping new partners, including IFIs, private sector, joint UN programmes, and SSTC; liaise with counterparts at the UN Resident Coordinator’s Office (RCO).* ## Collaborate in facilitating dialogue and relationship building with partners through preparation of quality briefing materials, including talking points and written /visual materials, in collaboration with other CO teams.* ## Facilitate in gathering and sharing partner intelligence (including forecasting), using key information systems (e.g. WINGS, Salesforce, WFPGo), and assess results.* ## Take responsibility for incorporating gender perspectives in all areas of work to ensure equal participation of women and men.* ## Ensure strategic consistency of messaging in reporting, tailored to different audiences as appropriate.* ## Coordinate the gathering of information and write/develop a variety of products drawing on information and data collated from internal and external sources to facilitate and maximize the exchange of information and data flow between functional area networks in WFP, to provide operational awareness and understanding of events that may have humanitarian and/or operational impact.* ## Cooperate with the Partnerships and Reports staff in preparing various corporate documents, including but not limited to monthly country briefs, situation reports, management briefs, daily operational briefs, and other documents requested by CO management, as assigned, especially during surge in operations.* ## Coordinate CO teams to collaborate and provide needed information/reports to counterparts in other UN entities, ensuring consistency in humanitarian information and RCO reports and information products.* ## Ensure strategic consistency of messaging in communications, tailored to different audiences and through different media as appropriate.* ## Support Communications staff in preparing communications products and tools.* ## Support advocacy efforts of in-house technical experts, linking to partnerships analysis.## EDUCATION:## Advanced University degree in Political Science, International Development, Development Economics, International Relations, Public Relations, Law, Marketing, Communications or other relevant field, or First University degree with additional years of related work experience and/or training/courses.## ## EXPERIENCE:## Minimum of five years or more of relevant professional experience in partnership roles.## ## DESIRED EXPERIENCES FOR ENTRY INTO THE ROLE:* ## Has a good understanding of government and corporate strategies and priorities and gained experience in developing multi-stakeholder partnerships.* ## Has gained significance experience in exploring new opportunities and providing inputs to design and develop solutions with prospective partners.* ## Has developed long-term partner relationships and expanded engagements across geographies and sector.* ## Has designed and managed all resource mobilization processes and resource strategies, negotiated contract terms and provided resourcing advice to seniors.* ## Has used understanding of partner’s focus areas and knowledge of internal capabilities to create a Unique Value Proposition for the partners.* ## Has gained experience in using technology and digital tools for data collection, analysis and shared data-based insights to add value to all partnerships. Strong analytical skills with the ability to analyse and interpret information and draw out the key messages* ## Strong written and oral communication skills.* ## Has provided input into training and support strategy for technical systems users and provided advanced technical support.* ## Has experience in managing a team.* ## Has motivated team spirit and contributed to a gender-balanced, inclusive and sound working environment. #### ## LANGUAGE:## Fluency in spoken and written English is required.* We strongly recommend that your profile is accurate, complete, and includes your employment records, academic qualifications, language skills and UN Grade (if applicable).* Once your profile is completed, please apply, and submit your application.* Please make sure you upload your professional CV in the English language* Kindly note the only documents you will need to submit at this time are your CV and Cover Letter* Additional documents such as passport, recommendation letters, academic certificates, etc. may potentially be requested at a future time* Please contact us at in case you face any challenges with submitting your application* Only shortlisted candidates will be notified
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