Recrutement de 01 Partnerships Officer CST I

Recrutement de 01 Partnerships Officer CST I

Niveau d'études: Non précisé
Expérience: 3 ans
Expire le: 05-12-2023

World Food Programme
Juba, South Sudan
Opportunités de carrière : Partnerships Officer CST I -Juba, South Sudan (830391)

VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT JRNO. 830391

TITLE: Partnerships Officer CST I

TYPE OF CONTRACT: CST

UNIT/DIVISION: Partnerships

DUTY STATION (City, Country): Juba

DURATION: 11 months

WFP celebrates and embraces diversity. It is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all its employees and encourages qualified candidates to apply irrespective of race, colour, national origin, ethnic or social background, genetic information, gender, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, HIV status or disability.

ABOUT WFP
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), a highly prestigious, reputable & world’s largest humanitarian organization, operating in more than 120 countries and territories, bringing life-saving assistance in emergencies, building pathways to peace, stability and prosperity for people recovering from conflict, disasters and the impact of climate change and supporting sustainable and resilient livelihoods for a world with zero hunger.

At WFP, people are at the heart of everything we do and the vision of the future WFP workforce is one of diverse, committed, skilled, and high performing teams, selected on merit, operating in a healthy and inclusive work environment, living WFP's values (Integrity, Collaboration, Commitment, Humanity, and Inclusion) and working with partners to save and change the lives of those WFP serves.

The United Nations World Food Programme 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.

ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT
Since the independence in 2011, South Sudan continues to face a political crisis which manifests in insecurity associated with an economic crisis and a serious and protracted humanitarian crisis. WFP manages the largest humanitarian response in the country, reaching almost 4.9 million people in 2022. WFP also facilitates access for all other humanitarian agencies through its humanitarian air services and logistics support capacity. The Country Office encompasses approximately 1,300 employees across 15 Field offices providing assistance through the provision of vital life-saving food assistance using food distribution or cash-based transfers, school meals, malnutrition prevention and nutrition treatment activities, as well as asset creation and livelihood support.

The Country Office launches its recently developed ‘Country Strategic Plan (CSP)’ which closely links the Sustainable Development Goals and translates these into specific WFP Strategic Results, Outcomes, and Activities.

JOB PURPOSE
During the assignment the Partnerships officer role will provide substantial value to WFP South Sudan’s effective positioning with public, private and external partners building partnerships to attract resources, technical assistance and innovative solutions to advance the work of WFP. In a global context of restricted humanitarian funding the role will support the bolstering of partner engagement towards fundraising and diversification of the donor base. The Partnerships Officer will support implementation of the WFP South Sudan Partnerships Action Plan including resource mobilization, proposal development and donor reporting related to the Country Office Operation, including supporting resource mobilisation to WFP’s response to the impact of the Sudan conflict in South Sudan.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)
Support the implementation of the WFP South Sudan Partnerships Action Plan and management of the country office’s partnerships, including supporting new partner scoping and engagement initiatives.
Support the Country Office’s donor intelligence management through regular updates and maintenance of salesforce, and collating information for proposals and other donor engagement documentation; in addition to supporting the coordination of donor field missions.
Proactively contribute ideas and highlight fundraising opportunities for new strategies to maintain and increase funding from new and traditional donors and position the country office for thematic funding envelopes including but not limited to climate financing and social protection;
Draft funding proposals and collating information for engaging donors, including preparing donor briefs, factsheets, presentations and other products for donor engagements or informing external engagements (senior management meetings, missions, donor briefings, capital missions, Executive Board sessions, high level field visits, etc.)
Coordinate and drafting donor reports as well as the preparation of internal and external reports to support CO, Regional and Corporate level management advocacy for South Sudan country office ;
Conceptualise and prepare donor missions and high-level public events, participating as necessary;
Develop and design outreach materials (briefs and fact sheets) based on the above-mentioned reports to enhance their content in user-friendly formats and disseminate to external audience

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Knowledge & Skills: Minimum three or more years of relevant professional work experience in partnership roles. Experience in managing multiple complex relationships with a range of donors and a firm understanding of the donor landscape, priorities, and requirements.

Strong writing skills and ability to collate donor reports for traditional and non-traditional donors.

Good knowledge of WFP donor intelligence platform Salesforce as well as databases such as PPR Stats Sheet and FACTory. Understanding of grant management processes including the use of the Grant 360 platform.

Education: 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.

Languages: Fluency (level C) in English language.

4Ps CORE ORGANISATIONAL CAPABILITIES
Purpose

Understand and communicate the Strategic Objectives: Understands WFP’s Strategic Objectives and the link to own work objectives.
Be a force for positive change: Flexibly adapts individual contributions to accommodate changes in direction from supervisors and internal/external changes (such as evolving needs of beneficiaries, new requirements of partners).
Make the mission inspiring to our team: Recognizes and shares with team members the ways in which individual contributions relate to WFP’s mission.
Make our mission visible in everyday actions: Sets own goals in alignment with WFP’s overall operations, and is able to communicate this link to others.

People

Look for ways to strengthen people's skills: Assesses own strengths and weaknesses to increase self-awareness, and includes these in conversations on own developmental needs.
Create an inclusive culture: Participates in open dialogue, and values the diverse opinion of others, regardless of background, culture, experience, or country assignment.
Be a coach & provide constructive feedback: Proactively seeks feedback and coaching to build confidence, and develop and improve individual skills.
Create an “I will”/”We will” spirit: Participates in accomplishing team activities and goals in the face of challenging circumstances.

Performance

Encourage innovation & creative solutions: Shows willingness to explore and experiment with new ideas and approaches in own work.
Focus on getting results: Consistently delivers results within individual scope of work on time, on budget and without errors.
Make commitments and make good on commitments: Commits to upholding individual accountabilities and responsibilities in the face of ever-changing country or functional priorities.
Be Decisive: Makes rational decisions about individual activities when faced with uncertain circumstances, including in times of ambiguity regarding information or manager direction.

Partnership

Connect and share across WFP units: Seeks to understand and adapt to internal or cross-unit teams’ priorities and preferred working styles.
Build strong external partnerships: Demonstrates ability to understand and appropriately respond to and/or escalate needs of external partners.
Be politically agile & adaptable: Portrays an informed and professional demeanor toward internal and external partners and stakeholders.
Be clear about the value WFP brings to partnerships: Provides operational support on analyses and assessments that quantifies and demonstrates WFP’s unique value as a partner.

FUNCTIONAL CAPABILITIES
Capability Name Description of the behaviour expected for the proficiency level
Relationship Management Demonstrates ability to build and sustain effective collaborative relationships with appropriate stakeholders and contacts in area of expertise to raise the profile of WFP, build relationships and further organisational aims.
Communication Expertise Collates accurate and timely information in required format (i.e. written or visual communications materials as well as verbally), to facilitate information flows and informed decision making on communications issues.
Information Analytics, Reporting and Management Gathers and summarises information relevant to partners (trends, regulations, practices) to enable supervisor(s) to efficiently make informed decisions and enhance partner relationships. Captures important information, synthesises and facilitates internal reporting.
Sociopolitical Contextual Understanding Shows awareness of the multilateral/interagency environment and the dynamics in which WFP operates which informs approach to daily tasks.
NGO, UN and Other Partner Collaboration Actively promotes WFP’s partnering approach. Individually contributes to development and maintenance of partnerships with NGOs, UN agencies, governments and other partners. Is able to provide suggestions that help inform WFP’s evolving engagement with relevant partners. Provides and coordinates input to be shared with partners.

DELIVERABLES AT THE END OF THE CONTRACT
Funding proposals for traditional and non-traditional donors to mobilise resources for activities under the WFP South Sudan Country Strategic Plan 2023-2025) across the crisis response; nutrition; resilience programming as well as UNHAS and logistics cluster prepared and submitted to donors;
Quality donor reports, internal and external reports are compiled and shared;
Donor missions and high-level public events planned and implemented;
Outreach materials (briefs and fact sheets) in user-friendly formats are compiled and disseminated to external audience;
Briefs/talking points are regularly developed for CO and other Senior WFP management;
Fundraising opportunities are identified and strategies in place, in line with the CSP Partnership Action Plan;
Salesforce Country Page is up to date;
Unit internal information management systems reviewed and regularly updated to ensure continuity of information.

DESIRED EXPERIENCES FOR ENTRY INTO THE ROLE
• Has contributed to the implementation of the work plan for assigned area
• Has maintained effective relationships with member states, UN agencies, NGOs, host government and other partners
• Has guided and supervised more junior staff, supporting them with more complex analysis and queries

TERMS AND CONDITIONS
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS
5th December 2023

WFP has a zero-tolerance approach to conduct such as fraud, sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to WFP’s standards of conduct and will therefore undergo rigorous background verification internally or through third parties. Selected candidates will also be required to provide additional information as part of the verification exercise. Misrepresentation of information provided during the recruitment process may lead to disqualification or termination of employment

WFP will not request payment at any stage of the recruitment process including at the offer stage. Any requests for payment should be refused and reported to local law enforcement authorities for appropriate action.