Beirut - External Partnerships Officer SC 8

- This position is open to qualified Lebanese candidates only. - Female candidates in particular, are encouraged to apply. - Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.

This Vacancy Announcement will close on 2 September 2021 at 11:59 PM Rome Time.

Contract Dutation:

The External Partnerships Officer will be contracted for an initial term of 12 months. Contract may be extended based on business need and satisfactory performance.

Organizational background

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.

In Lebanon, WFP works to support approximately 700,000 people with regular assistance using e-cards. WFP also supports Lebanese schools with school meals and has run over 300 development activities which include supporting rural infrastructure, as well as education and training opportunities for vulnerable individuals in families. WFP also supports Lebanon’s National Poverty Targeting Programme.

To know more about WFP’s mission, please check the below video: https://www.facebook.com/WorldFoodProgramme/videos/10154930622760178/

Job Purpose

Facilitate the work of senior staff to effectively position WFP with public, private and external partners to attract policy support, resources, technical assistance and innovative solutions to advance the work of WFP, while supporting member states in the achievement of the SDGs and Zero Hunger and emphasizing WFP’s contributions in this regard.

Accountabilities:

Under the direct supervision of the Head of Unit, the External Partnerships Officer will perform the following tasks.

• Support projects and operational activities that maintain and develop government partnerships in order to maximize resources raised for the programme. • Contribute to partnerships strategies and the management of a portfolio of partnerships including partner profiling, providing coordination, data, and analysis to support effective solicitation of contributions, donor stewardship and assessment of results. • Draft quality proposals and reports for onward submission through the coordination with functional units including Programme, Resource Management and Finance. • Highlight fundraising opportunities and resourcing issues to stakeholders through quality briefs and proactively highlight strategic issues to senior staff to inform best course of action and nurture partnership growth. • Use data to present managers with well-researched ideas 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 • Provide regular information to educate new and potential donors on the strategy, design, relevance, and impact of programmes, to advocate the work of WFP. • Support the preparation of the Annual Country Report for the Annual Reporting Exercise in collaboration with the country office programme, monitoring & evaluation, and resource management functions by coordinating to ensure coherence and quality of performance information. • Support staff in assigned area to ensure that standard procedures and templates are followed to drive the quality, consistency and standardization of information management and performance reporting across WFP. • Other as required.

Critical Success Factors: Good analytical skills; resourcefulness, initiative, maturity of judgment, tact, negotiating skills; ability to communicate clearly both orally and in writing; ability to work in a team, and establish effective working relations with persons of different national and cultural backgrounds. Ability to cope with situations which may threaten health or safety; flexibility in accepting work assignments outside normal desk description. Ability to deal patiently and tactfully with people of different national and cultural backgrounds.

Minimum requirements:

Education: Advanced University degree in Political Science, International Development, Development Economics, or other relevant field, or First University degree with additional years of postgraduate professional experience in the same related fields.

Experience: At least five (5) years of progressively responsible work experience, including at least one (1) year of post-graduate experience in the fields of government donors, humanitarian assistance, private sector, and fundraising positions. Experience with International Organizations/UN agencies is a plus.

Languages: Fluency (level C) in oral and written communication in English and Arabic. Strong written English skills is essential. Strong Arabic language skills is also required. French language considered an asset.

Desirable Skills:

• Has supported projects and operational activities that maintain and develop donor and host government partnerships • Has proven experience in preparation of both narrative and technical reports • Has collated data, assisted in drafting resourcing analysis and collaborated with accurate and timely briefs as well as reporting to donors • Demonstrated written and verbal communication skills, ability to plan and organize work under tight deadlines, ability to work independently and efficiently. • Knowledge of WFP or UN systems in general.

Qualified female applicants are especially encouraged to apply

WFP has zero tolerance for discrimination and does not discriminate on the basis of HIV/AIDS status.

No appointment under any kind of contract will be offered to members of the UN Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ), International Civil Service Commission (ICSC), FAO Finance Committee, WFP External Auditor, WFP Audit Committee, Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) and other similar bodies within the United Nations system with oversight responsibilities over WFP, both during their service and within three years of ceasing that service.