Partnership Officer - Consultant II, Tunisia

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WFP seeks candidates of the highest integrity and professionalism who share our humanitarian principles.

Selection of staff is made on a competitive basis, and we are committed to promoting diversity and gender balance.

ABOUT WFP

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.

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education: Advanced University degree in International Affairs, Economics or other field relevant to international development assistance.

Experience:

• Has implemented the resource mobilisation work plan by delivering specific activities as defined • Has participated and assisted in negotiations for contributions and partnership agreements with donors and host governments, in line with internal policies and external regulations • Has assisted in drafting resourcing analysis and collaborated with accurate and timely briefs as well as reporting to donors

Knowledge & Skills:

Resource Mobilization: Demonstrates the ability to design and manage the full resource mobilization lifecycle, including negotiating with partners and key stakeholders, providing resourcing advice and briefs to senior managers.

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: Facilitates and contributes to open verbal or written communication with stakeholders as required (i.e. through preparation of targeted written or visual communications materials, presentations, and official documentation) to convey tailored messages.

Engages in mutually informative discussion with partners and influencers.

Languages: Fluency (level C) in English language. Intermediate knowledge (level B) of French.

JOB PURPOSE

WFP has successfully positioned itself on a technical advisory role through government capacity strengthening activities in Tunisia and Morocco, launched in 2014, aiming to enhance nationally-owned school feeding programmes. The purpose of this assignment is to : 1. contribute to the development of new and existing partnerships with government and private sector organisations in order to advocate the work of WFP; 2. provide technical advice on programme strategy and implementation, raise and mobilise resources to support WFP programmes; 3. deliver budget and resource analysis and programming activities, partnering with managers to apply best practice approaches that support the efficient, effective and compliant utilisation of funds.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

1. Deliver activities that maintain and develop government and private sector partnerships in order to maximise resources raised for the programme. 2. Support the establishment and maintenance of operational partnerships at country and regional level, and identify opportunities for collaborative approaches and initiatives that improve WFP assistance and support advocacy work, in liaison with UN agencies, private sector and civil society. 3. Provide support to technical units in order to assist them to effectively mobilise donor resources. Prepare briefs on resourcing issues for CO Management, participate in the Strategic Programme Review Process (s-PRP) and the Electronic Programme Review Process (e-PRP), and operate as a resourcing focal point in order to ensure that concerns are adequately considered. 4. Participate and assist in negotiations for contributions and partnership agreements, in line with internal policies and external regulations, in order to reach advantageous outcomes, such as more flexibility and predictability. 5. Create and review project budget plans and monitor ongoing project performance against budget, ensuring adherence to guidance and policies, and providing financial analysis and advice to optimise resources. 6. Collate, analyse and report on internal and external data and produce accurate and timely reporting on donors and programmes, to enable informed decision-making and action planning by senior stakeholders. 7. Proactively contribute to ideas and highlight fundraising opportunities to senior managers for new strategies to maintain and increase funding from new and traditional donors and prepare and provide inputs for briefing documents for senior level management meetings with donors. 8. Maintain effective relationships with representatives of donors through appropriate channels, and coordinate donor meetings, attending where required. 9. Coordinate work with other partnership officers to ensure the flow of information and other WFP units to align activities and ensure donor visibility and that donor conditions are met. 10. with all units, facilitating the completion of the mid and end of year reviews of the CO’s Annual Performance Plan. DELIVERABLES: 1. Development and implementation of the WFP Tunisia and Morocco Partnership Action Plan 2. High quality information products or proposals for internal and external use and communications 3. Liaising with RB colleagues to perform BPO functions and develop relevant planning and programming products. 4. 2G CSP and related BR documentations

4Ps CORE ORGANISATIONAL CAPABILITIES

Purpose

• Understand and communicate the Strategic Objectives: Utilizes understanding of WFP’s Strategic Objectives to communicate linkages to team objectives and work.
• Be a force for positive change: Proactively identifies and develops new methods or improvements for self and immediate team to address work challenges within own work area.
• Make the mission inspiring to our team: Identifies opportunities to further align individual contributions with WFP’s mission of making an impact on local communities.
• Make our mission visible in everyday actions: Helps colleagues to see the link between their individual tasks and the contributions of their unit’s goals to the broader context of WFP’s mission.

People

• Look for ways to strengthen people's skills: Is able to identify, support and encourage focused on-the-job learning opportunities to address gaps between current skillsets and needed future skillsets for WFP.
• Create an inclusive culture: Recognizes the contributions of teammates, and encourages contributions from culturally different team mates to recognise the value of diversity above and beyond just including it in programming for beneficiaries.
• Be a coach & provide constructive feedback: Provides and solicits ongoing constructive feedback on strengths and development opportunities to help develop individual skills, whilst also helping others identify areas for improvement.
• Create an “I will”/”We will” spirit: Sets clear targets for self and others to focus team efforts in ambiguous situations (e.g., unprecedented issues and/or scenarios).

Performance

• Encourage innovation & creative solutions: Thinks beyond team’s conventional approaches to formulate creative methods for delivering food aid and assistance to beneficiaries.
• Focus on getting results: Maintains focus on achieving individual results in the face of obstacles such as volatile or fragile environments and/or organizational roadblocks.
• Make commitments and make good on commitments: Takes personal accountability for upholding and delivering upon team’s commitments and provides assurance to stakeholders.
• Be Decisive: Demonstrates ability to adjust to team’s plans and priorities to optimize outcomes in light of evolving directives, while also responding quickly in high-pressure environments, such as in emergency settings.

Partnership

• Connect and share across WFP units: Demonstrates an understanding of when and how to tactfully engage other units in conversations on impact, timing, or planning.
• Build strong external partnerships: Networks regularly with key external partners using formal and informal opportunities to understand each partner’s unique value proposition, and to build and strengthen relationships.
• Be politically agile & adaptable: Demonstrates ability to adapt engagement approach in the context of evolving partner circumstances and expectations.
• Be clear about the value WFP brings to partnerships: Demonstrates ability to articulate to internal and external audiences the value that individual contributions and immediate teams bring to partnerships.

FUNCTIONAL CAPABILITIES

Capability Name Description of the behaviour expected for the proficiency level Relationship Management Demonstrates ability to formulate and maintain strong relationships and develop networks with appropriate stakeholders. Leads in implementing identified strategy to raise the profile of WFP, build relationships and further organisational aims. Communication Expertise Facilitates and contributes to open verbal or written communication with stakeholders as required (i.e. through preparation of targeted written or visual communications materials, presentations, and official documentation) to convey tailored messages. Engages in mutually informative discussion with partners and influencers. Information Analytics, Reporting and Management Gathers, analyses and reports information in a manner that draws out fact-based insights to inform approach to partner relationships and support substantive discussion with partners. Captures relevant information and progress, and ensures internal information sharing. Sociopolitical Contextual Understanding Shows good understanding of the multilateral/interagency environment and the dynamics in which WFP operates to formulate recommendations to management which will inform decision making. NGO, UN and Other Partner Collaboration Guides interpretation of WFP’s partnering approach. Contributes to the determination of engagement strategies that inform WFP’s relationships with specific partners. Analyses and identifies new synergies with existing partners and explores new partnership opportunities.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

JOB TITLE: Partnership Officer TYPE AND LEVEL OF CONTRACT: CST II UNIT/DIVISION: Partnership DUTY STATION (City, Country): Tunis, Tunisia ( Family Duty Station) REPORT TO (Job title): Head of Country Office DURATION: 11 months

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

Deadline for this application : 28/03/2021

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Female applicants and qualified applicants from developing countries 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.