Partnerships and Resource Mobilization Associate (SC-7)

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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 the poorest and most vulnerable, particularly women and children, can access the nutritious food they need.

In Latin America and the Caribbean, WFP supports national efforts to improve food and nutrition security and reduce the impacts of emerging crises, disasters of natural origin and climate change among vulnerable populations.

In the Dominican Republic, WFP work together with the Dominican government as our greatest collaborator and the other programs that we support in the country.

ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT

These jobs are found in Country Offices (COs), and typically report to a more senior Government Partnerships Officer. Job holders are likely to be working closely with a more experienced professional staff member, receiving guidance and regular feedback on work performed.

JOB PURPOSE

Facilitate the work of the Partnership Unit in supporting senior staff to effectively position WFP 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.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

1. Support projects and operational activities that maintain and develop government partnerships in order to maximise resources raised for the programme. 2. Contribute to the management of a portfolio of partnerships, providing coordination, data and analysis to support effective solicitation of contributions, donor stewardship and assessment of results. 3. Provide support to technical units, RBs and/or COs in order, to assist them, as required, to effectively mobilise donor resources. 4. Highlight fundraising opportunities and resourcing issues to stakeholders through briefs and/or participation in the Strategic Programme Review Process (s-PRP) and the Electronic Programme Review Process (e-PRP), in order to ensure that concerns are adequately considered. 5. Collate data and contribute to preparation of accurate and timely reporting on donors and programmes, to enable informed decision-making and action planning by senior stakeholders. 6. Provide regular information to educate new and potential donors on the strategy, design, relevance and impact of programmes, to advocate the work of WFP. 7. Track and collate data to support senior managers in developing new strategies to maintain and increase funding from new and traditional donors. 8. Represent WFP at international meetings at appropriate levels, sharing information that raises awareness of the government partnerships strategy and objectives, and builds support for WFP activities. 9. Work in collaboration with other government partnerships officers to ensure the flow of information and with other WFP units to align activities and ensure donor visibility and that donor conditions are met. 10. Follow standard emergency preparedness practices to ensure WFP is able to quickly respond and deploy food and needed resources to affected areas at the onset of a crisis. 11. Other as required.

OTHER SPECIFIC JOB REQUIREMENTS

• Has a good understanding international cooperation and government strategies in the country.
• Has developed effective relationships and solid proposals with various partners (CSO, government, international donors, and the private sector) to scale-up existing activities, research opportunities, and raise resources for both emergency and development funds.
• Has developed solid proposals (narratives and budget) to raise resources in accordance with forecasts, through strong partnerships with local government, international donors, and the private sector.
• Has developed powerful narratives using data analysis, to enable action-oriented discussions with partners, develop strong contextual narratives, and internal reports.
• Has developed a timely management system for cooperating partners, providing advice to assist programme units in the cooperating partner management cycle.
• Has developed timely strategies to strengthen the capacities of CSO and program teams to strengthen the management of partnerships and knowledge of gender approaches, protection programming, human rights approach, humanitarian principles, etc.

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.

DESIRED EXPERIENCES FOR ENTRY INTO THE ROLE

• Has supported projects and operational activities that maintain and develop donor and host government partnerships • Has routinely provided coaching or training to new staff members within area of expertise • Has collated data, assisted in drafting resourcing analysis and collaborated with accurate and timely briefs as well as reporting to donors.

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 & 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. Resource Mobilisation Analyses relevant technical data and prepares briefs to raise resources for operations, negotiates contributions and keeps donors informed of key policies. Ensures and oversees timely registration of contributions and forecasts, aiming for accuracy and conformity with donors' documentation and WFP's rules. Business Process Support & Technical Guidance Provides technical support to other business areas, identifying procedural issues and solutions. Applies understanding to ensure system maintenance and to support the design and implementation of system changes, supporting users and ensuring relevant training and materials are provided as necessary.

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education: Advanced university degree in International Affairs, Economics, Social Sciences, Communications, or other field relevant to the international development assistance. Or bachelor’s degree in these fields with additional years of related work experience and/or training/ courses. Language: Fluency (level C) in both Spanish and English in both oral and written communication.

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

15 de december 2023 (11:59 PM, Dominican Republic time)

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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.