Job Title: Government Partnerships Officer
Organization: United Nations
World Food Programme (WFP)
World Food Programme (WFP)
Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda
Uganda
Position Grade: NOB
Reports to: Head of
Government Partnerships Unit
Government Partnerships Unit
About US:
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) is the United Nations frontline
agency against world hunger. It is the largest and longest serving humanitarian
agency in Uganda. Currently WFP focuses on three priority areas: Saving lives
in Emergencies; Building Resilience through Predictable Safety Nets; Improving
Nutrition & Mother-and Child Health; and Supporting Small Holder Farmers to
Access Markets. WFP has operations in various parts of the Country.
agency against world hunger. It is the largest and longest serving humanitarian
agency in Uganda. Currently WFP focuses on three priority areas: Saving lives
in Emergencies; Building Resilience through Predictable Safety Nets; Improving
Nutrition & Mother-and Child Health; and Supporting Small Holder Farmers to
Access Markets. WFP has operations in various parts of the Country.
Job Summary: The Government
Partnerships Officer will actively contribute to the development of new and
existing partnerships with government partners in order to advocate the work of
WFP, and raise and mobilize resources to support WFP programmes.
Partnerships Officer will actively contribute to the development of new and
existing partnerships with government partners in order to advocate the work of
WFP, and raise and mobilize resources to support WFP programmes.
Key Duties and
Responsibilities:
Responsibilities:
- Actively 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. - Implement the work plan for assigned area
by delivering activities that maintain and develop government partnerships
in order to maximise resources raised for the programme. - Maintain effective relationships with
representatives of government donors through appropriate channels, and
coordinate donor meetings, attending where required. - Significantly contribute to the management
of a portfolio of partnerships, soliciting contributions, providing donor
stewardship, and analysing results, in order to maximise resources raised. - Offer technical support to technical units
in the Country Office, Regional Bureau and/or Headquarters as required, in
order to assist them to effectively mobilise donor resources and to ensure
the donor conditions are met and adhered to at different programming
levels. - Prepare briefs on resourcing outlook for:
Country Strategic Plan (CSP) and Country Budget Portfolio (CBP) ;
Country/Regional/Division Directors; the Strategic Programme Review
Process (s-PRP) and the Electronic Programme Review Process (e-PRP);
supply chain meetings; and operate as a resourcing focal point in order to
ensure that concerns are adequately considered. - Guide more junior staff, acting as a point
of referral and supporting them with more complex analysis and queries. - Collate and analyse data for the
preparation of accurate and timely reporting on donors and programmes, to
enable informed decision-making and action planning by senior
stakeholders. - Proactively contribute to ideas and
highlight fundraising opportunities to senior managers for new strategies
to maintain and increase funding from new and traditional donors. - Prepare and provide regular information to
educate new and potential donors on the strategy, design, relevance and
impact of WFP programmes, and to advocate the work of WFP. - Represent WFP at international meetings at
appropriate levels, in such a way that advances the government
partnerships strategy and objectives, and builds support for WFP
activities. - Prepare and provide inputs for briefing
documents for senior level management meetings with donors. - Coordinate work with other government
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. - 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. - Other as required.
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:
Experience:
- The ideal candidate for the United Nations
UN World Food Programme (WFP) Government Partnerships Officer job
opportunity should hold an Advanced University degree in Economics,
International Development, Development Economics, Marketing
Communications, Law, Business Administration, Journalism or other relevant
field, or First University degree with two years of related work
experience and/or training/courses. - At least three years of exposure and
experience in business development (private sector), development and/or
humanitarian affairs or related fields. - Demonstrated ability to work in a
multi-cultural environment. - Ability to work under pressure and
multiple/tight deadlines. - Ability to communicate clearly both orally
and in writing. - Previous experience in implementing the
resource mobilisation work plan by delivering specific activities as
defined - Experience in providing direction to one
or more junior staff members within area of expertise - Experience in participating and assisting
in negotiations for contributions and partnership agreements with donors
and host governments, in line with internal policies and external
regulations - Prior experience in drafting resourcing
analysis and collaborated with accurate and timely briefs as well as
reporting to donors
Personal Competencies:
- 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. - 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: Demonstrates
the ability to design and manage the full resource mobilisation lifecycle,
including negotiating with partners and key stakeholders, providing
resourcing advice and briefs to senior managers, leading medium/large
teams and strategically allocating material and other appropriate
resources. - 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.
4Ps Core Organisational
Capabilities:
Capabilities:
Purpose:
- Understand and communicate the
Strategic Objectives: Helps teammates articulate WFP’s
Strategic Objectives. - Be a force for positive change:
Suggests potential improvements to team’s work processes to supervisor. - Make the mission inspiring to our
team: Explains the impact of WFP activities in beneficiary
communities to teammates. - Make our mission visible in everyday
actions: Articulates how own unit’s responsibilities will
serve WFP’s mission.
People:
- Look for ways to strengthen people’s
skills: Trains junior teammates on new skills and
capabilities. - Create an inclusive culture:
Seeks opportunities to work with people from different backgrounds. - Be a coach & provide
constructive feedback: Serves as a peer coach for colleagues
in same area of work. - Create an “I will”/”We will” spirit:
Tracks progress toward goals and shares this information on a regular
basis with supervisor.
Performance:
- Encourage innovation & creative
solutions: Explores ways to consistently be more efficient and
accurate in own areas of work and shares new methods of work with
colleagues. - Focus on getting results:
Focuses on getting results and tracks trends in completion rates for own tasks
to identify opportunities for efficiency. - Make commitments and make good on
commitments: Takes responsibility for own tasks and notifies
supervisor as soon as possible of potential delays in meeting deadlines or
commitments. - Be Decisive:
Independently decides what action to take when faced with critical choices
in the workplace or in dangerous situations in the field.
Partnership:
- Connect and share across WFP units: Suggests
opportunities for partnering with other units to supervisor. - Build strong external partnerships:
Identifies opportunities to work with colleagues and partners in the field
towards common goals. - Be politically agile &
adaptable: Develops an understanding of the value of WFP’s
teams and external partners in fulfilling team’s goals and objectives. - Be clear about the value WFP brings
to partnerships: Aligns own activities with supervisor’s
priorities to fulfill internal and external partner needs.
How to Apply:
All candidates who desire to join the United Nations World Food
Programme (WFP) are encouraged to submit their applications online at the link
below.
Programme (WFP) are encouraged to submit their applications online at the link
below.
Deadline: 12th
October 2017
October 2017
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