Partnerships Officer (SB4)

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.

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.

Post Title : Partnerships Officer

Duty Station : New Delhi, India

Overall Supervision : Country Director

Direct Supervision : Partnerships Officer  (Private Sector)

Duration : One Year (Renewable upon availability of funds)

Type of Contract : Service Contract (SB-4)

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has been in India since 1963. Over the years, in keeping with India’s changing needs, WFP has transitioned its operations in India from the direct provision of food aid to a more partnership and advisory oriented role. Today, WFP focuses its efforts on leveraging its experience in India as well as its global expertise to help the government in strengthening their efforts to address food security and nutrition issues.  WFP’s goal in India is to support the government’s food safety-nets; by suggesting ways to improve their effectiveness in order to address high levels of malnutrition and food insecurity in the country.

The position will support the team in raising funds for WFP India’s projects and facilitate in effectively positioning WFP with external partners to attract resources, technical assistance and innovative solutions to advance the work of WFP, while supporting India in the achievement of the SDGs and Zero Hunger and emphasizing WFP’s contributions in this regard.

Under the overall supervision of the Country Director and under the day to day supervision of the Partnerships Officer (Private Sector),  the incumbent will be responsible for supporting the Country Office in mobilising resources for WFP activities in India  in collaboration with the programme teams and the partnership team and perform the following key functions:

• Implement the work plan for the assigned area to enable WFP identify, develop and strengthen quality partnerships in support of WFP’s strategic objectives in India;
• Proactively contribute to a partnerships portfolio, including partner profiling and outreach activities, with the aim to maximize resources and leverage policy and technical support for WFP’s work; Support partner visibility and ensure partner conditions are met;  
• Research and analytics to identify private sector entities that can help achieve WFP’s strategic objectives. Gather and analyse information about fundraising trends, regulations, and practices;  keep abreast of private sector corporate social responsibility (CSR) movements;

• Contribute to partnerships strategies, including the development of Partnership Action Plans; Draw up quality partner proposals and reports by engaging with other WFP entities and external stakeholders;
• Draft quality briefs and proactively highlight strategic issues to senior staff to inform best course of action and nurture partnership growth;
• Support donor stewardship through contributing to effective dissemination of information, communications support, and partnership reporting;
• Perform other related duties as required such as organising events, donor field visits, keeping track of networking opportunities, events and participating to generate leads;
• Support senior managers in the preparation of strategic agreements, joint strategies and MOUs in order to promote the SDGs and Zero Hunger on the national, regional and global agenda and to reach advantageous outcomes for WFP;
• Support the WFP Trust for India activities;
• Others as required.

Education:

• Masters degree in Political Science, International Development, Development Economics, International Relations, Law, Marketing, Communications or other relevant field, or Bachelors degree with additional years of related work experience and/or training/courses.

Experience :

• Minimum three  or more years of relevant professional work experience in partnership roles including in fundraising and donor relations, CSR or other related fields;
• Work experience in the area of fundraising, negotiations, public relations is essential.

Desired Experience:

• Work experience within  the private sector in Corporate social responsibility in India will be an asset;

• Has developed effective relationships with partners and explored new areas to scale-up existing activities and researched new opportunities; 
• Has developed powerful narratives by using data analysis visualization to enable action-oriented discussions with partners; 

• Has prepared briefs to raise resources for operations and collaborated for timely registration, maintenance and update of contributions and forecasts;
• Has provided advanced technical support and identified opportunities for service delivery excellence to strengthen partnerships;
• Has motivated team spirit and contributed to a gender-balanced, inclusive and sound working environment.

Knowledge:

• Is  well versed with the philanthropic and private sector giving scenario and familiar with the related legislative framework in India; 
• Has a basic understanding of government strategies.

Language: Fluency in written and spoken English.

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.

Only candidates under serious consideration will be contacted. A written test will be used as a form of screening. In the event your candidature is retained for an interview, you will be required to provide in advance a scanned copy of the degree(s)/diploma(s)/ certificate(s) required for this position.

This is a national position therefore applicants who are not nationals of India will not be considered. 

Mode of Engagement:

The salary for this position is Minimum INR. 14,69,279/- per annum (depending upon the last drawn remuneration of the candidate and other compensation criteria's), plus medical benefits as per WFP's plan.

All tax liability for payments from this contract are to be borne by the subscriber.

WFP is committed to promoting diversity and gender balance. WFP adheres to “zero tolerance policies” in the workplace.

Applications for the positions are to be submitted online on the E-recruitment links as mentioned below: https://www1.wfp.org/careers/job-openings

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VACANCY CLOSING DATE: 26 April 2020

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.