Junior Strategic Partnerships Consultant

Junior Strategic Partnerships Consultant

الوصف الوظيفي

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT

The WFP Egypt South-South Cooperation Platform and Coordination Mechanism for Africa in Egypt (WFP-SSCE) has been established to facilitate the sharing of African country experiences, knowledge, skills, information and innovative practices related to ending hunger and improving food security and nutrition. In addition, the WFP-SSCE will:

• Identify lessons and best practices of African countries in food security and nutrition strategies.
• Establish linkages with African Union affiliated knowledge and information sharing platforms on SDG 2 and the African Union’s Malabo Declaration Commitments in association with the UN Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC).
• Support and partner with African regional and sub-regional organizations to enhance cooperation on ending hunger and improving food security and nutrition among developing countries.
• Under the supervision of the Senior Advisor, South – South Cooperation Platform & Coordination Mechanism for Africa in Egypt (WFP-SSCE), the partnerships officer will ensure support 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/RESPONSIBILITIES

• 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.
• Solicit inputs, including operational updates, from other WFP entities to inform partner audiences on WFP’s programmatic offering; Draft quality briefs and proactively highlight strategic issues to senior staff to inform best course of action and nurture partnership growth.
• 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.
• 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
• Other as required
• Implement the work plan for an assigned area to enable WFP to identify, develop and strengthen quality partnerships in support of WFP-SSCE strategic objectives

DELIVERABLES AT THE END OF THE CONTRACT

• Support for the coordination of the WFP-SSCE is ensured.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

• Advanced University degree in Political Science, International Development, Development Economics, International Relations, Law, Marketing, Communications or other relevant field, or First University degree with additional years of related work experience and/or trainings/courses

الوصف الوظيفي

المهارات

EXPERIENCE

• Has developed effective relationships with partners and explored new areas to scaleup existing activities and researched new opportunities
• Has prepared briefs to raise resources and/or share information.
• Minimum one or more years of relevant professional work experience in partnership roles.

KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS

• Has a basic understanding of government strategies.
• Has motivated team spirit and contributed to a gender-balanced, inclusive and sound working environment.

LANGUAGES

Fluency (level C) in English and Arabic

المهارات

تفاصيل الوظيفة

منطقة الوظيفة

القاهرة, مصر

قطاع الشركة

المنظمات غير الربحية

طبيعة عمل الشركة

منظمة غير ربحية

نوع التوظيف

دوام كامل

الراتب الشهري

غير محدد

عدد الوظائف الشاغرة

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