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Job Title:    Head of Partnership
Development Unit

Organization: United
Nations World Food Programme (WFP)

Duty Station: 
Kampala, Uganda

Grade:  P3

Reports to:
Representative & Country Director

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.

Job Summary:  The Head of Partnership Development Unit will
lead the development of new and strengthen existing strategic partnerships in
order to advocate for Zero Hunger, build strategic partnerships and mobilize
resources to support WFP Uganda to deliver its Country Strategic Plan
(2018-2022).

Key Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Steer the development of the PDU’s work plan and oversee its
  implementation, delivering on activities
• Manage a portfolio of partnerships, soliciting contributions,
  providing donor stewardship, forecasting, negotiating changes and
  assessing results, to maximize resources raised.
• Analyze data and propose well-researched ideas for resource
  mobilization to country management team (CMT) for new strategies to
  maintain and increase funding from new and traditional donors.
• Delivery on financial and non-financial targets by working closely
  with the Programme Development, Quality and Impact and Integrated
  Resources Management Teams for optimal forward planning of funding
  pipelines.
• Management of staff to ensure appropriate development and enable
  high performance
• Rigorous monitoring of performance using influence & funding
  targets, milestones and KPIs to inform management information systems and
  decision-making.
• Effectively work across functions, ensuring the adoption and
  implementation of best practices, and collaboratively scope and pursue
  opportunities with the Programme Development, Quality & Impact and
  Integrated Resources Teams.
• Motivate and incentivize individual team members to work creatively
  in developing partnerships in support of strategic outcomes and
  activities.
• Inform and influence new and potential donors on the strategy,
  design, relevance and impact of programmes relevant to the work of WFP and
  identify and attend key forums to action this;
• Manage a complex partnership portfolio, soliciting contributions,
  providing donor stewardship, forecasting and seeking flexible funding
  arrangements with donors;
• Monitor pipelines of existing and potential donors working closely
  with RBN and WFP HQ counterparts, keeping all internal stakeholders fully
  informed to aid advance planning and resource allocation
• Develop and present clear recommendations highlighting strategic
  fundraising opportunities to CMT/CMT+ to support WFP Uganda’s CSP;
• Lead proposal development processes working closely with Technical
  Teams and Budget & Programmes Unit ensuring timely submission of fully
  compliant and quality proposals.
• Lead negotiations for donor contributions and partnership
  agreements, in line with internal policies and external regulations,
  leading to advantageous outcomes for WFP, such as more income flexibility
  and predictability.
• Manage the cooperating partner selection process to develop more
  collaborative and strategic relationships that deliver the maximum
  collective value proposition  across
  portfolio thematic areas ;
• In collaboration with the Programme Development, Quality and Impact
  team, ensure regular working sessions with cooperating partners are held
  at Kampala and Area Office levels to review performance, collectively
  identify challenges and agree on ways forward;
• Lead the ongoing performance review and management process of
  cooperating partners, ensuring adherence to the commitments made in field
  level agreements and to WFP’s overall corporate requirements;
• Facilitate the production of quality WFP reports on grant
  utilization for donors, ensuring the progress reported is based on solid
  evidence and speaks to donor requirements, priorities and preferences.
• Support and guide technical units and area offices to effectively
  manage and mobilize donor resources according to agreed contractual terms
  and conditions.
• Contribute to preparedness actions, providing technical guidance and
  recommendations whilst identifying, monitoring the managing   the mitigation of risks.
• Provide support and guidance to technical units in the development
  of quality and compliant donor proposals
• Provide guidance to field-based offices on how best to prepare for
  and support donor missions
• Familiarize and increase understanding of technical units and area
  teams about the standard operating procedures for the proposal development
  process and specific roles and responsibilities to develop a synergistic
  and collaborative working relationship
• Coordinate work with other peers to ensure the flow of information
  and other WFP units to align activities and ensure donor visibility and
  that donor conditions are met.
• Coordinate and prepare accurate reporting on donors and resourcing
  status of programmes, identifying trends and issues, and proposing
  solutions, to enable informed decision-making and action planning by
  senior stakeholders.
• Provide advice and briefs on resourcing issues to
  Country/Regional/Division Directors, participate in the Strategic
  Programme Review Process (s-PRP) and the Electronic Programme Review
  Process (e-PRP) and act as a resourcing focal point to ensure issues are
  addressed
• Prepare briefing documents for senior level management meetings with
  donors.
• Build and maintain effective relationships with representatives of
  government donors through appropriate channels and participate in regular
  donor meetings.
• 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.
• Others as required

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The ideal candidate for the United Nations UN World Food Programme
  (WFP) Head of Partnership Development Unit job placement should hold an
  advanced University degree in Political Science, International
  Development, Development Economics, Marketing Communications or other
  relevant field, or First University degree with additional years of
  related work experience and/or training/courses.
• A minimum of five years of progressive experience in managing a
  portfolio of partnerships, soliciting donor contributions, and maximizing
  resources.
• Thorough understanding of international development issues and
  significant experience of developing relationships and managing strategic
  partnerships with institutional partner organisations including one or
  more of Southern Governments, USAID, DFID, EU, World Bank and non-traditional
  donors.
• Proven experience of providing creative and innovative approaches in
  developing new initiatives that contribute towards partnership objectives.
• Previous experience of managing and motivating a team to achieve
  team and individual goals and objectives.
• Proven problem solving and strategic planning capability.
• Proven record of accomplishment in partnership building, brokering
  relationships with partners, and engagement at a senior level.
• Strong negotiation and influencing skills in relation to multiple
  stakeholder contexts and matrices.
• An established leader and strategic thinker with personal gravitas
  and ability to work with senior executives.
• Strong leadership behaviours including external orientation,
  situational agility, and partner focus.
• Understanding of programme design, quality programming and effective
  delivery for major institutional donors.
• Significant experience of bidding to institutional donors.
• Ability to direct and support sector, donor and internal analysis
  and research, particularly in relation to understanding key financial
  metrics and implications for strategy.
• Excellent grasp of financial issues and ability to present complex
  financial information clearly and effectively.
• Good understanding and knowledge of development and humanitarian
  programming.
• Strong commercial, proposal writing and financial skills
• Openness, ambition, ability and willingness to innovate and deliver
  beyond his or her personal brief.
• Ability to network with, and influence, senior people both internally
  and externally to achieve a pre- defined outcome.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills (fluent English)
  through a variety of vehicles (e.g. senior level briefings, internal and
  external presentations).
• Language: International Professional: Fluency (level C) in English
  language. Intermediate knowledge (level B) of a second official UN
  language: Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish, and/or WFP’s working
  language, Portuguese.

NB: Female
applicants and qualified applicants from developing countries are especially
encouraged to apply

How to Apply:

All candidates who
desire to join the United Nations World Food Programme are encouraged to submit
their applications online at the link below.

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Deadline: 16^th June 2019

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