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UN Government Partnerships Associate Job Careers – United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)
Job
Title: Government
Partnerships Associate
Organization: United
Nations World Food Programme (WFP)
Duty Station:
Kampala, Uganda
Grade: SC6
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
Government Partnerships Associate will support the CO meet the above target,
the Government Partnerships Unit will need to facilitate and coordinate the
development of new and existing partnerships with donors (multi-lateral,
bi-lateral and government organisations) to mobilise resources to support the
delivery of WFP programmes. Specifically:
- Provide organisation-wide donor stewardship by monitoring and
positioning for strategic opportunities with traditional as well as
emerging donors by identifying key funding opportunities to support the
HDN; - Provide internal guidance and work alongside to programme teams for
robust and timely engagement with donors for technical inputs; - Lead negotiations for contributions and partnership agreements, in
line with internal policies and external regulations to ensure maximum
funding flexibility and predictably to avoid pipeline breaks; - Strengthen capacity of key internal stakeholders for programme
reporting and evidence - generation e.g. Outcome Level grant managers and Activity Level
reporting officers for quality reporting; - Work with reporting and programme teams to ensure accurate, timely
and quality donor reporting requirements; - High level donor engagement at key external and internal events
- Given the above and considering the tremendous workload involved,
the unit requires additional capacity in form of a Government Partnerships
Assistant to support the GPO.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Donor Engagement
- Support Government Partnerships Officer (GPO) in project and
operational activities that maintain and develop government partnerships
in order to maximise resources raised for WFP programmes. - Contribute to the management of a portfolio of partnerships,
providing coordination, requests for information and analysis to support
effective solicitation of donor contributions, donor stewardship and successful
grants acquisition. - 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) to ensure that concerns are adequately considered. - Support GPO to collate data and contribute to preparation of
accurate and timely programme reporting to donors, to enable informed
decision-making and action planning by senior stakeholders. - Support GPO in providing regular information to inform new and
potential donors on the strategy, design, relevance and impact of
programmes, to advocate for the work of WFP. - Support and/or coordinate donor field missions in consultation with
the Area/Field Office and programme heads. - Represent WFP at meetings at appropriate levels, sharing information
to raise awareness of the strategy and objectives of the Government
Partnerships Team, to build support and advocate for WFP activities.
Coordination and
Administration
- Support GPO to track and collate data to enable WFP senior managers
develop new strategies to maintain and increase funding from new and
traditional donors. - Work in collaboration with GPO to ensure the flow of information and
with other WFP units to align activities and ensure full donor compliance
e.g. donor visibility. - Support GPO to update Salesforce, the WFP corporate donor tracking
and management tool. - Arrange donor visibility events such as handover ceremonies and
contribution signing ceremonies. liaising with the Communications Team,
Logistics Team and/or Area/Field Office, as necessary. - Support the GPO to prepare briefing documents and presentations for
internal senior management meetings and external meetings with donors and
other stakeholders. - Other duties commensurate with the role, as required.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The ideal candidate for the United Nations UN World Food Programme
(WFP) Government Partnerships Associate job placement should hold a First
University degree in Political Science, International Development,
Development Economics, Marketing Communications or other relevant field - Three years of post graduate experience supporting projects and
operational activities that maintain and develop partnerships - Strong analytical, negotiation and influencing skills in relation to
multiple stakeholder contexts. - Excellent verbal and written communication skills (fluent English)
through a variety of media including briefings, internal and external
presentations. - Ability to independently organize, coordinate and manage high level
events and missions - Ambition, ability and willingness to innovate and deliver beyond his
or her personal brief. - Ability to present complex information clearly and effectively.
- Ability to support sector, donor and internal analysis and research.
- Understanding of programme design, quality programming and effective
delivery. - Good understanding and knowledge of development and humanitarian
programming. - Experience of proposal development process and writing
- 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 - Ability to network with, and influence people both internally and
externally - Language: Fluency
(level C) in English language.
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: 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.
NB: Female
applicants and qualified applicants from Uganda with Ugandan Nationality 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.
Deadline: 12th September 2019
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