Recrutement d’un responsable des relations avec les donateurs – NOA, Le Caire / Egypte
About WFP :
WFP’s Global Strategic Plan 2017–2021 aligns WFP with the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda and Goals (SDGs). It focuses on ending hunger and contributing to a revitalized global partnership to implement the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Further extensive consultation with the Government and other development partners in Egypt during the second half of 2017 to allow informing and formulating the WFP Egypt Country Strategic Plan for the next 5 years until mid-2023 in line with Egypt’s development priorities, the WFP Egypt Country Office has started implementing the Country Strategic Plan (CSP). The focus of the CSP remains on support to school meals and nutrition support for Pregnant and Lactating Women as integrated part of the national social protection scheme, food assistance for assets and resilience-promotion for smallholder farmers and support to vulnerable Syrian refugees and migrants. To sustain those planned interventions, WFP will be conducting joint monitoring activities with Government representatives of key line Ministries to enforce the concepts of participation, transparency and accountability to its partners. In addition, capacity development activities will be provided to national counterparts and cooperating partners to ensure efficiency, effectiveness and sustainability and raising their capacity to conduct monitoring at the local level.
Job purpose :
To contribute to the development of new and existing partnerships organizations to advocate the work of WFP and raise and mobilize resources to support WFP programmes.
Organizational context :
These jobs are found Country Offices (COs). Job holders in the field report to Country Director. Job holders operate with minimal supervision. They are heavily involved in day–to-day activities and analytical work.
Key accountabilities (not all-inclusive) :
- Manage and implement the assigned work plan and operational activities to maintain and develop partnerships with donors to maximize resources raised for the Country Strategic Plan (CSP)
- Coordinate work with other partnership officers to ensure the flow of information and other WFP units to align activities with the implementation of the CSP.
- Manage portfolio of partnerships, soliciting contributions, providing donor stewardship and analyzing results to maximize resources raised for WFP in line with internal policies and external regulations.
- Identify and recommend fundraising opportunities and resourcing issues; monitor grants and forecasts; prepare funding proposals to mobilize resources in partnership with the different partners.
- Manage the negotiations for contributions and partnership agreements, in line with internal policies and external regulations, to reach advantageous outcomes for WFP
- Ensure regular assessment and enhancement to the procedures and the practices that contribute to the effectiveness of the donors’ relationship
Additional Accountabilities :
- Conduct prospect research, carry out targeted market research and develop donors mapping, ensure regular updates to identify prospect donors.
- Manage and monitor a variety of correspondence and documentation to ensure appropriate prioritization, routing, and that established deadlines are met and review documents and materials.
- Collate data and prepare accurate and timely reporting on donors and programmes for senior management to enable informed decision-making and action planning by senior stakeholders in developing new strategies to maintain and increase funding from traditional and non-traditional donors
- Prepare and provide inputs for briefing documents, proposals, presentations, and concept notes to senior level management meetings with donors.
- Provide regular information to educate new and potential donors on the strategy, design, relevancy and impact of programme to advocate the work of WFP
- Provide a full range of support services including follow-up actions, resolution of issues and unforeseen situations, for the effective functioning of resource mobilization
- Represent WFP at local and international meetings and fora at appropriate levels, sharing information that raises awareness of partnerships strategy and objectives and builds support for WFP activities.
- Perform other duties as requested that support and contribute to the country office strategic objective
Standard minimum qualifications :
Education:
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.
Language:
Fluency (level C) in Arabic & English language.
Experience:
At least 5 years of working experience in the relative business streams of partnerships, donor relations, fund raising, etc
4Ps core organizational capabilities :
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.
Functional capabilities :
| Capability Name | Description of the behaviour expected for the proficiency level |
| 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 Mobilization | Demonstrates the ability to design and manage the full resource mobilization 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. |
Desired experiences for entry into the role :
- Has implemented the resource mobilization work plan by delivering specific activities as defined
- Has participated and assisted in negotiations for contributions and partnership agreements in line with internal policies and external regulations
- Has assisted in drafting resourcing analysis and collaborated with accurate and timely briefs as well as reporting to donors.
- Has gained extensive experience in partnerships management and applies this in solution development
- Has developed recommendations to senior leaders on ways to improve WFP’s approach to partnerships governance process and development of new stakeholder relationships
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS
Applications must be submitted before Tuesday, the 3rd of Septmeber,2019
