The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is the world's largest humanitarian agency, fighting hunger worldwide. We are seeking to fill the position of Regional Donor & Private Sector Relations Officer P3, based in our Regional Bureau in Cairo, Egypt.
Reporting directly to the Regional Director, the Regional Donor & Private Sector Relations Officer will be responsible for providing coherent guidance and successful development of donor relations and fundraising efforts for the region, working with both traditional and non-traditional partners, fostering innovative initiatives and approaches. These responsibilities include the following key duties:
- Create and implement resource mobilization strategies for WFP operations in the region covering the Middle East, North Africa, Central Asia and Eastern Europe (OMC);
- Develop strategies to maintain/increase funding from traditional and merging donors;
- Support the development of productive multi-level relationships with WFP’s primary regional donors;
- Gather and analyse information about donor policies, practices, fundraising trends and preferences; prepare accurate and timely briefs on issues related to fundraising, and identify key opportunities at regional and country levels;
- Raise resources for the regional programme themes and initiatives, negotiate and solicit contributions, develop and submit funding proposals, evaluate and assess partnership results;
- Ensure donors are kept informed of key policy and operational issues of importance to the programme, WFP priorities and needs in the OMC region;
- Broaden the donor base through active engagement of potential private sector, foundation, and new donor partners;
- Ensure OMC requirements are highlighted in WFP’s corporate engagement with external parties including media, NGOs, UN agencies and donors;
- Work with colleagues in the Regional Bureau, Country Offices and Headquarters to prepare funding proposals, reports, and to respond to donor queries;
- Liaise with appropriate units, specifically Public Information, Partnership, Procurement, Logistics, and Programme, to ensure appropriate visibility for donor contributions;
- Manage the contractual agreements with the donor while working closely with the relevant regional units, WFP Donor Relations Offices and Legal to ensure that agreements are developed in line with corporate guidance;
- Manage a portfolio of current partnerships, pipeline of new partnership opportunities, and forecast contributions;
- Develop strategies to determine how to best secure and steward private sector donors by appropriate channels (individuals, corporate, foundation, NGO);
- Provide private sector resource mobilisation expertise to technical units, Regional Bureaux and Country offices;
- Represent WFP and advance WFP’s private sector strategy and objectives at international meetings;
- Supervise staff, provide training and technical guidance as required;
- Perform other related duties as required.
Qualifications & Experience Required
Education:
- University degree, preferably at an advanced level, in Politcal Science, International Development, Development Economics or other related fields.
Experience:
- At least five years of postgraduate progressively responsible professional experience in international development, donor aid programmes or other related fields;
- Field based donor relations and resource mobilization experience preferably in humanitarian context; with multilateral organization;
- Experience working in the Arab region is required;
- Previous experience with fundraising, negotiations and public relations/advocacy and work experience within the private sector is desirable;
- Experience working in developing countries, preferably in the area of food aid or development;
- A proven track record in fundraising and corporate social responsibility (CSR) is an asset.
Technical Skills & Knowledge:
- Ability to identify and analyse trends, opportunities and threats to fundraising;
- Good marketing and consumer focused communication skills;
- Knowledge of global legal and fiscal requirements for effective fundraising;
- Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook);
- General knowledge of UN system policies, rules, regulations and procedures governing administration is desirable.
Competencies:
- Strong negotiation and relationship management skills, with ability to negotiate with donors and internal units;
- Ability to establish and maintain long-standing partnerships;
- Excellent drafting and presentation skills including ability to draft clear and concise reports;
- Ability to plan and organize work programme;
- Ability to work with minimum supervision under own initiative;
- Tact, with ability to work productively and maintain effective working relationships with people of all backgrounds;
- Good problem solving skills with ability to conceptualise issues, think in abstract terms, and analyse numerical data;
- High standards of ethics and values;
- Willingness to travel for extended periods of time.
Language:
- Fluency in oral and written English and Arabic is required;
- Intermediate knowledge of another official UN language (Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish) or Portuguese (one of WFP’s working languages) is desirable.
How to apply:
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Deadline for applications:15 October 2014
