Performance Marketing Manager

World Food Programme; Remote; EUR 50.000 - 70.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A leading humanitarian organization seeks a Performance Marketing Manager to develop fundraising strategies and manage campaigns across digital platforms. The role involves optimizing performance, managing budgets, and leveraging insights to drive engagement. Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree, strong project management skills, and experience in marketing or communications, particularly in non-profit sectors. This remote position offers an inclusive and diverse work environment.

Leistungen

Inclusive and diverse working environment

Professional development opportunities

Attractive compensation package

Qualifikationen

• 3-5 years of national or international experience in Marketing.
• Experience with non-profit brand management is an advantage.
• High proficiency in written and spoken English.

Aufgaben

• Develop a strategy and plan campaigns on Facebook.
• Optimize and improve campaign performance.
• Monitor financial performance of campaigns.

Kenntnisse

Strong project management skills

Strong analytical abilities

Understanding of aesthetics in social media

Ability to produce high-quality written materials

Self-motivated and able to work autonomously

Ausbildung

Bachelors degree

Masters degree preferred

Jobbeschreibung

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

5 January 2026-23 : 59‑GMT01 : 00 Central European Time (Berlin)

WFP celebrates and embraces diversity. It is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all its employees and encourages qualified candidates to apply irrespective of race, colour, national origin, ethnic or social background, genetic information, gender, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, HIV status or disability.

ABOUT WFP

The World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian organization, saving lives in emergencies and using food assistance to build a pathway to peace, stability and prosperity for people recovering from conflict, disasters and the impact of climate change.

At WFP people are at the heart of everything we do and the vision of the future WFP workforce is one of a diverse, committed, skilled and high‑performing teams selected on merit operating in a healthy and inclusive work environment living WFP’s values (Integrity, Collaboration, Commitment, Humanity & Inclusion) and working with partners to save and change the lives of those WFP serves.

WHY JOIN WFP

WFP is a 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.

WFP offers a highly inclusive, diverse and multicultural working environment.

WFP invests in the personal & professional development of its employees through a range of training, accreditation, coaching, mentorship and other programs as well as through internal mobility opportunities.

A career path in WFP provides an exciting opportunity to work across the various country, regional and global offices around the world and with passionate colleagues who work tirelessly to ensure that effective humanitarian assistance reaches millions of people across the globe.

We offer an attractive compensation package (please refer to the Terms and Conditions section of this vacancy announcement).

JOB TITLE

Performance Marketing Manager

UNIT / DIVISION

Private Partnerships (PSP) ShareTheMeal (Org Unit)

DUTY STATION

Remote

TYPE OF CONTRACT

Short‑Term Regular Consultant CST I

DURATION

11 months

LINE MANAGER / SUPERVISOR

Emilie Drew, Head of Marketing a.i.

ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is the world’s largest humanitarian agency working to create a world with zero hunger.

As leading humanitarian organization saving lives and changing lives WFP delivers food assistance in emergencies and working with communities to improve nutrition and build resilience. WFP believes

that individual and collective wellbeing can only be achieved if all children women and men get the nutritious food they need to lead healthy dignified lives.

Each year WFP assists 86.7 million people in 83 countries. Every day some 5600 WFP-chartered trucks are on the road 92 planes are in the air and 20 ships are at sea. These numbers speak to WFP’s

unparalleled reputation as an emergency responder one that is often the first on the scene in the most difficult environments. WFP also works with partners to strengthen the resilience of communities most

vulnerable to hunger and malnutrition through long-term development programmes aimed at boosting food security local economies education employment and gender equality. While hunger and

malnutrition are the world’s largest solvable issues the needs are still immense and growing. 821 million people in the world suffer from chronic hunger.

The Private Partnerships Division (PSP) is responsible for engaging the private sector (corporations individuals foundations) through high-impact partnerships in support of WFP’s strategic priorities

and through individual giving to build and retain support from the public worldwide. PSP has embarked on an exceptionally ambitious new strategy 2020-2025 to raise an additional one billion

dollars for hungry or malnourished people and to expand the contribution to WFP from the business sector through effective and sustainable long-term partnerships as well as from private individual supporters around the world. This includes securing new high impact technical partnerships signing significant new corporate deals and growing existing relationships as well as building a base of one million individual supporters. Our strategy and ambition are based on need. WFP was reaching more

than 90 million people in 83 countries and we now know that we will be called on to reach many millions more because of the pandemic.

Joining PSP is an exciting opportunity for experienced professionals to co-develop and implement our new private partnerships and fundraising strategy.

PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is a 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate. WFP is the world’s largest humanitarian organization saving lives in emergencies and using food assistance to build

a pathway to peace stability and prosperity for people recovering from conflict disasters and the impact of climate change. Around 20,000 people work for the organization most of them in remote areas directly serving the hungry poor.

To reach a world with zero hunger WFP is investing in and growing private sector fundraising and partnerships. ShareTheMeal is WFP’s fundraising and awareness-raising app. Free to download the

award‑winning app is a pioneering way for people to join our efforts in creating a world with zero hunger.

ShareTheMeal currently has more than 9.3 million users worldwide who have shared more than 160 million meals (US$ 100 million). WFP is pursuing an ambitious growth strategy for individual giving and

ShareTheMeal is a key driver for this strategy going forward. The team located in Berlin and remotely is focused on increasing the funds raised to help get to zero hunger by further developing the app to

include new and innovative features increasing the engagement of existing users and growing the user base through marketing and communication initiatives. As the user base has grown there is a significant

opportunity to increase funds raised from existing users and deliver an exceptional experience to build a long‑term relationship with each supporter.

ACCOUNTABILITIES / RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop a strategy and plan campaigns on Facebook.
• Develop and maintain a pipeline of fundraising campaigns across Facebook Web & App; build and optimize campaigns & monitor performance.
• Build / launch campaigns on Google, Facebook and other channels where necessary.
• Build new segmentation strategies, explore new targeting approaches and paid media platforms.
• Monitor financial performance of campaigns and perform thorough data analysis to identify and address areas of optimization.
• Optimize and improve campaign performance (creatives, audiences, placements).
• Manage and move budgets across campaigns and audiences to maximize financial returns.
• Develop a pipeline of priority tests and execute them collaborating with data / insights team to draw reliable conclusions and reportable insights.
• Contribute insightful commentary and analysis to the Supporter Experience Team reports and presentations.
• Optimize CRO: improve the conversion rate optimization by refining the landing pages on the Facebook Ads.
• Leverage competitor analysis strategies.
• Production & Management of Creatives: rely on previous data and insights to develop and own highly effective fundraising appeals for digital channels (copywriting, fact‑checking, scriptwriting, briefing designers / video producers).
• Coordinate the fundraising creative used on paid platforms through internal clearance processes and address / manage any creative feedback.
• Lead on campaigns developed externally with the creative agency including briefing and project management.
• Stay abreast of sector trends in major donor fundraising, supporter experience and engagement and bring relevant learnings to the team.
• Work with our existing global systems, policies and processes to deliver the objectives of this role in a compliant, collaborative and efficient way.

DELIVERABLES AT THE END OF THE CONTRACT

Key campaigns are prepared and executed in a timely manner and to high quality standards.

Impact of the campaigns is measured and documented; the reports are handed over to the Head of Marketing.

A portfolio of highly efficient retention campaigns (primarily Facebook) that successfully maximize funds from existing supporters globally in line with agreed fundraising targets.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

Education: Bachelors degree; Masters degree is preferred.

Experience: 3‑5 years of relevant national or international experience in Marketing, Brand management or Communications; work experience with non‑profit brand management is a strong advantage.

Knowledge & Skills: Strong understanding of aesthetics in social media, product web design and online marketing.

Strong project management skills

Strong analytical abilities, both quantitative and qualitative; ability to produce high quality written materials.

Mature judgment with strong interpersonal skills

Collaborative spirit able to consult with a wide range of people at all levels and across diverse cultures and to act with credibility and diplomacy.

Strong time management skills with an ability to plan, anticipate requirements, problems and obstacles and an ability to juggle competing priorities successfully and to work to tight deadlines.

Self‑motivated and able to work with a high degree of autonomy.

Fully committed and motivated to achieve the aims of the World Food Programme.

Language(s): High proficiency in written and spoken English required; knowledge of other UN languages is a plus.

WFP LEADERSHIP FRAMEWORK

WFP Leadership Framework guides the common standards of behavior that guide how we work together to accomplish our mission.

Click here to access WFP Leadership Framework.

REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION

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