Partnerships Consultant, Rome, Italy

WFP - World Food Programme; Roma; In loco; EUR 60.000 - 90.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

World Food Programme seeks a Partnerships Consultant in Rome (11 months) to strengthen CO partnerships, guide strategic plans, and support donor engagement and fundraising efforts. The role requires master’s level background and 5-8 years in development or humanitarian contexts, with strong writing and analytical skills.

The consultant will coordinate with donor accounts, field offices, and HQ, travel as needed, and ensure timely delivery of proposals and guidance for effective partnerships

Competenze

• Master's degree or equivalent in political science, economics, international affairs, public administration, social sciences, development studies, or related field.
• 5-8 years of development, consultancy, research, or humanitarian response experience preferred.
• Proficiency in English (C) and working knowledge of at least one other WFP working language.

Mansioni

• Provide strategic advice to Country Offices for Country Strategic Plans and Partnering & Resourcing Strategies.
• Draft proposals, donor communications, reports, and value propositions for fundraising.
• Conduct donor mapping to identify diversified funding opportunities and tailor engagement plans.
• Prepare briefing materials and pitches for high-value donor engagements and contribute to resource mobilization.

Conoscenze

English proficiency (C)

Analytical skills

Formazione

Master's degree in political science/economics/international affairs/public administration

Descrizione del lavoro

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS 7 October 2026-23:59-GMT+01:00 Central European Time (Rome)

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JOB TITLE: Partnerships Consultant

TYPE OF CONTRACT: CST

REG UNIT/DIVISION: PPDR - Country Office Support Hub

DUTY STATION (City, Country): Rome

DURATION:11 months

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT:

WFP's Partnerships Department's Country Office Support Hub (PPDR) helps Country Offices protect, grow and diversify their partnerships and resourcing across public and private donors. Based on Country Office needs, PPDR provides operational, strategic and business development support to strengthen resource mobilization and partnership management across a range of partners. PPDR assists Country Offices in navigatin`g main corporate reporting and partnership planning processes. PPDR also promotes knowledge management and learning across WFP to ensure teams have the information and tools they need to enhance partnerships. PPDR works closely with Partnerships divisions, Global Offices, Regional Director Offices and other Headquarters divisions to deliver timely, practical and high quality support. The Consultant will report to the Country Office Support Team Lead. The Consultant will work in coordination with donor account managers and regional offices. The Consultant will support COs' partnership journey from planning to opportunity confirmation and is expected to travel to the field where requested. The Consultant will support a designated set of Country Offices and act as a focal point for specific corporate processes, donor accounts and themes.

ACCOUNTABILITIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide strategic advice and analysis to Country Offices (COs) engaged in the development of Country Strategic Plans and related Partnering & Resourcing Strategies (PRS).
• Provide hands-on support to COs in designing and drafting proposals, general and donor-specific value propositions, regular and ad hoc reports, and communication and advocacy products.
• Conduct funding landscape assessments (donor mapping) aimed at exploring diversified funding opportunities for specific funding gaps identified by COs.
• Develop tailored donor engagement plans to support CO fundraising efforts.
• If required, support COs with donor engagement, working as point of contact for problem solving between donor focal points across Global Offices and HQ, and CO teams.
• Prepare briefing materials, presentations, and pitches for high-value donor engagements.
• Provide surge support during emergencies or peak periods (virtual or in-person).
• Maintain up-to-date CO and partner knowledge, relying on available information from Salesforce, CO and Partnerships Department (PI). Track and analyze resource mobilization results across COs.
• Contribute to HQ information requests and Senior Management briefs on CO partnerships. Specifically, prepare resourcing and partnerships briefs for emergency operations and consolidate inputs from Accounts team/Global Offices/other PI department and provide resourcing overview for Senior Management briefs.
• Manage and route CO support requests to relevant focal points, and facilitate information flow between COs and PI, legal, finance, and technical teams.
• Support development of guidance and feed lessons learned and best practices into the PI knowledge system.
• Identify and escalation partnership risks (e.g., compliance, reputational, funding gaps) to PI management.
• Undertake any other duties as required by the supervisor.

DELIVERABLES AT THE END OF THE CONTRACT:

• Project proposals
• Value propositions
• Guidance and lessons learned
• Temporary deployment
• Operational support

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

Education: A master's degree or equivalent in one or more of the following disciplines: political science, economics, international affairs, public administration, social sciences, development studies, or any other field related to international development or humanitarian assistance.

Experience: Between 5-8 years of working experience in development, consultancy, research, humanitarian response would be preferable. Working directly in or with WFP operations is an asset. Previous work experience in various country contexts and with partnerships management strongly preferred.

Knowledge & Skills: The ideal candidate will have diverse mix of experience related to the portfolio, and would benefit from familiarity with WFP's operations, policy, planning and partnerships. The candidate should have a multidisciplinary and versatile professional experience, working in various sectors. He/She should be a self-starter, organised, flexible and comfortable with working with multiple internal and external actors and to tight deadlines. Strong writing, analytical and research skills; good interpersonal skills, teamwork spirit and ability to work in multicultural settings; superior cognitive capacity.

Languages: Proficiency/level C of English (requirement); Proficiency in at least one other WFP working language(s) required (French, Spanish, Arabic, Russian, Portuguese, or Chinese)

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