ABOUT WFP

Assisting more than 160 million people in 123 countries and territories each year, the World Food Program (WFP) is the leading humanitarian organization saving lives and changing lives, delivering food assistance in emergencies partnering with governments, and providing common services that allow the entire humanitarian community to save lives in emergencies and build the resilience of food insecure people and communities. As the international community has committed to end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition by 2030, one in nine people worldwide still do not have enough to eat. Food and food-related assistance lie at the heart of the struggle to break the cycle of hunger and poverty. WFP Turkiye provides humanitarian assistance to nearly 1.6 million vulnerable persons in 2023, in the form of in-kind and cash-based transfers. Our beneficiaries remain at the very heart of everything we do in Turkiye. Every day, WFP works worldwide to ensure that no child goes to bed hungry and that the poorest and most vulnerable, particularly women and children, can access the nutritious food they need.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

JOB TITLE: Private Sector & IFIs Partnerships Officer
TYPE  AND LEVEL OF CONTRACT: Fixed Term – NOB
UNIT/DIVISON: Partnerships
DUTY STATION:  Ankara – Turkiye
DURATION: One year

TYPE OF VA: Internal and External

DATE OF OPENING: 22 MARCH 2024

DATE OF CLOSING:  5 APRIL 2024

WHY TO WORK WITH WFP

SAVING & CHANGING LIVES ❤
Make a difference, and the world will notice.
We are driven by our mission to fight world hunger and feed people’s dreams of a brighter future.

GLOBAL COMMUNITY 🌍
Build bridges that unite people across the world.
Being part of a global, diverse, and multicultural community like WFP, will continuously expose you to new ideas and perspectives.
How we deliver our mission in a deep respect for personal and cultural differences and close collaboration between every member of our global team, will certainly enrich your experience and knowledge on so many levels.

UNLIMITED POSSIBILITIES 💡
Unlock possibilities you never thought you’d find.
WFP goes anywhere it is needed and does whatever it takes to get the job done.

LIFE-CHANGING EXPERIENCE ⭐
Reach beyond yourself and discover your true potential.
WFP offers the kind of life-changing experiences you’re unlikely to find in many other organizations.
Join us to make a difference.

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ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT

Türkiye hosts the highest number of refugees in the world – 3.7 million people. Around 63,000 of the most vulnerable of them live in eight camps in the southeast, while the majority live in cities and villages throughout the country. The Government of Türkiye has demonstrated leadership and generosity in hosting this large number for close to a decade. Since June 2014, a temporary protection regime has granted Syrian refugees access to basic services such as healthcare and education. Asylum seekers from other countries continue to benefit from International Protection status. WFP re-established a presence in Türkiye in 2012, in response to the Syria crisis and transitioned its programmes from basic needs assistance to livelihood support as the needs of the target population evolved. WFP Türkiye’s Country Strategic Plan (CSP 2023-2025) seeks to continue assisting refugees in camps, provide services to humanitarian and development partners, and implement sustainable livelihood programming to build the self-reliance of vulnerable Turks and refugees alike. The CSP has been revised to integrate the recovery efforts following the devastating earthquakes of February 2023, focusing on restoring and revitalising the food value chain in the earthquake-affected regions.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

1. Implement the work plan for assigned area by delivering activities that maintain and develop private sector partnerships to raise funds in support of WFP strategic priorities.
2. Contribute to the management of a portfolio of partnerships, soliciting contributions, providing on-going donor stewardship and assessing results in order to maximise resources raised for WFP, in line with internal policies and external regulations.
3. Provide support and guidance to technical units, regional bureaux and country offices in order to assist them to effectively mobilise private sector resources.
4. Contribute to the preparation proposals and sales presentations in order to effectively “sell and market” WFP to private sector prospects.
5. Conduct prospect research; identify, analyse and provide data to others to support them in identifying private sector entities that can help achieve WFP’s strategic objectives.
6. Support the sales process by coordinating activities and providing data that enables senior officers to manage and respond to the new opportunities, and negotiate advantageous contributions and partnership agreements.
7. Guide and supervise more junior staff, acting as a point of referral and supporting them with more complex analysis and queries.
8. Collate, analyse and report on internal and external data to enable informed decision-making and action planning by senior stakeholders, and provide consistent information to donors on use of funds.
9. Contribute data and ideas to the development of new strategies to better secure and steward private sector donors by channel (individuals, corporate, foundation, NGO).
10. Represent WFP at international meetings in such a way that advances the private sector partnership strategy and objectives, and builds support for WFP activities.
11. Work in collaboration with other WFP units to align activities and ensure that proposed partnerships support the corporate strategic objectives and provide value.
12. Follow standard emergency preparedness practices to ensure WFP is able to quickly respond and deploy food and needed resources to affected areas at the onset of a crisis.
13. Other as required.

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education: 

• Advanced academic degree in one or more of the following disciplines: political science, law, economics, international affairs, public health, social sciences, development studies, or any other field related to international development or humanitarian assistance. Private sector experience will be an asset.

Experience: 

•  Experience supporting WFP Country Offices in developing Country Strategic Plans and engagement in WFP strategic planning processes. At least 3 years of postgraduate progressively responsible professional experience in public sector management, development projects, emergency assistance, and/or institutional strengthening. Working directly in or with WFP operations in Turkiye and/or in the Middle East region.
• interest in cause-driven multisectoral partnerships, fundraising, community engagement, corporate social
• responsibility, emergency response, development programmes, and other related.
• Experience in developing and managing private sector partnerships and fundraising initiatives to support the work of another nonprofit organization.

Knowledge and Skills 

• He/She should be a self-starter, organized, flexible, and comfortable with working with multiple senior internal and external actors and to tight deadlines.
• Problem solver/solution and results-oriented
• Team-oriented and inclusive with team members
• Apply strategic thinking by communicating and fulfilling WFP’s vision
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to cultivate relationships across varying levels of seniority, internally and externally.
• Ability to work fast and independently and set priorities.

Language: Excellent written and oral communication skills in English and working knowledge in Turkish (Level C)

DESIRED EXPERIENCES FOR ENTRY INTO THE ROLE

• The ideal candidate will have a diverse mix of experience related to the portfolio and would benefit from a strong understanding of WFP’s operations, policy, planning and budget, and/or Financial Institutions and/or government policy design. He/She should be a self-starter, organized, flexible, and comfortable with working with multiple senior internal and external actors and to tight deadlines.
• Has motivated team spirit and contributed to a gender-balanced, inclusive, and sound working environment.
• Has a good understanding of the private sector,  government, and corporate strategies and priorities and gained experience in developing multi-stakeholder partnerships
• Has significant experience in exploring new partnership opportunities and resource mobilization,
• Has assisted in drafting resourcing analysis and collaborated with accurate and timely briefs as well as reporting to donors

FUNCTIONAL CAPABILITIES

WFP LEADERSHIP FRAMEWORK

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Final WFP celebrates and embraces diversity. It is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all its employees. It encourages qualified candidates to apply irrespective of race, color, national origin, ethnic or social background, genetic information, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, HIV status, or disability.
Qualified Female candidates and Individuals with disabilities are especially encouraged to apply.

WFP is committed to an accessible, inclusive recruitment process. Please contact us at global.inclusion@wfp.org to advise us of any disability-related reasonable accommodation or accessibility requests you may have. A member of the reasonable accommodation team will contact you to discuss your needs. This email is only to be used for any disability-related accessibility requirements, and not for sending the application itself. Due to the volume of applications, any applications or CVs sent through this email address will not be considered as a formal application and will not receive a reply from WFP.

WFP has a zero-tolerance approach to conduct such as fraud, sexual exploitation, abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority, and discrimination. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to WFP’s standards of conduct and will therefore undergo rigorous background verification internally or through third parties. Selected candidates will also be required to provide additional information as part of the verification exercise. Misrepresentation of information provided during the recruitment process may lead to disqualification or termination of employment.

WFP will not request payment at any stage of the recruitment process including at the offer stage. Any payment requests should be refused and reported to local law enforcement authorities for appropriate action.