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ABOUT WFP
The United Nations World Food Programme is the worlds largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide.? The mission of WFP is to help the world?achieve Zero Hunger?in our lifetimes.? 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.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT
The WFP Regional Bureau for Eastern and Central Africa (RBN) is based in Nairobi and provides strategic direction, technical guidance, resource mobilization and management support to WFP operations and activities in nine countries: Burundi, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan and Uganda.
Enhancing partnerships and exploring new forms of engagement with key stakeholders are critical to achieve WFPs mandate. RBN assists the region in raising funds where most needed and optimizing the management of these resources. The unit undertakes and provides partnership support to Country Offices on the Integrated Road Map, regional donor relations, UN and NGO relations, Climate financing, partnership knowledge management, private sector partnerships and innovations.?
One of the key pillars for the 2023-unit workplan is carrying out an aggressive Private Sector resource mobilization outreach strategy and brokering partnerships with these entities in order to raise funds and resources. The candidate will provide support to the private sector and innovation teams with a focus on mapping, research and developing partnership opportunities for our operations in the Eastern Africa Region.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)
1.?? ?Support RBN?s efforts to increase WFP?s positioning with the private sector through research analysis, communication, advocacy, and visibility.2.?? ?Support the work of RBN on new private sector and innovation initiatives as well on engagement with other existing and potential partners.3.?? ?Develop, design and execute individual giving campaigns in the region.4.?? ?Overall research, data & market analysis on RBN partnership and innovation opportunities.5.?? ?Contribute to identifying innovation and private sector partnership opportunities.6.?? ?Support the WFP innovation hub?s programmes and activities which include innovation project and programme coordination, capturing and sharing lessons learnt and drafting communications materials.7.?? ?Support the regional aflatoxin project and develop reports for our donors.8.?? ?Support in preparation of briefing documents and presentations for internal senior manag