Innovative Financing Consultant
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DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS
14 May 202523:59GMT01:00 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 worlds 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 diverse committed skilled and high performing teams selected on merit operating in a healthy and inclusive work environment living WFPs values (Integrity Collaboration Commitment Humanity and Inclusion) and working with partners to save and change the lives of those WFP serves.
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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:Innovative Financing Consultant
TYPE OF CONTRACT: Consultancy
UNIT/DIVISION:WFP Innovation Accelerator (INNA)
DUTY STATION (City Country):Munich Germany
DURATION:11 months
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT:
The World Food Programme (WFP) is the United Nations frontline agency fighting hunger. WFP reaches more than 100 million people every day delivering food assistance in emergencies and working with smallholder farmers communities and governments to improve nutrition and build resilience.
The WFP Innovation Accelerator was named by Fast Company as the Most Innovative NonProfit Organization 2021 for its work in identifying nurturing and scaling disruptive startups and innovations to end global hunger. Based in Munich Germany the Innovation Accelerator provides WFP employees entrepreneurs and startups with funding handson support and access to WFPs global operations. Through the Innovation Accelerator WFP is leveraging unprecedented advances in digital innovation such as mobile technology artificial intelligence and blockchain and new business models to transform the way it serves vulnerable communities across the world. In 2023 Accelerator supported innovations that positively impacted the lives of 60.7 million people globally. Most recently the Accelerator runs programmes for external partners such as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and others.
More information here: and Consultant reporting to the Head of Innovative Finance and Venture Launchpad is expected to:
Foster the development and implementation of the regenerative financing mechanisms to pool donor funds and private investors money towards investable and scalable innovations accelerating their path to scale:
Conduct landscape mapping to further inform WFP impact investing activities and support relationship building with external investor partners to help with fundraising efforts for the WFP funding mechanisms as well as direct capital raising by the innovations.
Deliver design and implement selected innovative financing or other strategic ventures throughout the ideation pilot and scaleup phases contributing to the ventures launch and growth.
Support the development of all the necessary innovative financing venture documentation and processes including preparing agreements with thirdparty organisations as appropriate.
Coordinate daily the selected innovative financing or other strategic ventures operations ranging from the attraction of grant and microloans funding to their investment and the corresponding impact measurement and evaluation reporting and communication.
Support innovations and other Accelerator teams with investment readiness and other innovative financing activities to accelerate their path to scale and to advance toward Zero Hunger and other Sustainable Development Goals:
Support and coach project teams from ideation to implementation (as applicable) with a focus on innovative financing while using methodologies such as humancentered design lean startup project management and business modelling.
Define key performance indicators and milestones for the innovation project and support their implementation impact measurement and reporting.
Support piloting and/or integration within WFP operations or within other organisations (as applicable) while liaising with internal units such as country offices procurement and legal as required.
Engage and collaborate with all necessary internal and external stakeholders (including WFP country and field offices finance partnerships and legal) to gather needed input secure internal support and approval and launch innovative financing or other strategic ventures.
Support the Innovation Accelerators strategy deployment and operations:
Provide investment readiness and venturebuilding support and coach project teams from ideation to implementation (as applicable) using methodologies such as humancentered design lean startup project management and business modelling.
Engage with all necessary internal stakeholders on topics related to innovative financing ventures and support the building of strong external partnerships within the Innovative Financing and venturebuilding ecosystem globally.
Provide analysis and content preparation for presentations and management meetings on innovative financing and other priority topics.
Support other core processes of the WFP Innovation Accelerator (e.g. innovation sourcing; innovation bootcamps; sprints programme; scaleup enablement; innovation services; communications and knowledge management) as required and from time to time support the Head of the Innovation Accelerator and the Director of Innovation and Knowledge Management with any other activities as required.
DELIVERABLES AT THE END OF THE CONTRACT:
- Validated Minimum Viable Product (MVP) and Business Model for selected Innovative Financing or other strategic ventures.
- Innovative Financing of internal projects and external startups or scaleups supported effectively.
- Ensure that all work and materials developed during the contract are well documented and available to the WFP Innovation Accelerator team.
QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
Education:
Bachelors degree in Finance Business Administration or equivalent. Masters degree a plus.
Experience:
At least 3 years of progressively responsible international experience in a startup leadership role startup accelerator innovations in private businesses or innovations in the humanitarian or international development sector. Experience in innovative financing and in microfinance is a plus.
Knowledge & Skills:
- A proven track record building fintech projects and/or driving and implementing innovative finance venturebuilding projects preferably in an impact humanitarian and/or development context.
- Experience in microfinance and crowdfunding platforms preferably in crowdlending.
- Experience and interest in initiatives focused on financial inclusion microfinance and resilience programmes.
- Passion and understanding of technology innovations (e.g. digital payments crypto assets) and business model innovations (e.g. innovative finance venture capital impact bonds).
- Experience in innovation project life cycle from ideation minimum viable product testing prototyping and implementation.
- Worked or led crossfunctionally and get things done in an agile and handson way.
- Experience working in a largescale organisation or with a client/in partnership with a largescale organisation.
- Proven track record of driving projects effectively delivering impactful elements of projects in a fastmoving environment ideally for new businesses new business models startups etc.
- Strong conceptual thinking to develop new strategies & innovative projects.
- Able to interact with a broad range of stakeholders and external audiences with maturity and tact.
- Excellent communication/presentation skills with the ability to write strategy and partnership documents develop business plans and write and deliver presentations.
- Collaborative spirit able to partner with a wide range of people at all levels and across different cultures and to act with credibility and diplomacy.
- Selfmotivated and able to work with a high degree of autonomy.
- Sets high level of ambition for the project and own work to achieve impact for the people we serve.
- Fully committed and motivated to achieve the aims of the UN World Food Programme.
Languages:
Fluency in oral and written English is required. Intermediate knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic Chinese French Russian and Spanish) or Portuguese (one of WFPs working languages) is beneficial.
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REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION
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REMINDERS BEFORE YOU SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION
We strongly recommend that your profile is accurate complete and includes your employment records academic qualifications language skills and UN Grade (if applicable).
Once your profile is completed please apply and submit your application.
Please make sure you upload your professional CV in the English language
Kindly note the only documents you will need to submit at this time are your CV and Cover Letter
Additional documents such as passport recommendation letters academic certificates etc. may potentially be requested at a future time
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Only shortlisted candidates will be notified
All employment decisions are made on the basis of organizational needs job requirements merit and individual qualifications. WFP is committed to providing an inclusive work environment free of sexual exploitation and abuse all forms of discrimination any kind of harassment sexual harassment and abuse of authority. Therefore all selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks.
No appointment under any kind of contract will be offered to members of the UN Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ) International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) FAO Finance Committee WFP External Auditor WFP Audit Committee Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) and other similar bodies within the United Nations system with oversight responsibilities over WFP both during their service and within three years of ceasing that service.
Required Experience:
Contract
Employment Type
Full-Time
