Business Innovation Junior Consultant
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DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS
29 June 2025-23:59-GMT01:00 Central European Time (Rome)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: Business Innovation Junior Consultant United Nations World Food Programme
LEVEL: Regular Consultant
DUTY STATION (City Country): Rome
DURATION: 6 months
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT:
Over the past years the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has responded to an unprecedented level of emergencies while maintaining ongoing operations. This increased demand stretches the organization which means WFP has to find new approaches and ways of working to ensure we are channeling every available resource to the people we serve.
The Business Innovation Unit (BIU) was established in 2015 to manage change and to promote innovation as part of WFPs Innovation and Knowledge Management division:
BIU acts as the management consulting arm of WFP
BIU is composed of staff with top-tier management consulting backgrounds as well as UN experience
We execute projects on behalf of Executive Directors Assistant Secretary Generals and Directors across the UN system and have become a trusted advisor to WFP and other entities (e.g. UN Women UNFPA Business Innovation Group). Our focus is on end-to-end solutions including problem assessment data analysis operational model design change plan and implementation monitoring.
ACCOUNTABILITIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Execution of Business Innovation projects
2. Overall Innovation and Change Management priorities
3. Other activities
DELIVERABLES:
Depending on time of joining the candidates specific experience and current corporate priorities the candidate will be responsible for the full delivery of a project work stream. Examples of specific deliverables are:
Corporate Executive Director Board and divisional key initiatives
o Advise Division Managers on prioritization of key corporate initiatives
o Participate in discussions with team members and other divisions to align on objectives activities timelines and outputs for the Business Innovation agenda as applicable
o Provide analytical and project management support
o Support initiative owners in driving implementation forward
UN Reform: Support Head of Business Innovation on UN Reform implementation inside the WFP and part of an inter-agency project team
o Explore benefits for potential global / local collaboration with sister agencies
o Identify Business Operations Strategy best practices for collaboration and support cross-COs knowledge transfer
o Support UN Reform Business Innovation Group to perform internal analysis on service delivery effectiveness and efficiency review current service approaches at global and country levels and support pilot launches as needed
o Support communication efforts on UN Reform
Additional support to divisional needs
o Support knowledge management reviews and best practices sharing
o Additional support requests as required
QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
Education:
Preference for a degree in business economics or engineering
Experience:
Up to 2 years of progressively responsible national and/or international experience in a business or international relations related position. Up to 2 years experience in change management management consulting or finance required. Additional work experience desirable.
Knowledge & Skills:
Ability to contribute to developing new strategies and innovative projects
Good analytical abilities both quantitative and qualitative: ability to perform advanced analysis in excel and produce high-quality written materials including power point presentations as well as text documents;
Experience with optimization processes (e.g. optimization of strategic planning sourcing logistics finance processes performance management etc.)
Collaborative spirit to liaise with a wide range of people at all levels and across different cultures with credibility and diplomacy;
Time management skills with an ability to plan ahead anticipate requirements problems and obstacles and an ability to juggle competing priorities successfully and to work on tight deadlines;
Self-motivated and able to work with a certain degree of autonomy and/ or in team;
Fully committed and motivated to achieve the aims of the UN World Food Programme.
Languages:
In addition to a high proficiency in written and spoken English knowledge of a
second UN language is a plus.
Visa:
WFP supports Visa applications and the position is based in Rome Italy.
WFP LEADERSHIP FRAMEWORK
WFP Leadership Framework guides to the common standards of behavior that guide HOW we work together to accomplish our mission.
Click here to access WFP Leadership Framework
REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION
WFP is committed to supporting individuals with disabilities by providing reasonable accommodations throughout the recruitment process. If you require a reasonable accommodation please contact:
NO FEE DISCLAIMER
The United Nations does not charge any application processing training interviewing testing or other fee in connection with the application or recruitment process. Should you receive a solicitation for the payment of a fee please disregard it. Furthermore please note that emblems logos names and addresses are easily copied and reproduced. Therefore you are advised to apply particular care when submitting personal information on the web.
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
Please contact us at in case you face any challenges with submitting your application
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:
Junior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
