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DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS
3 August 2025-23:59-GMT01:00 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: Government Partnerships Officer Consultant
TYPE OF CONTRACT: Level I
UNIT/DIVISION: Berlin Global Office
DUTY STATION (City Country): Berlin Germany
DURATION: 04 August 2025 to 31 December 2025
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT:
The BER Government Partnership team is responsible for building and strengthening strategic relationships with government donor counterparts in Germany Austria and Liechtenstein. The unit is responsible for negotiating contributions from the different government donor counterparts in support of WFPs activities and for providing strategic guidance and donor intelligence to WFP Country Offices (COs) Regional Bureaus (RBs) and Headquarters (HQ) in order to enable robust fundraising for WFP operations. The Consultant will report to a more experienced Government Partnerships Officer to support the team with the development of new and existing partnerships with Germany Austria and Liechtenstein government entities in order to advocate for the work of WFP and mobilise resources for WFP programmes.
ACCOUNTABILITIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:
1.
Support with mobilizing multilateral directed multilateral and bilateral resources fromGermany Austria and Liechtenstein;
2.
Maintain good and close relations with donor counterparts and ensure they are informedregarding important strategic and operational issues;
3.
Ensure an adequate follow-up on the impact of German contributions especially for funding tocorporate emergencies;
4.
Review and amend project proposals in a timely and efficient manner respecting donorconditions and the operational resourcing priorities;
5.
Provide guidance to COs/RBs/HQ with regard to donors budgetary rules donor preferencesand grant management aspects to ensure appropriate partnership mapping as well as propercontribution utilization according to donors earmarking and requirements;
6.
Draft briefings prepare meetings produce reports and correspondence on relevant issues asrequired;
7.
Assist in organising bilateral WFP-donor meetings between German government representativesand WFP experts or colleagues from field operations; this also includes the preparation of well-researched subject-related briefing material and talking points;
8.
Represent WFP at meetings at appropriate levels in such a way that advances the governmentpartnerships strategy and objectives and builds support for WFP activities;
9.
Assist in the preparation of the mid-year Annual Performance Plan (APP) review for theGovernment Partnerships Unit at WFP Berlin;
10.
Perform any other duties as required.
DELIVERABLES AT THE END OF THE CONTRACT:
To be defined in workplan
QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
Education: Advanced University degree in International Relations Development Studies Political Science Social Studies or a similar subject or First University degree with additional years of related work experience and/or training/courses.
Experience: Experience and a proven track record in donor relations and partnerships management.
Knowledge & Skills:
Knowledge of German funding architecture and very good verbal and written German and English communication skills required.
Languages: English German
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
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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
