Nutrition Engagement Consultant
Nutrition Engagement Consultant
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DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS
27 September 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: NutritionEngagementConsultant
TYPE OFCONTRACT: Regular Consultant
UNIT/DIVISION: Nutrition and Food Quality Service (PPGN)
DUTY STATION (City Country): Rome Italy (Home-based)
DURATION: 3 Months (29 Sep to 31 Dec 2025)
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT:
The current prevalence of malnutrition in children is alarming. Over 50 million children suffer from acute malnutrition and over 150 million suffer from stunting. Maternal and child undernutrition is the underlying cause of approximately 45% of all mortality in children under 5. Not only does undernutrition levels remain stubbornly high but numbers of overweight persons are growing exponentially even in poor countries.
As the United Nations frontline agency in the fight against hunger and malnutrition the World Food Programme (WFP) is adapting to meet the current and emerging global nutrition challenges. This includes enhancing organizational capacity to reach vulnerable populations affected by acute malnutrition as well as expanding our portfolio to find lasting solutions for populations affected by poor diets and chronic malnutrition.
The purpose of the assignment is to support the Nutrition Outreach and Advocacy (NOA) team with the implementation of a strategy for external relations advocacy and partnerships with the objective of boosting WFPs global voice and building strategic partnerships in nutrition. The incumbent will furthermore contribute to ensuring strong liaison with the respective PA Divisions to promote WFPs nutrition activities amongst key external stakeholders.
ACCOUNTABILITIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:
Working in the Nutrition Outreach & Advocacy (NOA) Team under the direct supervision of the Team Lead Nutrition Outreach and Advocacy the candidate will perform the following duties:
- Lead the PPGN strategic positioning and engagement on fundraising
- Lead the drafting of high-quality fundraising proposals concept notes and ensure the timely submission of donor reports and communication for nutrition
- Lead the drafting and management of nutrition donor intel documentation profiles and funding landscapes as well as the maintenance of the nutrition page in the internal partnership platform Salesforce
- Lead liaison with external allies and advocates including senior Member States representatives in the WFP Friends of Nutrition membership group
- Develop sets of messages and correspondence for donor audiences to keep partners abreast of important nutrition themes
- Organize external facing events donor missions and fundraising campaigns
- Research and analyze information for the drafting of key documents and policies for WFP nutrition
- Ensure quality participation in internal and corporate events such as the Executive Board week Global Management Meeting and others
- Assist with the development of partnership and resource mobilization tools trainings and templates to better enable the nutrition workforce to build meaningful relationships
- Keep abreast of trends and issues in the Nutrition community ensuring that WFP is well positioned
- Support the preparation of briefing documents presentations and communication for the Director Nutrition and Food Quality Service and Executive Management of WFP
- Ensure nutrition technical teams and field staff are aware of and prepared to access partnership and funding opportunities
- Support other team initiatives as
DELIVERABLES AT THE END OF THE CONTRACT:
- The production of strategic and effective funding proposals and concept notes
- A substantial set of high-quality nutrition donor intel documentation profiles and funding landscapes completed and in use
- Strategic engagement with the WFP Friends of Nutrition (senior Member States representatives) in support of PPGNs objectives with key targets and actions. This includes effective delivery of events and informal meetings
- A set of high-quality nutrition briefing documents presentations talking points and speeches prepared for WFP management
- Production of guidance materials on nutrition partnership and fundraising to be used for Country Offices and WFP field
- Have worked with people at all levels and fostered cross-departmental cooperation
QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
Education: Advanced degree in International Relations; Political Science or similar fields
Experience: Minimum eight or more years of relevant professional work experience in partnership and engagement roles
- Has a good understanding of government and corporate strategies and priorities in nutrition and gained experience in developing partnerships
- Has developed long-term partner relationships and expanded engagements across geographies and sector
Knowledge
& Skills: Strong brief and concept writing skills
- Ability to build and manage collaborative relationships
- Ability to prioritise and manage workload independently
- Has motivated team spirit and contributed to a gender-balanced inclusive and sound working environment
- Proficiency in MS Office (Word Excel Power Point Outlook)
- Strong written and communication skills is highly desirable
- Knowledge of both international relations and nutrition is desirable
Languages: Excellent oral and writing skills in English (proficiency/level C). Proven ability to write highly concise documents in English
- An additional UN language is considered an asset: Arabic Chinese French Russian Spanish and/or Portuguese
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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
