People Partner Consultant
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DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS
14 September 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: People Partner 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 Non-Profit Organization 2021 for its work in identifying nurturing and scaling disruptive start-ups and innovations to end global hunger. Based in Munich Germany the Innovation Accelerator provides WFP employees entrepreneurs and start-ups with funding hands-on 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 2024 the WFP Innovation Accelerator supported innovations that positively impacted the lives of 61 million people globally.
More information here: and incumbent reporting to the Head of People is expected to:
Drive forward core Accelerator talent activities:
Manage the full-cycle recruitment process from sourcing and interviewing to onboarding successfully scaling the teams and ensuring the best-fit hires while maintaining a focus on diversity and inclusion.
Manage your hiring teams independently and act as a consultant and coach on all recruiting topics. Accompany the implementation of innovative recruiting concepts.
Nurture innovation ecosystems by fostering a culture of continuous learning experimentation and knowledge sharing.
Support learning and development activities by working closely with leadership to understand business requirements and individual needs to deliver development solutions that equip our teams with the capabilities and knowledge to meet current and future needs.
Liaise with headquarters on people-related matters e.g. contracts and provide necessary information to enable timely HR services.
Provide advice on diverse HR processes and rules and facilitate relevant action as applicable.
Support relevant stakeholders on People topics discussions such as recruitment strategy coaching and mentoring performance management and growth opportunities.
Create best practices and templates for People activities as needed.
Support the innovation accelerator build-up operations & management:
Collate information and provide analysis & content preparation (PowerPoint presentations reports briefs etc.) for corporate priority topics and executive management meetings;
Liaise with colleagues in other divisions (mainly HR unit) or external stakeholders as needed;
Support core processes of the Innovation Accelerator (e.g. innovation challenge; innovation bootcamps; sprint programme; thought leadership; scale-up enablement) as ;
Support the Head of Business Development the Head of the Innovation Accelerator the Director Innovation & Knowledge Management Division with any other activities as .
DELIVERABLES AT THE END OF THE CONTRACT:
- Business operations activities and processes well documented and executed.
- Effective support of business operations of the Innovation Accelerator.
QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
Education:
Bachelors degree in Human Resources Business Administration or equivalent. Masters degree a plus.
Experience:
At least 3 years of experience in human resources in international development business or start-up-related position.
Knowledge & Skills:
Experience in a large organization (public or private sector).
Proven experience in handling HR processes and concepts including learning and development activities preferably in complex international environments.
Self-driven and very strong organizational and planning skills.
Strong conceptual thinking to develop new strategies & innovative solutions.
Able to interact with a broad range of stakeholders and external audience with maturity and tact.
Excellent communication/presentation skills with the ability to write best practice documents to develop project plans and to 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.
Self-motivated 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 hungry 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 . Intermediate knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic Chinese French Russian and Spanish) or Portuguese (one of WFPs working languages) is beneficial.
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:
Contract
Employment Type
Full-Time
