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Job Title: Government Partnerships Consultant – Thematic Innovative Finance
Type of Contract: International Consultant, Level II
Division: Global Partner Countries Division (GPC)
Duty Station (City, Country): Rome HQ, Italy
Duration: 11 months / Planned start Aug 2024
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT:
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide. The mission of WFP is to help the world achieve Zero Hunger in our lifetime. Every day, WFP works worldwide to ensure that no child goes to bed hungry and that the poorest and most vulnerable, particularly women and children, can access the nutritious food they need.
The Global Partner Countries Division (GPC) within the Partnership and Innovation Department (PI) supports organization-wide efforts to meet the resource needs at corporate and country levels through active engagement with governments and public sector institutions. Within GPC, the Thematic Team (GPCT) advances the Changing Lives Agenda through systematic and strategic fundraising for thematic and development activities.
To address the escalating food crisis and support SDG 2, WFP is exploring innovative financing solutions from various public and private funding sources to mobilize the much needed resources to support the most vulnerable people and communities in needs. Under the Critical Corporate Initiative (CCI) Fit for Future in a Changed Funding Landscape and with the objective to set the Corporate Innovation Finance Strategy in motion, WFP is strengthening partnerships and identifying and piloting innovative financing solutions.
This consultancy will install dedicated capacity within the GPC to expand the Division’s understanding on innovative financing solutions and strengthen WFP’s HQ and field engagement with donors to mobilize resources through Innovative Finance models, targeting a set of key thematic topics, in particular in the area of climate and resilience building.
ACCOUNTABILITIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:
As GPC Thematic Team’s liaison person under the CCI’s Fit for Future, responsible for Deliverable 4 of the CCI (Deliverable 4 focuses on building a pipeline of feasible climate proposals ready for submission for funding opportunities):
Lead Donor and External Partner Engagement: Review donor strategies and conduct mapping of a set of priority donors to engage on innovative financing conversations. Develop and nurture relationships with government donors to promote innovative financing models across thematic areas. Organize donor facing events to present innovative financing models. Identify funding opportunities and lead resource mobilization with donors on a set of thematic focused proposals. Support the organization in expanding relationships with public and private sectors working on Innovative Finance topics.
Identify Innovative Financing Integration Models: Contribute to the development of concrete financing integration models combining bilateral, multilateral, public, and private sector resources.
