Partnerships Officer

Job Summary

The Partnerships Officer will oversee partner-specific engagement strategies across government ministries, corporate donors, and international financial institutions (IFIs). The officer will author high-quality funding proposals, track institutional funding pipelines through digital platforms like Salesforce, coordinate cross-functional visibility compliance, and analyze shifting donor trends to secure resources for WFP’s Country Strategic Plan.

Qualification

• Academic Credentials: Advanced University degree (Master's) in Political Science, International Development, Development Economics, International Relations, Law, Marketing, or Communications. (A Bachelor's degree paired with structural, verified extension years of relevant professional mastery is acceptable).
• Linguistic Fluency: Complete professional proficiency (Level C) in written and verbal English is mandatory. Working technical knowledge of French or an alternative official UN language represents a notable competitive advantage.
• Systems Familiarity: Technical capacity to leverage cloud-based enterprise pipeline trackers, partner relationship tools, and corporate asset nodes (e.g., Salesforce, WINGS, WFPGo).
• Core Competencies: Superior policy drafting skills, sharp political acumen, strategic organizational awareness, and the capacity to synthesize complex data arrays into digestible executive briefs.

Experience

Candidates must showcase clear mastery in managing high-value external stakeholder landscapes:

Strategic Resource Mobilization & Pipeline Cultivation

• Professional Longevity: Minimum of three (3) years of progressive, verifiable experience in external relations, corporate business development, strategic communications, or inter-agency portfolio coordination.
• Proposal & Brief Architecture: Proven history authoring successful grant applications, complex funding proposals, donor compliance reports, and high-impact concept notes tailored to institutional criteria.
• Data-Driven Analysis: Experience evaluating regional funding trends, ODA (Official Development Assistance) allocations, and macroeconomic insights to predict shifts in donor priorities.

Multilateral Stakeholder Coordination

• Government & Ministry Liaison: Documented experience interfacing with line ministries, national planning authorities, or state agencies to align international program execution with local legislative policies.
• Cross-Functional Synthesis: Proven ability to work alongside program managers, supply chain experts, and field monitoring units to translate ground-level operational realities into clear donor messaging.
• UN & Civil Context: Prior exposure to United Nations inter-agency mechanisms, international NGO consortiums, or multi-sectoral platforms tied directly to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is highly desirable.

Key Responsibilities

Portfolio Development & Strategic Positioning

• Drive Resourcing Strategies: Execute WFP Rwanda’s Partnerships and Resourcing Strategy, focusing on priority sovereign donors, emerging private foundations, and development finance entities.
• Translate Technical Content: Convert complex technical actions (such as resilient food systems creation, school feeding loops, and disaster risk tracking) into persuasive value propositions for non-technical institutional investors.
• Map Policy Alignment: Analyze changing socio-economic policies in Rwanda to ensure WFP's strategic positioning directly targets national development blueprints.

Donor Engagement & Operational Management

• Secure Funding Opportunities: Discover, evaluate, and pursue new financing paths across bilateral agencies, multilateral funds, and International Financial Institutions (IFIs).
• Maintain Pipeline Intelligence: Ensure data integrity inside WFP’s corporate recording infrastructures by continuously logging partner interactions, pipeline targets, and contribution schedules.
• Manage Compliance Life Cycles: Oversee daily partnership commitments, confirming that specific donor visibility criteria, funding conditionalities, and reporting deadlines are achieved across all project tracks.

Executive Communications & Visibility

• Draft Senior Briefings: Produce high-level talking points, presentation materials, policy briefs, and background dossiers for Country Office directors and visiting UN executives.
• Coordinate Joint Initiatives: Facilitate multi-partner forums, joint United Nations development panel reviews, and high-visibility field events centered on accelerating Zero Hunger objectives.
• Mitigate Portfolio Risks: Track, evaluate, and report on emerging partnership risks and funding shortfalls, implementing mitigation frameworks to protect field delivery lines.

REMINDERS BEFORE YOU SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION

• All applications must be submitted exclusively through our online recruiting system. We do not consider CVs or applications sent by email, LinkedIn, or any other channel.
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