Performance Reporting Consultant

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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: Performance Reporting Consultant

TYPE OF CONTRACT: Consultancy

UNIT/DIVISION: WFP Innovation Accelerator (INNA)

DUTY STATION (City, Country): Munich, Germany

DURATION: 06 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 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 and start-ups with funding, hands-on support, and access to WFP’s global operations. Through the 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 world. In 2024, the Accelerator supported innovations that positively impacted the lives of 61 million people globally.  

More information here: http://innovation.wfp.org and https://youtu.be/OnKkQlRdh2c

ACCOUNTABILITIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

The Consultant, reporting to the Head of Donor Relations and Partnerships, is expected to:

• Act as an information and knowledge management focal point for partnerships and fundraising:
  • Coordinate and draft accurate reports to donors, partners, internal stakeholders and external audiences.
  • Lead the end-to-end process, draft, coordinate, and finalize the WFP Innovation
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  • Prepare accurate reports on donors and resourcing status of activities, identify trends and issues, and propose solutions to enable informed decision-making and action planning by senior stakeholders.
  • Prepare input, talking points, briefings, presentations and reports for management, inter-agency opportunities and donor-related activities.
  • Build and maintain effective relationships with WFP partnerships colleagues at HQ, Regional Bureau, Liaison Office, and Country Office level and participate in relevant partner meetings.
  • Coordinate work with WFP Partnerships colleagues and other WFP units to ensure the flow of information to align messaging, and activities and ensure donor visibility and that donor conditions are met.
  • Analyse data and propose well-researched ideas to the partnerships team for new strategies to maintain and increase funding from new and existing donors.

• Collect, interpret and visualize data, performance metrics and funding numbers associated with Innovation Accelerator-supported programs projects and activities:
  • Coordinate the metrics and data-gathering of the Innovation Accelerator, including the findings and advice of the Innovation Accelerator’s Impact and Metrics Working Group, and ensure the timely gathering of figures and data for key performance reports.
  • Support information gathering from Innovation Accelerator teams and provide guidance as required to ensure delivery of results.
  • Analyse and pivot data to develop concise and actionable insights. Provide business intelligence, operational insights and recommendations to management and key stakeholders as applicable, based on analyses conducted, using data to enhance decision-making and goal setting, in consultation with the Donor Relations and Partnerships Lead.
  • Present analytical findings in reports, summaries, dashboards, graphs, charts and maps to provide decision-makers and stakeholders with detailed intelligence about the state of operations.
  • Contribute to the development of systems and tools that support effective information management and performance reporting, in line with WFP and UN policies and practices.
  • Liaise with the Innovation and Knowledge Management Division’s Communications Officer, and the Government and Private Sector Partnerships Divisions as required.

• Support the overall Innovation Accelerator operations:
  • Provide analysis & content preparation (data on projects, PowerPoint presentations, briefs, etc.) for corporate priority topics and management meetings.
  • Participate and carry out discussions with colleagues in other divisions or external stakeholders on topics related to innovation.
  • Support other core processes of the Innovation Accelerator (e.g. innovation sourcing; innovation bootcamps; sprint programme; thought leadership; scale-up enablement; innovation services; knowledge management) as required.
  • Support the Head of the Innovation Accelerator and the Director of INK with any other activities as required.
  • Execute any other task required to support the activities of the Innovation Accelerator.

DELIVERABLES AT THE END OF THE CONTRACT:

• Preparation and production of Innovation Accelerator Year in Review, and other reports as needed.
• Successful execution of data analysis conducted on key metrics and presented to key stakeholders.
• Ensure that all work and materials developed during the contract are well-documented and available to the WFP Innovation Accelerator team.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

Education:  The candidate must have a bachelor’s degree (master’s degree is desirable); a degree in business, communications or international development preferred.

Experience: At least 3 years of progressively responsible international experience in operational information management, data analysis, reporting, partnerships, communications and/or business-related positions. Experience in innovation and knowledge management is beneficial.

Knowledge & Skills:

• Sound theoretical understanding of Information Management concepts and principles with a broad knowledge of best practices, techniques, and processes.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to analyze and interpret information and draw out key messages and recommendations.
• Strong oral and written communication skills, able to clearly articulate insights to stakeholders in WFP.
• Ability to produce accurate, high-quality written materials, including graphically based presentations as well as text documents for diverse audiences.
• Ability to interact with external audiences with maturity and tact.
• Collaborative spirit able to liaise with a wide range of people at all levels and across different cultures and to act with credibility and diplomacy.
• Strong time management skills with an ability to plan ahead, anticipate requirements, problems and obstacles, and an ability to juggle competing priorities successfully and to work to tight deadlines.
• Ability to interact with a broad range of stakeholders and external audience with maturity and tact.
• Excellent communication/presentation skills, with the ability to write strategy documents, to develop business 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.
• Working cross-functionally and get things done in a scrappy and hands-on way.
• Experience working in a large scale-organization or with a client/in partnership with a large-scale organization.
• Self-motivated and able to work with a high degree of autonomy.
• Fully committed and motivated to achieve the aims of the UN World Food Programme.

Languages:      Fluency in oral and written English is mandatory. Intermediate knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish), Portuguese (one of WFP’s working languages) or German is beneficial.

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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:  [email protected]

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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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• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and invited to proceed to the next stage of the recruitment process.

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.

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