Director, Wfp Global Office in Brussels
il y a 3 jours
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**ABOUT WFP**:
The United Nations World Food Programme is the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide. The mission of WFP is to help the world achieve Zero Hunger in our lifetimes. 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.
**ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT AND JOB PURPOSE**:
The Partnerships and Advocacy Department (PA) provides leadership and expertise to WFP’s global positioning, partnering and resourcing efforts to continue Saving Lives and Changing Lives. To this effect, PA steers WFP’s strategic engagement with governments, the UN system and its Member States, corporations, global foundations, international financial institutions, academia,
think-tanks and the public at large.
The main objective of the WFP Brussels Office is to support country offices, regional bureaus and HQ divisions in mobilizing funds from the European Union (EU) - mainly from the European Commission through its Directorate-General for Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO), the Directorate-General for International Partnerships (INTPA) and the Directorate-General for Neighborhood and Enlargement Negotiations (NEAR).
Through regular engagement with the European Parliament and the European External Action Service (EEAS), WFP Brussels aims to raise awareness about and tackle important issues related to food security and humanitarian and development policy. Through the collaboration with the Council of the European Union and the EU Presidencies, WFP presents strategic, thematic and operational issues related to its work around the world.
The European Commission was the third largest donor to WFP in 2021, with a total contribution of US$ 498 million.
Reporting to the Assistant Executive Director for PA, this senior level Director position will lead the Brussels Office and work closely with a network of peer Global Office Directors in key donor capitals around the globe.
**KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)**:
- Represent WFP vis-à-vis the EU authorities / EU Parliament, UN system, Member States and/or other selected partners, as applicable in the location of assignment.
- Formulate and implement WFP’s partnership engagement strategy as per the context-specific WFP Global Office TOR and wider UN strategies to ensure continuous support to field operations and meet the mandate of WFP.
- Identify and build productive relationships with a broad range of relevant public/private decision
- makers, influencers and constituencies in order to advance WFP’s corporate strategies, policies and procedures, attract resources and promote transfer of knowledge, expertise and technological innovation.
- Demonstrate ownership when promoting and deploying corporate initiatives and ensure that WFP’s partnership engagement is aligned with these and wider UN strategies, policies and processes.
- Disseminate WFP analyses, studies and innovations to a wider audience with a view to position WFP, raise brand awareness and inform technical and policy dialogue; Increase WFP’s capacity to attain, share and use knowledge for positioning, partnering and resourcing purposes.
- Contribute to a network of peer WFP Global Office Directors worldwide, providing analysis of trends, opportunities and potential risks to the WFP Leadership Group and/or other appropriate WFP counterparts to facilitate integrated solutions that address hunger and the root causes of hunger.
- Propose strategies for WFP senior/executive staff engagement to reinforce technical dialogue and expand political outreach; actively participate in or co-lead UN/EU, national and other multilateral fora to generate support for Zero Hunger, advance WFP’s leadership in areas of specialization and position WFP effectively vis-à-vis relevant decision makers and influencers.
- Hold accountability for transparent and efficient people management, staff development and coaching to expand the reach and depth of the partnership function.
- Hold accountability for standards, guidance and processes within the Office; Provide effective leadership to the Office team, enabling implementation of best practices and high performance, and ensure best use of financial resources for the achievement of set objectives.
- Take lead to ensure that evaluation, audit and compliance recommendations are efficiently implemented within the Office.
- Take concrete actions which promote health and wellbeing within the workplace and mitigate risks related to stress, health and safety.
- Take appropriate measures to foster a safe and harmonious work environment in which employees are protected from exposure to any form of abusive conduct (harassment, sexual harassment, abuse of authority, and discrimination), and act as a role model in reflecting respect towards all employees.
- Take responsibility for incorporating gender perspect
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