Programme Associate (Donor Relations)

• Support the donor relations team to prepare and/or consolidate comprehensive reports, documentation, correspondences, briefing notes, etc. and conduct research related to funding opportunities for the country office.

• Support Partnerships Officer and donor relations team to collect data and contribute to preparation of accurate and timely programme reports to enable informed decision-making and action planning by stakeholders.

• Contribute to the management of donor portfolios by revising and reviewing correspondence and documentation, providing feedback and making amendments where appropriate, to contribute to production of these materials to time and quality standards.

• Highlight fundraising opportunities and resourcing issues through briefs/advice to Programme and BPU counterparts to ensure that donor resources are used effectively. This will be inclusive of sharing forecasts and any other relevant information.

• Assess and recommend improvements to procedures and practices, to contribute to the effective delivery of partnerships (donor relations) support services.

• Coordinate tasks of junior colleagues to ensure support services are delivered consistently and to the required standards.

• Manage updates and further develop internal records and databases, specifically, salesforce to ensure information is accurate, organized, available for others to access and compliant with all relevant regulations and policies.

• Respond to specialized queries and requests for support regarding donor compliance, using initiative and following standard processes, to ensure timely and accurate resolution of all enquiries.

• Maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders, in order to provide an aligned, coherent service, and to identify opportunities to collaborate/integrate processes and activities.

• Represent WFP at meetings at appropriate levels, sharing information to raise awareness of the strategy and objectives of the Donor Partnerships Team, to build support and advocate for WFP activities.