Events Delivery Consultant

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JOB TITLE: Events Delivery Consultant
TYPE OF CONTRACT: Regular Consultancy
UNIT/DIVISION: WFP Innovation Accelerator (INNA)
DUTY STATION (City, Country): Munich, Germany

DURATION: 6 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 one of 10 organizations worldwide among the Best Workplaces for Innovators 2020 as well as Innovation Team of the Year 2020 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, entrepreneurs and start-ups with funding, hands-on support, and access to WFP's global operations. Through the Innovation Accelerator, WFP is leveraging unprecedented advances in digital innovation - such as mobile technology, artificial intelligence, big data and blockchain - and new business models to transform the way it serves vulnerable communities across the world. In 2023 alone, Accelerator supported innovations that positively impacted the lives of 60.7 million people globally. Most recently, the Accelerator runs programmes for external partners such as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and others. More information here: and

ACCOUNTABILITIES/RESPONSIBILITIES The incumbent, reporting to the Head of SDG2 Acceleration, is expected to:
1.Ensure the end to end planning and implementation of all in-person, virtual and hybrid events, including bootcamps, workshops and other innovation events:
a. Identify requirements for each event together with relevant team members;
b. Ensure that contextual focus of the innovation activity are part of the design of the activity (based on the inputs of the Accelerator operations team and of management members, as applicable);
c. Establish the operational planning process of the events, integrating all tasks, deliverables, and timelines into the event's master plan (e.g. Gantt charts and planning worksheets);
d. Ensure clear roles and responsibilities are defined and assigned, with regular milestones check-ins;
e. Ensure delivery within established timelines and budgets;
f. Handle the operational and administrative aspects of preparing for the event, orchestrating the work of external vendors, and collaborating with other Accelerator teams such as Business Operations, Partnerships and Communications and other relevant teams at the Innovation Accelerator;

g. Conduct all pre-event communications for participants and guests to ensure a complete event onboarding and participation experience;
h. Ensure alignment between participants' needs, stakeholders and the rest of the
i. Innovation Accelerator functions, to achieve a cohesive delivery of event operations;
j. Coordinate the scheduling and own the calendaring logistics of each event, including invitations and guest management;
k. Ensure that all innovation support activities are planned and implemented in an effective and efficient manner, with all relevant internal and external clients and stakeholders.
2.Ensure continuous improvement and lessons learned capturing linked to innovation events implementation:
a. Ensure the development and improvement of activities and processes, including content design, operational coordination and planning;
b. Create and update process documentation, checklists, templates, project plans and other tools to streamline and simplify event execution;
c. Conduct market research, evaluate and provide recommendations linked to events service providers;
d. Conduct evaluations, capture learning, and debriefs to determine how future events can be improved.
3.Support the overall Innovation Accelerator operations:
a. Provide analysis & content preparation (data on projects, PowerPoint presentations, briefs, etc.) for corporate priority topics and management meetings;
b. Participate and carry out discussions with colleagues in other divisions or external stakeholders on topics related to innovation;
c. 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;
d. Support the Head of the Innovation Accelerator and the Director of Innovation Management with any other activities as required.

DELIVERABLES AT THE END OF THE CONTRACT:
-Events successfully and effectively delivered
-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 a plus.
Experience: At least 4 years of progressively responsible national or international experience in innovation in-person, virtual and/or hybrid events planning and implementation. Prior experience of working in an innovation structure such as an incubator or an accelerator is a plus.

Knowledge & Skills:
-Experience in coordinating all aspects of in-person, virtual and/orhybrid events management.
-Worked cross-functionally and able to get things done in a hands-on way.
-Experience working in a large scale-organization, including incomplex international environments.
-Proven track record in driving projects - effectively deliveringimpactful elements of projects in a fast-moving environment.
-Able to generate new and original solutions to complex problemsand to design new product ideas.
-Able to interact with a broad range of stakeholders and externalaudience with maturity and tact.
-Excellent oral and written communication/presentation skills,collaborative spirit, able to partner with a wide range of people atall levels and across different cultures and to act with credibilityand diplomacy.
-Self-motivated and able to work with a high degree of autonomy.
-Sets a high-level of ambition for the project and own work toachieve impact for the hungry people we serve.
-Fully committed and motivated to achieve the mandate of the UNWorld Food Programme. Languages: Fluency in oral and written English is mandatory. Intermediate knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish) or Portuguese (one of WFP's working languages) is a plus.

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