Strategic Projects Consultant

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• 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: Strategic Projects Consultant

TYPE OF CONTRACT: Regular Consultancy

UNIT/DIVISION: WFP Innovation Accelerator (INN)

DUTY STATION (City, Country): Munich, Germany

DURATION: 11 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, 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 and blockchain - and new business models to transform the way it serves vulnerable communities across the world. In 2023, 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.

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ACCOUNTABILITIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

The incumbent, reporting to the Head of WFP Innovation Accelerator, is expected to:

Run priority projects of the Head of WFP Innovation Accelerator that are urgent and important for the Accelerator as a whole.

Support cross-functional business operations, e.g. by owning and preparing management team meetings, OKR meetings, or supporting the strategy and business planning process.

Create high-quality pitch decks, speeches, and presentations for internal and external events for the Head of WFP Innovation Accelerator.

Manage and ensure appropriate and timely follow-up on Accelerator-related requests.

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 the Head of the Innovation Accelerator with any other activities as required.

DELIVERABLES AT THE END OF THE CONTRACT:

• Accelerator priority projects effectively carried out.
• Cross-functional business operations effectively supported.
• Ensure that all work and materials developed during the contract are well documented and available to the WFP Innovation Accelerator team.
• Effective support of operations of the Innovation Accelerator.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

Education:

Bachelor's degree, Master's degree a plus.

Experience:

At least 3 years of progressively responsible international experience in top management consulting; fast-growing startups, venture capital, fast-paced private sector, humanitarian, or international development organisations.

Knowledge & Skills:

• Experience in managing projects in top management consulting or for executives in fast-paced environments.
• Excellent communication/presentation skills, with the ability to write pitch decks, written documents, and event agendas.
• Strong conceptual thinking, very structured work organisation and prioritisation skills.
• Able to interact with a broad range of stakeholders and external audiences with maturity and tact.
• Collaborative spirit, able to partner with a wide range of people and across different cultures and to act with credibility and diplomacy.
• 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. German language skills (location of the Accelerator) are a plus.

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