Head Of The School Meals Coalition Secretariat (P5) Lazio

Head Of The School Meals Coalition Secretariat (P5)
Roma
Lazio, Lazio

Head of the School Meals Coalition Secretariat (P5) World Food Programme DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: 9 February 2025 - 23:59 GMT+01:00 Central European Time (Rome) WFP celebrates and embraces diversity.

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ABOUT WFP The World Food Programme is the world's largest humanitarian organization saving lives in emergencies and using food assistance to build a pathway to peace, stability and prosperity, for people recovering from conflict, disasters and the impact of climate change.

At WFP, people are at the heart of everything we do and the vision of the future WFP workforce is one of diverse, committed, skilled, and high performing teams, selected on merit, operating in a healthy and inclusive work environment.

THE ROLE Reporting to the Director of School Meals and Social Protection, the Head of the School Meals Coalition Secretariat leads a team of about 20 staff members which supports all the countries and partners of the Coalition, including academia, NGOs, civil society organizations, think tanks, UN agencies, and others.

The Head of the Secretariat oversees the complex work of managing the Coalition and its different components.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive, within delegated authority): Oversee the strategic and operational coordination of the Secretariat, ensuring the Coalition's membership and initiatives are effectively positioned to advance the global school meals agenda.

Lead high level political negotiations with governments and partners to secure political support, engagement, and investments for school meal programs and the Coalition's sustainability.

Drive resource mobilization efforts to sustain the Secretariat's operations and promote global investment in school meal programs.

Align the Coalition's objectives with WFP's priorities, ensuring complementarity, and provide guidance to WFP staff on distinguishing between the Coalition's mandate and WFP's organizational goals.

Support the Coalition's co-chairs (Finland and France) by ensuring their Ministries of Foreign Affairs are well prepared and equipped to represent the Coalition at the highest levels.

Facilitate connections across the Coalition's ecosystem, identifying opportunities at global, regional, and national levels to advance its objectives and foster partnerships with governments and key stakeholders.

Maintain and strengthen relationships with Coalition leaders, including the Task Force countries and champions, to leverage their influence in advancing the Coalition's agenda.

Oversee the organization and execution of high-level events annually, ensuring impactful engagement with presidential or ministerial level attendees.

Develop and execute advocacy and communication strategies to raise awareness and support for school meals and build a conducive environment for the Coalition's success.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE Education: Advanced university degree in Public Policy, International Development, Political Science, Social Sciences, Business Administration, or other relevant field, or first university degree with two additional years of related work experience.

Desired experiences for entry into the role: Minimum 11 years of progressively responsible experience in leading large-scale, high profile, international partnerships, coalitions, or multi-stakeholder initiatives.

Proven experience in high-level political negotiations and stakeholder engagement, particularly with governments, international organizations, and non-governmental actors.

Strong track record in resource mobilization, including securing multi-year investments from diverse funding sources.

Demonstrated experience in managing complex teams and coordinating across diverse and dispersed networks or ecosystems.

Experience in advocacy and communication strategy development, including organizing large, high-profile events.

Language: Fluency (level C) in English language.

Intermediate knowledge (level B) of a second official UN language: Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish, and/or Portuguese (a WFP working language).

MORE ABOUT YOU You have deep knowledge and expertise on the global school meals landscape, its connections to food systems and climate action, and interrelationships with the education and health sectors.

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