Nutrition Reports Officer Lazio

Nutrition Reports Officer
Roma
Lazio, Lazio

NUTRITION REPORTS OFFICERApply locations: Rome, Italy

Time type: Full time

Posted on: Posted 9 Days Ago

Job Requisition ID: JR108949

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: 20 January 2025 - 23:59 - GMT+01:00 Central European Time (Rome)

WFP celebrates and embraces diversity.

It is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all its employees and encourages qualified candidates to apply irrespective of race, colour, national origin, ethnic or social background, genetic information, gender, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, HIV status or disability. 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, living WFP's values (Integrity, Collaboration, Commitment, Humanity, and Inclusion).

WHY JOIN WFP? 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).

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is the world's largest humanitarian agency working to eradicate hunger and malnutrition.

WFP's mission is to help achieve Zero Hunger in our lifetimes, ensuring that no child goes to bed hungry and that vulnerable populations, particularly women and children, have access to nutritious food.

The purpose of this role is to provide comprehensive reporting, advocacy, and fundraising support for WFP's nutrition work, with a focus on mobilizing catalytic and core funding and enhancing reporting efforts to a range of donors, including governments, foundations, and individual donors.

This includes supporting a large grant to address child wasting as a core responsibility while also broadening the scope to cover WFP's overall nutrition strategy aimed at improving diets and addressing malnutrition globally.

The Nutrition Reports Officer will support WFP headquarters (HQ) and country offices (COs) in producing high-quality reports, advocating for policy shifts, and facilitating communication with donors.

Additionally, the role will focus on identifying new funding opportunities, drafting proposals, and engaging with donors to secure resources for WFP's nutrition programs.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: Support the development of a fundraising plan in line with WFP's new Strategy to improve diets and address malnutrition, and work with regions and countries to implement the plan.

Support the coordination of reporting efforts for nutrition grants, ensuring high-quality, timely reports for the donor.

Maintain grant schedules, monitor progress, and track the status of proposals and reports to ensure timely submission and follow-up.

Work with HQ teams to gather required data, monitoring and evaluation inputs, financial reports, and other information for donors.

Support the development of proposals for nutrition grants, including for the next tranche of the US child wasting grant.

Consult with COs, regional bureau staff, and global WFP offices to align proposals with country needs and strategic priorities.

Negotiate contributions and partnership agreements with donors, ensuring compliance with internal policies and external regulations.

Support HQ teams in drafting, copyediting, and formatting reports and other communication materials for external audiences.

Support briefing documents and materials for senior management on nutrition topics.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED: Education: Advanced degree in International Relations; Communications; Political Science or similar fields.

Experience: A minimum of three years of postgraduate progressively responsible professional experience in reporting on developmental/humanitarian operations.

Experience in international development, communications, donor aid programmes or other related fields; previous experience with fundraising, donor reporting, and work experience within the public sector an asset.

Knowledge & Skills: Strong writing, communication and negotiation skills; Ability to manage projects and coordinate multiple stakeholders on deadlines; Ability to work at a fast pace and under tight deadlines; Ability to work with people at all levels and foster cross-departmental cooperation.

Languages: Fluency in English required; Knowledge of a second UN language would be an asset, especially French.

WFP LEADERSHIP FRAMEWORK WFP Leadership Framework guides to the common standards of behavior that guide HOW we work together to accomplish our mission.

REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION WFP is dedicated to fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Our recruitment process is inclusively crafted to welcome candidates of all backgrounds, celebrating diversity and ensuring a respectful environment for all.

NO FEE DISCLAIMER The United Nations does not charge any application, processing, training, interviewing, testing or other fee in connection with the application or recruitment process.

DELIVERABLES AT THE END OF THE CONTRACT: The submission of timely and quality donor narrative and financial reports;

The production of concept notes and proposals to donors for child wasting and maternal nutrition;

The compilation of country data, key messages and learnings for communication/advocacy products;

Assist in specific projects, including roll-out of NOA team workplan and tasks.

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