Exciting Job Opportunity Donor Relations Consultant at FAO
Deadline : 15/Feb/2024, 12:59:00 AM
Duty Station / Location : Italy, Rome
Background About FAO
The Resource Mobilization Division (PSR) leads and coordinates the mobilization of voluntary contributions in support of the Organization’s strategic priorities. PSR manages FAO’s relations with resource partners, strategically matching partners’ interests to those of the Organization, and supports the negotiation of agreements. It mounts marketing campaigns around global concerns, provides market and business intelligence and positioning services to management as well as resource mobilization capacity development opportunities to decentralized and headquarter offices. PSR also oversees global programme and project reporting to resource partners. It strives to assure the highest quality of development results, through providing project cycle oversight and support, and policy design for operational modalities and outsourcing.
Within PSR, the Marketing Unit plans and implements marketing campaigns around global concerns, to mobilize partners and for the achievement of the global goals in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The Unit provides services to decentralized and headquarter offices, such as market and business intelligence advisory, marketing and resource mobilization training, market positioning strategies and outreach campaign planning and management. It also manages the global programme and project reporting to resource partners and ensures that reports are results- and customer-oriented
Background About the Job
Reporting Lines
Under the overall supervision of the Head of the Marketing Unit, the consultant will report and work under the day-to-day supervision of the Data Management Officer (Business and Market Intelligence) on a day-to-day basis. The consultant will work in the technical fields of resource partner relations and the analysis of the international aid architecture, ODA trends and internal resources. Specifically, the consultant will be expected to deliver market positioning and business intelligence services in the fields of food security and agricultural development.
Duties and Responsibilities
The consultant will in particular:
• Provide thematic, geographic and/or partner-specific analyses related to resource mobilization and the change in the international aid architecture, based on the PSR’s business intelligence tools and databases, as well as internal and external intelligence sources;
• Compose thematic think pieces on recent ODA trends and issues related to the implementation of the Addis Ababa Action Agenda, with a focus on the various thematic fields of FAO’s mandate;
• Arrange and prepare intelligence briefs, presentations and strategic background information on specific resource partners, financial and development policy trends, as well as on broader issues related to resource mobilization and development finance, for Senior Management at headquarters and in decentralized offices;
• Analyse traditional and non-traditional resource partners regarding policy direction and financing trends, and establish regional market analyses, including reports on least-developed countries, low-and middle-income countries, small island developing states and other specific country groups, as needed;
• Collect information and intelligence from both internal and external sources, create pieces that merge different sources (and types of information) and provide clear inputs to the Senior Management on strategic priorities on which to engage with our potential or existing partnerships.
• Take on any other duties as required by the Head of the Unit.
Required Qualifications, Skills and Experience
Education
Minimum Requirements
• University degree in strategic marketing, political science, economics, development studies, public policy, international relations or another relevant to the work of the organisation.
• At least one year for Consultants Category C, at least five years for Consultants Category B and at least 12 years for Consultants Category A of relevant experience in marketing and/or analysis of aid streams and/or research of the political and economic environment of the multilateral development system.
• Woking knowledge (C level) in written and spoken English and limited knowledge (B level) of a second FAO language (French, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese or Russian) required.
FAO Core Competencies
• Results Focus
• Teamwork
• Communication
• Building Effective Relationships
• Knowledge Sharing and Continuous Improvement
Technical/Functional Skills
• Knowledge of the global aid architecture and experience in related data and policy analysis.
• Work experience in more than one location or area of work; field experience or work experience on marketing analysis, matters of aid effectiveness, multilateral aid and/or in a bilateral or multilateral donor agency required.
• Understanding of the United Nations, the overall multilateral system and national ODA policies is essential.
• Proven track record of publications and/or participation in the elaboration of relevant reports on development finance.
• Excellent communication skills are mandatory.
• Excellent writing skills in English required.
• Good knowledge of Excel.
