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About the Role

The World Food Programme (WFP) is the United Nations frontline agency fighting hunger. The WFP Innovation Accelerator, recognized as a Best Workplace for Innovators 2023, identifies, nurtures, and scales disruptive start-ups and innovations to end global hunger. Based in Munich, Germany, the Accelerator provides funding, hands-on support, and access to WFP’s global operations, leveraging digital innovation and new business models to transform how it serves vulnerable communities.

Responsibilities

Supervise, guide, and manage the UN Innovation Network team.
Define goals and workplans for the UN Innovation Network team and ensure their implementation.
Manage the UNIN Budget.
Support the UN 2.0 Agenda by liaising with the Executive Office of the Secretary-General (EOSG) and UN 2.0 community managers.
Support the development and updating of training, events, and campaigns raising awareness about the UN 2.0 agenda.
Support the programme for UN 2.0 award winners in collaboration with EOSG.
Oversee and provide strategic guidance on UN Groups, including those on Behavioral Science, Digital, Scaling Innovation, and Blockchain.
Conceptualize and host webinars/events.
Support the development of briefs, resources, guides, toolkits, and podcasts.
Identify entity needs and develop tailored offerings.
Host UN-wide weeks, e.g., UN BeSci Week.
Represent the Groups in internal and external meetings.
Nurture partnerships with external partners.
Support ongoing innovation efforts across the UN family by providing strategic guidance, highlighting collaboration opportunities, and facilitating connections.
Identify key innovation trends, plan and facilitate regular knowledge sharing events.
Compile and publish the UN Innovation Updates.
Form relationships with key non-UN actors in the field of innovation.
Manage external facing communications of the UN Innovation Network, including the website, X, and LinkedIn accounts.
Work with internal stakeholders to ensure smooth continuity of UNIN’s operations.
Maintain and further develop UNIN’s digital platform management, leveraging AI and automations.

Requirements

Completed Bachelor’s and Master’s degree.
At least 10 years of progressively responsible international experience in an international development-related position.
At least 8 years of experience working in the UN system.
Experience in innovation, community management, or partnerships is required.
Work experience in developing countries is an asset.
Self-motivated and able to work with a high degree of autonomy.
Strong conceptual thinking to develop new strategies and innovative projects.
Collaborative spirit able to liaise with a wide range of people at all levels and across different cultures.
Able to manage agile, distributed teams across a broad spectrum of topics.
Strong time management skills with an ability to plan, anticipate requirements, problems, and obstacles.
Ability to juggle competing priorities successfully and work to tight deadlines.
Strong focus on results and the ability to achieve targets within given and at times short time frames.
Excellent written and oral communication skills and the ability to produce high-quality materials, including blog posts, websites, videos, and graphically based presentations.
Strong analytical abilities, both quantitative and qualitative.
Understanding of common challenges of working on data innovation / innovation with the UN.
Fully committed and motivated to achieve the aims of the United Nations, including through leveraging data and innovation.
Willing to travel as needed.
High proficiency in written and spoken English.
Knowledge of a second UN language is a plus.

Skills

Innovation
Community Management
Partnerships
Agile Team Management
Time Management
Results Focus
Written Communication
Oral Communication
Analytical Skills
Data Innovation
Digital Platform Management
AI
Automation

Location

Berlin, Germany

Work Type

Part time Consultancy at 80%
Full-time

Experience Level

At least 10 years of progressively responsible international experience
At least 8 years of experience working in the UN system

Education Level

Bachelor’s degree
Master’s degree

Benefits

Highly inclusive, diverse, and multicultural working environment.
Investment in personal & professional development through training, accreditation, coaching, mentorship, and internal mobility opportunities.
Attractive compensation package.

About the Company

The World Food Programme (WFP) 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.
WFP is a 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.
WFP's values are Integrity, Collaboration, Commitment, Humanity, and Inclusion.
The WFP Innovation Accelerator was named by Fast Company as Best Workplace for Innovators 2023.
The Accelerator runs programmes with external partners such as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the German government, and others.

Equal Opportunity

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.
WFP is committed to providing an inclusive work environment free of sexual exploitation and abuse, all forms of discrimination, any kind of harassment, sexual harassment, and abuse of authority.