Responsibilities
- Reporting to the Senior Advisor, the Partnership Specialist
position’s purpose is to deepen collaboration with key public sector
stakeholders and provide an interface for environmental scanning,
knowledge exchange, resource mobilization, and policy influence within the
scope of assignment. This position also contributes to strengthening the
Region’s capacity on and compliance with quality reporting on public and
private sector grants, as well as through the coordination and stewardship
of select multi-country regional partnerships. These functions contribute
to continued and growing critical resources to support UNICEF programming
in ESAR.
- In collaboration with the Senior Advisor, implement the work
plan for assigned area, in order to ensure timely and cost-effective
delivery of results, in accordance with UNICEF’s partnership strategy.
- Seeks and promotes new partnerships and resource mobilization
in public sector, working with UNICEF colleagues to identify partnership
and resource mobilization needs in ESAR and broker resource mobilization
agreements to meet those needs.
- Acts as a focal point for identification and pursuit of
opportunities for outreach, engagement, policy influence and
collaboration, including on how to anticipate and respond to partners’
concerns and priorities, ensure that UNICEF’s interests, perspectives, and
knowledge are taken into account in relevant policy and institutional
processes at regional and global level.
- Provides strategic, logistical and programmatic support to
senior management and other UNICEF staff in corporate engagement and
interaction with assigned partners.
- Develops and maintains deep knowledge and familiarity with
current and prospective partners and relevant stakeholders, contributing
to a database of key contacts and to UNICEF’s base of knowledge on
partnership and resource mobilization.
- Develops and implements annual partnership engagement and
resource mobilization plans for specific public partnerships portfolios.
- Contributes to the development of new partnership and resource
mobilization practices and approaches by formulating recommendations for
action based on on-going monitoring, analyzing current trends within
designated partners and formulating recommendations for strategy
approaches and message development.
- In collaboration with colleagues in PPP and in other Sections,
coordinates, plans, develops, and ensures timeliness and quality oversight
of proposals and reports development (narrative and financial) and
information (including donor progress and final reports, monthly situation
reports, annual reports) on programmes managed by ESARO.
- In collaboration with other Sections within ESARO, ensures
effective vertical and horizontal coordination as well as oversight of
specific regional programmes, while collecting relevant lessons learned to
feed into engagement strategies for public sector partners.
- Contributes to strategies for engagement and the development
of communications products to enhance UNICEF’s visibility and influence
with existing and prospective partners by providing analysis of the
current environment and trends and formulating recommendations for message
development. Works closely with UNICEF’s colleagues to ensure that policy
advocacy and outreach is strongly grounded in the experience and insights
of the programmes that UNICEF’s supports.
- Performs other related duties as assigned by the supervisor to
ensure the success of the team, including guiding, training, and coaching
short-term staff, including interns and consultants, as needed.
Minimum requirements:
- Education: An advanced university degree is required in one of
the following fields: international relations, political science,
communications, international development, or another relevant technical
field.
- Work Experience: A minimum of five years of professional
experience in one or more of the following areas is required: public
affairs, programme management, resource mobilization, external relations,
or other relevant area.
Skills:
- Diplomatic communication and negotiation skills to establish
and maintain trusted partnerships for achievement of objectives and to
develop close and effective working relationships with diverse
stakeholders.
- Current knowledge of development issues, strategies, as well
as programming policies and procedures in international development
cooperation.
- In-depth knowledge of partnership development and resource
mobilization.
- Demonstrated ability to formulate new approaches in respect of
resources management and outreach- related activities.
- Skill in the identification of new opportunities or
requirements to meet challenges in the field and propose changes.
- Excellent communications skills, verbal and written.
- In-depth familiarity with political and governmental processes
- Ability to conduct sound policy analysis.
- Language Requirements: Fluency in English is required.
Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French,
Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset
How To Apply
