Overview

This role serves as the principal senior lead for strategic partnerships, resource mobilization, and regional external positioning across the Latin America and the Caribbean (LCR) Region. The incumbent is central to expanding strategic partnerships, driving resource mobilization, and ensuring coherent external communications and visibility for organizational initiatives.

Tasks Summary

• Lead the development of a comprehensive regional partnerships development strategy.
• Coordinate the development and implementation of an LCR Portfolio Development Plan.
• Advise the Regional Director and regional senior management on strategic positioning, portfolio focus, and entry points for co-financing and public-private partnerships.
• Lead donor and partner mapping and maintain a rolling calendar of priority funding opportunities.
• Research and analyze specific donor strategies, programming priorities, and political situations.
• Lead the development of a coherent regional external positioning and narrative framework.
• Lead the regional partnerships effort to develop, extend, and maintain strong senior-level relationships with key partners.
• Lead and manage priority funding opportunities from identification through approval.
• Coordinate and quality-assure concept notes and proposals in English and Spanish.
• Participate and lead in key regional partnership-building meetings and negotiations.
• Lead early stage partnership engagement and structuring.
• Provide strategic leadership, direction, and quality assurance for impactful regional communications and visibility.
• Lead the design and implementation of internal and external communication strategies.
• Ensure external positioning, messaging, and visibility activities are fully aligned with the Regional strategy, Partnerships Plan, and priority partner engagements.
• Develop, implement, and monitor communication strategies and work plans.
• Support reputational positioning by preparing briefs, talking points, and communication materials.
• Coordinate communication and visibility efforts for fundraising and donor engagement.
• Serve as the senior partnerships lead in the regional office, managing and guiding partnerships officers and related roles.
• Provide functional leadership and strategic direction to communications personnel.
• Coordinate, advise, mentor, and coach relevant partnerships and programme personnel.
• Build partnership capacity and negotiation skills among Project Managers and regional personnel.
• Implement standards, tools, and templates provided by HQ to strengthen partnership and project development.
• Develop and lead the setup of tracking systems for monitoring partnerships development and progress.
• Identify and synthesize best practices and lessons learned from LCR and other regions.
• Advise on policy and operational issues affecting partnerships and program development in LCR.

Experience Requirements

• At least 7 years of progressively responsible experience leading strategic partnership and portfolio development, including senior-level engagement and negotiation with partners such as governments, International Financial Institutions (including Multilateral Development Banks) as well as relevant experience with donors and development sectors in the Latin America and Caribbean context.
• At least 7 years experience providing strategic oversight and direction for external positioning, high level communications, or partner-facing narratives.
• Experience in an international development, public sector, or global business environment.
• Desired: Experience working for UNOPS in development and/or humanitarian contexts within the last 5 years.

Qualification Requirements

• Required: Advanced University Degree (Master’s or equivalent) in Business Administration, Political Science, International Relations, International Development, Social Sciences, Communications, or another relevant field is required with 10 years of relevant experience.
• A First-Level University Degree (Bachelor's) in the above-mentioned areas or another relevant field, in combination with 12 years of relevant professional experience, may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Other Details

Languages Required: • English Fluent Required • Spanish Intermediate Required

Languages Preferred: • French Intermediate Desirable • Portuguese Intermediate Desirable

Contract Duration: Ongoing contract subject to good performance, availability of funds, and organizational requirements.

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