Partnerships Specialist

Overview

The Partnerships Specialist develops and implements partnership and programme development plans to build and maintain relationships with stakeholders, mobilize resources, and expand the office's portfolio to achieve sustainable development results.

Tasks Summary

• Develop and implement a comprehensive partnership and programme development plan.
• Monitor and analyze humanitarian and development trends to identify areas of collaboration.
• Advise on the development of framework partnership agreements.
• Contribute to the identification, design, formulation and negotiation of new projects and programmes.
• Manage and maintain partnership opportunities and engagement records.
• Coordinate technical and financial inputs, and lead negotiations to finalize new project proposals.
• Draft agreements and contractual documents.
• Clearly communicate UNOPS pricing policies and value proposition to partners.
• Support the diversification of the office portfolio.
• Collaborate with Communications and Reporting colleagues to gather content for outreach materials.
• Establish and strengthen partnerships with UN agencies, international organizations, governments, foundations, NGOs and private-sector actors.
• Lead or support advocacy, public information, and communication initiatives.
• Participate in inter-agency, donor, and government coordination forums.
• Contribute to UN common planning and programming processes.
• Build and maintain a strong network of key partners.
• Implement standards, tools and templates provided by HQ to strengthen partnership and project development.
• Contribute to research, development and application of best practices and innovative approaches.
• Build partnership capacity and negotiation skills among Project Managers.
• Facilitate knowledge sharing by contributing to the dissemination of lessons learned and best practices.

Experience Requirements

• Work in international development, involving execution of partnership and programme development plans, project development and proposal writing, establishment of partnerships with UN agencies, international development organizations, governments, foundations or private-sector organizations, or related areas.
• Experience of working in multicultural environments or UN system organizations in a developing country is desired.
• Experience in development or humanitarian contexts is desired.
• Experience in project and programme management is desired.

Qualification Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in any discipline with 7 years of relevant experience OR Master’s degree (or equivalent) in any discipline with 5 years of relevant experience is required.

Other Details

Languages Required: • English Fluent

Languages Preferred: • French Basic • Spanish Basic • Arabic Basic • Chinese, Mandarin Basic • Russian Basic

Contract Duration: Open-ended, subject to organizational requirements, availability of funds and satisfactory performance

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