Overview
Strengthen UNDP South Africa’s strategic positioning, partnership development, and coordinated resource mobilization efforts by leveraging AI-enabled research, donor intelligence, and advocacy tools.
Tasks Summary
- Develop and maintain a structured partnership and engagement plan.
- Operationalize the implementation of the CPD partnerships and resource mobilization strategy/ action plan.
- Map and track strategic partners.
- Identify high-leverage platforms for UNDP positioning.
- Prepare tailored engagement briefs and strategic positioning materials.
- Serve as coordination focal point for donor intelligence and resource mobilization tracking.
- Maintain a donor intelligence dashboard.
- Identify and signal strategic funding entry points.
- Facilitate internal alignment to ensure integrated funding propositions.
- Track commitments and ensure systematic follow-up on donor interactions.
- Deploy AI tools for donor landscape scanning and trend analysis.
- Systematize research outputs into actionable intelligence notes and dashboards.
- Introduce workflow automation to improve tracking and reporting.
- Support data-driven positioning and engagement strategies.
- Support the DRR in shaping strategic messaging.
- Draft and curate executive social media content and thought leadership outputs.
- Translate technical programme achievements into compelling narratives.
- Identify advocacy windows for proactive positioning.
- Ensure coherence across speeches, engagements, and digital platforms.
- Act as connector across programme, operations, and communications teams.
- Convene periodic internal resource mobilization reviews.
- Track high-level engagement outcomes and action points.
- Strengthen knowledge management around partnership development.
Experience Requirements
- Relevant experience in partnerships management, donor engagement, fund raising and/or resource mobilization planning and execution is required.
- Demonstrated experience in donor intelligence, research and executive management is required.
- Experience leveraging digital tools and AI for research and productivity is required.
Qualification Requirements
Master's degree in International Relations, Public Administration, Business Management, Economics, Law, or related field.
