Overview
Provides visibility and organizational support to FAO Ukraine to help meet program implementation and resource mobilization goals. Supports topics including agriculture, livestock, emergency response, and natural resource management.
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct research on potential donors, partners, and funding opportunities, and maintain an up-to-date database of relevant contacts and opportunities.
- Support with the preparation of funding proposals, concept notes, and donor reports.
- Contribute to the development and review of FAO Ukraine's strategic funding plans.
- Work closely with the communications team to support visibility, including writing social media posts, drafting press releases, and managing presence at events.
- Work closely with program and operations unit on project cycle management steps offline and online in Field Program Management Information System (FPMIS).
- Monitor and report on the budgetary contributions for the main strategic frameworks.
- Assist in identifying and establishing strategic partnerships with relevant stakeholders.
- Support and maintain effective and systematic relationships with government and other counterparts.
- Manage databases and lists of partner contacts, activities, and meeting records.
- Draft emails prior to and post partner and donor meetings.
- Write minutes of meetings, circulate, compile, and submit to supervisor.
- Support with translation/interpretation in local language with government partners and local stakeholders.
- Perform any other duties as required by FAO.
Required Experience
- At least 2 years of relevant experience in resource mobilization, partnership management, liaison activities or donor relations, preferably in the context of international organizations, NGOs, or development programs.
- Previous experience with the UN system or relation work for a donor organization, consulting company or NGO is an advantage.
Qualifications
University degree in international development, humanitarian affairs, public administration, political science, journalism, mass communications, development communications, or any other relevant field related to the work of the Organization.
