Overview
The Partnerships and Resource Mobilization Officer leads strategic donor engagement, external positioning, and bilateral resource mobilization for the Afghanistan Country Office. The role ensures high-level relationship management with Member States and bilateral partners, drives strategic positioning aligned with the Strategic Note, and strengthens coherence across all partnership streams.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage strategic Member State and bilateral donor engagement.
- Manage strategic resource mobilization and donor positioning.
- Provide strategic positioning, advocacy, and visibility support for partnerships.
- Provide strategic oversight across partnership streams.
- Manage donor agreements, systems oversight, and compliance.
- Coordinate internal workflows and provide functional guidance.
Required Experience
- 7 years of progressively responsible experience in resource mobilization, communications/ advocacy, and/or business development is required.
- Experience in bilateral donor engagement, high-level external representation, and agreement negotiation is required.
- Experience in gender equality and women’s empowerment programming is required.
- Experience working with Member States, civil society organizations, international institutions, and donors is required.
- Experience working within the UN system or other international organizations is highly desirable.
- Experience providing functional leadership, coaching, or workflow oversight in international settings is desirable.
- Experience in the use of MS Office applications, spreadsheet and database tools, and web-based management systems is required.
- Experience in the use of a modern web-based Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system, preferably Oracle Cloud / QUANTUM, is desirable.
Qualifications
- Master’s degree or equivalent in economics, business management, social sciences, public administration, international relations, communications, women's studies, or a related field is required.
- A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of an advanced university degree.
