Overview
The Senior Partnerships Specialist will deliver ADB's strategic partnership management activities with non-regional member shareholders and other relevant partners. The role involves mapping shareholder authorizing environments and maintaining relationships with diverse actors.
Key Responsibilities
- Establish networks across ADB and develop relationships with capitals or ministries of shareholders.
- Communicate with sovereign and other concessional partners to understand authorizing environment and partner's priorities and concerns.
- Establish new cooperation or financing partnerships.
- Prepare for high-level consultations with shareholders.
- Map and understand the political economy in shareholder countries.
- Develop intelligence-based products to support senior management and their strategic engagement in high-level fora.
- Prepare briefing materials for senior management.
- Market ADB's strategies, operational plans, and administration of funds.
- Identify prospective partners for financing partnerships.
- Coordinate non-transaction-specific fundraising engagement with Partners for both sovereign and nonsovereign operations.
- Manage junior team members, monitor and feedback on their performance, learning and development.
Required Experience
- At least 10 years of experience in strategic relationship management and public or government relations at a senior level.
- Understanding of international development institutional architecture and major global development issues; preferably experience working in an international development institution.
- Experience writing briefing materials for high-level officials and raising positions in high-level meetings.
- Experience implementing development programs in the Asia and Pacific region.
Qualifications
• Master's degree in international development, public/government relations, Economics or relevant fields; or University degree and at least 5 years specialized experience relevant to the position can be considered
