Overview
Lead the UNOPS Partnerships and Futures Group, shaping strategic partnerships, driving knowledge, innovation and foresight, and positioning the organization to scale impact across diverse partner ecosystems.
Key Responsibilities
- Serve as a senior organizational leader contributing to UNOPS corporate strategy.
- Lead the development, implementation and continuous evolution of strategies for partnerships, knowledge, innovation and foresight.
- Oversee the development of partner segment strategies for growth.
- Oversee the development and delivery of key partner strategies.
- Guide the development and advancement of missions, driving the creation of evidence and strategic insights.
- Drive leadership development and talent pipelines.
Required Experience
- Relevant experience includes strategic leadership, partnership development, and organizational positioning within large, complex UN system organizations.
- Experience in development and/or humanitarian contexts is required.
- Strong experience in portfolio growth, opportunity development, and/or market/partner intelligence is required.
- Proven experience leading multi-year strategy development and implementation, including performance monitoring and results-based management, is required.
- Demonstrated experience in building and managing high-level partnerships with governments, multilateral institutions, donors, and/or private-sector actors, is required.
- Experience advising senior leadership and governance bodies on strategic, political and operational matters is required.
- Experience leading cross-functional teams and driving alignment across diverse organizational units is required.
- Experience in innovation, future studies, foresight methodologies or knowledge management is desired.
- Experience in programme, portfolio or project management is desired.
Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in international development, business administration, public policy, economics, political science, or related discipline with 12 years of relevant experience OR Master’s degree (or equivalent) in any of the above or related disciplines with 10 years of relevant experience is required.
