Overview
Supports the development of strategic partnerships, donor engagement efforts, and high-level outreach activities for flagship initiatives and special events.
Key Responsibilities
- Participates in strategic planning processes for flagship initiatives.
- Provides business intelligence insights to inform programme design and positioning.
- Identifies opportunities for differentiation in competitive funding environments.
- Provides strategic support to the planning of special events convened or co-convened by the UN Youth Office.
- Supports the substantive preparation and delivery of special events.
- Represents the UN Youth Office at relevant external networking events.
- Engages in the organization of high-level events.
- Contributes to the organization of high-level events.
- Supports resource mobilization efforts for the UN Youth Office.
- Develops and helps implement proposals to accelerate the delivery of selected flagship initiatives.
- Supports the preparation of high-level pitches, presentations, and briefing materials.
- Manages relationships with existing and prospective funding partners.
- Performs other duties as may be reasonably required.
Required Experience
- Progressively responsible experience in programme management and implementation, high-level event planning, resource mobilization, or a related area is required.
- Experience in developing project proposals, mobilizing resources, and organizing high-level events is required.
- Demonstrated experience in pitching programmes for international development, humanitarian, or peacebuilding initiatives is desirable.
- Experience working on resource mobilization is desirable.
- Experience in youth development, peace or mental health programming is desirable.
- Experience in organizing events with multiple audiences is an asset.
Qualifications
- Advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent) in business administration, international development, public policy, economics, social sciences, international relations or a related field, in combination with five (5) years of relevant experience, is required.
- A first-level university degree (Bachelor`s degree or equivalent), in combination with seven (7) years of relevant experience, may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
