Senior Partnership Specialist Lead GFF Resource Mobilization

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• The Senior Partnerships Officer/Lead GFF Resource Mobilization works under the direction and guidance of the GFF Secretariat’s Practice Manager and in close coordination with the Lead for External Relations.
• As a key member of the GFF leadership team, the selected candidate will set donor engagement and resource mobilization strategies, represent GFF in related work, coordinate high-level relationships, and manage a diverse set of partnership and strategic initiatives in support of GFF fundraising and advocacy goals. The selected candidate will be responsible for ensuring strong and effective coordination with other teams, the wider Secretariat and the broader World Bank ecosystem.
• Responsibilities include, but are not be limited to:

• Lead the overall development and implementation of GFF’s resource mobilization and donor engagement strategies.
• Manage relationships with donor governments and philanthropic partners. Coordinate strategic and day to day engagement and with senior government and philanthropic representatives.
• Define and implement market engagement strategies including developing stakeholder mapping, political economy analysis, advocacy strategies and strengthening network of influencers and advocates in support of GFF mission.
• Track political, budgetary and policy developments in key donor markets, and provide timely intelligence and briefings to GFF and Senior World Bank Leadership.  
• Address donor needs and requests including fulfilling donor reporting requirements with high quality documentation and reports.
• Provide strategic and timely advice to GFF leadership and Secretariat team members on donor relations, in close coordination with GFF External Relations Lead.

• Strategically position GFF in global processes, in order to help the partnership to ensure high profile and cross donor support to deliver on its mission.
• Inform and drive  strategic initiatives in support of GFF current strategy and support the development of the next GFF strategy. 
• Contribute to the development and implementation of GFF’s strategy and work program for external relations. 

• A Master’s degree (International Relations/Public Affairs, Political Science, or other related field) plus a minimum of ten years of relevant work;
• Proven track-record of working effectively with Global Health partners and a deep understanding and successes in global health and development resource mobilization required, extensive experience in donor engagement required. Experience with emerging donor markets and private sector/private foundations preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to develop, track and mobilize relevant internal stakeholders to deliver a donor engagement strategy.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate with internal and external partners in both written and spoken, based on understanding their interests and needs, and possessing experience with international development topics and issues. Solid understanding of global development topics and ability to identify engagement opportunities and risks in an international environment. 
• Excellent English language skills and proficiency to write and edit complex products for purposeful structure, clarity of ideas, and logical, persuasive presentation. Similar skills also in French preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to nurture and maintain relationships and communications with critical internal and external constituencies and stakeholders. Experience with complex political and budgetary systems in donor markets required.
• Demonstrated ability to think strategically and rapidly and analyze diverse information from varied sources.
• Demonstrated ability and the necessary personal organization skills to take initiative, personal ownership and accountability to meet deadlines, work under pressure, and achieve agreed-upon results, including securing financial contributions from donors.
• Demonstrated ability for teamwork in a multicultural environment.

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