Partnerships Specialist

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Description

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• Manages the partnerships’ team in order to ensure timely and cost-effective delivery of results, in accordance with UNICEF’s partnership strategy.
• Build and maintain partnerships’ with major public sector donors and IFIs, supports the Private Sector Partnership Specialist in promoting new partnerships in line with the Business for Results’ approach, working with UNICEF colleagues to identify partnership and resource mobilization needs and broker resource mobilization agreements to meet those needs.
• Receives and screens inquiries from potential collaborators and facilitates communication with appropriate UNICEF staff. Scans and scouts external environment within designated partnership area for opportunities and risks and shares information in a timely fashion with relevant UNICEF staff.
• Provides strategic, logistical and programmatic support to senior management and other UNICEF staff in donors’ engagement and interaction with assigned partners.
• Develops and maintains deep knowledge and familiarity with current and prospective partners and relevant stakeholders, contributing to a database of key contacts and to UNICEF’s base of knowledge on partnership and resource mobilization.
• Expands UNICEF’s network of key interlocutors to build stronger relationships between UNICEF and donors’ governments, other key-decision makers, regional development institutions, foundations, civil society organizations, Natcoms, international financial institutions and/or other relevant constituencies.
• Develops and implements annual partnership engagement and resource mobilization plans.
• Acts as a focal point for identification and pursuit of opportunities for outreach, engagement, policy influence and collaboration, including on how to anticipate and respond to partners’ concerns and priorities, ensure that UNICEF’s interests, perspectives, and knowledge are taken into account in relevant policy and institutional processes, and ensure that they are fully aware of UNICEF’s perspectives, policies, priorities and capabilities. Contribute to the development and management of initiatives for high-level outreach, including for UNICEF’s Senior Management.
• Contributes to the development of new partnership and resource mobilization practices and approaches by formulating recommendations for action based on on-going monitoring, analyzing current trends within designated partners and formulating recommendations for strategy approaches and message development.
• Contributes to strategies for engagement and the development of communications products to enhance UNICEF’s visibility and influence with existing and prospective partners.
• Performs other related duties as assigned by the supervisor to ensure the success of the team, including guiding, training, and coaching short-term staff, including interns and consultants, as needed.
• Oversee funding proposals and reporting quality insurance in close coordination with the Deputy Representative and the Heads of Sections.

• An advanced university degree is required in one of the following fields: international relations, political science, international development, or another relevant technical field.
• A minimum of five years of professional experience in one or more of the following areas is required: programme management, resource mobilization, external relations, or other relevant area. Experience in working with the EU/in EU funded projects/in a PSFR country an asset
• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.

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