Functional Responsibilities:
In consultation with the Partnerships Advisor, the Partnership Officer supports project development and resource mobilization in Mozambique within UNOPS key focus and service areas through the following:
- Identify funding opportunities related to governments, international/national agencies, multilateral institutions, non-governmental organizations, foundations and the private sector.
- In conjunction with the country manager and project manager(s), develop expression of interests, concept notes and proposals for potential new projects and prepare budgets and costing for all new project proposals.
- Create new engagement(s) in the ERP system and put it through the internal approval process, with support and guidance of the Partnerships Development Office (PDO) in ESAMCO.
- Develop and design all communications materials, including factsheets, presentations, capacity statements, Mozambique positions, FAQs and drive advocacy, visibility and outreach initiatives with potential partners.
- Coordinate and participate in meetings with donors and partners and produce high quality meeting minutes and action oriented summaries.
- Update and maintain the engagement pipeline/ projection tracking sheets, meeting records database and other tools.
- Conduct country wide research and analysis on donor and partners focus areas, funding cycles, processes and identify opportunities for Mozambique engagement and partnerships development.
- Support the Project Managers/Country Manager/ESAMCO by reviewing progress reports and other internal/external communication as and when needed.
- Liaise and coordinate with the ESAMCO PDO team and participate in partnerships events and meetings.
- Monitoring and Progress Controls.
- Update and develop advocacy materials and factsheets and other communication materials for stakeholder engagement as well as keep up-to-date UNINFO as required under the guidance and consultation with the communications focal point at ESAMCO.
- Build a network of key partners, keeping abreast of evolving social, economic and political trends.
- Support the Country Manager in his/her engagements with potential partners.
- Update and maintain the Engagement Addition tracking/forecasting sheets and provide data on the Business Acquisition pipeline.
- Liaise and coordinate with relevant stakeholders and provide required inputs related to Mozambique when requested by ESAMCO.
- Perform necessary tasks as the lead developer for all new engagements.
- Maintain up-to-date repository of all donors, funding cycles and engagement modalities.
- Frequent travels to Pemba as required.
Education/Experience/Language requirements:
Education
- Master’s degree or equivalent preferably in economics, management, international affairs, political science, development studies or other related areas with 2 years of relevant work experience is required.
- A combination of a Bachelor’s degree with an additional 4 years of relevant work experience may be accepted in lieu of the education requirements outlined above.
Experience
- A minimum of 2 years in programme, International development, partnerships or resource mobilization is required.
- Experience in Stakeholder Management is desired.
- Experience in Partner engagement is an asset.
- Proposal and report writing is highly desired.
- Experience in Proposal writing and acquisition of projects is highly desired.
- Experience in Business development and Partner Management is desired.
- Ability to work with computer and office software packages and knowledge of spreadsheet and database packages.
Language Requirements
- Full working knowledge of English is required.
- Full working knowledge of Portuguese is desired.
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