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Job Responsibilities
Strategic Positioning and Advocacy
Serve as the external engagement coordinator for UNDP Sudan in Nairobi and the wider region.
Prepare partner-specific pitch materials, talking points, and strategic briefs.
Help reframe the Sudan narrative to highlight development opportunities amidst crisis, complementing the humanitarian response.
Proposal Review and Quality Assurance
Provide in-depth review and editing support for donor proposals, concept notes, and reports to ensure alignment with partner priorities and UNDP quality standards.
Support programme teams in the development of theories of change, log-frames, results frameworks, and budgets.
Coordinate internal review processes for proposal submissions.
Donor Engagement and Intelligence
Maintain an updated donor intelligence and engagement calendar covering Nairobi, Addis, Cairo, and relevant donor capitals.
Monitor funding trends, donor strategies, and relevant trust funds.
Serve as the primary relationship manager with selected bilateral partners and IFIs.
Organize and support donor missions, technical meetings, and roundtables involving UNDP Sudan leadership.
Coordinate development and dissemination of donor-focused communications and visibility materials.
Coordination with UNDP Regional Structures
Liaise with RBAS, RBA, the Resilience Hub for Africa, and UNDP’s global partnership and finance platforms.
Identify and support the pursuit of sub-regional, multi-country, or cross-border funding opportunities.
Track engagement with IFIs and emerging donors to identify new entry points and unlock financing.
Strategic Oversight of Alternative Resource Mobilization
Lead the development and coordination of alternative resource mobilization approaches, including government cost-sharing, concessional loans, South-South and triangular cooperation, engagement with foundations, diaspora contributions, private sector partnerships, and innovative financing instruments.
Work closely with relevant UNDP units such as the Sustainable Finance Hub, Private Sector Centre, and BERA to ensure strategic alignment of Sudan CO’s diversified financing efforts.
Internal Coordination and Knowledge Sharing
Provide regular updates to the Sudan CO on donor engagement progress, risks, and opportunities.
Contribute to internal knowledge products, partnership lessons, and donor trends.
Provide direct supervision and mentoring support to Partnership Analyst, based in the same Nairobi unit. Guide his/her gradual transition toward assuming a broader partnership portfolio, progressively enabling the Analyst to independently manage selected partner relationships and donor engagement activities.
Build capacity among programme staff on donor requirements and proposal quality
Other Educational Qualification
Advanced university degree (master's degree or equivalent) in international development, economics, political or social sciences, or related field is required, or
A first-level university degree (bachelor’s degree) in combination with an additional two years of qualifying experience will be given due consideration in lieu of the advanced university degree.
Skills
Minimum of 7 years (with master`s degree) and 9 years (with bachelor`s degree) of extensive experience in Monitoring & Evaluation, research mobilization and partnerships building, especially in crisis settings.
Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages, experience in handling of web-based management systems and advanced programmes for data analysis.
Desired skills in addition to the competencies covered in the Competencies section
Solid understanding of key UNDP programmatic areas of intervention in post-crisis and recovery settings
Experience in design, monitoring, and evaluation of resource mobilization strategies.
Demonstrated project and programme design and management experiences.
Previous experience in research mobilization and partnerships building with a multilateral or international organization;
Background/familiarity with conflict/post-conflict settings;
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