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Partnerships Specialist

Category: Research/Consultancy

Job Description

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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; 
  • Experience in reports` writing and presentation.
  • Fluency in English is required.   
  • Knowledge of Arabic is an asset.

Additional Requirements

Salary

  • Negotiable

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UNDP - United Nations Development Programme

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Job Summary

  • Salary: Negotiable
  • Job Type: Full Time
  • Job Location: Kenya
  • Employment Type: Contractual
  • Experience: 7 to 8 Year (s)
  • Vacancy: Not Specific
  • Gender: Any
  • Published on:July 3, 2025
  • Application Deadline: August 31, 2025
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