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    Partnerships Specialist

    Category: Research/Consultancy

    Job Description

    2Pi-Jobs is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

    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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    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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