Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Closing Date: 05-Feb-2024
Job Description
Background Information – Job-specific
Ethiopia Multi-country Office (ETMCO) sub-region currently consists of an established Operation Centre in Addis Ababa which manages a portfolio of engagements in four (4) Horn of Africa countries (Ethiopia, Djibouti, Sudan and South Sudan). ETMCO focuses on Infrastructure, Procurement, Project Management, HR and Transactional Services, and Fund Management services across a wide range of sectors including Health, Education, Agriculture, and Resilient infrastructure among others. Our goal is to support countries, help people in need and enable our partners through delivering on our mandate of infrastructure, procurement and project management in the countries in the Horn of Africa. Building on our global experience of successfully delivering projects in complex operating environments, a healthy pipeline of engagements is at various stages of discussion with our priority partners.
The Partnerships Advisor is the senior Partnerships Development Lead for the Country/ Multi-Country Office managing and advising other partnerships officers and/or adjacent roles.Reporting to and under the general guidance of the Multi-Country Office Director, the Partnerships Advisor is a member of the Office Senior Management Team and responsible for developing and implementing the sub-regional partnerships development strategy and donor and client coordination activities.
The Partnerships Advisor provides situation analyses, donor mapping and programme development in collaboration with UNOPS’s existing and potential partners, including national governments, the UN System, donors and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs). In addition, they liaise with these and other relevant stakeholders to identify partnership opportunities for UNOPS, based on the organization’s mandate and role as part of the UN system.
Functional Responsibilities
The Partnerships Advisor will be responsible for the below listed functional responsibilities.
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1. Integrated Partnerships Development Strategy
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2. Partnerships Development and Stakeholder Engagement
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3. Partner Relations and Inter-Agency Collaboration
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4. Monitoring and Reporting
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5. Project Identification, Formulation and Support for Project Offices
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6. Team/ Unit Leadership
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7. Knowledge Management and Innovation
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Impacts of results
The effective and successful achievement of results by the Partnerships Advisor impacts on the performance of the Country/ Multi-Country Office by maintaining a robust and diverse pipeline of project opportunities, which leads to sustainable growth of the UNOPS’ presence and strengthens the achievements of UNOPS management results and the fulfilment of its mandate. |
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