Overview
Provides strategic leadership for the development and management of partnerships with Member States and bilateral donors, aiming to protect and grow UNDP's core resource base and transition the partnership model from "donor-recipient" to "donor-to-investor."
Key Responsibilities
- Establish strategic alliances and partnerships with Member States and bilateral donors.
- Mobilize appropriate and sustainable core resource base.
- Participate in developing corporate positions on issues that influence donor political will.
- Liaise with relevant UNDP units on communication and networking with the donor community.
- Play a central role in corporate UNDP efforts to demonstrate quantifiable Return on Investment (ROI) and evidence of impact.
- Organize donor annual consultations and contribute to intergovernmental and inter-agency forums.
- Work closely with colleagues to build synergistic linkages and enhance coordination on donor relations.
- Contribute to the development of corporate policies and positions on donor relations.
- Assist in providing strategic advice and support to UNDP senior management on resource mobilization strategies.
- Contribute to identifying opportunities for non-core resource mobilization and work across UNDP to secure product development, packaging, and marketing.
- Provide advice and support on non-core resource mobilization to Country Offices, Regional Bureaux, and substantive units.
- Empower Country Offices with specialized analytics and tools to unlock government development financing and philanthropic flows.
- Contribute to the collection and dissemination of good practice to promote a culture of continuous learning.
- Guide and support the development of relevant corporate policies and procedures.
- Lead the effort of knowledge management and dissemination.
- Identify and synthesize best practices and lessons learned.
- Provide substantive and sound contributions to knowledge networks and communities of practice.
- Oversee performance management for a multi-disciplinary team.
- Foster a culture of learning and knowledge sharing within the team.
- Promote team integration across all functional areas.
- Promote and execute integrated ways of working within a distributed organizational model.
Required Experience
A minimum of 10 years (with master’s degree) or 12 years (with bachelor’s degree) of progressively responsible work experience in partnership development, resource mobilization and team management with Member States, bilateral donor agencies, international organizations, philanthropies, NGOs, or the private sector. Demonstrated ability to deliver superior performance in fast-paced environments using "out-of-the-box" thinking and adaptive strategies is required. Demonstrated expert‑level interpersonal and relationship‑building experience, supported by an extensive and active professional network is desired. Proven senior-level support and advisory skills, significant experience in policy and inter-agency coordination; strong understanding of development finance policies is desired. Experience in designing and overseeing innovative resource mobilization, partnership and outreach/engagement strategies and initiatives is desired. Demonstrated experience with high‑level analytical and writing skills, as well as strong coordination, negotiation, and communication abilities is desired. Experience with the UN, including UNDP at a headquarters, regional or country level is desired.
Qualifications
Advanced university degrees (master’s degree or equivalent) in International Finance, International Relations, Political, Social Sciences, Law, Economics, Public Policy, Business Administration, or related fields are required. Or A first-level university degree (bachelor’s degree) in the areas stated above, in combination with an additional 2 years of qualifying experience will be given consideration in lieu of the advanced university degree.
