Partnership Analyst (Global Engagement), Rome

Job Title : Partnership Analyst (Global Engagement) GPR

ID : 27873

Location : ROME

Date of issue : 05/07/2025

Close Date : (Midnight, Rome Time) 05/28/2025

Organizational Unit : Global Eng., Part. & res. Mob.

Full/Part Time : Full-Time

Regular/Temporary : Regular

Assignment Duration : 2 Years

Grade : P-2

Organizational Setting

The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is an international financial institution and a specialized United Nations agency dedicated to eradicating rural poverty and hunger. It does so by investing in rural people. IFAD finances programmes and projects that increase agricultural productivity and raise rural incomes, and advocates at the local, national and international level for policies that contribute to rural transformation.

The External Relations Department (ERD) leads IFAD's external engagement through public and political advocacy, global policy engagement, partnership building, resource mobilization and strategic communications. ERD also leads IFAD's Replenishment, which is the process through which IFAD mobilizes core funding from Member States and agrees on priorities and targets for the Fund's work during each three-year replenishment period. ERD is led by an Associate Vice President and is comprised of two divisions: Global Engagement Partnership and Resource Mobilization Division (GPR) and the Communications Division (COM) and one initiative: The Food Systems Coordination (FSC).

The Global Engagement, Partnership and Resource Mobilization (GPR) Division has a specific focus on global policy engagement, partnerships (including with Member States and bilateral and multilateral organizations), and on driving the resource mobilization efforts with traditional and non-traditional donors and partners. Within this framework, the GPR Division addresses three main functions: Global policy engagement and multilateral relations; Strategic partnerships; Replenishment and resource mobilization, including supplementary funds and blended finance.

GPR is led by a Divisional Director and comprises four (4) Liaison Offices: the Americas Liaison Office which includes a presence in Washington, D.C. (ALO) and New York (NYLO); the Saudi Arabia Liaison Office (SLO); the Japan Liaison Office (JLO); and an office in Brussels (EU/BRX).

Job Role

The Partnership Analyst is part of GPR's Global and Multilateral Engagement Unit. The goal of global and multilateral engagement is to cement IFAD's standing as an International Financial Institution and to position the Fund as a thought-leader that invests in food systems and promotes rural transformation in policy processes, prioritizing high-impact platforms and strategic partnerships. The incumbent will provide technical support and collaborate at corporate level with key stakeholders on relationship management and thematic areas of strategic relevance for global and multilateral engagement.. The incumbent will also work jointly with external partners in global engagement, partnerships and resource mobilization; and perform quality control and capacity development functions. The envisioned portfolio will cover engagement with the G7, G20 and similar global fora.

Key Functions and Results

1. ANALYSING NEW POTENTIAL PARTNERSHIP AND RESOURCE MOBILIZATION OPPORTUNITIES: The incumbent receives and screens inquiries from potential collaborators and facilitates communication with appropriate IFAD staff and escalates opportunities to more senior colleagues for implementation. The incumbent provides backstopping support to Partnership Officers, Senior Partnership Officers and Chief Partnership officers in the provision of laying down analytical groundwork by scanning and scouting the external environment within designated partnership areas for opportunities and risks, and shares information in a timely fashion with relevant IFAD staff. The incumbent also provides logistical and programmatic support to senior management and other IFAD staff in corporate engagement and interaction with assigned partners.

2. MANAGING THE DATABASE OF KEY CONTACTS AND EXPANDING DONOR BASE: The incumbent develops and maintains knowledge and familiarity with current and prospective partners and relevant stakeholders, maintaining a database of key contacts on partnership and resource mobilisation. The incumbent expands IFAD's network of key interlocutors to build stronger relationships between IFAD and interested focus areas depending on the team the incumbent is assigned to, by analysing current trends and formulating recommendations for strategy approaches and message development to more senior level officers.

3. SUPPORTING THE OUTREACH, ENGAGEMENT, POLICY INFLUENCE AND COLLABORATION: The incumbent supports the identification and pursuit of opportunities for outreach, policy engagement, influence and collaboration, and supports the development and management of initiatives for high-level outreach. The incumbent monitors the implementation of annual partnership engagement and resource mobilization plans and proactively proposes mitigating actions as required.

4. MANAGERIAL FUNCTIONS: The incumbent is accountable for integrity, transparency, and equity in the personal use of assigned IFAD resources, including equipment, supplies and, as applicable, staff supervised.

The Partnership Analyst:

• Supports the preparation of analytical reports, research, briefing notes, talking points, position papers, presentations and other materials as needed, related to global and multilateral engagement related to the portfolio assigned to him/her. The incumbent helps to identify potential partners, development initiatives and events at all levels - national, regional and global - which provide opportunities for IFAD to promote and highlight its corporate agenda of transformative rural development.
• Drafts global and multilateral engagement plans, monitors and reports on their implementation, and proactively proposes mitigating actions as required.
• Coordinates technical inputs to key documents and processes, liaising with colleagues across ERD and other departments.
• Maintains counterpart contacts needed to promote the Fund's global and multilateral engagement.

Key Performance Indicators

The work requires analysis of current trends. While the type of analysis and decision-making varies, typical examples include interpreting a body of rules, regulations and precedents to determine new partnership opportunities. Incumbents have access to advice and on-the-job training from more senior officers.

• Work may involve travels in IFAD Member Countries
• Assignment involves the management of processes with a wide array of internal and external clients and stakeholders
• Work requires strategic and analytical work on international development financing, global and multilateral engagement, and policy processes related to IFAD's mandate.
• Incumbent must excel in verbal and written communication skills

Working Relationships

The work relationships of incumbents involve close interaction with team members, and staff throughout the Fund. This requires skills in building constructive, effective relationships. External contacts are predominantly with current and prospective partners and relevant stakeholdersPosition-specific:The quality of work and external communications performed by the incumbent impact the overall reputation of IFAD. The incumbent is thus accountable for quality, substantive technical input and ability to project a professional, competent and trusted image of the Fund to internal and external partners. The position requires high integrity, political acumen and diplomatic skills.

Job Profile Requirements

Organizational Competencies:

Level 1:

• Building relationships and partnerships - Builds and maintains effective working relationships
• Communicating and negotiating - Communicates effectively; creates understanding between self and others
• Demonstrating leadership - Personal leadership and attitude to change
• Focusing on clients - Focuses on clients
• Learning, sharing knowledge and innovating - Continuously seeks to learn, shares knowledge & innovates
• Managing performance and developing staff
• Managing time, resources and information - Manages own time, information and resources effectively euhGWlD PHMNB
• Problem-solving and decision-making - Demonstrates sound problem-solving and decision-making ability
• Strategic thinking and organizational development - Personal influence
• Team working - Contributes effectively to the team

Education:

• Level - Advanced university degree from an accredited institution
• Areas - international development, international relations, political science or related field or other job-related field.

Degree must be an accredited institution listed on https://www.whed.net/home.php.

Experience:

• At least two (2) years of progressively relevant experience is required.
• Experience in a multi-cultural organization providing analytical support, especially in the area of partnership development, is highly desirable.

Languages:

• Required: English (4 - Excellent)
• Desirable: French, Spanish, or Arabic (3 - Good)

Skills:

• Advocacy: Know-how in advocacy, to maintain and promote constructive dialogue around IFAD's vision to external actors
• Partnership building: Ability to formulate new approaches or identify new opportunities to build relationships with both traditional and non-traditional partners, focusing on impact and results.
• Stakeholder management: Strong alignment capabilities and consultation skills, building on effective interactions and relationships with different stakeholders (e.g. for the co-creation of communication material with member states) and ability to build and maintain a strong network (e.g. with journalists, media outlets, etc.)
• Basic ICT & digital fluency: High level of digital literacy and ability to quickly get familiar with new digital tools (e.g. ability to carry out EPR data entry and extraction when budgeting; monitoring security systems, uploading content to inter/intra-net websites, etc.)
• Listening: Effective and active listening to others; understanding and acting upon indirect statements
• Problem solving: Strong systemic and structured thinking, ability to identify and dissect problems into components and formulate a comprehensive set of creative viable and sustainable solutions and strategies
• Verbal communication: Clear, succinct and convincing verbal communication; highly professional, balanced and diplomatic language
• Written communication: Clear, succinct and convincing written communication in the language needed for specific role; highly professional, balanced and diplomatic language (e.g. for drafting of position papers, briefings, etc.)

Other Information

Applicants should note that IFAD staff members are international civil servants subject to the authority of the President of IFAD. In accordance with IFAD's Human Resources Policy, the President can decide to assign them to any of the activities of the Fund. All International Professional staff members are required to be geographically mobile and positions in the professional category are subject to changes in location at any time in line with strategic priorities and reform initiatives in IFAD.

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