Partnership Senior Officer

In consultation with the Partnerships Advisor, the Partnership Officer supports project development and resource mobilization in Mozambique within UNOPS key focus and service areas through the following:

• Identify funding opportunities related to governments, international/national agencies, multilateral institutions, non-governmental organizations, foundations and the private sector. 

• In conjunction with the country manager and project manager(s), develop expression of interests, concept notes and proposals for potential new projects and prepare budgets and costing for all new project proposals.

• Create new engagement(s) in the ERP system and put it through the internal approval process, with support and guidance of the Partnerships Development Office (PDO) in ESAMCO.

• Develop and design all communications materials, including factsheets, presentations, capacity statements, Mozambique positions, FAQs and drive advocacy, visibility and outreach initiatives with potential partners.

• Coordinate and participate in meetings with donors and partners and produce high quality meeting minutes and action oriented summaries.

• Update and maintain the engagement pipeline/ projection tracking sheets, meeting records database and other tools.

• Conduct country wide research and analysis on donor and partners focus areas, funding cycles, processes and identify opportunities for Mozambique engagement and partnerships development.

• Support the Project Managers/Country Manager/ESAMCO by reviewing progress reports and other internal/external communication as and when needed.

• Liaise and coordinate with the ESAMCO PDO team and participate in partnerships events and meetings.

• Monitoring and Progress Controls.

• Update and develop advocacy materials and factsheets and other communication materials for stakeholder engagement as well as keep up-to-date UNINFO as required under the guidance and consultation with the communications focal point at ESAMCO.

• Build a network of key partners, keeping abreast of evolving social, economic and political trends.

• Support the Country Manager in his/her engagements with potential partners.

• Update and maintain the Engagement Addition tracking/forecasting sheets and provide data on the Business Acquisition pipeline.

• Liaise and coordinate with relevant stakeholders and provide required inputs related to Mozambique when requested by ESAMCO. 

• Perform necessary tasks as the lead developer for all new engagements.

• Maintain up-to-date repository of all donors, funding cycles and engagement modalities.

• Frequent travels to Pemba as required.

• Master’s degree or equivalent preferably in economics, management, international affairs, political science, development studies or other related areas with 2 years of relevant work experience is required.

• A combination of a Bachelor's degree with an additional 4 years of relevant work experience may be accepted in lieu of the education requirements outlined above.

• Full working knowledge of English is required.

• Full working knowledge of Portuguese is desired.