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The UNV Regional Office for East and Southern Africa (ESARO) provides oversight and strategic guidance to the UNV Field Units (FUs) in the region and is accountable for the placement of UN Volunteers mobilized for UN Agencies, Funds, and Programmes (AFPs) focused on peace, development, and humanitarian needs. Furthermore, the Regional Office (RO) represents, and strategically positions UNV and bring UNVโs services and solutions closer to its partners from governments, UN entities, civil society, and the private sector. The Regional Office, with the support of the Volunteer Advisory Services Section, promotes volunteerism. The RO based in Nairobi, Kenya, oversees UNVโs engagement in 23 countries of the East and Southern Africa region.ย ย Under the supervision of theย Manager, Regional Office,ย the Partnership Analyst supports UNV- ESARO in partnership developmentย and management activities in the region, working in close collaboration with UNV Regional Office team and Field Units. He/ She scans the United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Frameworks (USDCFs) or Cooperation Frameworks, Country Programme Documents (CPDs) and other Development Frameworks of UN-AFPs in the region, identifies key strategic priorities for the United Nations and recommends opportunities and priority entry points for engagement with UNย partners.ย He/ She supports ESARO in harvesting, analyzing, and documenting specific intelligence on each partner, identifies partners/client needs as a basis for developing partnership for volunteer mobilization and placements. She/he identifies and informs ERCS aboutย potential external partnerships related to the full funding programme and the Special Voluntary Fund (including Member States, foundation private sector, academia and Civil society organizations,. He/She supports ESARO to prepare mission documentation includingย asks and offers, briefing, notes, speaking points,ย inputs UNย partners information in the Customer Relationship Management Platform (CRMP) and its day-day management.ย She/he exchanges regularly withย other units and regional offices, including the External Relations and Communications Section (ERCS) at UNV Headquarters in Bonn and the UNV New York Office.ย ย ย Duties and Responsibilities
ย ย 2. Support Research and Policy Analysis of the UN system landscape in ESARO to inform partnerships enhancement and diversificationย
Undertake research and provide political, socioeconomic analysis on partner intelligence to inform volunteer mobilization projections and to position UNV with key partners. Review and translate the yearly UN Volunteer Mobilization business outlook produced by UNV-New York Office to ESARO regional context to support partnership building, diversification, and Volunteer mobilization. Support ESARO in developing partnerships offers to the United Nations Agencies, Funds and Programme (UN-AFPs) in various thematic areas (e.g., crisis response, inclusion, social protection, climate change, youth engagement, etc.,) and/or potential Special Programmeย Gather strategic information on regional and country level development and humanitarian partners, emergency response programmes, and translate this information into tangible actions for the ESARO team.ย Identify potential resource mobilization opportunities for UNV in the region based on research and awareness of traditional and non-traditional external partners. Under ERCS guidance, may support providing input for drafting of partnerships concept notes, briefs and presentations related to new partners deploying national fully funding UN Volunteers.ย Monitor the implementation of joint action plans linked to signed global MoUs with UN partners and monitor implementation of related regional action plans.ย Support the development of relevant briefs and concept notes to position UNV and volunteerism in a renewed fashion that is attractive to UN partners to fund and/or support.ย ย ย 3. Contribute to knowledge building and sharing across ESAROย
Collate UN partnership advice and intelligence to support Field units and Non-Field Units in their engagements with partners and facilitate knowledge-sharing and knowledge management within ESARO. Collect and analyze data on partnership and disseminate findings to ESARO team.ย Support ESARO to prepare mission documentation including asks and offers, briefing, notes, speaking points, etc. Prepare meeting notes and update regional UN partnersโ CRM pages and lead day-to-day management of Regional Partners CRM pages.ย Contribute ESARO inputs to global knowledge products on partnerships.ย Support in the drafting and developing of ESARO knowledge products on partnerships and volunteerism promotion in the region.ย ย ย 4. Strengthening UNVโs positioning as a solution provider for UN Humanitarian Partners in ESAROย
Build and strengthen collaboration between UNV and humanitarian partners supporting regional and sub-regional initiatives through active engagement. Develop co-branded volunteer solutions, offers, and tailored special initiatives with partners.ย Position UNV as a partner of choice in regional strategies, with an emphasis on engaging people with disabilities, women empowerment, and youth, integrating UN Volunteers /volunteerism in UN humanitarian partners regional strategic/operational documents, such as in strategic plans, programme documents, in HR, talent and/or other strategies. Collect necessary UN partner information to design outreach materials and prepare concise and impactful presentations and offers to UN partners, focused on promoting volunteerism and increased mobilization of volunteers, and/or responding to UN partners identified needs.ย Provide support for assessing partnerships through feedback from regular dialogue with the relevant UN partners and UNV Field Units. Benchmark human capital solutions humanitarian UN partners rely on to ensure UNV offer remains fit for purpose and make recommendations to adapt if necessary UNV offer. CompetenciesCore Competencies
Achieve Results
Plans and monitors own work, pays attention to details, delivers quality work by deadlineThink Innovatively
Learn Continuously
Open minded and curious, shares knowledge, learns from mistakes, asks for feedbackAdapt with Agilityย
Adapts to change, constructively handles ambiguity/uncertainty, is flexibleยAct with Determination ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย
Shows drive and motivation, able to deliver calmly in face of adversity, confidentEngage and Partner
Demonstrates compassion/understanding towards others, forms positive relationshipsEnable Diversity and Inclusion
Appreciate/respect differences, aware of unconscious bias, confront discrimination ย Cross-Functional & Technical competenciesย ย Systems Thinking Ability to use objective problem analysis and judgement to understand how interrelated elements coexist within an overall process or system, and to consider how altering one element can impact on other parts of the systemย Effective Decision Makingย Take decisions in a timely and efficient manner in line with one's authority, area of expertise and resources and take into consideration potential wider implicationsย Knowledge Facilitation Ability to animate individuals and groups, internally and externally, and to design and facilitate activities, to share and exchange knowledge, information and ideas. Knowledge of tools and approaches to stimulate active participation, contribution, and exchangeย Partnerships Managementย Build and maintain partnerships with wide networks of stakeholders, Governments, civil society and private sector partners, experts and others in line with UNDP strategy and policies.ย Multi-stakeholder engagement and fundingย Knowledge and ability to forge multi-stakeholder partnerships, and remove any obstacles to resource mobilization and multi-stakeholder funding platformsย Private sector engagementย ย Ability to identify, conduct outreach, and manage relationships with the private sector Relationship managementย Ability to engage with a wide range of public and private partners, build and sustain and sustain and/or strengthen working relations, trust and mutual understanding.ยย Required Skills and Experienceย ย
ย Education: Advanced university degree (master's degree or equivalent) in international affairs/international development, economics, development studies, social sciences, or a related field.ย A first-level university degree (bachelorโs degree) in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience will be given due consideration in lieu of the advanced university degree. Experience: Minimum of 2 years (with masterโs degree) or 4 years (with bachelorโs degree) of relevant experience at national and/or international level inย development, international relations, social sciences, economics, research and information management or related fields;ย Experience working with partners, including development/governments/UN Entities, and/or on partnerships approaches and/or strategies, and/or partner relations is required. Hands on experience in research and policy analysis, compilation and synthetization of information in coherent and succinct formats, for producing and analyzing think pieces, proposals and other knowledge products is required. Knowledge and experience in the United Nations and/or UNDP or another UN Entity is desired.ย Experience in the use of business intelligence tools developing communication materials with visuals is required. Experience working in an international context, and specifically in the East and Southern Africa region, is a distinct advantage. Experience related to volunteerism, volunteer management and working with volunteers is an asset.ย Fluency in Englishย Proficiency in another official UN language is an asset. Disclaimer Only short-listed applicants will be contacted; The successful candidate will hold a UNDP letter of appointment; This post is for local recruitment only. It is open to citizens of Kenya. Important information for US Permanent Residents ('Green Card' holders)ย ย Under US immigration law, acceptance of a staff position with UNDP, an international organization, may have significant implications for US Permanent Residents. UNDP advises applicants for all professional level posts that they must relinquish their US Permanent Resident status and accept a G-4 visa, or have submitted a valid application for US citizenship prior to commencement of employment.ย ย UNDP is not in a position to provide advice or assistance on applying for US citizenship and therefore applicants are advised to seek the advice of competent immigration lawyers regarding any applications.
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