Partnerships Development Associate

  • Added Date: Thursday, 13 February 2025
  • Deadline Date: Thursday, 20 February 2025
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Backgroundย 
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ย  UNDP does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks.
The External Relations and Communications Section (ERCS) builds and nurtures corporate donor relations, strategically leads the donor resource mobilization efforts and conducts coherent communications efforts to highlight the value of volunteerism for peace and development and the contributions of UNV and UN Volunteers. In the lead-up to the International Year of Volunteers for Sustainable Development in 2026, ERCS further hosts a dedicated secretariat responsible for oversight, planning, design and facilitation of the International Year.ย 

The External Relations team is in charge of leading and coordinating UNVโ€™s resource mobilization across the entire organization and the team is based in Germany (UNV Headquarters), China and Japan.ย 

The Partnerships Development Associate will support in expanding and consolidating UNVโ€™s external relations e and resource mobilization efforts with UNVโ€™s financing partners to mobilize resources, with a strong focus on the Full Funding programme and the Special Voluntary Fund.ย 

Reporting to the Partnerships Development Specialist, UNV HQ, with matrix reporting to the Programme Analyst, UNV Nigeria, theย Partnership Development Associateย supports management of the Full Funding (FF) agreement. She/he is responsible for supporting theย effective mobilization and placement of UN Volunteers, provideย  administrative/operational support to volunteers, and supporting the efforts of advocacy and positioning of UNV interests in the country, in line with UNVโ€™s Strategic Framework.ย  Theย Partnership Development Associateย supports building relationships with main partners, and supports coordination with the Regional Office and HQ organizational units, on volunteer mobilization, programme implementation, and provision of substantive inputs, and facilitation of corporate initiatives.

ย  Duties and Responsibilities
1. Advocacy, Partnership Building, and UNV Programme Integrationย 
Support UNVsโ€™ field effortsย  in the country, ensuring key results and delivery of the Strategic Framework and the Sustainable Development Goals;ย ย  Provide support to the Partnership Development Specialist and to the Programme Analyst to establish, foster and maintain effective outreach and relationships for theย expansion of FF and Special Voluntary Fund (SVF) initiatives, including the formalization of partnerships and other exchanges of confidence such as inclusion in the United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF), as well as with government, UN agencies, NGOs, the private sector and other relevant development partners;ย  In coordination with the Field Unit and HQ, identify resource mobilization entry points with key partners and donors in the country if and when applicable. Support the Country Coordinator in duplicating the State government FFย  ย  ย  ย partnership with other countries in and across the regions.ย  Develop FF quarterly and annual reporting, with a focus on lessons learned and challenges encountered.ย  Support Field Unit in encouraging national and local actors to establish a framework on volunteer infrastructure that supports volunteerism for peace and development, including the adoption of relevant policies and legislation;ย  Strengthen and determine business intelligence related to partnerships, promotion of volunteerism and shaping and delivering volunteer infrastructure advisory services and conduct country scans as input for corporate planning processes;ย  Support, in the case of UNV-funded projects UNV programmatic engagement.ย 

2. Partnership Coordination & Knowledge Managementย 

Facilitate the FF coordination function including financial monitoring and reporting, providing input to briefing notes, preparing meetings and presentations, and regularly providing implementation status updates as requested by ERCS ย  Plan timelines and discuss parameters of the FF agreement implementation with partners; Ensure FF partners are informed throughout the implementation process, regularly providingย  status updates on the FF agreement implementation; Provide statistics on assignments and support with input to financial (and other) reports to partners; Follow through on the FF agreement implementation with funding partners and as needed with sections across UNV (ROs, FUs, ERCS, VSS, HRS), to ensure agreed timelines and parameters are met In close coordination with the Regional Office and the Communications Section at headquarters, prepare, disseminate and present country-specific promotional information on the mandate and work of UNV with relevant development partners and the media;ย ย 

3. UN Volunteer Mobilization and Management

Liaise closely with the Field Unit, Regional Office (RO), and HQ units for effective expansion, and implementation of the Full funding (FF) programme. Coordinate and support development and submission of Descriptions of Assignments (DoAs) by UN partners on FF calls. Support volunteer promotion activities, and work with HQ and RO Communications teams to produce FF volunteersโ€™ impact stories and other communications material. Contribute to the design and support the implementation of talent acquisition activities in collaboration with the Regional Office. Support ERCS in theย  preparation and delivery of induction sessions for new United Nations Volunteers (UNVs).ย  Support ERCS in the handling of requests from UN Volunteers and ensure that related issues requiring action are brought to the attention of the supervisor.ย  Document frequently asked questions in the form of FAQs for Full Funding and keep them up to date.ย  Support the promotion and use of the online volunteering service internally and among eligible users of the service.ย  Support activities in liaison with ERCS to ensure an understanding of UNVโ€™s mandate, key offers and the added value that UN Volunteer assignments bring, to further FF partnership goals Identify volunteer placement opportunities for FF volunteers and present UNV value proposition and volunteer modalities with the objective of maximizing international and national volunteer presence, including collaboration in the preparation of descriptions of assignment, with partner agencies and other partners.ย  ย  Competencies
Core Competencies

Achieve Results

๐Ÿ“š ๐——๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—š๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฎ ๐—๐—ผ๐—ฏ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—จ๐—ก ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏ! ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿค ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ก๐—˜๐—ช ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—š๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—จ๐—ก ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—จ๐—ก๐—›๐—–๐—ฅ, ๐—ช๐—™๐—ฃ, ๐—จ๐—ก๐—œ๐—–๐—˜๐—™, ๐—จ๐—ก๐——๐—ฆ๐—ฆ, ๐—จ๐—ก๐—™๐—ฃ๐—”, ๐—œ๐—ข๐—  ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€! ๐ŸŒ

โš ๏ธ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐‹๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž ๐๐จ๐ฐ: ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐“๐ž๐œ๐ก๐ง๐ข๐ช๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐š ๐ฃ๐จ๐› ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐Ž๐–!

Plans and monitors own work, pays attention to details, delivers quality work by deadline

Think Innovatively

Open to creative ideas/known risks, is pragmatic problem solver, makes improvementsย 

Learn Continuously

Open minded and curious, shares knowledge, learns from mistakes, asks for feedback

Adapt with Agilityย 

Adapts to change, constructively handles ambiguity/uncertainty, is flexibleย 

Act with Determination ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย 

Shows drive and motivation, able to deliver calmly in face of adversity, confident

Engage and Partner

Demonstrates compassion/understanding towards others, forms positive relationships

Enable Diversity and Inclusion

Appreciate/respect differences, aware of unconscious bias, confront discrimination ย  Cross-Functional & Technical competenciesย  ย  Negotiation and Influenceย  Ability to reach an understanding, persuade others, resolve points of difference, gain advantage in the outcome of dialogue, negotiates mutually acceptable solutions through compromise and creates โ€˜win-winโ€™ situations ย  Knowledge Generationย  Ability to research and turn information into useful knowledge, relevant for context, or responsive to a stated needย  Results-based Managementย  Ability to manage programmes and projects with a focus at improved performance and demonstrable resultsย  Partnerships Managementย  Ability to build and maintain partnerships with wide networks of stakeholders, Governments, civil society and private sector partners, experts and others in line with UNDP/UNV strategy and policiesย  Digital Awareness and Literacyย  Ability and inclination to rapidly adopt new technologies, either through skilfully grasping their usage or through understanding their impact and empowering others to use them as neededย  Event planning and execution Ability to plan, manage and execute of public and private events to ensure that they support and amplify individual communications and advocacy initiatives, as well as UNV's overall brand and mandate. Private sectorย Engagement Ability to identify, conduct outreach, and manage relationships with the privateย sector
ย  Required Skills and Experienceย 
ย  Education:
Secondary education is required A university degree in social sciences, international development, project management, public/business administration or related fields will be given due consideration, but it is not a requirement. Experience: A minimum of 6 years (with high school diploma) or 3 years (with bachelorโ€™s degree) of relevant experience preferably in a humanitarian, partnership support, development and/or peace related field; Experience in partnerships and/or inter-agency cooperation is essential;ย  Experience in Microsoft office and internet;ย  Openness to embrace Digital Transformation and use of new technologies; Work experience with the United Nations is an asset;ย ย ย  Previous experience in a civil society setting and/or as a volunteer with volunteer management and/or promotion of volunteerism is a distinct advantage; Field experience is an asset. Fluency in English, and local language of the duty station ย  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 Nigeria. 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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ย  Note: UNDP reserves the right to select one or more candidates from this vacancy announcement.ย  We may also retain applications and consider candidates applying to this post for other similar positions with UNDP at the same grade level and with similar job description, experience and educational requirements.
ย  Non-discriminationย 
ย  UNDP has a zero-tolerance policy towards sexual exploitation and misconduct, sexual harassment, and abuse of authority. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles.ย ย  ย  UNDP is an equal opportunity and inclusive employer that does not discriminate based on race, sex, gender identity, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy, age, language, social origin or other status.ย 
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