Lead of Partnership &Operations

The UN SDG Action Campaign is a special inter-agency initiative of the UN Secretary-General administered and supported by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and based in Bonn (Germany) at the UN SDG Global Campaign Center and in New York (USA) at UNDP Headquarters. The UN SDG Action Campaign’s mission is to scale up, broaden and sustain the global movement of action for the SDGs.

The Action Campaign’s strategy is based on three pillars:

1. Mobilize: activating the largest number of individuals and organizations to take action on SDGs. This area of work includes strategic partnerships with key constituencies such as Local Governments, civil society organizations, parliamentarians and youth groups.

2. Inspire: leveraging art, music, festivals, new media, technologies to increase the visibility of SDGs change-makers and attract new partners via the: (a) UN SDG Action Awards; (b) SDG Global Festival of Action; (c) creative SDG content, visuals, branding & exhibitions, and new media SDG programs for individuals and partners.

3. Connect: connecting people’s perceptions and actions on the SDGs with decision makers in SDG planning and review processes at all levels, whilst bringing peoples’ perceptions and actions to the High-Level Political Forum and the UN General Assembly.

The UN SDG Action Campaign works to inspire action on the SDGs; connect and amplify stakeholder efforts - including those of the UN system and Member States - open up measures of accountability, incubate and test out innovations, aggregate citizen-generated data, showcase heroes, share best practices and serve as an informal bridge between citizens and global institutions.

The UN SDG Action Campaign is seeking to recruit a Lead for Partnerships and Operations reporting to the Global Director, to lead on partnerships, resource mobilization and operations, as well as to design and roll out the Local Governments advocacy and partnerships strategy of the UN SDG Action Campaign. The need for this role will be initially for 1 year with possibility for extension.

Lead partnerships

• Provide strategic support on partnership-building with relevant agencies, government institutions, private sector, and civil society
• Identify and broker partnerships with civil society and other stakeholders towards joint creative SDG campaigning, advocacy and outreach assets
• Facilitate and support the organization of events in coordination with relevant stakeholders to promote citizen engagement within the 2030 Agenda and on the SDGs
• Represent the UN SDG Action Campaign in international meetings, conferences and other relevant events as required

Lead resource mobilization

• Draft and oversee the implementation of the resource mobilization strategy
• Build and maintain relationships with existing and new donors and partners
• Identify and map out new funding opportunities for the Action Campaign
• Oversee the preparation, submission and monitoring of funding proposals, funding agreements, narrative and financial reports, and related documentation with donors and partners
• Represent the UN SDG Action Campaign in the liaison with existing and potential donors as required

Lead Operations

• Support the Director of the UN SDG Action Campaign in the coordination of all operations
• Overseas procurement and human resources processes
• Oversee regular budget planning, forecast and monitoring of spending
• Represent the UN SDG Action Campaign in the communication and liaison with operations personnel from UN and non-UN partners as required

Design and lead the Local Governments advocacy and partnerships strategy

• Support the formulation, planning and effective implementation of the partnership’s strategy of the UN SDG Action Campaign with local governments
• Liaise with and provide support to relevant networks of local governments and key local authorities champions
• Support the positioning of the SDGs in relevant local authorities’ events and networks of local governments at all levels
• Represent the UN SDG Action Campaign in the liaison with relevant local government partners and in relevant local government events as required

Core

Innovation

Ability to make new and useful ideas work

Leadership

Ability to persuade others to follow

People Management

Ability to improve performance and satisfaction

Communication

Ability to listen, adapt, persuade and transform

Delivery

Ability to get things done while exercising good judgement

Technical/functional

Knowledge Management

Ability to efficiently handle and share information and knowledge

Knowledge of multi stakeholders networks working on SDG

Knowledge working with national governments, local governments, civil society organizations and private sector

Campaign and advocacy

Both on line and offline knowledge and experience for development and management of the initiative with strong partnership capabilities

Fundraising/grant writing

Proactive ability to look for privet and public donor and subsequent formalization of agreements though grant writing and monitoring

Education

• Master's degree in international relations, public policy, politics, economics, development studies or a related area.

Experience

• 7 years of professional work experience providing campaigning and advocacy advice and programme support in knowledge management and facilitation;
• Project management experience, including managing knowledge networks and/or advocacy campaigns using digital platforms, is desirable.

Language requirements

• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English;
• Competency in French or Spanish an asset.

Note

• Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted;
• The successful candidate will hodl a UNDP letter of appointment.