Partnerships Development Manager

Helsinki

Organization: UNOPS - United Nations Office for Project Services
Location: Helsinki
Grade: Mid level - P-3, International Professional - Internationally recruited position
Occupational Groups:
- External Relations, Partnerships and Resource mobilization
- Managerial positions
Closing Date: Closed

Job categories Partnerships

Vacancy code VA/2023/B5011/26094

Level ICS-10

Department/office NYPO, SDC, UN Technology Support Services

Duty station Helsinki, Finland

Contract type Fixed Term

Contract level P3

Duration 1 year with possibility of extension based on performance and funds availability

Application period 30-May-2023 to 15-Jun-2023

Applications to vacancies must be received before midnight Copenhagen time (CET) on the closing date of the announcement.

Functional Responsibilities

The UN Futures Lab Network is a new and exciting entity, with a team being built at the same time as undertaking emerging work together with our UN partners. The successful candidate will be able to quickly understand complicated and complex issues and be able to translate these into opportunities to broker, and in turn, nurture multi-stakeholder partnerships. The Partnerships Officer is an integral part of the team ensuring the approaches taken to partnering are both strategic and pragmatic, and proactive. The successful candidate will be able to build capacity as well as systems, creating strong relationships between people and organizations who will come from a diversity of backgrounds, geographies, and with varied incentives. Alignment of values and perspectives with play a central role in achieving success in this role, so too will the ability to work from alignment of purpose through to maturity of partnerships, spanning both public and private sector entities.

To succeed in this position, the person will inspire and help others, will be able to adapt quickly. They will also be experimental, embracing innovation processes and approaches to their everyday work.

Under the supervision of the Senior Programme Manager/Global Hub Lead, and Programme Management Advisor, the incumbent will execute the following duties:
1. Explore, initiate, and understand potential opportunities for partnerships

Explore the feasibility of using a range of approaches to partnerships with a diverse range of stakeholders
Understand and anticipate emerging partnerships needs of the Futures Lab and the UN partners it supports
Propose and advise on appropriate directions and approaches to partnerships to Futures
Lab team members, including management
Participate in and, as appropriate, organize high profile events to expand networking opportunities and to seek new partnerships.

2. Create and manage appropriate and effective partnership management processes

In close collaboration with Futures Lab team members, facilitate and enable negotiations and dialogues towards the formation of partnerships
Ensure there is capacity within the Futures Lab team, and within potential partners to form partnerships that contribute to real world impact. This will include the development of systems, tools, and knowledge exchanges.
Steer partners and the Futures Lab through appropriate vehicles for partnership, including accountability mechanisms that reinforce engagements between stakeholders and organizations

3. Iterate and adapt partnerships to emerging and evolving needs

Create and maintain mechanisms through which to understand the impact of partnerships, including signals, data, and insights that allow for agile and iterative approaches
Ensure effective and efficient communication and coordination with managers through periods of review and iteration, supporting partnerships to become more effective, as well transparent in the sharing of lessons learned
Build solid stewardship plans aimed at increasing engagement and heading towards increasingly sustainable partnerships

4. Nurture and grow impact of partnerships

Reviewing partnerships to enable them to respond to emerging needs and concerns, including the potential for growth and scale
Ensure management is in place to conclude partnerships, including transferring partnerships to more appropriate entities within the UN and beyond, as well as joint decisions to recognize success and the need to move on to other impactful work areas and impact

Impact of Results The Futures Lab will be capacitated to broker, nurture, iterate, and grow partnerships with a diversity of people and organizations. It will have the processes in place to establish robust and agile partnerships cycles and team members who understand and are fluent in how to partner, when to partner, why to partner, and what partnerships can look and feel like. The Futures Lab will be able to be proactive in exploring and forming partnerships that support the goals and ambitions of the Lab, and will have the maturity of approach to partnerships to identify when and how to iterate partnerships along with other key stakeholders. Partnerships will be formed around values and shared ambitions of a range of entities.

Education/Experience/Language requirements

*FEMALE CANDIDATES ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO APPLY
*CANDIDATES WITH NO UNITED NATIONS OR UNOPS EXPERIENCE ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO APPLY

Education

An advanced university degree (Masters or equivalent) is required
A first-level university degree (Bachelors degree) in combination with 2 additional years of relevant professional experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Experience

Required

A minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience in partnerships and/or resource mobilization, global development, humanitarian action, and peace building or related areas.

Desired: The following experience is optional. Candidates who do not have experience in these areas are welcome to apply:

Experience working in a UN context is an asset.

Language

Fluency in English (write, read, speak) is required.
Knowledge of another United Nations official language is an advantage.

This vacancy is now closed.