Chief of Section, Programme Management (Partnerships), P5

The Chief of the Partnerships and Resource Mobilization Section leads the section within the Strategic Partnerships and Engagement Division of the Development Coordination Office (DCO). The role involves driving strategy for innovative partnerships and resource mobilization to support the Resident Coordinator System (RCS) and accelerate the 2030 Agenda, including managing partnerships, advising the UNSDG, and ensuring financial sustainability of the RCS.

Responsibilities

• Leads the work of the Partnerships and Resource Mobilization Section, advising the Director of the Strategic Partnerships and Engagement Division and driving DCO's strategy for innovative partnerships supporting RCOs/UNCTs to accelerate the 2030 Agenda.
• Advises the United Nations Sustainable Development Group on sustainable development partnerships and facilitates relevant UNSDG working mechanisms.
• Liaises with DCO Regional Offices to support RCs and UNCTs on partnerships and ensure policy-field feedback.
• Works with counterparts in DCO to ensure integrated partnership approaches and build innovation pipelines with partners.
• Uses UN 2.0 approaches to strengthen partnership intelligence, design and performance monitoring.
• Ensures implementation of gender mainstreaming guidelines in partnerships.
• Leads resource mobilization efforts to ensure the RCS is financially strong, including implementing UNSDG and member state decisions on funding models.
• Gives strategic direction to partnerships with donors, including innovative financing modalities and engagement with the European Union.
• Ensures systems are in place for managing contributions and funding analytics.
• Quality assures inputs for reports and position papers on RCS funding for intergovernmental bodies.
• Leads engagement with donor coordination mechanisms and analyses of funding trends for UNSDG resource mobilization.
• Engages with UN funding-related offices and supports implementation of funding architecture decisions.
• Leads roll-out and implementation of the revised Funding Compact globally and supports country-level dialogues.
• Manages outreach activities, designs and conducts training workshops, and makes presentations.
• Leads capability-building to mainstream UN 2.0 skillsets relevant to partnerships and resource mobilization.
• Fosters teamwork and communication among staff and performs other related duties as required.

Requirements

• Advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent) in business or public administration, finance, accounting, law or related area.
• A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• A minimum of ten years of progressively responsible experience in international development, managing partnerships and resource mobilization is required.
• Field experience in development cooperation involving partnerships and resource mobilization is required.
• Experience in the use of digital and other technology-based tools and approaches to partnerships is desirable.
• Experience in managing large multicultural teams at the country, regional or global levels and working in matrix relationships across these levels is desirable.
• Experience working at the headquarters is desirable.
• Experience in policy formulation in a development cooperation context is desirable.
• Experience in the United Nations system or a comparable international organization is desirable.
• Experience with inter-agency or inter-organizational collaboration in the development sector is desirable.
• English is required at UN Level III for reading, writing, listening and speaking.

Skills

• Partnership Management
• Resource Mobilization
• International Development
• Development Cooperation
• Policy Formulation Support
• Matrix Management
• Digital Tools for Partnerships
• Strategic Partnerships
• Financial Sustainability
• Interagency Collaboration
• Programme Management
• Team Leadership
• UN System Experience
• Headquarters Experience
• Mentoring Multicultural Teams

Languages

English