Programme Specialist

The Programme Specialist P3 based in Lomé, Togo, supports programme coordination, resource mobilization, donor relations, and reporting for the UNFPA Togo Country Office. The role involves managing donor portfolios, supporting humanitarian-development-peace nexus, and strengthening strategic partnerships to ensure effective implementation of the Country Programme.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate inputs for the implementation and regular updating of the Country Office resource mobilization strategy and annual action plans.
• Support management in tracking potential donors, funding mechanisms, emerging funding opportunities, funding gaps, co-financing and joint programming opportunities, innovative financing mechanisms, and opportunities with non-traditional partners.
• Support the CO team in consolidation and drafting of concept notes, funding proposals, expressions of interest, and funding applications under technical guidance.
• Coordinate inputs from Programme and Operations Officers to ensure proposals are technically sound, results-oriented, coherent, evidence-based, and compliant with donor requirements.
• Prepare background materials, briefing notes, talking points, presentations, analyses, and donor profiles to support the Representative and senior management in donor engagements.
• Analyze and track opportunities for mobilizing domestic resources, development financing, joint UN programmes, and partnerships, including humanitarian response.
• Maintain operational liaison with the UNFPA Regional Office, Headquarters, and relevant corporate units regarding funding opportunities and reporting guidelines.
• Support maintenance of professional working relationships with government technical counterparts, bilateral and multilateral partners, UN entities, international financial institutions, civil society, foundations, private sector actors, and academic institutions.
• Prepare technical background documents to support the Representative in positioning UNFPA as a partner of choice in sexual and reproductive health, gender equality, population dynamics, and youth development.
• Provide technical inputs and draft content for joint UN programmes and joint resource mobilization initiatives.
• Maintain accurate records and documentation of partnership commitments, opportunities, and follow-up actions.
• Coordinate and facilitate the operational performance of the Country Office reporting function, including establishing and managing a centralized calendar and tracking mechanism for donor reports.
• Initiate, track, and consolidate inputs to ensure timely preparation, quality assurance, and submission of donor reports.
• Coordinate inputs from Programme, M&E, Finance, and Operations teams to ensure consistency between technical achievements, narrative descriptions, and financial data.
• Gather and document lessons learned, best practices, case studies, and programme results for resource mobilization and advocacy tools.
• Assist Programme teams with analytical writing, reporting templates, and donor-specific compliance requirements.
• Monitor and summarize political, economic, social, and development trends affecting UNFPA's mandate and funding environment in Togo.
• Coordinate preparation of analytical notes on opportunities, risks, and trends to assist management in strategic decision-making.
• Support UNFPA's participation in technical working groups, national forums, and coordination mechanisms by preparing background documents.
• Contribute technical content to advocacy and communication materials highlighting UNFPA's contributions to national priorities and the SDGs.
• Work closely with Programme teams to identify sub-programme priorities requiring funding and partnership support.
• Provide technical inputs to programme reviews, planning exercises, and internal coordination meetings.
• Draft and update internal tools, templates, and guidance materials to improve reporting efficiency and proposal quality.
• Act as CO focal point for Humanitarian response funds mobilization and management.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in international development, Social Sciences, International Relations, Public Administration, Business Administration, Communications or another relevant field.
• At least five years (5) of progressively responsible professional experience in resource mobilization, donor relations, strategic partnerships and donor reporting in an international development environment.
• Experience in developing funding strategies and mobilizing resources from major bilateral and multilateral donors or foundations is essential.
• Demonstrated experience managing donor portfolios and preparing complex narrative and results-based reports.
• Good understanding of the humanitarian-development nexus, particularly in West Africa or comparable contexts, is highly desirable.
• Previous experience within the UN system would be an advantage.
• Field experience in West or Central Africa is an advantage.
• Fluency in French is required.
• Strong working knowledge of English is highly desirable.

Skills

• Resource Mobilization
• Donor Relations
• Strategic Partnerships
• Donor Reporting
• Funding Strategy Development
• Narrative Reporting
• Results-based Reporting
• Humanitarian Development Peace Nexus
• Programme Coordination
• Portfolio Management
• International Development
• Field Experience West Africa
• UN System Experience
• French
• English

Languages

French, English