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Job Title:   Strategic Partnerships, Coordination and Resource Mobilisation Officer   

Organisation: United Nations Volunteers (UNV)

Hosting Organization: United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women)

Duty Station:  Kampala, Uganda

About US:

The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme contributes to peace and development through volunteerism worldwide. We work with partners to integrate qualified, highly motivated and well-supported UN Volunteers into development programming and promote the value and global recognition of volunteerism. UNV is administered by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and reports to the UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS Executive Board.

Key Duties and Responsibilities: Under the overall supervision of the Country Representative and the direct supervision of Coordination Analyst, the UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks:

Support to the implementation of UN Women’s Strategic Partnerships and Resource Mobilisation Strategy 2021-2025

• Manage and coordinate relationships with key partners;
• Support to Programme units in drafting and packaging proposals and reports to donors;
• Provide technical inputs to units efforts at the country level to develop new and innovative partnerships;
• Develop and monitor annual priorities, goals and key performance indicators (KPIs) for partnerships and resource mobilisation;
• Design and implementation of effective advocacy strategies and methods for proactive and strategic targeting of partners and donors.
• Support partnership and resource mobilization training to program staff, including the development of tools and products, as needed;

Participate in knowledge building and sharing and advocacy efforts

• Contribute to the development of knowledge products and mechanisms to effectively position UN Women in Uganda;
• Share knowledge and enhance organizational learning in UN Women through the development and use of on-line tools, templates, tips, mechanisms and guidelines;
• Support Donor intelligence and monitor emerging issues that could impact on partnerships and resource contributions at the national or regional levels (risk management).

Support to UN Women’s Coordination mandate

• Provide coordination support to programme units to UN Women’s work in the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF), including supporting Co-Chair role in Human Rights and Gender Advisory Group (HRGAG) and Strategic Priority Area One, including minute taking and the writing of reports and issues papers as required;
• Support to UN Women programme units in their engagements in coordination structures, both within the UNSDCF and Local Development Partners Group (LDPG) frameworks;
• Assist with the implementation of the UNCT SWAP Scorecard Action Plan and Gender Parity Action Plan;
• Facilitating administrative functions including contract preparations, agenda drafting and meeting set up.

Key Results/Expected Outputs

• Tracked progress towards the implementation of the Strategic Partnerships and Resource Mobilisation Strategy 2021-2025
• UN Women Gender Coordination mandate within the UN System and among development partners strengthened;
• Identification and innovation to expand UN Women’s strategic partnerships
• High quality knowledge products and programme proposals from programme units are produced
• The development of capacity through coaching, mentoring and formal on-the-job training, when working with (including supervising) national staff or (non-) governmental counterparts, including Implementing Partners (IPs);
• Age, Gender and Diversity (AGD) perspective is systematically applied, integrated and documented in all activities throughout the assignment

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) Strategic Partnerships, Coordination and Resource Mobilisation Officer should hold relevant qualifications
• Three years of related work experience
• Only French nationals are eligible to apply.
• In addition to the requirements of the DOA, candidates must have obtained a Master II certificate.
• Age: 27 – 35 years

How to Apply:

All interested applicants who wish to join United Nations Volunteers (UNV) in the aforementioned capacity are encouraged to click on the link below and follow the application instructions after reviewing the job details.

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Deadline: 19^th February 2022

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