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The Partnerships Specialist reports directly to Senior Partnership Advisor, Bilateral and Multilateral Partnerships, with secondary reporting to Deputy Director in UNDP Brussels. S/he works across CB teams, in helping coordinate engagement to mobilize resources for crisis and fragile contexts, as well as develop and strengthen partnerships, coordinating efforts with CB, RBx and representation offices.

Duties and Responsibilities of Partnerships Specialist

In this section list up to five primary functions/accountabilities of the position (Typically one sentence each) and examples of duties that must be performed to successfully accomplish key responsibilities.

Advisory role on EU/EC and European bilateral partnerships, positioning, and engagement 

• Maintain an up-to-date overview of strategic EU/EC and European bilateral partnerships, initiatives, and opportunities relevant to UNDP’s work on crisis and fragility and engage with key UN and external partners for coordinated engagement on crisis and fragility-related issues.
• Track and analyze, through active engagement with relevant EU/EC services and institutions, EC policy initiatives in prevention, crisis response, stabilisation, recovery, and resilience, and identify entry points for collaboration.
• Provide technical support to senior managers in the GPN, Regional Bureaus and the Administrator in their engagements with the EU/EC and European bilateral partners, and relevant crisis and fragility related mechanisms.
• Maintain an overall view of events, policy development and programme directions of relevance, identify opportunities across the EU/EC and European bilateral partners, and ensure UNDP’s offer on crisis, fragility and resilience dimensions are visible and promoted.
• Lead the organisation of the flagship EU-UN Annual meeting on Prevention, Stabilisation and Peace and position UNDP strategically throughout the event.
• Prepare strategic partnership and financing briefs, working papers, knowledge products, blogs, speeches, and other advocacy pieces on partnerships and financing for fragility.

Technical support on resource mobilization with EU/EC institutions and European bilateral partners

• Implement CB’s Partnership and RM Action Plan and contribute to UNDP’s External Engagement Strategy by positioning UNDP in fora relevant to the EU and European bilateral partners as the leading UN development actor in crisis and fragile settings, in close collaboration with UNDP’s Bureau for External Relations and in coordination with the CB’s Management Support Unit and the GPN Joint Directorate.
• Monitor EU and European Bilateral partners funding instruments and resource allocations and position UNDP strategically as a potential implementing partner for global, regional and in-country initiative.
• Provide substantive contributions to the development of projects/programmes in the area of crisis and fragility in close collaboration with Regional Bureau Policy and Programme Specialists.
• Coordinate UNDP’s participation and positioning in EU-UN fora related to crisis and fragility such as the EU-UN Steering Committee on Crisis Management and the EU-UN Conflict Prevention Dialogue.
• Actively contribute to relevant Communities of Practice and share lessons learnt/best practices on successful partnerships between the EU, European bilateral partners, and UNDP.

Lead the CB Brussels hub for EU/EC and European bilateral partnerships 

• Establish the CB Brussels hub as a centre of excellence on EU and European bilateral partnerships.
• Serve as the CB focal point for collaboration with UNDP representational offices in Europe (Nordic Office; Germany Office).
• Assist the programme team in Brussels on maintaining database on EC and European bilateral partner-financed projects related to crisis and fragility and develop digital tools share intelligence across CB and RBx on opportunities and partnership initiatives.
• Maintain overall view on partnership initiatives and opportunities across CB, as well as corporate partnership initiatives; and ensure crisis, fragility and resilience dimensions are reflected in relevant documents and initiatives.
• Maintain up-to-date key messages and background information on UNDP partnership with the EU/EC and European bilateral partners.

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Required Skills and Experience

Education:

• Advanced university degree (master’s degree or equivalent) in either Public/Business Administration, International Development, Knowledge Management, Development Finance, and/or related fields. OR
• A first-level university degree (bachelor’s degree) in combination with an additional two years of qualifying experience will be given due consideration in lieu of the advanced university degree.

 Experience:

• Minimum seven (7) years of relevant experience in an international development context, preferably including UN partnership experience, with a focus on crisis and fragility.
• Demonstrated track-record of excellence in partnership development in areas related to crisis and fragility.
• Experience working with European Union Institutions, European partners, and OECD-DAC donors.
• Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of crisis and fragility policy debates, partnerships and financing mechanisms.
• Experience of managing complex inter-agency processes is highly desirable.
• Proven experience working in different geographical areas, and development settings, including crisis and fragile environments is highly desirable.

Language requirements: 

• Excellent communication skills, both spoken and written in English required.
• Fluency in French is strongly desirable.

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