UNFPA is the lead UN agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person's potential is fulfilled. UNFPA’s strategic plan (2022-2025), reaffirms the relevance of the current strategic direction of UNFPA and focuses on three transformative results: to end preventable maternal deaths; end unmet need for family planning; and end gender-based violence and harmful practices. These results capture our strategic commitments on accelerating progress towards realizing the ICPD and SDGs in the Decade of Action leading up to 2030. Our strategic plan calls upon UN Member States, organizations and individuals to “build forward better”, while addressing the negative impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on women’s and girls’ access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights, recover lost gains and realize our goals.
In a world where fundamental human rights are at risk, we need principled and ethical staff, who embody these international norms and standards, and who will defend them courageously and with full conviction.
UNFPA is seeking candidates that transform, inspire and deliver high impact and sustained results; we need staff who are transparent, exceptional in how they manage the resources entrusted to them and who commit to deliver excellence in programme results.
Job Purpose:
The Resource Mobilization and Strategic Partnerships Technical Adviser provides strategic and technical leadership for the region, in resource mobilization and strategic partnerships, to ensure the Regional and Country Offices remain abreast of the organization’s policies and partnership strategies, current thinking, and innovation in the substantive area.
The adviser would contribute to facilitating sufficient resources from a broad base for the UNFPA regional office and country offices in the West and Central Africa Region as well as wide ranging partnerships at regional and country level to further UNFPA’s mandate and scale up results.
Qualifications and Experience:
Education:
Advanced university degree in international relations, international development, public administration, communication, management or other related field.
Knowledge and Experience:
Ten years of relevant professional experience in resource mobilization or partnerships building, including at least 5 at the international level focused on furthering causes related to development, human rights or humanitarian assistance;
Established track record in fund raising and broad-based partnerships with diverse actors, including public-private partnerships;
Relevant work experience with UN, bi-lateral, international donors/agencies and/or non-governmental organizations;
Familiarity with UNFPA programmes and policies, knowledge of international development policies and institutions, international politics an advantage;
Experience of working in the West and Central Africa region is an asset;
Familiarity with UN systems and procedures, management and monitoring tools is an asset
Field experience is strongly desirable;
Languages:
Fluency in English is required and French is desirable to enable effective communication with English speaking and French speaking country coordination groups and local organizations (West and Central Africa region)
