Partnerships Specialist at UNDP

• Serve as the external engagement coordinator for UNDP Sudan in Nairobi and the wider region.
• Prepare partner-specific pitch materials, talking points, and strategic briefs.
• Help reframe the Sudan narrative to highlight development opportunities amidst crisis, complementing the humanitarian response.

• Provide in-depth review and editing support for donor proposals, concept notes, and reports to ensure alignment with partner priorities and UNDP quality standards.
• Support programme teams in the development of theories of change, log-frames, results frameworks, and budgets.
• Coordinate internal review processes for proposal submissions.

• Maintain an updated donor intelligence and engagement calendar covering Nairobi, Addis, Cairo, and relevant donor capitals.
• Monitor funding trends, donor strategies, and relevant trust funds.
• Serve as the primary relationship manager with selected bilateral partners and IFIs.
• Organize and support donor missions, technical meetings, and roundtables involving UNDP Sudan leadership.
• Coordinate development and dissemination of donor-focused communications and visibility materials.

• Liaise with RBAS, RBA, the Resilience Hub for Africa, and UNDP's global partnership and finance platforms.
• Identify and support the pursuit of sub-regional, multi-country, or cross-border funding opportunities.
• Track engagement with IFIs and emerging donors to identify new entry points and unlock financing.

• Lead the development and coordination of alternative resource mobilization approaches, including government cost-sharing, concessional loans, South-South and triangular cooperation, engagement with foundations, diaspora contributions, private sector partnerships, and innovative financing instruments.
• Work closely with relevant UNDP units such as the Sustainable Finance Hub, Private Sector Centre, and BERA to ensure strategic alignment of Sudan CO's diversified financing efforts.

• Provide regular updates to the Sudan CO on donor engagement progress, risks, and opportunities.
• Contribute to internal knowledge products, partnership lessons, and donor trends.
• Provide direct supervision and mentoring support to Partnership Analyst, based in the same Nairobi unit. Guide his/her gradual transition toward assuming a broader partnership portfolio, progressively enabling the Analyst to independently manage selected partner relationships and donor engagement activities.
• Build capacity among programme staff on donor requirements and proposal quality.

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