Implementing Partnership Management Specialist

UNICEF Vacancies

Summary of key functions/accountabilities:

• Support to implementing partnership management
• Quality assurance
• Analysis, monitoring and reporting
• Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building

1. Support to implementing partnership management

• Provide technical support to the country office in the formalization of implementing partnerships with government, civil society organizations and other implementing partners in line with relevant policies, procedures and guidelines, including the CSO Procedure and guidance on work plans.
• Provide technical and administrative support in the implementation of partnerships in line with the CSO policy and procedure and other relevant organizational policies, procedures and guidelines. This includes coordinating the preparation of CO annual assessments and assurance plan, facilitating its execution and coordinating with other adopting agencies as appropriate.
• Coordinate with and/or seek technical support from the Regional Office on implementation of the CSO procedures.

2. Quality assurance

• Contribute to the design of and implementation of quality assurance strategies/processes for the implementation of the CSO procedure. This includes processes to ensure that implementing partners are selected and assessed in accordance with the CSO procedure and that all documentation is in line with corporate standards as stipulated in the CSO procedure.
• Contribute to the design and implementation of quality assurance strategies/processes to ensure that assessments and assurance activities are undertaken in accordance with corporate terms of reference and guidance and that appropriate follow-up action and escalation steps are taken as needed.

3. Analysis, monitoring and reporting

• Using appropriate corporate tools and systems including InSight and e-Tools, report on status of implementation of partnerships management and identify high risk areas requiring special attention and/or support from the regional office.
• Monitor internal country office processes for formalizing implementing partnerships with CSOs to ensure that corporate timelines are adhered to, especially in humanitarian responses.
• Prepare reports for the country management team and regional office as may be required.

4. Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building

• Serve as the custodian of all implementing partnership documentation such as assessment and assurance reports, PCAs, SSFAs and programme documents, ensuring that they are adequately circulated in the office and properly archived.
• Design and implement capacity building strategy/initiatives for CO staff to ensure that CO staff are knowledgeable and comply with CSO procedures and other relevant corporate policies, procedures and guidance that impacts on implementing partnership management
• Design and implement capacity building initiatives for staff of implementing partners to ensure that they are knowledgeable on all aspects of partnering with UNICEF, with particular emphasis on the CSO procedures.
• Participate in country office ERM exercises to ensure that risks for implementing partnership management are identified and mitigation measures put in place.

The Implementing Partnership Management Specialist is responsible for providing technical and administrative support to ensure quality, effective and efficient management of implementing partnerships in the country office in line with respective operational policies, procedures and mainstreaming of risk-based implementing partnership management at the CO level. The IP Management Specialist is also responsible for providing technical support and guidance to the 5 field offices in support of decentralization.

If you would like to know more about this position, please review the complete Job Description here: AFG27002 Implementing Partnership Management Specialist_NOC_ PMD_Kabul_GJP.doc

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

Minimum requirements:

• Education: Master (Advanced University Degree) in International Development, Development Studies, Business Administration, Finance, Economics, Public Administration, Projects Evaluation and Management, or Project management is required.
• Work

Experience

• A minimum of five years of professional experience in one or more of the following areas is required: Programme Development/ Management, Financial Planning and Management, Implementing Partnership Management.
• Skills: Reporting, Presentation Tools, Drafting briefs, Knowledge Management, Capacity Building, Analytical skills are required.
• Language

Requirements

• English - Proficient/Fluent level is required.

Desirables:

• Language: Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language will be an asset.

• Experience in humanitarian contexts and/or developing country contexts, partnership monitoring, due diligence, eTools, UN Partner Portal, VISION (SAP), Partner Reporting Portal is desirable.

• Relevant experience at country level, particularly in development, fragile settings and humanitarian contexts is an asset.

• For every Child, you demonstrate...

• UNICEF's Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values

• UNICEF competencies required for this post are…

• (1) Builds and maintains partnerships

• (2) Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness

• (3) Drive to achieve results for impact

• (4) Innovates and embraces change

• (5) Manages ambiguity and complexity

• (6) Thinks and acts strategically

• (7) Works collaboratively with others

• Familiarize yourself with our competency framework and its different levels.

• UNICEF promotes and advocates for the protection of the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything it does and is mandated to support the realization of the rights of every child, including those most disadvantaged, and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, minority, or any other status.

• UNICEF encourages applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, nationality, religious or ethnic backgrounds, and from people with disabilities, including neurodivergence. We offer a wide range of benefits to our staff, including paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF provides reasonable accommodation throughout the recruitment process. If you require any accommodation, please submit your request through the accessibility email button on the UNICEF Careers webpage Accessibility | UNICEF. Should you be shortlisted, please get in touch with the recruiter directly to share further details, enabling us to make the necessary arrangements in advance.

• UNICEF does not hire candidates who are married to children (persons under 18). UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority, discrimination, fraud, corruption and other forms of serious misconduct.