Partnership Specialist

Coordinates civil-society partnerships for the Spotlight Initiative Africa Regional Programme, operationalising its regional reference group and connecting UN Women, the African Union, regional communities and feminist, women-led and youth organisations around advocacy, accountability and learning.

Department: Liaison Office to the African Union and UNECA

• Operationalise and coordinate the Civil Society Regional Reference Group
• Organise regional meetings, consultations, workshops and stakeholder dialogues
• Build engagement with women-led, feminist, youth and civil-society networks
• Track partnership commitments, results and programme deliverables
• Prepare reports, briefings, presentations and donor-reporting inputs
• Maintain stakeholder maps, databases and partnership tracking tools
• Document lessons, good practices and programme achievements

• Relevant advanced university degree in gender and development, international development, public administration, public policy or another social science, or a first degree with two additional years of qualifying experience
• At least five years of experience in programme coordination, partnership management, advocacy and reporting on regional or international donor-funded projects
• Experience in gender equality and ending violence against women and girls
• Experience building partnerships with civil society, women-led organisations, feminist networks and youth groups
• Fluency in English

• National UN Volunteer assignment based in Addis Ababa for 365 days
• Assignment supports safeguarding, PSEA, anti-fraud and partnership-accountability standards