Partnerships and Advocacy Officer

Supports UNOPS as a National UN Volunteer to strengthen donor and stakeholder engagement for initiatives in Iran. The officer scans Iran’s political, economic and development context, maps donor priorities and funding mechanisms, supports outreach to United Nations agencies, NGOs and the private sector, develops donor-engagement proposals and materials, drafts funding documents and.

• Scan Iran political economic and development context for donor intelligence
• Map donor priorities and funding mechanisms for a resource-mobilization pipeline
• Support outreach and meetings with UN agencies NGOs and the private sector
• Pitch strategic donor-engagement opportunities
• Draft customized resource-mobilization materials presentations and articles
• Develop concept notes proposals factsheets and donor briefs
• Consolidate project data for donor outreach
• Synthesize business-development and donor-engagement lessons learned
• Support adherence to resource-mobilization procedures and knowledge networks

• Bachelor degree in international relations development or related field
• Partnership proposal-writing advocacy or communications experience
• English proficiency
• Iran development-landscape institutional and operating-environment awareness

• Persian
• Dari

• Donor Intelligence
• Partnerships
• Resource Mobilization
• Proposal Writing
• Advocacy
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Strategic Research
• Knowledge Management