Partnerships Officer

The UN Resident Coordinator Office in Damascus seeks a Partnerships Officer to coordinate UN Country Team partnerships for Sustainable Development Goal achievement. The officer will support partnership and resource-mobilisation plans, liaise with government, civil society and private-sector partners, develop financing initiatives, and build evidence and reporting that improve SDG coordination.

• Support implementation and monitoring of the UN Partnership Strategy
• Coordinate UN entities and external stakeholders to define partnership opportunities
• Identify partnership risks and support due diligence on investment opportunities
• Develop resource-mobilisation initiatives and analyse funding relationships
• Support country-based SDG Fund management and joint programme design
• Prepare briefings and partnership engagement for financing for development
• Maintain donor knowledge and analyse effective partnership models
• Collect and present data through graphs, charts, tables and reports

• Advanced university degree in business or public administration, sustainable development, social sciences, education or a related area
• At least five years of progressively responsible experience in partnerships, project or programme management, resource mobilisation or development cooperation
• Experience developing strategic partnerships with United Nations, government, private sector or civil society organisations
• Experience designing and implementing partnerships
• Experience in resource mobilisation strategies including private-sector financing and microfinance
• Experience preparing project or programme proposals
• Fluency in English and Arabic
• Syrian nationality

• Completion of degree or non-degree programmes in data analytics, business analytics or data science
• Experience of inclusion strategies promoting gender equality
• Experience in UN interagency coordination
• Experience promoting knowledge management in development cooperation
• Experience supporting financing of the SDGs
• Two or more years of data analytics experience

• Partnership development
• Resource mobilisation
• Private-sector financing
• Stakeholder liaison
• SDG financing
• Knowledge management

• Data visualisation methods

• National Professional Officer position open to Syrian nationals