Regional Private Sector Partnerships Specialist

Leads private-sector partnership and resource-mobilization work across Sub-Saharan Africa for IOM. The specialist develops regional strategies, builds high-value corporate and philanthropic relationships, advances blended-finance models, strengthens country-office capacity and measures portfolio impact.

Department: Private Sector Partnerships Division, Regional Office Nairobi

• Design regional and cross-border partnership strategies for private-sector engagement
• Build and steward partnerships with companies, foundations, development banks and philanthropists
• Develop blended-finance and multi-stakeholder models supporting migration outcomes
• Lead regional private-sector fundraising and resource-mobilization efforts
• Analyse philanthropy, impact-investment and diaspora-finance trends
• Train and advise country offices on partnership structuring, proposals and due diligence
• Maintain peer-learning networks and document scalable partnership models
• Monitor partnership indicators and produce portfolio reviews, impact briefs and progress reports

• Master’s degree in marketing, communications, business administration, social sciences, international relations, management, development studies or a related field with five years of relevant experience, or a bachelor’s degree with seven years
• At least five years of successful private-sector partnership building and financial resource mobilization from corporations and philanthropic foundations
• Strong experience fundraising and building private-sector partnerships in Africa
• Experience with corporate social responsibility, environmental social and governance frameworks and corporate-recognition programmes
• Experience developing long-term partner relationships across geographies and sectors
• Fluency in English and French

• Special short-term graded appointment of up to nine months
• Role supports both West and Central Africa and East, Horn and Southern Africa