Under the overall supervision of the Head of Partnerships Development Unit, the incumbent will be responsible for communication and reporting activities. Specific responsibilities and duties include but are not limited to:

Partnerships:

• Support in identifying funding/partnership opportunities within governments, UN agencies, bilateral and multilateral organizations, non-governmental organizations, foundations and the private sector,

• In conjunction with the Partnerships Specialist, develop expression of interests, concept notes and proposals for potential new projects and prepare budgets and costing for all new project proposals,

• Upload and maintain all files in the OneUNOPS system,

• Support in liaising with relevant HQ units and Afghanistan Country Office functional units to ensure all UNOPS internal controls are processes are adhered to,

• Support in the coordination and participate in meetings with donors and partners and produce high quality meeting minutes and action-oriented summaries,

• Conduct country specific research and analysis on donor and partners focus areas, funding cycles, processes and identify opportunities for Afghanistan Country Office project development,

• Support the Partnership Specialist in revisions of budgets, legal agreements, project scope and timelines as and when needed and in accordance with UNOPS internal controls and processes,

• Publication and sharing of information and knowledge with colleagues, clients and partners,

• Preparation of briefing materials as required for mission travel and/or discussion on project activities,

• Support the Partnerships Specialist and AFCO PDU, in engagements with potential partners,

• Update and maintain the tracking sheet and provide data on the Business Acquisition pipeline,

• Maintain up-to-date stakeholder profiles and partners databases.

Communications:

• Act as AFCO Communications Focal Point,

• Responsible for AFCO newsletter, intranet, current posts and other channels,

• Represent UNOPS at the UN Communications Group meetings,

• Develop AFCO visibility materials,

• Maintain up to date pictures library and provide support to project teams in producing good quality success stories.

Knowledge Management & Innovation:

• Implement standards, tools and templates provided by HQ to effectively manage partnership and project development within AFCO to enhance/maintain UNOPS effectiveness as a provider of project services for sustainable results.

• Contribute to the ongoing research, development and implementation of best practices and innovative approaches to maximise performance and sustain achievements in partnership and project development.

• Contribute to the dissemination of lessons learned and sharing of best practices for planning and knowledge building among partnership and project development colleagues. 

• Provide regular feedback on existing systems, tools and resources to ensure their relevance to day-to-day operations.

• Support projects’ teams to respond and resolve any incidents and other events that may affect projects’ implementation.