Partnership Officer at African Union (AU)

Major Duties and Responsibilities

The Partnership Officer shall:

• Build and maintain effective relationships with member states, UN agencies, and other partners, in order to keep them informed on important, strategic operational Africa CDC issues
• Prepare and provide information for member states and other partners on the strategy, design, relevance and impact of programmes, to advocate the work of Africa CDC
• Provide technical expertise on partner and member state engagement issues and manage outreach to relevant stakeholders
• Work with other relevant stakeholder representatives to manage multi-country networking and opportunity
• Ensure on-going stakeholder engagement, especially the internal coordination of existing resource partners
• Support the resources mobilization (including but not limited to financial) from private sector and other partners
• Identify emerging opportunities for partnership, assess their current usage and potential for future collaboration and vet potential partnership
• Identifying best practices and lessons learned directly linked to resource mobilization and partnership-building activities
• Undertake and keep continuously analysis of donor funding streams and priorities in order to formulate a donor pipeline and strategically target donors and partners for engagement
• Work closely with programme staff to identify funding gaps, prioritize fundraising needs and set fundraising targets
• Revise and improve the resource mobilization & partnership development strategy and action plans
• Support the development of:
  • funding proposals as per action plan targets,
  • concept notes as per action plan targets,
  • background materials and content for donor and partnership outreach,
  • Meeting schedule and minutes with potential partners and donors
• Represent Africa CDC in a professional manner, which creates a positive image and enhances the credibility of the organisation
• Perform any other COVID-19 vaccination related activities as requested by the supervisor

Qualifications and Skills required

• Bachelor’s Degree in Development Studies, Finance, Economics, Business, International Relations, Public Policy, Strategic Management or International Development or an equivalent discipline and 5 years of relevant work experience.

Or

• Master’s Degree in Development Studies, Finance, Economics, Business, International Relations, Public Policy, Strategic Management or International Development or an equivalent discipline and 2 years of relevant work experience.