Director Partnerships and Development

Hosted Entities SEforALL
Job categories Leadership, Partnerships, Programme Management
Vacancy code VA/2024/B5007/28990
Level ICS-12
Department/office GPO, GVA, Geneva
Duty station Vienna, Austria
Contract type International ICA
Contract level IICA-4
Duration Ongoing, subject to organizational requirements
Application period 07-Nov-2024 to 24-Nov-2024


Applications to vacancies must be received before midnight Copenhagen time (CET) on the closing date of the announcement.

Please note that UNOPS will at no stage of the recruitment process request candidates to make payments of any kind.


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UNOPS hosts Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) Secretariat/Programme in Vienna, Austria. Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) is an independent organization with a global mandate to accelerate progress on the energy transition in emerging and developing countries. We work at the intersection of energy, climate, and development. We collaborate with governments and partners worldwide to end energy poverty, accelerate the deployment of renewable energy solutions, and combat climate change.

Our vision is a world where everyone, everywhere, can lead a dignified life on a healthy planet, powered by sustainable energy. We promote this vision by pushing for higher ambitions, stronger policies, greater finance flows, increased localization and green jobs, and faster results toward an energy transition that leaves no one behind.

Former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon launched the Sustainable Energy for All initiative in 2011. Since then, our CEO has served as the UN Secretary-General's Special Representative for Sustainable Energy for All and Co-Chair of UN-Energy.

This role leads the Partnerships and Development team. The Partnerships & Development team is responsible for developing partnerships and all aspects of securing resources for the organization’s work from the donor community including governments, multilateral agencies, philanthropies, corporations and individuals. The team identifies prospective donors, initiates and advances funding conversations, writes proposals and grants, manages negotiations with donors and oversees contracting. The team is also responsible for grant management and donor relations, including financial tracking and reporting to ensure deliverables are met and funds are expended in line with donor expectations, particularly towards stewardship of major donors and nurturing and securing repeat donors. The programme focuses on securing funding at the seven and eight-figure (USD) level, with the exception of events sponsorships that can be in the five to six-figure range.

The main objectives of the Partnerships & Development team are to:

  • Secure financial and in-kind resources to enable the delivery of the organization’s strategy and annual work plan;

  • Mobilize resources for the organization’s joint initiatives with strategic partnerships (jointly with partners);

  • Manage relationships and communications with the organization’s current and prospective funders and fundraising partners, including contracting, reporting, and outreach, including through the Funders Council and Leadership Council processes;

  • Manage all grants, including tracking against expenditures and deliverables and providing financial and narrative reporting to funders, and;

  • Ensure the organization’s strategy, business plan, work plans, systems and partnerships are designed and articulated appropriately to attract, cultivate and manage funders.




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UNOPS – an operational arm of the United Nations – supports the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by successfully implementing its partners’ peacebuilding, humanitarian and development projects around the world.

Our mission is to help people build better lives and countries achieve peace and sustainable development.

We are proud of our people. The UNOPS family brings together approximately 160 nationalities, represented by over 5,000 UNOPS personnel as well as some 7,800 personnel recruited on behalf on our partners. Spread across 80 countries, our workforce is rich in diversity and culture – with inclusion at its core.

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