Partnerships Senior Officer

UNOPS Myanmar is one of UNOPS’ leading offices in Asia, acting as fund manager for some of the largest development programmes in the country. In addition, UNOPS is the Principal Recipient for the Global Fund in Myanmar and for the Global Fund’s regional artemisinin-resistance initiative towards the elimination of Malaria, which works to accelerate progress toward malaria elimination in the Greater Mekong sub-region. UNOPS provides procurement, infrastructure, and project management services to a wide range of organisations in the country, including international development partners, other UN agencies, NGOs, and INGOs. UNOPS plays a critical role in ensuring that the quality of services provided to its partners meets stringent requirements of speed, efficiency and cost effectiveness.

Access to Health Fund

The Access to Health Fund aims to improve Health outcomes for vulnerable populations in conflict-affected areas of Myanmar. The Fund works to increase people’s access to health-services (maternal, newborn and child health, combating HIV and AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria) and to strengthen health systems.

The Access to Health Fund is a multi-donor Fund and the Fund also receives contributions from one private sector contributor and multilateral funding institutions. The Fund is managed by the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS). Access to Health prioritizes meeting health needs of vulnerable and underserved populations in conflict-affected and hard-to-reach areas and strengthening local health systems.

Under the direct supervision of the Senior Program Manager, the Partnerships Senior Officer will analyse, develop, and implement partnership and programme development plan as well as coordinate communications tasks and assist the Senior Program Manager as needed in donor and implementing partner relations.

Reporting, Communications, Information and Knowledge Management

• Coordinate, prepare, analyse, and quality control programme-specific annual and progress reporting requirements and coordinate these reports with the Access to Health Fund overall reports (content, writing, editing, layout, publishing) to deadline and specifications 

• Manage the delivery of other donor reporting requirements including ad hoc requests

• Oversee communications activities, manage visibility, advocacy and communications products in coordination with Communications Team of the Fund

• Maintain relations with donors through regular communication and reporting, necessary change requests to partners and ensure synergies between related aspects of the Access to Health Fund and other stakeholders, including close coordination and support for the Fund Director’s Office. 

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

Project initiation, implementation, and closure

• Undertake project readiness and project initiation activities, implementation and closure including coordination with relevant partners and UNOPS personnel.

• Coordinate with the Programme Team and development partners to produce project deliverables in a quality and timely manner, support information sharing, and ensure alignment and synergies across Access to Health Fund projects

• Support the implementation of safeguarding requirements, ensuring compliance with donor requirements and UNOPS rules and regulations.

• Work on UNOPS-internal project management systems, tools and oversight requirements, including but not limited to development of risk register, including identifying and mitigating risks to support implementation of project activities and progress towards programme outcomes. 

Coordination and Partnerships

• On behalf of the relevant representative, participate in and report on the relevant inter-agency and donor coordination meetings, coordinate with relevant UN agencies, international organisations, and international financial institutions on project implementation including through project coordination and oversight platforms.

• In support of the Senior Programme Manager, establish and further develop partnerships with relevant UN agencies, international organisations, and international financial institutions to diversify project opportunities.

• Identify, raise, and develop opportunities for new projects including support to the project development process in coordination with stakeholders from partners, other UN agencies, and UNOPS.

• Work closely with Programme and Strategy colleagues to ensure coordination, information sharing, alignment and synergies across Access to Health Fund geographies and thematic areas

• Coordinate programme visits and monitoring

• Keep the Access to Health Fund and its key partners abreast of developments in the relevant geographic area

Education:

• Master’s degree preferably in relevant fields such as communication, international relations, public/media relations, Business Administration, Public Administration, international development or any other related field is required. 

• A Bachelor's Degree preferably in the above fields in combination with 2 additional years of relevant experience may be accepted in lieu of the Master’s Degree.

• Minimum of two (2) years of experience in communications, programme management,coordination, or similar fields is required.

• Excellent English writing and editing skills are required.

• Experience in report writing is required. 

• Experience in project management and coordinations is an asset.

• Experience in donor relations including the World Bank or other international financial institutions is an asset.

• Previous relevant work experience such as  journalism/press, public health, public/media relations, marketing, international relations, writing/editing (including grant/proposal writing), research or any other related fields is required.

• Previous working experience in a similar position with UN, NGO or private organisations would be an asset.

• Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (e.g. MS Office newer versions, Google Suite Applications) is required.

• Fluency in both written and spoken English is a strong requirement.

Contract type:  International Individual Contractor Agreement
Contract level: IICA1 / ICS9
Contract duration: Open-ended (subject to organizational requirements, availability of funds, and satisfactory performance)

• Please note that UNOPS does not accept unsolicited resumes.

• Applications received after the closing date will not be considered.

• Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process, which involves various assessments.

• UNOPS embraces diversity and is committed to equal employment opportunity. Our workforce consists of many diverse nationalities, cultures,  languages, races, gender identities, sexual orientations, and abilities. UNOPS seeks to sustain and strengthen this diversity to ensure equal opportunities as well as an inclusive working environment for its entire workforce. 

• Qualified women and candidates from groups which are underrepresented in the UNOPS workforce are encouraged to apply. These include in particular candidates from racialized and/or indigenous groups, members of minority gender identities and sexual orientations, and people with disabilities.

• We would like to ensure all candidates perform at their best during the assessment process.  If you are shortlisted and require additional assistance to complete any assessment, including reasonable accommodation, please inform our human resources team when you receive an invitation.

Terms and Conditions 

• For staff positions only, UNOPS reserves the right to appoint a candidate at a lower level than the advertised level of the post. 

• For retainer contracts, you must complete a few Mandatory Courses (they take around 4 hours to complete) in your own time, before providing services to UNOPS. For more information on a retainer contract here.

• All UNOPS personnel are responsible for performing their duties in accordance with the UN Charter and UNOPS Policies and Instructions, as well as other relevant accountability frameworks. In addition, all personnel must demonstrate an understanding of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in a manner consistent with UN core values and the UN Common Agenda.

• It is the policy of UNOPS to conduct background checks on all potential personnel. Recruitment in UNOPS is contingent on the results of such checks.