Partnership and Mobilization Support Officer

Under the general guidance of the UNV Regional Manager and immediate supervision of the Regional Portfolio Analyst, the Partnership and Mobilization support officer will undertake the following tasks:

1- Business development for volunteer mobilization and placement to support the emergency response (40%)

• Liaise with targeted UN agencies ( UNDP, RCO, WHO, UNICEF, OCHA, UNHCR, WFP, UNICEF, IOM, OHCHR, UNFPA, etc.) in Moldova involved in the Ukraine re-sponse to ensure an understanding of UNV’s mandate, key offers and the added value that UN Volunteer assignments bring in support to the achievement of their respective mandates during the emergency;

• Identify volunteer placement opportunities and present UNV value proposition and volunteer modalities with the objective of maximizing international and national volunteer presence, including collaboration in the preparation of descriptions of assignment, with partner agencies and other partners in the three assigned countries Moldova, Romania and Bulgaria;

• Support the Regional Office in building strategic partnerships with UN entities for the Ukraine response by identifying relevant entry points for UNV’s mobilization of volun-teers based on the development challenges and priorities in Moldova, Romania and Bulgaria;

• Ensure UNV positioning in relevant emergency response offers, Response planning processes, regional and country response strategic documents, country emergency task forces and assessments to identify opportunities for volunteers and volunteer placement;

• Leverage the value added of UNV’s impact on development through its products and services, to identify niches for UNV’s positioning during the emergency;

• Ensure quality and accuracy of comprehensive UN Volunteer data, including analysis of political and socio-economic issues and trends in Ukraine and its neighboring countries;

• Manage a portfolio of countries as defined by the Regional Manager in accurate forecasting and demand generation, monitoring of assignments and contract extension negotiation (securing funding), mediation in volunteer management cases and compliance with workplans and delegated authority. 2- Advocacy, Partnership building and demand generation in the emergency response (30%)

• Support UNV ROECIS team to develop, strengthen and monitor relationships with the UN partners as well as with VSOs, CSOs, NGOs, universities, community organizations and other partners to better respond to the Ukraine emergency;

• Assist the Regional Portoflio Analyst to develop and sustain ways of working in countries without UNV Field Units to support volunteer mobilization around neighboring countries of Ukraine;

• In coordination with UNV Sections, assist the Regional Office in building partnerships with UN organizations including regional entities and field-based organizations to identify opportunities and promote UNV and volunteer mobilization;

• Participate, as requested, in relevant fora and inter-agency meetings and events in Ukraine and its neighboring countries to seize opportunities for volunteer mobilization;

• Participate in the development and inclusion of volunteer solutions for UN partners and other stakeholders’ initiatives. 3- Emergency response coordination at corporate level (30%)

• In liaison with UNV Sections, support the Regional Manager and Portfolio team in the emergency response coordination efforts with UNV HQ;

• Develop and implement UNV emergency response plan in line with HQ and ROECIS priorities; • Analyze and propose strategic solutions in the implementation of emergency responses;

• Gather daily updates, response developments from UN entities interventions in target-ed countries and share relevant updates to ROECIS and HQ;

• Support the ROECIS Regional Manager and the Portfolio Team in responding to high priority actions/requests from HQ senior management on the humanitarian response to Ukraine with volunteer mobilization targets, timely and quality delivery of outputs and accuracy and quality of reporting to senior management. Expected Results

• At least 140 UN volunteers are mobilized within one calendar year in the assigned countries Moldova, Romania and Bulgaria combined;

• Partnerships with targeted UN entities (UNDP, RCO, WHO, UNICEF, OCHA, UNHCR, WFP, UNICEF, IOM, OHCHR, UNFPA are strengthened;

• Recommendations on partners engagement and are clearly elaborated and shared with relevant sections at HQ and with top management;

• Updates, developments on UNV response are shared with HQ senior management as per the set deadlines;

• UNV solutions are reflected in the regional, country response offers to Ukraine;

• Strategies on volunteer mobilization and lessons learned in emergency response are properly documented and archived.