The Partnership Officer will primarily develop and coordinate strategic partnerships, focusing on collaboration, strategic alliances, and positioning AF within the broader climate finance architecture and adaptation finance landscape.
Responsibilities:
Contribute to the design of AF’s partnership engagement and action plan, including rigorous partner risk–opportunity analyses, definition of ways of engagements with the focus of positioning AF within the broader climate finance architecture and adaptation finance landscape.
Coordinate relationships with current and prospective partners over and beyond the AF implementing entities by maintaining partner profiles and tracking, assessment, and monitoring tools, segmented by category.
Serve as the primary focal point for inquiries from existing and potential partners identified within the relevant Secretariat units and programs; facilitate dialogue with partner counterparts; and coordinate across Secretariat teams, ensuring tailored engagement protocols by category (strategic/core, programmatic, project-level, knowledge/learning, outreach).
Plan and coordinate senior management engagement with partners by preparing briefs, talking points, and supporting materials.
Support the advancement of core partnerships with the UNFCCC and the vertical climate architecture, including multilateral climate funds and multilateral development banks; support mapping and advancing joint initiatives with academia, IFIs, UN agencies, foundations, CSOs, and the private sector, with AF focus on mobilizing resources for adaptation finance and scaling AF operations.
Produce partner briefings and reports and support AF teams by fostering learning, knowledge sharing, and collaboration, including category-specific dashboards (e.g., strategic partner scorecards, implementing partner performance summaries)
Perform other duties as required to achieve the role’s objectives.
Requirements:
Master's degree in public policy, international development, finance, economics, or a related field.
At least seven years of work experience in managing external relations, partnerships, possibly in climate adaptation
Good overall knowledge of the AF its mission and strategy, as well as with AF operations, policies and procedures.
Excellent written and spoken English. Fluency in another official World Bank language would be a plus.
Superior analytical skills.
Knowledge of climate international finance and position of AF in the international climate finance context.
Experience working with a wide range of stakeholders, NGOs, the private sector, development partners, and/or government agencies.
Ability to effectively interact with internal and external clients at all levels in a multicultural environment and to exercise judgment and discretion in dealing with sensitive matters. Ability to communicate technical information understandably and concisely to a nontechnical audience.
Good understanding of communication strategies, tools, and approaches relating reporting results and impact to increase AF's overall visibility.
Excellent sense of initiative, drive for results, and client orientation, coupled with strong planning and organizational skills.
