Partnerships Analyst, Tunis, Tunisia

## Partnerships Analyst, Tunis, Tunisia - Organization:UNOPS - United Nations Office for Project Services Position Title:Partnerships Analyst Job Category:Partnerships Duty Station(s):Tunis Seniority Level:Associate Contract Type:ICA - LICA - Specialist - Regular Contract Level:LICA 8 Posting Start Date:01-Sep-2026 Posting End Date:15-Sep-2026 This is an exceptional opportunity to contribute to UNOPS' strategic growth and impact across North Africa and the Indian Ocean SIDS. The role offers exposure to high-level partnership development, resource mobilization, and project formulation, allowing for significant professional growth within a leading UN organization focused on sustainable development. The UNOPS Africa Regional Office, based in Nairobi, Kenya, oversees the delivery of over 250 projects across 40 countries, with a focus on fragile and conflict-affected settings. Supported by more than 1,000 personnel across five multi-country offices—spanning North, West, Central, Eastern and Southern Africa, and the Horn of Africa—the office advances national priorities through strategic initiatives in Climate Action, Health, Infrastructure, Peace and Security, Middle-Income Country Support, and Small Island Developing States (SIDS). The Regional Office provides strategic leadership, operational support, and oversight in key areas including Partnerships, Communications, Management and Oversight, Infrastructure and Project Management, Health and Safety, and Security. By promoting excellence in project delivery, fostering knowledge sharing, and driving continuous improvement, the office contributes to sustainable infrastructure, transparent resource management, and a better quality of life for communities across the continent. About the Country/Multi-Country Office Based in Tunis, the North Africa Multi-Country Office (NAMCO) oversees operations in Algeria, Egypt, Libya, and Morocco, delivering project management, financial services, infrastructure, procurement, and human resources support. With active project offices in Morocco and Libya, NAMCO works in close partnership with governments, NGOs, and international financial institutions to advance socio-economic development across the region. NAMCO's portfolio spans health, justice, climate action, and environmental preservation, while promoting youth and women's empowerment through improved access to education and employment opportunities. Key initiatives include: supplying digital learning materials for Tunisian schools (World Bank), supporting Tunisia's national development plan (AICS), enhancing maritime border management (EU), delivering high-tech health equipment to 75 hospitals (World Bank), supporting resilient agriculture in Libya (IFAD), and advancing vocational training in Morocco (KOICA). NAMCO's work contributes directly to inclusive growth and progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Partnerships Analyst will support and contribute to the development of new projects, partnership development, resource mobilization, and the strategic positioning of UNOPS across the Multi-Country Office countries. The incumbent will play an active role in identifying and developing business opportunities, cultivating relationships with partners and donors, advancing the resource mobilization pipeline, and supporting the Office's strategic positioning with key stakeholders. Functions / Key Results Expected Under the global leadership of the Multi-Country Office Director, and under the direct supervision of the Partnerships and Communication Team Lead, the Partnerships Analyst will support and contribute to the development of new projects, partnership development, resource mobilization and the strategic positioning of UNOPS across the Multi-Country Office countries. The incumbent will play an active role in identifying and developing business opportunities, cultivating relationships with partners and donors, advancing the resource mobilization pipeline, and supporting the Office's strategic positioning with key stakeholders. The incumbent will have strong organizational, analytical and communication skills, a proven ability to work effectively under pressure and in challenging environments, and demonstrated ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with a diverse range of partners and stakeholders. The position will work across the following key focus are: 1. Project Development and Positioning of UNOPS - Identify and assess potential project and business opportunities aligned with UNOPS' mandate, strategic priorities and areas of comparative advantage. - Analyse development priorities, government programmes, donor strategies, investment priorities and emerging needs to identify opportunities for UNOPS engagement and positioning. - Lead, as assigned, the development of expressions of interest, concept notes, capacity statements, proposals, logical frameworks and other project development documents for prospective engagements. - Coordinate with internal teams and prospective partners to clarify project requirements, develop project concepts and formulate initial project requests. - Develop high-level estimates of project scope, effort and costs and consolidate the technical, financial and contextual information required for project development. - Contribute to the positioning of UNOPS as an implementation partner by articulating relevant UNOPS capabilities, operational experience and project management expertise in response to partner priorities. - Prepare substantive partner profiles, opportunity assessments, background analyses, briefing notes, talking points and presentations for project development discussions, strategic meetings and missions. - Participate in discussions with prospective partners and stakeholders and ensure systematic follow-up of opportunities, commitments and agreed next steps. - Maintain and analyse information on prospective projects, opportunities and partner intelligence to support the development and prioritization of the project pipeline. 2. Partnerships and Resource Mobilization - Identify, map and assess funding and partnership opportunities with governments, UN entities, bilateral and multilateral donors, international financial institutions, multilateral development banks, foundations, NGOs, civil society and the private sector. - Contribute substantively to the implementation of the Multi-Country Office's partnership and resource mobilization priorities, including the identification, qualification and advancement of opportunities through the pipeline. - Develop and maintain a structured overview of key partners, donor priorities, funding cycles, funding mechanisms, partnership modalities and emerging funding opportunities. - Build and maintain effective working relationships with existing and prospective partners and support targeted engagement based on identified opportunities and shared priorities. - Prepare and coordinate substantive inputs for donor and partner meetings, strategic missions, consultations and other resource mobilization activities. - Coordinate the development and follow-up of partnership opportunities from initial identification through project formulation and, where relevant, engagement approval. - Support the negotiation and refinement of project and partnership documentation within the scope of the role and in coordination with relevant internal stakeholders. - Coordinate the preparation and consolidation of project documentation, budgets, legal agreements and other information required for the development and review of new engagements. - Contribute to the quality assurance of new engagements by reviewing the completeness, consistency and quality of information and facilitating the required internal reviews, clearances and approvals. - Monitor and analyse the resource mobilization pipeline, identify bottlenecks and opportunities, and provide regular updates and recommendations to the Partnerships and Communicati