Partnerships Specialist, P-3, TA, (6 Months), #137435, Kinshasa, Dem. Rep. of Congo - WCAR

## Partnerships Specialist, P-3, TA, (6 Months), #137435, Kinshasa, Dem. Rep. of Congo - WCAR

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**Contract type:** Temporary Appointment
**Duty Station:** Kinshasa
**Location:** Democratic Republic of Congo
**Categories:** Partnerships

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The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is responding to its 17th Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak, confirmed in May 2026 and affecting Ituri, North Kivu, and South Kivu provinces. The situation remains complex and evolving, with transmission occurring in both community and health-care settings. Response efforts are led by national authorities in a context shaped by health system limitations, logistical constraints, insecurity, displacement, and diverse community perceptions influencing health-seeking behaviors.

UNICEF supports the Government through a multi-sectoral approach, focusing on community engagement, surveillance, infection prevention, and the continuity of essential services for vulnerable populations.

This context requires strong coordination, adaptability, and cultural sensitivity to support effective and equitable response efforts, particularly for children and at-risk communities.

**How can you make a difference?**

Under the direction of the Partnerships Manager, the Partnership Specialist will support the UNICEF DRC country office in scaling up resource mobilization, reprogramming and reporting efforts to respond to the crisis. The Partnerships Specialist will provide strategic advice and technical guidance and support to humanitarian fundraising and growth of quality resources from public and private sectors.

**Major duties and key responsibilities:**

1. Proposal Development and Grant Management
2. Resource Mobilization and Donor Engagement
3. Strategic Coordination, Partnerships and Communications

If you would like to know more about this position, please review the complete Job Description here: 01-ToR Partnerships Specialist, P3 TA -Kinshasa.docx

**To qualify as a champion for every child you will have…**

***Minimum requirements:***

- **Education:** An advanced university degree is required in one of the following fields: international relations, political science, communications, international development, or another relevant technical field.
- **Work Experience**: A minimum of five years of professional experience in one or more of the following areas is required: public affairs, programme management, resource mobilization, external relations, private sector engagement, or other relevant areas. Experience in Emergency settings (preparedness and response) required.
- **Skills:**
- Experience gained in a humanitarian, emergency, or public-health-emergency setting.
- Experience supporting an active outbreak or emergency response (e.g., Ebola, cholera, measles, mpox, displacement, or a declared L2/L3 emergency), preferably in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or comparable fragile, conflict-affected, and resource-constrained environments.
- Experience working with and/or through counterparts (Government and decentralized authorities, UN agencies, cluster and coordination mechanisms, implementing partners) to deliver measurable results in insecure or hard-to-reach areas.
- **Language Requirements:** Fluency in French and English is required.

***Desirables:***

1. 1. Language: Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, Russian or Spanish) or a local language
2. Ebola, DRC, humanitarian, emergency, public health emergency
3. Relevant experience at country level, particularly in development, fragile settings and humanitarian contexts.

**For every Child, you demonstrate...**

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