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For every child, the right to Opportunity

Asia and the Pacific Regional Office (APRO) works to strengthen UNICEF’s position as a partner of choice for children’s rights among governments, regional groupings, and international financial institutions. The Regional Office is doing this by positioning children’s rights in the intergovernmental and multilateral environment and by engaging with Governments, UN systems, Regional Intergovernmental bodies, International Financial Institutions (IFIs), and Academic Institutions (World Bank, Asia Development Bank, Islamic Development Bank, AIIB, European Union, ASEAN, PIF, and others).

How can you make a difference?

NEST is an innovative multi-stakeholder partnership designed to transform early childhood development (ECD) outcomes across the East Asia-Pacific region through strategic investments, capacity building, and the generation and use of timely, contextualised evidence on what works. By addressing critical gaps in funding, implementation capacity, and evidence-based decision-making, NEST catalyzes sustainable improvements in ECD policies and programmes, benefiting millions of children during their early years.

NEST is a regional innovation built for long-term sustainability through government adoption and partner support. Its success depends on strong leadership, disciplined execution, and proactive engagement across partners, donors, and governments.

As a complex, multi-stakeholder partnership, NEST requires strong central leadership to translate vision into action. This includes driving resource mobilization, coordinating multiple workstreams, establishing effective governance, and ensuring operational excellence.

To meet these needs, NEST requires a Partnerships Manager (NEST Secretariat & Coordination) who will act as the operational backbone and delivery lead for the initiative. This role is not administrative; it is a managerial and results-driven position responsible for making NEST happen.

The purpose of this assignment is to lead, manage, and operationalize NEST, ensuring that strategic priorities are translated into funded, well-coordinated, and measurable actions. The Manager will be accountable for driving implementation, mobilizing resources, enabling effective governance, and ensuring that NEST delivers tangible results on time and to standard.

Under the direct supervision of the Partnerships Manager of APRO, The Partnerships Manager (NEST Secretariat & Coordination) will have end-to-end responsibility for NEST’s day-to-day functioning and strategic execution, across four core pillars:

Strategic Leadership & Delivery Management
Resource Mobilization & External Engagement
Partnership Coordination & Secretariat Management
Governance, Financial Oversight & Reporting

If you would like to know more about this position, please review the complete Job Description here: Download File JD Partnerships Manager, P-4, Temporary Position, Asia Pacific Regional Office, Bangkok, 364 days, Regnl Services-Public Partnerships,Bangk, #00138266.pdf

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

Minimum requirements:

Education: Master's in social science, Public Administration, International Development, project or programme management, organizational development, or any other related fields.
Work Experience: Minimum 8 years of progressively responsible experience in Programme Management, partnership coordination, secretariat leadership, or similar roles. Demonstrated experience working with multi-stakeholder initiatives, donors, and government counterparts. Proven track record in resource mobilization, partnership management, and operational delivery. Experience in ECD, social development, or regional initiatives. and any other related fields.
Skills: Strong leadership, execution, and problem-solving skills. Excellent stakeholder engagement, diplomacy, and influencing abilities. Outstanding written and verbal communication skills. High level of organizational discipline and attention to detail. Ability to manage complexity, ambiguity, and competing priorities. Proficiency in digital collaboration and project management tools.
Language Requirements: Proficiency in English is required.

Desirables:

Language: Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language
Relevant experience at country level, particularly in development, fragile settings and humanitarian contexts.

For every Child, you demonstrate...

UNICEF's Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values

UNICEF competencies required for this post are…

(1) Builds and maintains partnerships
(2) Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness
(3) Drive to achieve results for impact
(4) Innovates and embraces change
(5) Manages ambiguity and complexity
(6) Thinks and acts strategically
(7) Works collaboratively with others

Familiarize yourself with our competency framework and its different levels.

UNICEF promotes and advocates for the protection of the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything it does and is mandated to support the realization of the rights of every child, including those most disadvantaged, and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, minority, or any other status.

UNICEF encourages applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, nationality, religious or ethnic backgrounds, and from people with disabilities, including neurodivergence. We offer a wide range of benefits to our staff, including paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF provides reasonable accommodation throughout the recruitment process. If you require any accommodation, please submit your request through the accessibility email button on the UNICEF Careers webpage Accessibility | UNICEF. Should you be shortlisted, please get in touch with the recruiter directly to share further details, enabling us to make the necessary arrangements in advance.

UNICEF does not hire candidates who are married to children (persons under 18). UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination based on gender, nationality, age, race, sexual orientation, religious or ethnic background or disabilities. UNICEF is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check, and selected candidates with disabilities may be requested to submit supporting documentation in relation to their disability confidentially.

UNICEF appointments are subject to medical clearance. Issuance of a visa by the host country of the duty station is required for IP positions and will be facilitated by UNICEF. Appointments are conditional on the selected candidates willingness to comply with current or future vaccination requirements, should UNICEF mandate it for personnel. Failure to comply with such requirements, where applicable and without a duly approved medical exemption from the relevant UN authority, will result in the cancellation of the selection or may lead to other administrative measures, including separation from service.

Remarks:

As per Article 101, paragraph 3, of the Charter of the United Nations, the paramount consideration in the employment of the staff is the necessity of securing the highest standards of efficiency, competence, and integrity.

UNICEF is committed to fostering an inclusive, representative, and welcoming workforce. For this position, eligible and suitable candidates are encouraged to apply.

Government employees who are considered for employment with UNICEF are normally required to resign from their government positions before taking up an assignment with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the right to withdraw an offer of appointment, without compensation, if a visa or medical clearance is not obtained, or necessary inoculation requirements are not met, within a reasonable period for any reason.

UNICEF does not charge a processing fee at any stage of its recruitment, selection, and hiring processes (i.e., application stage, interview stage, validation stage, or appointment and training). UNICEF will not ask for applicants' bank account information.

Mobility is a condition of international professional employment with UNICEF and an underlying premise of the international civil service.

Humanitarian action is a cross-cutting priority within UNICEF's Strategic Plan. UNICEF is committed to stay and deliver in humanitarian contexts. Therefore, all staff, at all levels across all functional areas, can be called upon to be deployed to support humanitarian response, contributing to both strengthening resilience of communities and capacity of national authorities.

All UNICEF positions are advertised, and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process. An internal candidate performing at the level of the post in the relevant functional area, or an internal/external candidate in the corresponding Talent Group, may be selected, if suitable for the post, without assessment of other candidates.

Additional information about working for UNICEF can be found here.

Partnerships Manager, P-4, Temporary Position, 364 days, #00138266, Bangkok Regional office - Thailand, APR RO