Regional Partnerships Adviser - Asia & Pacific (APAC Volunteer)

Position Title: Regional Partnerships Adviser

Location: APAC (Remote)

Category: FTA International

Level: S4

Duration: Two Years (Renewable)

Supervisor/Report to: IYF Regional Director, APAC

Job type: Part-time (voluntary)

The Fédération Internationale de la Jeunesse, in English the International Youth Federation (IYF), is an international non-profit youth organization network governed by the present Statutes and the Swiss Civil Code. It is politically neutral and non-denominational, aiming to empower youth worldwide.

The IYF is a global youth network, an organization advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to empower young people across the world. IYF works in over 50 countries and territories, helping to achieve youth empowerment and improve the status of youth.

Under the overall direction and guidance of IYF Regional Director, the Regional Partnerships Adviser supports and promotes the partnership approach in the assigned region, including conducting an analysis and assessment of current partners and partnership opportunities across the region. This role will be to strengthen IYF’s ability to deliver on partnerships along the IYF Partnership Framework and programme priorities.

Mission Statement

To voluntarily represent, positively promote, and uphold the mission of “Empowering youth for a better world” in various programs and opportunities throughout the IYF interventions across member countries.

Responsibilities

(A) Supports the development of/and provides advice to corporate and regional partnership and resource mobilization strategies:

• In collaboration with the IYF Regional Administration team, identify regional partnership priorities as input to the design and development of regional partnership strategies;
• Set and monitor regional partnership priorities, goals, and key performance indicators (KPIs) in line with the partnership and resource mobilization strategies;
• Support resource mobilization response for activities in member countries within the Region by working closely with IYF International Relations Commission.

(B) Coordinates and advices on the creation and strengthening of key partnerships that contribute to IYF's core mission, mandate, and achievement of results, including securing resource commitments, where possible:

• Advocates and advises IYF Representative and County Teams on developing new, innovative partnerships for the IYF including supporting resource mobilization from private companies and individuals, as well as development banks, and from governments for core resources and government co-financing; and
• Identifies ways in which existing partnerships at Country level can be expanded to new thematic areas or countries.

(C) Coordinates and advises on targeted communications and marketing activities relevant to partner groups (e.g., theme/issue, country, delivery mechanism), in collaboration with Regional Communications Adviser:

• Monitors IYF communication products/mechanisms for relevance to regional and country partners to ensure targeted marketing; and
• Uses and tailors existing communication products/mechanisms to effectively position the IYF, wherever possible.

(D) Facilitates partnership/resource mobilization capacity-building and knowledge-sharing in the region:

• Advises IYF Country Teams on advocacy strategies and methods for proactive and strategic targeting of partners instead of reactively relying on partners to approach the IYF, including in the design of and regular updating of Country Plans;
• Contributes to IYF's Partner Network on knowledge repository including partner database, resource mobilization toolkit, and all other tools for Country Teams outreach for partner engagement; and
• Serves as a regional resource for questions on IYF's Partnering guidelines and processes.

(E) Assist IYF Regional Administration in Building partnerships with regional organizations and non-governmental actors (including civil society and academia) in order to promote IYF vision, mission and activities:

• Supports, in coordination with the International Relations Commission, a resource mobilization strategy at the regional level; and
• Builds partnerships with global actors in order to disseminate regional best practices and promote cross-fertilization and exchanges amongst regions.

Location

Role must be based remotely in the APAC region.

Language

Advanced English skills are required for this role, as we work in English.

Experience

Partnerships or business development experience within an NGO, non-profit, INGO (such as the United Nations), government, charity, international development, or youth empowerment organisation is ideal for this role.