Job Title: Head - Strategic Partnerships Section Emirati)
Department: Investment and Partnerships Development Department
Section: Strategic Partnerships Section
Grade: Grade 14
Job Purpose
To contribute to identifying strategic partnerships that support and enable the achievement of the organization's strategy, and to establish a framework for organizing, developing, evaluating, and managing partner relationships, including policies, processes, templates, and guidelines.
Key Responsibilities
Functional Responsibilities
- Contribute to developing the department's annual business plan to ensure alignment with sector and organizational strategies.
- Develop methodologies and systems to identify, approach, and manage relationships with potential partners in line with the organization's strategy.
- Establish a framework for organizing, developing, evaluating, and managing partner relationships, including policies, processes, templates, and guidelines.
- Monitor performance in line with institutional excellence and quality directives.
- Prepare and follow up on the implementation of the annual operational plan, including KPIs, targets, projects, and programs, and identify budget requirements for approval.
- Develop and implement department policies and procedures and ensure compliance.
- Implement management methodologies, quality control, and process improvement practices.
- Support organizational units in developing, managing, and sustaining long-term partnerships aligned with strategy.
- Contribute to identifying strategic partnerships that support organizational objectives.
- Develop, draft, and improve partnership agreements and MoUs.
- Prepare draft agreements and MoUs, ensuring compliance with policies and procedures, and finalize them after incorporating stakeholder input.
- Develop, update, classify, and manage a centralized database of all partners in coordination with relevant stakeholders.
- Ensure compliance with partner charters, monitor partner satisfaction, and implement improvement plans.
- Provide advisory support to organizational units on partnership development and management.
- Evaluate partnership impact and submit performance reports with improvement recommendations.
- Contribute to risk analysis and mitigation planning in coordination with relevant strategy units.
- Guide the team to support innovation, institutional excellence, and strategic initiatives.
- Ensure compliance with information security policies and report any violations.
- Adhere to occupational health & safety and environmental management policies.
- Perform any additional tasks assigned related to the role.
Operational Responsibilities
- Provide periodic reports and data to management, highlighting improvement areas to support decision-making and operational excellence.
- Deliver performance reports, identify gaps, assess risks, and recommend corrective actions to ensure achievement of objectives within timelines.
Financial Management
- Provide inputs to the Finance Department for budgeting in line with governance processes.
- Monitor budget implementation and report variances.
- Recommend corrective actions for budget deviations.
People Management
- Develop workforce planning strategies, recruitment, training, and development plans.
- Set departmental objectives and conduct mid-year and annual performance reviews.
- Monitor team performance and provide guidance when needed.
- Identify required competencies and support staff development.
- Provide direction to employees on operational and people management matters.
Stakeholder Management
Internal Stakeholders:
- All organizational units within the entity
External Stakeholders:
- Semi-government and private sector entities
- Relevant local and federal entities
Required Qualifications
Academic Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited university
Experience & Skills
- Minimum 7 years of relevant experience in partnerships building
- Strong leadership in planning and executing high-impact programs
- Ability to coordinate with internal and external stakeholders
- Experience in leading multidisciplinary teams
