Head - Strategic Partnerships Section (Emirati)

Job Purpose

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.

Internal Stakeholders

• All organizational units within the entity

External Stakeholders

• Semi-government and private sector entities
• Relevant local and federal entities

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