Senior Specialist – Talent Development Partnerships & Programs (Maternity Cover
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About the Role
Abdulla Al Ghurair Foundation is seeking a Senior Specialist for Talent Development Partnerships & Programs on a maternity cover basis. The role involves managing partnerships, programme delivery, stakeholder engagement, and reporting.
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Responsibilities
- Support execution of the Talent Development partnership strategy and annual workplan
- Maintain relationships with universities, employers, government entities, NGOs and delivery partners
- Identify partnership opportunities and prepare concept notes and executive briefing materials
- Support programme design, continuous improvement and scaling initiatives
- Provide partnership insights and implementation recommendations to senior leadership
- Own day to day coordination of Talent Development partnerships and programmes
- Act as primary operational focal point for external partners and Learning to Earning Hubs
- Coordinate programme implementation, learner journeys and partner deliverables
- Lead partner onboarding, scheduling, follow ups and governance documentation
- Coordinate events, workshops, site visits and partner activations
- Manage programme trackers, risks, KPIs and milestones
- Prepare executive reports, dashboards and partnership updates
Requirements
- Master's degree in Business, Education, Public Policy or related field (preferred) or Bachelor's degree
- Strong partnership and stakeholder relationship management skills
- Excellent programme and project management capabilities
- Ability to manage multiple workstreams and priorities simultaneously
- 7 years of experience in partnership management, programme management, education, philanthropy or related sectors
Full Job Posting
About The Role
- The role owns day to day partnership management, programme delivery, hub coordination, stakeholder engagement, reporting and cross functional execution.
- Strategic direction, executive governance, institutional representation, budget ownership and enterprise partnership decisions remain with the SVP.
What you will do
- Support execution of the Talent Development partnership strategy and annual workplan.
- Maintain relationships with universities, employers, government entities, NGOs and delivery partners.
- Identify partnership opportunities and prepare concept notes and executive briefing materials.
- Support programme design, continuous improvement and scaling initiatives.
- Provide partnership insights and implementation recommendations to senior leadership.
- Own day to day coordination of Talent Development partnerships and programmes.
- Act as primary operational focal point for external partners and Learning to Earning Hubs.
- Coordinate programme implementation, learner journeys and partner deliverables.
- Lead partner onboarding, scheduling, follow ups and governance documentation.
- Coordinate events, workshops, site visits and partner activations.
- Manage programme trackers, risks, KPIs and milestones.
- Prepare executive reports, dashboards and partnership updates.
What you will bring
- Master's degree in Business, Education, Public Policy or related field (preferred) or Bachelor's degree.
- Strong partnership and stakeholder relationship management skills.
- Excellent programme and project management capabilities.
- Ability to manage multiple workstreams and priorities simultaneously.
- 7 years of experience in partnership management, programme management, education, philanthropy or related sectors.
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