Consultant - Partnerships and Resource Mobilization (Open to Indian Nationals Only)

Contract

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Background

UN Women is the UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. UN Women is dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women. A global champion for women and girls, UN Women was established to accelerate progress on meeting their needs worldwide. All human development and human rights issues have gender dimensions. UN Women focuses on priority areas that are fundamental to women’s equality. The five focus areas include violence against women, economic empowerment, leadership and participation, peace and security and national planning and budgeting

The Consultant - Partnerships, Resource Mobilization of the country office (CO) of UN Women for India, manages the partnerships portfolio in the office and ensures reporting for resources mobilized are conducted on time and to good quality. He/She builds, fosters and maintains partner and donor relations and designs and implements the Country Officer’s Resource Mobilization Strategy. He/She provides senior management and programme teams with advice on new partnership opportunities and facilitates strategic programming and project formulation.

The Consultant - Partnerships, Resource Mobilization works under the direct supervision of the Country Representative. Therefore, the incumbent of this role plays a key role in effective partnership building and resource mobilization. He/She also advises senior management about strategic opportunities for partnerships and supports the overall resource mobilization efforts of the CO. The incumbent will ensure that timely monitoring and evaluation is carried out at outcome level and will lead analysis and documentation of programmatic lessons learned for the purpose of raising more resources.

The Cosultant - Partnerships, Resource Mobilization supervises and leads a team of staff, experts, international and national consultants. All the activities are implemented in close cooperation with senior management, programme and operations colleagues and other colleagues. He/She maintains a network with colleagues from UN Agencies, IFIs, Government officials, multi-lateral and bi-lateral donors, private sector and civil society and manages the Private Sector Advisory Council to implement his/her functions. The Consultant also establishes innovative financing options for women’s interests in India and of the UN Women office.

Duties and Responsibilities

Develop and manage UN Women’s strategic partnerships in the India Country Office:

• Identify potential donors keen on gender investing, identify their interest areas and establish working partnerships with them
• Manage and coordinate relationships with key existing partners; provide technical inputs to senior management’s efforts at the country level to develop new and innovative partnerships;
• Set and monitor annual priorities, goals and key performance indicators (KPIs) for regional partnerships;
• Provide strategic advice to the India Country Office on building and maintaining partnerships and positioning with potential donors, including country Civil Society Advisory Groups (CSAG); coordinate of the work of the regional CSAG;
• Advise India Country Office on the design and implementation of effective advocacy strategies and methods for proactive and strategic targeting of partners and donors.

Manage, and facilitate the implementation of, regional resource mobilization strategies and initiatives:

• Manage the development and implementation of differentiated, donor fund-raising strategies, aligned and coordinated with country-level activities initiatives and outreach activities;
• Develop targeted products and initiatives to mobilize programmatic resources and attract additional donors’ funding;
• Gather information on project/programmes pipelines and corresponding resource needs through close collaboration with country-based counterparts;
• Provide technical support to the development of project proposals in line with the UN Women’s strategy and the interest of donors;
• Undertake ad-hoc donor studies, research, and other activities to identify funding opportunities; update the resources mobilization strategy as needs emerge;
• Monitor emerging issues that could affect partnerships and resource contributions at the national or regional levels (risk management).

Build trust and maintain effective relationships with donors:

• Provide technical support to the Country Representative and other senior managers in the preparation of missions, meetings and other consultations with donors, including the preparation of notes, briefs and other materials;
• Act as a direct entry point for donors, building institutional relationships;
• Provide regular updates on donor profiles, databases (e.g. contacts management) and donor intelligence;
• Identify opportunities to secure additional non-core resources;
• Provide technical support the drafting and review of partner-specific Framework Arrangements and Cost Sharing Agreements; and the preparation of brief funding proposals and concept notes, where appropriate.

Provide advice and support to strengthen internal resource mobilization capacity:

• Facilitate partnership and resource mobilization training to program staff and managers based in India Country Office including the development of tools and products, as needed;
• Advise on and support the creation of UN Women communication products, packages and positions.

Key Deliverables:

• Timely attention and response to UN Women’s partners and donors;
• Quality inputs to resource mobilization strategy and timely support to Country Offices and the Regional Office;
• Timely targeting of funding opportunities and timely tracking of donor intelligence;
• Quality communication and advocacy products which result in increased resources and a strong investment case for UN Women;
• Quality monitoring and reporting mechanism to ensure quality of data and limit redundancy in efforts.

Competencies

Core Values:

• Respect for Diversity
• Integrity
• Professionalism

Core Competencies:

• Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues
• Accountability
• Creative Problem Solving
• Effective Communication
• Inclusive Collaboration
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Leading by Example

FUNCTIONAL COMPETENCIES:

• Knowledge of gender equality and women's rights issues;
• Demonstrated ability to interact effectively with government representatives of Member States (donor and programme), private sector and other donors;
• Proven networking skills, and ability to mobilize funds;
• Strong negotiating skills;
• Strong IT skills, including databases, extranet and office software packages;
• Strong analytical and interpersonal skills.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

• Master’s degree or equivalent experience in economics, business management, social sciences, public administration, international relations, communications, women's studies, or a related field is required.
• A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Experience:

• At least 5 years of progressively responsible experience in resource mobilization, communications/ advocacy, and/or business development;
• Experience in gender equality and women's empowerment;
• Experience working with civil society organizations, international institutions and donors;
• Experience working in the UN system is an asset.

Language Requirements:

• Fluency in English and Hindi is required
• Knowledge of the other UN official working language is an asset.
• Knowledge of local language is an asset.

Application:

Interested applicants should apply to this announcement through UNDP jobs site: jobs.undp.org

Interested individual consultants must submit the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualifications in one single PDF document:

• All applications must include (as an attachment) the completed UN Women Personal History form (P-11) which can be downloaded http://asiapacific.unwomen.org/en/about-us/jobs;
• Kindly note that the system will only allow one attachment, please combine all your documents into one (1) single PDF document. Applications without the completed UN Women P-11 form will be treated as incomplete and will not be considered for further assessment;
• Applications received after the close date will not be accepted;
• Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

Evaluation and Selection Criteria

Criteria for shortlisting of CVs will be based on the following assessment:

• Required Degree and Qualification (5 points);
• Minimum Experience relevant to the assignment (10 points);
• Experience of working in gender related programmes would be desirable (5 points).

The evaluation process for selection of the candidate will be based on the following assessment:

• Interview (70 points);
• Relevant published/unpublished work (20 points)

Please Note:

• For an assignment requiring travel, consultants of 65 years or more require full medical examination and statement of fitness to work to engage in the consultancy.
• Due to large number of potential applicants, only competitively selected candidates will be contacted for remaining steps of the service procurement process.

Note:

In July 2010, the United Nations General Assembly created UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. The creation of UN Women came about as part of the UN reform agenda, bringing together resources and mandates for greater impact. It merges and builds on the important work of four previously distinct parts of the UN system (DAW, OSAGI, INSTRAW and UNIFEM), which focused exclusively on gender equality and women’s empowerment.