Fund Raising Specialist, Fixed Term, P3, Brasilia, Brazil

Contract

This is a P-3 contract. This kind of contract is known as Professional and Director staff. It is normally internationally recruited only. It's a staff contract. It usually requires 5 years of experience, depending on education.

Salary

The salary for this job should be between 108,092 USD and 141,538 USD.

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UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.

Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.

And we never give up.

For every child, Results

The fundamental mission of UNICEF is to promote the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything the organization does — in programs, in advocacy and in operations. The equity strategy, emphasizing the most disadvantaged and excluded children and families, translates this commitment to children’s rights into action. For UNICEF, equity means that all children have an opportunity to survive, develop and reach their full potential, without discrimination, bias, or favoritism. To the degree that any child has an unequal chance in life — in its social, political, economic, civic, and cultural dimensions — her or his rights are violated. There is growing evidence that investing in the health, education, and protection of a society’s most disadvantaged citizens — addressing inequity — not only will give all children the opportunity to fulfill their potential but also will lead to sustained growth and stability of countries. This is why the focus on equity is so vital. It accelerates progress towards realizing the human rights of all children, which is the universal mandate of UNICEF, as outlined by the Convention on the Rights of the Child, while also supporting the equitable development of nations.

The work done in Brasil is funded mostly by fundraising in country from individuals, companies, and foundations. The Resource Mobilization and Partnerships section where this post is placed appeals to a variety of techniques and communication channels to grow the number of individual donors and partners and thus, funding the several initiatives and activities that benefits children, families and communities in Brasil and other countries.

To learn more about UNICEF work in Brazil, please visit the country website Brazil Country Office - Homepage (sharepoint.com)

How can you make a difference?

The Fundraising Specialist role will help in unlocking the full potential of the Brazilian fundraising market, helping explore new and innovative ways of fundraising in Brazil, the biggest market in Latin America.

Under the general guidance of the Chief Resource Mobilization & Partnerships, the Fundraising Specialist will lead a team of professionals to maximize individual giving fundraising through acquisition, retention and optimization strategies. The role would require you to provide strategic orientation and to build the capacity of the team under your supervision, seeking to enhance the implementation capacity, the profitability and the results achieved from individual donors.

To make a difference, the incumbent shall be responsible for following key strategic functions, accountabilities, and related duties/ tasks:

1. Individual Fundraising Planning:

• Coordinate the strategic planning of activities within the country to optimize fundraising and revenue potential with a key focus on pledge acquisition and improving pledge retention and lifetime value (LTV).
• Provide all the required inputs and analysis related to individual fundraising activities as part the wider Resource Mobilization & Partnerships
• Develop an annual work plan and budget for individual fundraising with a special focus on pledge.
• Monitor and facilitate the implementation of fundraising strategies and work-plans to achieve the targets.
• Strategically plan the investment funds aimed to acquire new and/to optimize existing individual donors throughout the year.
• Propose a training and capacity development plan for the individual fundraising team including new and innovative fundraising modalities and techniques.

2. Individual Fundraising Implementation:

• Provide leadership and oversight for the individual fundraising team to enhance the implementation of the RM&P plan for individual donors.
• Provide proper management of individual fundraising unit to ensure “back-end” and operational areas of work can keep up with the new initiatives and plans.
• Oversee and develop professional relationships with suppliers, vendors and implementing counterparts to undertake negotiations, developing briefings and ensure timely implementation and profitable results with a special accent over pledge (recurrent) giving.
• Develop and oversee internal and external suppliers and partners (agencies, suppliers, banks, and marketing services team among others) to ensure that processes are streamlined, effective and assisting the overall aim to grow income.

3. Fundraising (Pledge) Monitoring and Reporting:

• Strategically oversee all individual fundraising reporting and analysis required to strategically grow income.
• Review and evaluate individual fundraising results in its different channels and staff performance through robust and timely monitoring and to recommend to the Chief of RM&P changes and adjustments to plans, resourcing and staffing as needed.
• Provide regular reports on actuals vs. targets and KPI vs. forecast and targets set for the strategic period and each year’s targets.

4. Fundraising (Pledge) Innovation:

• Lead the training and capacity development of the individual fundraising team including new and innovative fundraising modalities and techniques.
• Maintain intelligence on latest developments in the market, including successful techniques being used by commercial and non-profit organizations to acquire customers / donors and maximize LTV, and the plans and activities of competitors.
• Ensure that new and innovative streams for fundraising from individuals are tested, assessed, and implemented in a systematic and robust way.

5. Others:

• Attend relevant forums, workshops, and meetings both internationally and nationally as required.
• Keep up to date innovations and best practices with a key focus on pledge giving.

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

• Advanced university degree in either marketing, communications, humanities, fundraising, business administration, social sciences, international relations, or the equivalent.

• First level university degree in combination with qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced degree.

• A minimum of five years of professional work experience in fundraising is required, including specific experience in individual fundraising channels.

• Proven experience in leading/ coordinating a fundraising team.

• Fluency in English is required.
• Advanced knowledge of Spanish or Portuguese will be considered as an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate...

UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA).

The UNICEF competencies required for this post are...

• Nurtures, Leads and Manages People (1)
• Demonstrates Self Awareness and Ethical Awareness (2)
• Works Collaboratively with others (2)
• Builds and Maintains Partnerships (2)
• Innovates and Embraces Change (2)
• Thinks and Acts Strategically (2)
• Drive to achieve impactful results (2)
• Manages ambiguity and complexity (2)

Click here to learn more about UNICEF’s values and competencies.

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.

Remarks:

Mobility is a condition of international professional employment with UNICEF and an underlying premise of the international civil service.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.