Fund Raising Specialist (P-3), FT, Generation Unlimited, New York HQ

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 140,639 USD and 184,155 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.

Building on work across the UN with and for young people, and in line with the UN Youth Strategy, UNICEF has developed a new global partnership dedicated to expanding opportunity for young people, ages 10-24. Generation Unlimited is centered on finding new ways to ensure that every young person is in school, learning, training or employment by 2030 — with a focus on those in the greatest danger of being left behind, including girls, the poorest, those with disabilities, young people on the move and those affected by conflict and natural disasters.

This partnership brings together leaders from governments, UN agencies, the private sector, academia, international and civil society organizations, and young people. The partnership will identify, co-create, resource and scale-up innovative solutions to expand opportunity for young people. Good programmes will be matched with adequate financing and technical support; investors will find viable solutions to invest in and strong accountability mechanisms that provide adequate assurance of results and financial management; and young people will participate meaningfully in the co-creation of solutions, informing, advising and helping implement at every step of the way.

For every child, a passion……

Under the general guidance and supervision of the Deputy Director, Partnerships and Resources Mobilization, and reporting to the Partnership Manager, the Fundraising specialist is responsible for the development of a fundraising package and the operationalization of the GenU resource mobilization strategy. This includes facilitation of GenU fundraising efforts, tracking of funding trends and gaps, and initiating, maintaining and deepening relations with key public and private sector stakeholders.

How can you make a difference?

• Contributes to the operationalization of the fundraising/resource mobilization strategy.
• Develops key fundraising kits – including standard/bespoke proposals to mobilize resources for all GenU programs in line with the fundraising targets and objectives.
• Updates the Donor mapping by developing and maintaining deep knowledge and familiarity with current and prospective partners and relevant stakeholders, contributing to a database of key contacts and to GenU's base of knowledge on partnership and resource mobilization.
• Maintains up-to-date information on donors and income trends, analyze funding opportunities, and keep donor partners’ profiles updated.
• Stays abreast of key developments in the external environment as they affect fundraising, and continuously seeks new growth opportunities, and interprets and acts upon these with the team. Likewise remains up to date with cutting edge developments globally in fundraising practice within UNICEF and across the sector and ensures these are applied as relevant.
• Assists with the preparation of information to provide to public and private donors and other partners on the strategy, design, relevance and impact of GenU programmes.
• Build and maintain GenU’s partnerships with public and private donors, by supporting the development of strategies and engagement plans based on donors’ specific interests and aid frameworks.
• Assesses and mitigates risk related to the private sector work, making informed decisions on fundraising operations and the overall engagement with the private sector.
• Tracks the resource mobilization strategy and action plan in collaboration with the Deputy Director and the section team. This includes support to proposal development, including editing and layout when necessary.
• Regularly liaises with programme section, as well as participate in strategic meetings to ensure an updated and comprehensive knowledge base on GenU programmes to support effective fundraising effort.
• Builds and supports a culture of innovation to drive fundraising growth.
• Collaborates with internal and external stakeholders, focusing on excellence in:
  • Engagement with existing and activating Country Offices;
  • Intra-UNICEF stakeholder coordination – with Program Division, and Private Sector Fundraising and Partnerships; and,
  • Engagement with UNICEF National Committees
• Prepares briefing documents for the Deputy Director and CEO meetings and missions.
• Ensures effective management and protection of donor data, and analysis and segmentation of such data.
• Performs other related duties as assigned by the supervisor to ensure the success of the team, including guiding, training, and coaching short-term staff, including interns and volunteers, as needed.

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

• An advanced university degree (Master’s or higher) Business Administration, Marketing, Communications, Fundraising, Management or another relevant technical field is required.
• *A first University Degree in a relevant field combined with 2 additional years of professional experience may be accepted in lieu of an Advanced University Degree.
• A minimum of five (5) years of professional experience at the national and/or international levels related to public and/or private sector fundraising is required.
• Prior progressively increasing responsibilities, including direct responsibility for setting and meeting income targets is also required.
• Prior experience in partnership management, including UN agencies, bilateral donors, foundations and civil society is an asset.
• Fluency in English (written and verbal) is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, Russian, French or Spanish) is an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

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

Please click Here to view UNICEF's core values and Here to view our competency framework.

UNICEF competencies required for this post are.

• 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)

UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to including everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic.

We offer a wide range of benefits to our staff, a wide range of benefits to our staff, including paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks, and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the use of flexible working arrangements.

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 is committed to promoting the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles.

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.

UNICEF appointments are subject to medical clearance.

Issuance of a visa by the host country of the duty station, which will be facilitated by UNICEF, is required for IP positions. Appointments may also be subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid).

Government employees that are considered for employment with UNICEF are normally required to resign from their government before taking up an assignment with UNICEF.

UNICEF reserves the right to withdraw an offer of appointment, without compensation, if a visa or medical clearance is not obtained, or necessary inoculation requirements are not met, within a reasonable period for any reason.

“UNICEF only considers higher educational qualifications obtained from an institution accredited/recognized in the World Higher Education Database (WHED), a list updated by the International Association of Universities (IAU) / United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The list can be accessed at http://www.whed.net/”

For more information on remuneration and benefits, please visit UNICEF’s Entitlements’ page. If you would like to find estimates for entitlements, you may use the online Salary Estimate Calculator

• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.
• Mobility is a condition of international professional employment with UNICEF and an underlying premise of the international civil service