Fundraising Specialist(Faith & Membership), P-3, TA (364 days), Global Philanthropy, PFP, Geneva, Switzerland

Overview

Drive Faith and Membership fundraising for UNICEF, maximizing engagement and income growth.

You have:

• An advanced university degree in international development, fundraising, marketing, theology/religious studies is required.
• A first-level University Degree in a relevant field combined with 2 additional years of qualifying professional experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• A minimum of five years of relevant professional fundraising experience is required.
• At least two years working with faith groups, major donors, foundations, or corporates is required.
• Familiarity with the global fundraising landscape and/or experience in cultivating high-value gifts is required.
• Knowledge of diverse faiths and faith-based landscape is an asset.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills are essential, both written and verbal are required.
• Strong work ethic, confidence, initiative, and being an enthusiastic team player are required.
• Proven ability to prioritize, work independently, handle multiple, complex tasks simultaneously, and generate pragmatic solutions to challenges.
• Strong customer service approach to interactions with colleagues and partners.
• Proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel, with experience in using complex databases.
• Fluency in English is required.
• Fluency in another language is an asset.

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 137,578 USD and 180,148 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.

The Private Sector Fundraising and Partnerships (PSFP) section within Private Fundraising and Partnerships Division (PFP) works with National Committees and UNICEF country offices to maximize engagement and drive income growth. There are five teams within the PSFP section, including Global Philanthropy. The purpose of the Faith and membership-based organizations income channel, within the Global Philanthropy unit, is to drive engagement, impact, and income growth from faith and membership-based organizations.

UNICEF has been engaging with faith-based organizations and religious communities in programmatic and advocacy work for decades, enjoying positive relationships with these actors at global, regional, and country levels. UNICEF’s commitment to uphold the inherent dignity of every child, as expressed in the Convention on the Rights of the Child, is reflected within the world’s major religious traditions. This shared commitment to children’s well-being has translated into impactful and lasting support, including financial, for UNICEF’s work.

Today more than ever, UNICEF recognizes and values the unique experience, insight, and trust of our faith partners. UNICEF is moving forward with an ambitious strategy to accelerate faith-based philanthropy by securing new partnerships and building a network of influential faith-based organizations and religious leaders providing faith partners with the opportunity to further UNICEF’s work through resource mobilization, engagement, enhanced thought-leadership, and advocacy.

The team provides strategy development and capacity building to National Committees and Country Offices, including working with them to conduct prospect research, provide engagement and cultivation opportunities for global partners, support new business development discussions, share best practices, provide training, and support on prospect cultivation and management. Team members also play a role in the relationship management of key partners.

For every child, a Champion

Under the general guidance of the Faith and membership-based organizations unit manager, the incumbent for this post will be responsible for driving the Faith and membership-based organizations’ income channel, maximizing engagement and income from this audience, supporting the implementation of the global strategy, providing guidance, best practices, and capacity building to key priority markets. The post will be focused on building the fundraising capacity of our markets, supporting them to develop nationally appropriate strategies, develop and manage their pipeline, and secure significant partnerships from within the faith and membership sector.

How can you make a difference?

Grow faith & membership giving revenue stream through market capacity building

• Act as a unit dedicated focal point for a number of National Committee and Country Offices, supporting them in their Faith and Membership revenue stream.
• Collaborate closely with key priority markets to support their new business development and help establish a pipeline of top prospects with defined engagement plans.
• Support the conduct of additional strategic mapping, with the goal to explore new opportunities.
• Support the development of key enablers & tools that will position UNICEF as a partner of choice, and open new opportunities including faith philanthropy such as Fundraising narrative, Due Diligence Principles, communication materials, etc.

Knowledge management & capacity building

• Support the development of best practices and tools, including sharing cross-market learnings.
• Build a global Community of Practice, equipped to collaborate and share best practices.
• Support the management of the unit collaboration sites and intranet sections and ensure important information and knowledge on all priority partnerships is accessible and up to date and supports the appropriate dissemination of information.

DELIVERABLES:

• Growing the income of priority markets, through strategy mapping.
• Support 2 mapping exercises to quantify the opportunity in key priority markets.
• Build a community of practice with fundraisers from National Committee, Regional Office, and Country Offices, with regular calls to train and share best practice.
• Deliver the Faith and Membership newsletter with assets, information and sharing of best practice.
• Maintain and update our knowledge management tools, (such as SharePoint), including developing toolkits, resources and sharing best practice.
• Support on the development of a Faith and Membership training programme designed to build the capacity and skillsets of fundraisers and communications colleagues.
• Support on the delivery of the Faith and Membership Workshop as a meaningful opportunity for learning and collaboration.

Estimated Duration of the contract

• 364 days

Reporting To:

• Fundraising Specialist (Faith and Membership)

Working Place:

• Geneva, Switzerland is the official duty station. (Flexible work arrangements may be applied if there is a need.

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

Education:

• An advanced university degree in one of the following fields is required: international development, fundraising, marketing, theology/ religious studies.
• Alternative, a first-level University Degree in a relevant field combined with (2) additional years of qualifying professional experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Experience:

• A minimum of five years of relevant professional fundraising experience is required, with at least two years working with faith groups, major donors, foundations, or corporates is required.
• Familiarity with the global fundraising landscape and/or experience in cultivating high-value gifts is required.
• Knowledge of diverse faiths and faith-based landscape is an asset.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills are essential, both written and verbal are required.
• Must possess a strong work ethic, have confidence, take initiative, and be an enthusiastic team player.
• Proven ability to prioritize; work independently; handle multiple, complex tasks simultaneously; and generate pragmatic solutions to challenges.
• Strong customer service approach to interactions with colleagues and partners; ability to navigate complex environments and help build relationships with a variety of stakeholders.
• Proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel, with experience in using complex databases.
• UN/UNICEF experience is an asset.

Language requirements:

• Fluency in English is required.
• Fluency in another language is an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate...

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values

The UNICEF competencies required for this post are...

• Demonstrates Self Awareness and Ethical Awareness (1)
• Works Collaboratively with others (1)
• Builds and Maintains Partnerships (1)
• Innovates and Embraces Change (1)
• Thinks and Acts Strategically (1)
• Drives to achieve impactful results (1)
• Manages ambiguity and complexity (1) are required.

During the recruitment process, we test candidates following the competency framework. Familiarize yourself with our competency framework and its different levels: competency framework here.

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.

We offer 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 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:

UNICEF PFP-Geneva is currently reviewing organizational changes; therefore, the successful candidates may be asked to commence duties remotely, and they may later be asked to relocate and be assigned to the final post-duty station/location in Berlin.

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.

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

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