Individual Contractor (11.5 months, full-time, remote working): Support Removal of Barriers to Country Office Fundraising, CODAS, Division of Private Fundraising and Partnerships (PFP)

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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, hope

Over the past decade, UNICEF has been building its private sector fundraising capacity in around 20 middle income - and emerging high income - countries where it still maintains programmes (‘programme countries’) and where a fast growing private sector (especially a booming middle class) provides an opportunity for generating a new stream of funding. As a result, a number of its country programmes are now substantially or fully funded by revenue generated from businesses, trust/foundations and – in particular – donations from individual donors within their own countries. This approach reduces dependency on regular internal funding sources, as well as official development assistance, and enables the organization to apply flexible resources where they are needed most.

There is a growing number of Country Offices that would be able to benefit from building their own fundraising capacity but lack the policy and legal framework to be able to do so. Other Country Offices that are already engaged in private sector fundraising, may lack the necessary framework to expand and diversify their funding sources. Still others may not be able to export the funding generated. Some of these issues are country specific, some are common for several countries within the same region and others are cross-regional. The bottom-line benefits of tackling these barriers are sometimes not immediate but have important implications for our ability to fundraise in the years to come and are critical for programme sustainability for the future high income countries that will have increasingly limited access to internal and external funding sources. As UNICEF is moving into a new Strategic Plan, it is critical to find solutions to the barriers facing our current and potential fundraising markets, including with regards to the legal environment in which UNICEF offices operate. There is a pressing need to map the legal environment, document the existing experience and create the enabling environment for proposing UNICEF Legal, Policy or Advocacy to action where we can expect a positive return on investment.

How can you make a difference?

The purpose of the Country Office Development and Support (CODAS) team is to create an enabling environment for country offices to maximize income growth. The individual contractor will be supporting UNICEF country offices with mapping and identifying potential solutions to address barriers related to the implementation of fundraising activities and initiatives, create an enabling environment and make and vet recommendations for UNICEF direct action by the relevant stakeholders, including UNICEF’s Legal Office, Policy and Advocacy teams.

Most common barriers include lack of government agreement for UNICEF to raise funds within the country, inadequate definition, and scope of fundraising definition where an agreement exists and tax exemption for funds raised by UNICEF as an intergovernmental organization. Most relevant change strategies related to this role include analyzing potential and already implemented solutions and their consequences, as part of UNICEF cooperation agreements with governments or direct interaction with banking institutions (e.g. regarding bank account openings).

MAIN TASKS

The selected individual contractor will be required to:

  1. Analyze information on barriers already available, split by Regional Office. Map country offices concerned by these issues.
  2. Analyze Country Programme Action Plans and Country Programme Documents and how Private Sector Fundraising is being reflected there and which are the countries that have this clearly agreed with governments.
  3. Map country offices that have faced the issues in the past and how they have resolved them.
  4. Assess which Regional Offices have the biggest interest in getting the issues solved and map potential resources and capacity in-regions that could be tapped in to address these issues.
  5. Conduct a survey to map the barriers faced by Country Offices with fundraising potential. Lay out the regulatory framework they operate in.
  6. Map the barriers in regard to engagement with private sector industries with an important risk profile, help define priority markets and industries. Propose solutions for review for concerned stakeholders.
  7. Provide recommendations on how the barriers could be addressed, both in terms of relations with national governments as well as through UNICEF internal policies and procedures. Review if there are other policies affecting the barriers that need tackling.
  8. Make proposals for Legal Office review for how to approach the legal barriers faced by Country Offices with fundraising potential.
  9. Tax discussion: define how advocacy around donor countries can support in countries they donate to. Review how to turn the current diplomatic UNICEF into a fundraising organization and give tax certificates to donors.
  10. Make proposals for relevant stakeholder review regarding policies affecting the barriers that need tackling.
  11. Perform any other duties and responsibilities related to enabling fundraising Country Office environment assigned.

DELIVERABLES

  1. Mapping of current legal conditions by country and by region, split by topic and forward-looking needs.
  2. Mapping of historical learning regarding the challenges faced by the Country Offices.
  3. Assessment of Country and Regional Office demand, split by priority of market.
  4. Proposals for the Legal Office and other relevant stakeholders regarding potential solutions to the challenges faced, Legal, policy and other.
  5. Proposal of strategy for Country Office engagement with industries with an important risk profile.
  6. 2-pager on maximizing diaspora fundraising opportunities.

ESTIMATED DURATION OF THE CONTRACT

11.5 months, full-time.

REPORTING TO

The incumbent will report to Project Specialist, Country Office Development and Support, Private Fundraising and Partnerships Division.

Regular consultation and guidance (by remote means) will be provided as required. Products to be approved by the contract supervisor within a 3-day period.

WORKPLACE

Teleworking. It is assumed that all tasks can be completed via desk research and remote outreach. No support will be required from UNICEF in terms of facilities. There is no expectation of travel.

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

  • An advanced university degree in Law, Business Administration, Procurement, or a relevant field is required. (A first level university degree, in combination with qualifying experience, may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.)
  • Minimum one-year demonstrable experience in working with or within development, humanitarian, or fundraising organizations relevant to the individual contractor’s purpose is required.
  • Demonstrable understanding of the principles of resource mobilization is required.
  • Experience and demonstrable skills in writing reports and presenting in English is a must.
  • Fluency in English is required.
  • International background is highly desirable given the multi country scope of the assignment.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA) and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.

To view our competency framework, please visit here.

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

Remarks: Please indicate your ability, availability, and gross monthly rate (in US$) to undertake the terms of reference above (including travel and daily subsistence allowance, if applicable). Applications submitted without a daily/monthly rate will not be considered. Also, please mention the earliest date you can start.

Individuals engaged under a consultancy or individual contract will not be considered “staff members” under the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s policies and procedures and will not be entitled to benefits provided therein. Their conditions of service will be governed by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants and Individual Contractors. Consultants and individual contractors are responsible for determining their tax liabilities and for the payment of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with local or other applicable laws.

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.

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