Individual Contractor - Faith-based organisations and diaspora engagement - UNICEF South Asia

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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, a future

How can you make a difference?

The fundamental mission of UNICEF is to promote the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything the organization does – in programmes, in advocacy, and in operations. To achieve that mission UNICEF requires resources. With that, UNICEF South Asia has begun investing in Private Sector Fundraising (PSFR) for both ongoing programmatic activities as well as in response to emergencies and humanitarian crises.

Consider that South Asia is home to 1.86 billion people. Over one-third of them are children. Given the enormous population of South Asia, any investment made to build back better after the pandemic will have unparalleled, large-scale returns.

Consider also that South Asia is a region prone to emergencies and humanitarian disasters - events that require rapid and effective National Committee and donor outreach, including quick responses from country offices about immediate needs.

With these two compounding realities, UNICEF South Asia is currently seeking to create and execute timely and effective support for rapid PSFR during the unforeseen crisis; the Regional Office and Income Hub are also seeking to tap into new donor markets, such as diaspora communities, that could have great interest and ability to support countries in South Asia.

Purpose:

The purpose of this assignment is to support the Regional Office for South Asia and its South Asia Income Hub with exploring and testing the donor potential of diaspora communities, as well as, liaising between country offices and fundraisers during times of emergency and humanitarian disasters towards rapid and effective private fundraising.

The contractor will work closely with the Chief of the Income Hub and the Executive Manager for the Regional Director.

Key Assignments and Tasks:

The contractor will be responsible for:

Support National Committees with the development of a strategy for engaging diaspora communities, high net-worth individuals, faith-based and membership-based organizations, and foundations as potential donors

• Execute research and gather information on potential markets and communities
• Facilitate connections, prep for meetings, and follow up with potential donors
• Design a strategic pilot fundraising effort focused on mass engagement of diaspora communities and/or engaging high-net-worth donors individually

Execute a pilot effort to raise funds from diaspora communities in support of the current crises in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Pakistan.

• Support the development of all assets required for mass and/or individual engagement
• Serve as a liaison between Country Offices and fundraising offices - understanding what fundraisers need, collecting the required data from Country Offices, and creating user-friendly assets that communicate the required information in a way that effectively engages donors

• Support initial outreach, meeting prep, and follow-up

• Support the immediate needs for fundraising in the first 72 hours after a sudden onset crisis

• liaise with fundraisers (e.g., National Committees) to understand what fundraisers need to effectively engage different donor groups
• collect the required data from Country Offices in a timely manner, and
• creating user-friendly assets that communicate the required information in a way that effectively engages donors
• Support direct outreach to donors as requested (e.g., drafting emails, taking calls, preparing personalized proposals)
• Create a comms, advocacy, and fundraising plan to engage potential donors from 72 hours to 6 months after the sudden onset crisis.

Duration: 1 March to 30 June 2023

Note: Please submit your applications with financial proposal. Applications without the financial proposal will not be considered. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advanced to the next stage of the selection process.

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

EDUCATION & OTHER SKILLS:

• An advanced university degree in the field of development, business, social sciences, communications, marketing or a related field is an asset.

• A university degree with additional two years of experience many be considered in lieu of a Masters degree.

  WORK EXPERIENCE:

• Minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience.

• Prior experience within UNICEF is an advantage.
• Knowledge of diaspora communities, creating narratives, and/or targeted audience marketing is preferred.

• The job will require quick action without advanced notice, as well as, planned activities. As such it required candidates willing and available to work flexible hours.

  LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY:

• Fluency in English. Excellent writing skills are required.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

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

To view our competency framework, please visit here.

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 include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic.

UNICEF offers reasonable accommodation for consultants/individual contractors with disabilities. This may include, for example, accessible software, travel assistance for missions or personal attendants. We encourage you to disclose your disability during your application in case you need reasonable accommodation during the selection process and afterwards in your assignment.

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:

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

Duration: 11 months from the start of the contract.

Note: Please attach your all-inclusive financial proposal with your application, quoting your daily rate (USD) and other cost estimates. Application without the financial proposal will not be entertained.

The consultancy will be based in Kathmandu, UNICEF Regional Office for South Asia.

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 (such as leave entitlements and medical insurance coverage). 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.

The selected candidate is solely responsible to ensure that the visa (applicable) and health insurance required to perform the duties of the contract are valid for the entire period of the contract. Selected candidates are subject to confirmation of fully-vaccinated status against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which must be met prior to taking up the assignment. It does not apply to consultants who will work remotely and are not expected to work on or visit UNICEF premises, programme delivery locations or directly interact with communities UNICEF works with, nor to travel to perform functions for UNICEF for the duration of their consultancy contracts.