NUNV Partnerships and Innovation

Contract

This is a UNV National Specialist contract. This kind of contract is known as National UN Volunteer. It is normally only for nationals. More about UNV National Specialist contracts.

In a world where fundamental human rights are at risk, we need principled and ethical staff, who embody these international norms and standards, and who will defend them courageously and with full conviction. The 10th Country Programme 2023-2027 will scale up efforts and drive accelerated progress towards the three transformative results through the following accelerators: (a) promoting human rights-based, gender-transformative and evidence-informed approaches to improve access to quality sexual and reproductive health services and shape policies and programmes to reach the furthest left behind women and youth; (b) mapping and multiplying partnerships with influential and wide-reaching youth and women-led civil society movements, initiatives and organizations and building the capacity of select partners to become frontline responders, promoting their access to influencing and decision-making space and pioneering new ways to address discriminatory social norms, including through digital means; (c) strengthening data systems and promoting greater use of data and evidence to design and advocate for policies and programmes that impact the furthest left behind and hasten the pace of change required to achieve the three transformative results; (d developing and building ownership of investment cases for the three transformative results to strategically shift the focus from funding to financing; (e) taking advantage of the country’s thriving and dynamic digital ecosystem to design, implement, assess and scale up innovative solutions; and (f) informing South-South and triangular cooperation, in line with the ICPD Programme of Action.

UNFPA is seeking candidates that transform, inspire and deliver high impact and sustained results; we need staff who uphold the values enshrined in the United Nations Charter, who are transparent, exceptional in how they manage the resources entrusted to them and who commit to deliver excellence in programme results. The candidate will be supporting the Resource Mobilization and Innovation Units to further UNFPA’s mandate in line with the key priorities laid out in CP-10.

Under the overall guidance of the Chief, Policy and Partnership and the direct supervision of the Resource Mobilization and Innovation Specialists, the NUNV will perform the following tasks:

Partnerships and Resource Mobilization 1. Map potential donors, maintain and update partner tracker and develop tailored partnership strategies for securing strategic partnerships with non-traditional donors such as the private sector, international finance institutions (IFIs), and foundations, while not neglecting UNFPA’s traditional donors 2. Support the Resource Mobilsation Specialist in maintaining effective coordination between technical program and states teams to identify and prioritize key problem statements for designing innovative and high-quality concept notes/proposals
3. Facilitate the consolidation and review of donor proposals and concept notes 4. Support in consolidating pre-screening forms of the new donors/partners as per the due-diligence guidelines in collaboration with the regional team 5. Assist the Resource Mobilisation Specialist in coordinating the management of agreements with India and regional team to ensure that donor agreements are compliant with UNFPA policies and procedures, and that corporate systems for tracking non-core resources are kept up-to-date 6. Coordinate and support communication with donors and partners, preparing compelling presentations, briefing notes and related documents 7. Support in preparing and maintaining comprehensive analysis, briefs, reports and statistics on resource mobilization undertaken in the Country Office 8. Participate in corporate networks of partnership management, resource mobilization communities for knowledge sharing, networking and learning

Innovation and Technology 9. Map innovation networks, hubs and think tanks in India to explore partnerships in Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH), Adolescents & Youth (A&Y) and Gender & Human Rights 10. Coordinate and support Innovation Specialist to organize internal webinars/meetings with the thematic and state units, managing ongoing and new program activities, and reviewing progress of UNFPA country office innovation targets 11. Support continuous engagement with the thematic and state units to ideate new areas for piloting and scaling up of the program including preparation of concept notes and ToRs 12. Support with the development of articles/write-ups on field experiences for publications/websites, newsletters, press releases and UN Networks etc. 13. Support possible in-bound/out-bound innovation related travel missions to states as part of program implementation and monitoring 14. Identify, capture, synthesize and develop stories with the communications team to share lessons learned for knowledge development from the projects and to build the capacity of stakeholders

Results/expected outputs:

As an active team member, efficient, timely, responsive, client-friendly and high-quality support rendered to UNFPA Resource Mobilisation and Innovations unit in the accomplishment of her/his functions, including:

o Support in developing a strong donor and partner pipeline with a focus on building innovative and meaningful partnerships in support of UNFPA’s mandate o Work closely with the country and state offices teams to ensure Resource Mobilisation, partnerships and innovation aspects are well internalized and integrated

Core Competencies o Integrity/Commitment to UNFPA mandate/Valuing Diversity. o Self-Management/Emotional Intelligence. o Analytical and Strategic Thinking and Results Orientation/Commitment to Excellence. o Knowledge Sharing/Continuous Learning.

Functional Competencies o Building strategic alliances and partnerships o Resource mobilization and proposal writing o Building strategic alliances and partnerships o Innovation and marketing of new approaches

at national and/or international level or experience of working in the UN or other international organizations in partnerships and resource mobilization, social innovation and program implementation is desirable. At least 1 year of professional relevant work experience (with postgraduate degree) will also be eligible. o Good knowledge of the donor ecosystem and the development actors o Ability to identify and propose innovative approaches and design solutions to identified areas
o Solid overall computer literacy, including proficiency in various MS Office applications (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) and email/internet; familiarity with database management o Self-motivated, ability to work with minimum supervision; ability to work with tight deadlines o Ability to work and adapt professionally and effectively in a challenging environment o Special consideration will be given to indigenous people, persons with disabilities and LGBTQI candidates

New Delhi and the surrounding National Capital Region is a large and bustling metropolis of some 14 million people undergoing rapid changes. The capital city is an administrative, cultural and commercial center with modern amenities and well connected by air. It is a safe place with large expatriate community drawn from embassies, UN agencies, MNCs and foreign businesses. It has short moderate winter and long hot summer.

UN Volunteer entitlements and allowances: The purpose of the allowances and entitlements paid to the UN Volunteer is to enable UN Volunteers to sustain a secure standard of living at the duty stations in line with United Nations standards without incurring personal costs. For more information on entitlements please read the Conditions of Service (https://explore.unv.org/cos ).

For information specific to your assignment, please see below: o Voluntary Living Allowance (VLA): INR 50,604.24 per month o Entry lump sum (one-time payment): USD 400 (equivalent in INR) on joining the assignment o Assignment Travel Ticket ($200 (in equivalent in INR) at beginning & end of assignment, if duty station is outside of commuting distance) o Exit allowance (paid on successful completion of the assignment): 1 VLA/12 Months o Medical and life insurance Cigna Private Insurance o Leave entitlements: Annual leave - 2.5 days accrued per calendar month o Certified sick leave: 30 days o Uncertified sick leave: 7 days o Learning leave: 10 working days per consecutive 12 months o Maternity leave: 16 weeks o Paternity leaves: 10 days o Access to UNV Learning Portal for Online Courses