Partnerships Specialist

Volunteering Logistics & Procurement

Overview

Manage partnerships to achieve strategic results for children in need.

You have:

• At least 3 years of relevant, progressively responsible professional experience including partnerships, external relations, and/or resource mobilization.
• Experience with, or exposure to, the humanitarian sector and/or the logistics and transportation industry is desirable.
• Good spoken and written communication skills, including the ability to prepare clear and concise reports.
• Ability to coordinate and manage various projects and activities simultaneously.
• Commitment towards UNICEF’s mission and vision, as well as to the UN Core Values.
• Ability to adapt and work in potentially hazardous and remote conditions.
• Ability to build and maintain partnerships.
• Proven interpersonal skills.

Contract

This is a UNV International Specialist contract. This kind of contract is known as International UN Volunteer. It is normally internationally recruited only. More about UNV International Specialist contracts.

UNICEF Supply Division works to ensure equitable and inclusive access to essential supplies and services for children and their families in development, humanitarian, and fragile contexts. These supplies are critical to saving lives, supporting children’s health and education, and protecting them from abuse, exploitation, and neglect. As the UN’s largest end-to-end supply chain entity, UNICEF leverages its global reach, market influence, supply chain expertise, and partnerships with governments, civil society, the private sector, industry, and other stakeholders to meet children’s needs and protect their rights around the world.

The assignment is with Supply Division’s partnership unit – the Strategy, Partnership and Knowledge Management Centre (SPKC) - and its overall purpose is to generate partnership support to the Division, in order to achieve results for children through strategic supply chain activities, with any risks duly assessed and mitigated.

Under the overall guidance and supervision of the Partnership Manager - and in close liaison with key stakeholders within the Supply Division, and in other UNICEF offices and National Committees - the Partnership Specialist will:

· Manage assigned partnerships: this includes developing partnership goals and strategy with the assigned partners; driving their implementation through annual workplans; facilitating and contributing to the development of new partnership collaboration areas; relationship cultivation; generating internal and external visibility; and annual collaborative reviews and reporting of partnership achievements and lessons learned.

· Support Supply Division’s management of contributions in kind (CIKs) from partners: in collaboration with the contributions in kind (CIK) focal point, coordinate the contributions in kind (CIKs) process for Supply Division, ensuring proper assessment of product offers, quality, value, and potential risks to UNICEF.

· Development of proposals and investment cases: in collaboration with colleagues in the partnership team, support the dissemination of the Supply Division’s investment cases with internal and external stakeholders and partners, and coordinate the development of proposals for partners as relevant.

· Coordinate input from technical leads/internal stakeholders to respond to partnership enquiries received by the Division. · Coordinate the preparation of partnership legal agreements, by UNICEF’s policies.

· Act as focal point for Supply Division’s engagement in global multistakeholder platforms and events (e.g., Davos, COP).

· Provide strategic, logistical, and programmatic support to Supply Division Senior Management and other UNICEF staff on key priority partnerships as needed under the Priority Partnership Coordination Mechanism, helping to raise awareness within UNICEF and with partners on UNICEF supply objectives and priorities.

Furthermore, UN Volunteers are encouraged to integrate the UN Volunteers programme mandate within their assignment and promote voluntary action through engagement with communities in the course of their work. As such, UN Volunteers should dedicate a part of their working time to some of the following suggested activities:

· Strengthen their knowledge and understanding of the concept of volunteerism by reading relevant UNV and external publications and taking an active part in UNV activities (for instance, in events that mark International Volunteer Day);

· Be acquainted with and build on traditional and/or local forms of volunteerism in the host country;

· Provide annual and end-of-assignment self-reports on UN Volunteer actions, results, and opportunities.

· Contribute articles/write-ups on field experiences and submit them for UNV publications/websites, newsletters, press releases, etc.;

· Assist with the UNV Buddy Programme for newly-arrived UN Volunteers;

· Promote or advise local groups in the use of online volunteering, or encourage relevant local individuals and organizations to use the UNV Online Volunteering service whenever technically possible.

Results/expected outputs

As an active UNICEF team member, efficient, timely, responsive, client-friendly, and high-quality support is rendered to UNICEF and its beneficiaries in the accomplishment of her/his functions, including:

· Well-managed partnerships – with well-cultivated partner relationships - which help UNICEF Supply Division fulfil its mission to ensure equitable and inclusive access to essential supplies and services for children and their families.

· Contributions in kind (CIKs) to UNICEF that adhere to the organization’s contributions in kind (CIKs) policy and have been effectively assessed by the Division.

· Effective coordination or robust engagement by the Supply Division in global multistakeholder platforms and events.

· Effective handling of partnership enquiries.

Core Values: · Care · Respect · Integrity · Trust · Accountability · Sustainability

Core competencies skills (level 2 required):

· Builds and maintains partnerships · Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness · Drive to achieve results for impact · Innovates and embraces change · Thinks and acts strategically · Manages ambiguity and complexity · Works collaboratively with others

Attributes and competencies required (refer to UNICEF’s competency framework https://www.unicef.org/careers/media/1041/file/UNICEF%27s_Competency_Framework.pdf):

· Planning and organizing: effective organizational and problem-solving skills and ability to manage a large volume of work in an efficient and timely manner; ability to establish priorities and to plan, coordinate and monitor (own) work; ability to work under pressure, with conflicting deadlines, and to handle multiple concurrent projects/activities;

· Communication: proven interpersonal skills; good spoken and written communication skills, including ability to prepare clear and concise reports; ability to conduct presentations, articulate options and positions concisely; ability to make and defend recommendations; ability to communicate and empathize with staff (including national staff), military personnel, volunteers, counterparts and local interlocutors coming from very diverse backgrounds; capacity to transfer information and knowledge to a wide range of different target groups;

· Flexibility: adaptability and ability to live and work in potentially hazardous and remote conditions, involving physical hardship and little comfort; to operate independently in austere environments for protracted periods; willingness to travel within the area of operations and to transfer to other duty stations within the area of operations as necessary;

· Genuine commitment towards the principles of voluntary engagement, which includes solidarity, compassion, reciprocity and self-reliance; and commitment towards UNICEF’s mission and vision, as well as to the UN Core Values.

· An affinity with or interest in UNICEF’s agenda on supply; in volunteerism as a mechanism for durable development; and in the UN System.

Professional Experience: At least 3 years of relevant, progressively responsible professional experience including partnerships, external relations, and/or resource mobilization, preferably in an international organization. Experience with, or exposure to, the humanitarian sector and/or the logistics and transportation industry is desirable. Experience with in-kind donations is an asset.

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Since this is an international UN Volunteer assignment, the holder will be responsible for the organization of his or her own home and the other essential elements of life.

UN Volunteer entitlements and allowances:

The purpose of the allowances and entitlements paid to UN Volunteers 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. The allowances are in no way to be understood as compensation, reward, or salary in exchange for the UN Volunteer’s service. Contingent on specific eligibility criteria, location of the volunteer assignment and contractual type and category, the payment of allowances will begin from the date of Commencement of Service For more information on entitlements please read the Condition of Service (https://explore.unv.org/cos). For information specific to your assignment please see below:

A UN Volunteer receives a Volunteer Living Allowance (VLA), which is composed of a Monthly Living Allowance (MLA) and a Family Allowance (FA) for those with dependents (maximum three).

The Volunteer Living Allowance (VLA) is paid at the end of each month to cover housing, utilities, transportation, communications and other basic needs.

Monthly Living Allowance (Per month): USD 3542.8 Entry lump sum (one-time payment): USD 4000 Accommodation Supplement (Per month): USD 644.41 Family allowance: $250 per month for one dependent. $450 per month for two or more dependents Exit allowance (for each month served, paid on completion of contract): USD 225 Medical and life insurance: Cigna Private Insurance

Leave entitlements: Annual leave: 2.5 days accrued per calendar month Certified sick leave: UN Volunteers are entitled to up to 30 days of certified sick leave based on a 12-month cycle. This amount is reset every 12-month cycle. Uncertified sick leave: 7 days for 12 months and 4 days for shorter assignments Learning leave: 10 working days per consecutive 12 months (shorter assignments are prorated) Maternity Leave: 16 weeks Paternity Leave: 10 days

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