Partnerships Specialist, P-3, Education Cannot Wait (ECW), Open ONLY to UK Citizens/Holder of UK Work Permit), (Temp Appointment, 364 days), REQ

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

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THIS IS A UK-BASED FUNCTION. NOT OPEN FOR REMOTE WORK, THE INCUMBENT HAS TO REPORT TO THE DUTY STATION.

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, education

Education Cannot Wait (ECW) is a fund dedicated to education in emergencies and protracted crises. It was established in 2016 during the World Humanitarian Summit by international humanitarian and development aid organizations, along with public and private donors, to help reposition education as a priority on the humanitarian agenda, usher in a more collaborative approach among actors on the ground and foster additional funding to ensure that every crisis-affected child and young person is in school and learning.

How can you make a difference?

To accomplish its mission, ECW provides partners, on the ground in emergency situations, resources that can be allocated in a flexible, swift and responsive manner, and over a period sufficient to accelerate and support education delivery for Children and youth. As such, one of the main objectives of ECW is to ensure more and better finance for education in crisis to allow for sufficient investments to improve access, quality, and continuity of learning for all children.

To contribute to this effort, the incumbent will work under the direct supervision of the Chief of Strategic Partnerships and will be responsible for deepening ECW’s collaboration with key stakeholders and provide an interface for environmental scanning, knowledge exchange, resource mobilization, and policy influence within the scope of assignment. S/He may also serve as focal point and resource for colleagues on specific thematic areas of strategic relevance for partnership development, advocacy and resource mobilization. The key result is to ensure greater and positive visibility for Education Cannot Wait and influence in support of its mission.

MAIN DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

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

1. The position is focused on partners in the United Kingdom and from here the candidate will implement the work plan for assigned area, in order to ensure timely and cost-effective delivery of results, in accordance with Education Cannot Wait partnership approach.

2. Seeks and promotes new partnerships and resource mobilization, working with Education Cannot Wait colleagues and partners to identify partnership and resource mobilization needs and broker resource mobilization opportunities to meet those needs.

3. Receives and screens inquiries from potential collaborators and facilitates communication with direct supervisor. Scans and scouts external environment within designated partnership area for opportunities and risks and shares information in a timely fashion with relevant ECW staff.

4. Provides strategic, logistical and programmatic support to supervisor and the resource mobilization team in corporate engagement and interaction with assigned partners.

5. Develops and maintains deep knowledge and familiarity with current and prospective partners and relevant stakeholders to resource mobilization.

6. Expands ECW’s network of key interlocutors to build stronger relationships between ECW and institutional donors, other key-decision makers, regional development institutions, foundations, civil society organizations, international financial institutions and/or other relevant constituencies.

7. Develops and implements annual partnership engagement and resource mobilization plans.

8. Acts as a focal point for identification and pursuit of opportunities for outreach, engagement, policy influence and collaboration, including on how to anticipate and respond to partners’ concerns and priorities, ensure that ECW’s interests, perspectives, and knowledge are taken into account in relevant policy and institutional processes, and ensure that they are fully aware of ECW’s perspectives, policies, priorities and capabilities. Contribute to the development and management of initiatives for high-level outreach.

9. Contributes to the development of new partnership and resource mobilization practices and approaches by formulating recommendations for action based on on-going monitoring, analyzing current trends within designated partners and formulating recommendations for strategy approaches and message development.

10. Contributes to strategies for engagement and the development of communications products to enhance ECW’s visibility and influence with existing and prospective partners and key stakeholders by providing analysis of the current environment and trends and formulating recommendations for strategy approaches and message development. Works closely with ECW colleagues to ensure that policy advocacy and outreach is strongly grounded in the experience and insights of the programmes that ECW supports. Contributes written inputs for communications instruments that best inform and influence decision-makers.

11. Performs other related duties as assigned by the supervisor to ensure the success of the team, including guiding, training, and coaching short-term staff, including interns and consultants, as needed.

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

• An advanced university degree is required in one of the following fields: international relations, political science, communications, international development, or another relevant technical field.
• A minimum of five years of professional experience in one or more of the following areas is required: public affairs, programme management, resource mobilization, external relations, or other relevant areas.
• Diplomatic communication and negotiation skills to establish and maintain trusted partnerships for the achievement of objectives and to develop close and effective working relationships with diverse stakeholders.
• Current knowledge of development issues, strategies, as well as programming policies, and procedures in international development cooperation.
• In-depth knowledge of partnership development and resource mobilization.
• Demonstrated ability to formulate new approaches in respect of resources management and outreach-related activities
• Skill in the identification of new opportunities or requirements to meet challenges in the field and propose changes.
• Excellent communications skills, verbal and written.
• In-depth familiarity with political and governmental processes
• Ability to conduct sound policy analysis.
• Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency is considered an asset.
• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate...

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability (CRITA) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: https://uni.cf/UNICEFValues

Core Values

• Care
• Respect
• Integrity
• Trust
• Accountability

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)
• Drive to achieve impactful results (1)
• Manages ambiguity and complexity (1)

To view our competency framework, please visit 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.

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.

UNICEF is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children.

This position is not considered an elevated risk role. However, UNICEF reserves the right to conduct further vetting/ assessment within the scope of child safeguarding as appropriate.

Remarks:

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

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.

THIS IS A UK-BASED FUNCTION. NOT OPEN FOR REMOTE WORK, THE INCUMBENT HAS TO REPORT TO THE DUTY STATION.