Public Partnership Officer, Public Partnership Division, P2, NYHQ (, 364 days)

Contract

This is a P-2 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 2 years of experience, depending on education.

Salary

The salary for this job should be between 108,633 USD and 147,551 USD.

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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

The fundamental mission of UNICEF is to promote the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything the organization does — in programs, in advocacy and in operations. The equity strategy, emphasizing the most disadvantaged and excluded children and families, translates this commitment to children’s rights into action. For UNICEF, equity means that all children have an opportunity to survive, develop and reach their full potential, without discrimination, bias or favoritism. To the degree that any child has an unequal chance in life — in its social, political, economic, civic and cultural dimensions — her or his rights are violated. There is growing evidence that investing in the health, education and protection of a society’s most disadvantaged citizens — addressing inequity — not only will give all children the opportunity to fulfill their potential but also will lead to sustained growth and stability of countries. This is why the focus on equity is so vital. It accelerates progress towards realizing the human rights of all children, which is the universal mandate of UNICEF, as outlined by the Convention on the Rights of the Child, while also supporting the equitable development of nations.

How can you make a difference?

The Public Partnerships Division (PPD) is responsible for developing and strengthening public partnerships to support UNICEF’s work to protect the rights of every child. The PPD CANZUSI Cluster is responsible for partnerships with Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the United States of America and Israel.

The PPD CANSUZI team, based in the NYHQ office and with an outpost office in Washington, D.C., supports UNICEF’s work by managing partnerships and resource mobilization with institutions of the Government of the United States, including the White House National Security Council, U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Agency for International Development, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation, and the U.S. Congress. It also supports work with International Financial Institutions.

The partnerships with the U.S. Government (USG)are among UNICEF’s most important and multi-faceted external partnerships.

This Public Partnership Officer (TA) supports UNICEF PPD CANZUSI’s USG team between NYHQ and Washington, D.C., in deepening collaboration with key stakeholders on a range of global health/development and humanitarian assistance efforts and advancing knowledge exchange, resource mobilization, partnership and grant management, as well as policy influence within the scope of assignment. The incumbent’s efforts will ensure greater visibility for UNICEF and support its mission with key partners. The incumbent will have a formal reporting into one P3 based in NYHQ and a dotted reporting line to a P3 based in Washington DC.

Main duties and responsibilities

Support high-quality and adaptive engagement, communication, and results-focused grant management approaches to maintain UNICEF’s position as a partner of choice for the USG. Duties include:

• Provide comprehensive support in management of UNICEF-USG grant agreements across global development and humanitarian assistance efforts, with specific emphasis on reporting requirements. Engage frequently and directly with COs/ROs, headquarters teams, and donor grant management teams and facilitate related information flows. Support negotiation efforts related to design and implementation of grants and efforts to ensure compliance with negotiated agreements. Ensure that critical deadlines and requirements are met. Join and if needed contribute to regular donor update meetings.
• Remain updated on UNICEF policies and processes to contribute to, and inform, UNICEF’s work with USG partners; support efforts to ensure UNICEF positions are properly relayed and taken into account in decision-making and outreach to partners. Similarly maintain awareness of current activities, political and social events of UN and other multilateral bodies/governments.
• Support promotion of, and advocacy for, UNICEF programmes by assisting with the preparation of information to internal teams, USG and other member states, UN agencies, NGOs, host government and other partners on the strategy, design, relevance and impact of programmes. Attend related meetings and provide readouts for appropriate focal points.
• Work with PPD administrative and operational support staff to help engage and guide CANZUSI colleagues on relevant processes, systems, and files (including administrative staff, interns, and graduate fellows); provide guidance and support to colleagues in managing operations of the Washington, D.C. office, including budget, supplies and logistical support.
• Support CANZUSI’s knowledge management activities, helping to ensure partner information and materials are maintained, updated, and filed; guide other team members to implement knowledge management protocols to ensure consistency and ease of reference. Provide contribution and partnership-related updates and information to internal and external partners as necessary.
• Other duties as assigned, including but not limited to: planning and logistics for UNICEF HQ or country/regional office leadership to participate in high-level engagements with U.S. Government officials and Congressional delegations; conducting research on prospective new partnership engagements for UNICEF and providing related analysis and outreach to support exploration of such opportunities.

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

• A university degree is required in international relations or another related field, including but not limited to the following fields: international relations, business administration, political science, health, education, English or writing, economics or international business, communications, or international development.
• A minimum of two years of professional experience in one or more of the following areas or related areas is required: public affairs, communications, government, economics or finance, health, education, government, programme management, resource mobilization, external relations, office management, customer relations, logistics or other relevant area.
• UNICEF Country Office experience and experience with USAID grants (humanitarian and/or development) is desirable.
• Contribution management experience and strong report writing skills is desirable.
• 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 and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values

UNICEF competencies required for this post are…

(1) Builds and maintains partnerships (2) Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness (3) Drive to achieve results for impact (4) Innovates and embraces change (5) Manages ambiguity and complexity (6) Thinks and acts strategically (7) Works collaboratively with others.

During the recruitment process, we test candidates following the competency framework. Familiarize yourself with our competency framework and its different levels: competency framework 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. We offer a wide range of benefits to our staff, including paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the use of flexible working arrangements. 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 is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. 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:

UNICEF’s active commitment towards diversity and inclusion is critical to deliver the best results for children. For this position, eligible and suitable applicants with all backgrounds are encouraged to apply.

Mobility is a condition of international professional employment with UNICEF and an underlying premise of the international civil service.

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 are also 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.

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