Re-advertised - Fundraising Manager - Individual Giving (P-4), LAC Regional Office – Panama City

Contract

This is a P-4 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 7 years of experience, depending on education.

Salary

The salary for this job should be between 131,907 USD and 170,066 USD.

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This position is being re-advertised. existing applicants need not re-apply, as your application will still be considered. Thank you.

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.

The Private Sector Fundraising and Partnerships (PSFP) section within the Division of Private Fundraising and Partnerships (PFP) works on a global basis with National Committees and UNICEF Country Offices to maximize Revenue and drive income growth.

The purpose of the Latin America and Caribbean PFP Regional Support Center (RSC) located in Panama is to maximize private sector opportunities within the LAC Region. This is primarily done through capacity building, guidance, and oversight of Country Offices PSFR operations as well as project leadership on specific common enablers for PSFR operations, which require resolution at regional or global level, across divisional borders. Another important role of the RSC is to foster regional opportunities, for example in high-value channels fundraising and in the B4R area.

The Fundraising Manager (Individual Giving) position is part of the Latin America and Caribbean PFP Regional Support Center (RSC) in Panama in addition to the PFP Individual Giving team in Geneva.

For every child, a better future

The position of Fundraising Manager (Individual Giving) will focus on supporting Country Offices in the Latin America and Caribbean Region to maximize the value of Individual Giving, through the acquisition, retention, and value maximization of UNICEF donors across the Cash, Pledge, and Legacy income streams.

The incumbent will coordinate Individual Giving support to markets in the region and ensure an integrated way of working across Individual Giving through the global and regional specialists. Particular focus will be on supporting the market’s shift towards increased digitally enabled revenue growth.

Key business areas will be a pledge and cash acquisition, retention, and value maximization; including fundraising from individuals in emergencies and legacy fundraising. A key focus area will be identifying opportunities to integrate work across functions and channels and optimize results across online and offline activities.

The post will be guided by the overall Private Sector Fundraising income strategy and in particular the Individual Giving Income Strategy. In addition, the post will liaise with other relevant strategies, including the Supporter Engagement Strategy.

How can you make a difference?

• Align priorities and coordinate efforts across Global individual Giving, Regional Support Centers, and country office teams to develop and optimize UNICEF’s Individual Giving programs in the Latin America and Caribbean Region.
  • Advise on global investment allocation via Investment Funds, alternative investment funds (“the Dynamo Fund), or any other funding source and support the development of Investment and Innovation Fund applications, as well as the subsequent implementation and monitoring of these programs.
  • Benchmark and advise on resources necessary on for PFP teams to deliver on income targets across the region.
  • Track the regional developments in Individual Giving across the NGO sector, both inside and outside UNICEF, especially developing and maintaining relationships with key influencers. Keep in touch with industry experts keep track of competitor activities in the LAC Region and keep the global individual giving team updated on regional challenges, opportunities, and priorities and vice versa.
  • Key Accountability for the total regional Individual Giving Channel income
• Support the development and monitoring of market-specific fundraising strategies in alignment with global strategies, regional priorities as well as local context.
  • Ensure continuous local testing, collate learnings and apply to our fundraising programs to maximize results.
  • Facilitate sharing of best practices among Individual Giving practitioners in UNICEF, via workshops, social media, UNICEF intranet on an ad-hoc basis; develop and share regional and global best practice manuals, e-learning tools, etc.
• Emergency Fundraising support to markets in the event of a significant media-driven emergency, maximizing the short and long-term fundraising opportunities.
• Manage the regional individual giving the team and ensure the specialists are aligned and coordinated.
  • Work alongside other IG specialists to achieve efficient strategic and tactical intervention in markets, supporting them in their Pledge, Cash, and Legacy income growth
  • Lead on coordination and hands-on support to markets and across teams

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

Education :

• An advanced university degree in Marketing, Communications, Humanities, Fundraising, Business Administration, Social Sciences, International Relations, or another relevant field is required.
• Alternatively, a first-level university degree in a relevant field combined with 10 years of professional experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Experience:

• A minimum of eight years of professional work experience in direct marketing, Individual Giving, leading both acquisition and retention activities, with an extensive focus on monthly [pledge] giving, is required.
• Strong experience of working in a complex multi-channel campaign environment that includes direct dialogue (F2F, D2D, and TM) digital marketing, direct mail, and – ideally – DRTV., within a structured Fundraising programme, in a results-driven organization is required.
• Strong experience (+5 years) with digital fundraising with successful records will be an advantage.
• Experience with the UN/UNICEF is an advantage.
• Management Experience from previous roles, either as direct manager or as a coordinator of complex initiatives involving other teams managing multi-million-dollar gross revenue profiles is required.
• Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency is considered an asset.
• Knowledge of individual fundraising trends across multiple markets is an asset.
• Experience of both agency and in-house individual giving campaigns would be an advantage.

Language requirements:

• Fluency (verbal and written) in English and Spanish is required. Knowledge of Portuguese or another UN Language is considered an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate...

UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA)

The UNICEF competencies required for this post are...

• Nurtures, Leads, and manage people (2)
• Demonstrates Self Awareness and Ethical Awareness (2)
• Works Collaboratively with others (2)
• Builds and Maintains Partnerships (2)
• Innovates and Embraces Change (2)
• Thinks and Acts Strategically (2)
• Drives to achieve impactful results (2)
• Manages ambiguity and complexity (2) are required.

To view our competency framework, please visit here.

Click here to learn more about UNICEF’s values and competencies.

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.

Remarks:

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

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