Reports Officer, NOB, New Delhi, Fixed Term Appointment, South Asia Region (SAR), Post Number:- 112065

Contract

This is a NO-2 contract. This kind of contract is known as National Professional Officers. It is normally only for nationals. It's a staff contract. More about NO-2 contracts.

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.

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For Every Child, AN ADVOCATE...

The India Country Office submits each year on average over 30 donor reports, with equal and growing numbers of donor proposals in light of the push towards fundraising. This position was approved as part of the recent PBR and will provide critical support in the following areas: i) Streamlining of office-wide systems and capacity development around donor proposals and reports; ii) development and finalization of donor proposals and reports; and iii) support to donor retention through ensuring donor feedback mechanisms.

How can you make a difference?

If you are a committed, creative professional and are passionate about making a lasting difference for children in the world's thereby ensuring a better future for every child, this is the chance to make a difference. Under supervision within the Managing for Results (M4R) section and in collaboration with the Partnership Manager in the Resource Mobilization & Partnerships unit, the incumbent will be responsible for donor proposals and donor reports in the India Country Office.

Key Functions, Accountabilities, And Related Duties/Tasks:

In collaboration with the programme section and the resources mobilization team the incumbent may be assigned the primary, shared, or contributory accountabilities for all or part of the following areas of major duties.

Streamlining of office-wide systems and capacity development around donor proposals and reports:

• Support to the roll-out of the SoPs for donor proposals, and reporting, highlighting workflows and roles and responsibilities;
• Elaborate donor proposal and reporting templates for different donor types, including pre-populating templates for different programme areas;
• Support collective understanding, application and usage of SoPs and templates;
• Review existing donor reporting assessments to identify areas of weaknesses/ challenges to be addressed;
• Undertake new donor reporting reviews/assessments as appropriate;
• Support compliance to conditionalities agreed with donors and a donor reporting feedback mechanism;
• Support collective understanding, application, and use of Results-based reporting in close coordination with the PMR colleagues;
• Provide hands-on support to ICO staff in the development of donor reports and proposals for multi-year and longstanding donors;
• Orient ICO on Donor Reporting platforms, including Fiori and INSIGHT.

Support to development and finalization of donor proposals and reports:

• Editing and quality assurance on fundraising proposals in line with the overall Resource Mobilization Strategy, including compilation of information, editing and layout when necessary, and adherence to set standards and templates;
• Compile, edit, and quality assure donor reports in line with donor conditions and original proposals, including liaison with the budget team to ensure accurate financial reporting and linkages to narratives; This also includes UNICEF reports such as annual thematic reports as well as donor-specific reporting;
• Liaise with communication team to ensure inclusion of human interest material in donor proposals and reports.
• Monitor and track donor proposal pipeline and ensure timely quality assurance of donor proposal in close collaboration with programme sections and Resource Mobilization team;
• Ensure quality assurance on fundraising proposals in line with the overall Resource Mobilization Strategy and Donor Engagement SOP, including the compilation of information and adherence to set standards and templates
• Monitor and track donor reporting schedule and ensure timely coordination, quality assurance, and submissions of donor reports in Fiori tracker;
• Update the Donor Reports Tracker, in collaboration with RMP;
• Provide timely guidance to programme sections on upcoming donor reports, including setting realistic internal deadlines, identifying the correct reporting template, elaborating on donor conditionalities, and addressing any challenges faced or questions by programme sections.

For every child, you demonstrate......

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

UNICEF Core Competencies required for this post are:

• Builds and maintains partnerships (I)
• Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness (I)
• Drive to achieve results for impact (I)
• Innovates and embraces change (I)
• Manages ambiguity and complexity (I)
• Thinks and acts strategically (I)

• Works collaboratively with others (I)

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

Education: A university degree in Social Sciences, Development Studies, Communications, Marketing, or a related technical field is required.

Experience:

• A minimum of two years of relevant professional work experience is required.
• Experience working in the UN or other international development organization, and fieldwork experience an asset.
• Practical experience in donor proposal and reporting preferable from a UN agency.

Language Requirements: Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.

Remarks:

• This position is based in New Delhi (India). The vacancy is open to Indian Nationals only.
• Selected applicants will have an initial two (2) year fixed-term contract, with the possibility of extension subject to satisfactory performance.
• Only shortlisted candidates will be notified and advance to the next stage of the selection process, which involves various assessments.
• UNICEF does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process, including application, interview, meeting, traveling, processing, training etc.
• 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. Our workplace policies promote flexible work arrangements to support all staff in maintaining a healthy life balance, both in and out of the office.

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.

For more information about UNICEF India, please refer to the link below: - http://unicef.in