Resource Mobilization Specialist, P-3, Polio Eradication Programme, New York, 6 months

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

The salary for this job should be between 140,639 USD and 184,155 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, Health

UNICEF is a core partner of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) which aims to complete the eradication and containment of all wild, vaccine-related and Sabin polioviruses, such that no child ever again suffers paralytic poliomyelitis. To date, global incidence of polio has decreased by 99.9% since GPEI’s inception and an estimated 16 million people today are walking who would otherwise have been paralyzed by the disease, and more than 1.5 million people are alive, whose lives would otherwise have been lost. Now the task remains to tackle polio in its last few strongholds and to get rid of the final 0.1% of polio cases. To fulfill our commitment to vaccinating more than 400 million children each year, UNICEF and partners engage in resource mobilization, partnership, and advocacy activities to ensure adequate support for our global polio eradication efforts.

As Resource Mobilization Specialist, you will be a key member of the Resource Mobilization, Finance and Communications workstream of the Polio Unit. You will report to the Resource Mobilization Manager and will regularly collaborate with internal UNICEF partners to fundraise and promote awareness, understanding and support for the Polio Programme at the global level. The Resource Mobilization Specialist will also serve as a member of the Resource Mobilization Group (RMG), contributing to effective partnerships within GPEI, thus strengthening UNICEF’s leadership role in advocacy and resource mobilization.

How can you make a difference?

The Resource Mobilization Specialist will contribute to the implementation and monitoring of UNICEF’s polio resource mobilization and advocacy efforts globally, in line with GPEI’s resource mobilization strategy. S/he will focus on raising financial resources to meet polio funding requirements, by helping explore new funding opportunities while managing current polio partnerships. This position will have an impact on UNICEF’s public representation with donors and other external stakeholders and partners.

Key accountabilities and tasks include the following:

Donor relations, grant management, and recognition

• Manage assigned partnerships within designated donor markets, i.e., monetize pledges, correspond, and report in coordination with relevant UNICEF divisions and GPEI partners
• Update various financial management databases to ensure that all contributions are recorded appropriately, and that UNICEF complies with its reporting obligations

Mapping and pursuing new funding opportunities

• Map and analyze funding opportunities with new public and private sector donors to fulfil polio financial requirements
• Develop compelling proposals to prospective donors with a particular focus on the global south and identify key opportunities to make donor asks in collaboration with GPEI partners and relevant UNICEF divisions
• Develop a transition / integration strategy to ensure the long-term support of current partners beyond polio

Polio advocacy and donor recognition

• Support advocacy opportunities in key markets to help mobilize funding - ranging from high-level events to social media campaigns - in partnership with PPD, PFP, Natcoms and GPEI partners
• Ensure maximum donor recognition and demonstration of the impact of their funding whenever and wherever possible

Representation and contribution to the GPEI partnership

• Participate in the various GPEI and RMG meetings by representing UNICEF positions and priorities within the global partnership
• Support RMG missions with preparations and the drafting of background documents as needed

Perform other tasks as assigned by supervisor and back-up other staff in the unit during their absence, as required.

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

• An advanced university degree (Master’s or higher) in International Relations, Communications, Marketing or related field.
• Additional trainings in fundraising is an asset.
• A minimum of five [5] years of relevant international and/or national professional work experience in resource mobilization, or in contribution management, or in forging partnerships.
• A proven track record in advocacy for resource mobilization in print, broadcast, or new media initiatives and fundraising with private and institutional donors.
• Excellent writing skills.
• Prior experience with UNICEF National Committees an asset.
• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) 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 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.