UNICEF recruits 01 Partnerships and Resource Mobilization Specialist, P3

Partnerships and Resource Mobilization Specialist, P3, Niamey, Niger (Generic Vacancy Announcement)

Job Number: 522670 | Vacancy Link

Locations: Africa: Niger

Work Type : Fixed Term Appointment

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, passion.

Niger is a landlocked Sahelian country of 21.5 million people, most of whom live in rural areas (84%). The population is young, with 58% of Nigeriens being under 18, and nearly half of the population is poor, despite reductions in the poverty rate over the past decade. The country, which ranked last on the 2017 Human Development Index, sees its development constrained by several factors: high population growth, climatic conditions that hinder rural development, vulnerability due to the absence of economic diversification, gender equality issues, low levels of literacy and education, and the size and landlocked nature of the country, which obstruct the provision of essential goods and services to the population. In addition, Niger is confronted to recurrent crises, including malnutrition, epidemics and population displacement.

UNICEF supports the Government of Niger’s efforts to improve the situation of women and children, focusing on the following seven sectors through its 2019-2021 programme of cooperation: health, nutrition, water, hygiene and sanitation, education, child protection, and social inclusion, and adolescent and social norms. The vision for the new country programme is to support the Government towards ensuring that all children, especially the most vulnerable, enjoy their rights; adolescents and youth are empowered; communities and systems are strengthened and resilient; and humanitarian assistance and development address the structural causes of fragility and vulnerability.

How can you make a difference?

The position is the head of the partnerships unit and ensures that the Country Office establishes and deepens financial and non-financial partnerships with resource partners, through partnerships development, relationships and contributions management, and donor reporting. The key result is that adequate resources are mobilized to implement the UNICEF Niger country programme and reach expected results for women and children.

Key functions, accountabilities and related duties/tasks

Ensure partnership development:

Lead in the development, update and monitoring of the Country Office’s resource mobilization strategy, covering both fundraising and leveraging, and ensuring progress in novel areas such as innovative financing.

Develop systems to monitor the financing levels and resource needs of the country programme against targets.

Advise senior management and programme sections on partnerships opportunities and risks.

Collaborate with the communications section and programme sections to ensure that adequate material is available to support partnership development.

Advise programme sections on project conceptualization, ensure quality control of concept notes and project proposals (including narratives and budgets) prior to the Deputy Representative’s final approval, and gradually build the capacity of programme staff on proposal writing.

Advise on the content of agreement with donors and liaise with the Regional Office, Headquarters, and financial and non-financial partners regarding clearance, finalization and signature of agreements.

Keep abreast of overall aid trends and developments and disseminate knowledge internally.

Strengthen partnerships management:

Develop and maintain systems to strengthen institutional memory related to partnerships and ensure timely follow-up to donor interactions.

Advise the Deputy Representative on systems for monitoring sensitive grants.

Contribute to efforts to analyze and communicate to donors the cost of doing business, and to strengthen grant management practices to ensure implementation fully complies with the donor agreement.

Liaise with the Regional Office, Headquarters and financial and non-financial partners on partnerships-related issues.

Ensure that the communications section and programme section are fully aware of donor reconition requirements, facilitate the production of quality donor recognition products as needed, and ensure that these products are regularly shared with donors.

Ensure timely, quality donor reporting:

Ensure that adequate processes and systems are in place in the Country Office for donor report planning and production.

Ensure the timely submission of quality donor reports, including compliance with UNICEF quality standards and coherence between financial and narrative information.

Gradually build the capacity of programme section staff in charge of report writing.

Ensure the timely submission of a quality yearly Country Office Annual Report (narrative part).

Ensure quality control for other reports or documentation linked to partnerships, as needed.

To qualify as a champion for every child you will have…

An advanced university degree is required in one of the following fields: international relations, political science, international development, communications, public relations 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, reporting, or other relevant area.

Fluency in English and French is required.

For every Child you demonstrate…

NICEF’s core values of Commitment, Diversity and Integrity and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.

Functional Competencies:

Leading and supervising (II)

Formulating strategies and concepts (II)

Analyzing (II)

Relating and networking (II)

Persuading and influencing (II)

Planning and organizing (II)

Coping with pressure and setbacks (II)

Entrepreneurial thinking (II)

View UNICEF competency framework at http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/files/UNICEF_Competencies.pdf

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, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles.

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.

Closing Date Tue Jun 11 2019 23:55:00 GMT+0100 (Afr. centrale Ouest)