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 main purpose of this assignment is to enhance the engagement and management of global and regional (with a particular focus on the Asia region including Japan, Korea, Australia, Hong Kong and New Zealand National Committees) donors by developing and implementing strategic initiatives, communication strategies, and events that align with UNICEF’s philanthropic goals. This includes creating content that effectively communicates the impact of donations, supporting global prospect pipelines, executing donor engagement events, and two major initiatives: firstly, supporting the new mid-level donor product (in development) and implementation in market and secondly, supporting initiatives centered on youth engagement for members of the International Council. Additionally, the role involves collaboration with various teams and stakeholders to ensure effective stakeholder engagement and continuous improvement within the Global Philanthropy team and collaboration with other teams.

How can you make a difference?

• Event Management for Donor Engagement: Plan and execute high-quality events that provide meaningful experiences for donors and prospects. Oversee all aspects of event logistics from conceptualization to execution, ensuring that each event aligns with the organization’s standards and goals, and effectively supports its philanthropic objectives.
• Content Development for Donor Engagement: Create compelling content and communication strategies for specific donor engagement programs. Collaborate with program managers to ensure that content accurately reflects program goals and engages the target audience effectively, enhancing the donor experience and fostering greater engagement.
• UNICEF’s First Global Mid-Level Offer: Support leading the further development of UNICEF’s offer targeting Mid-Level donors ($10,000-$99,000). Using AI to enhance better understanding of the donor and their motivations, and to build deeper relationships and trust with this segment, the incumbent will help drive this significant offer in development with the GP team.
• Youth Engagement through the International Council: Lead the formation and management of a youth-led subsidiary within the existing International Council, focusing on integrating youth perspectives into the organization’s philanthropic strategies. This includes identifying and recruiting council members, coordinating their activities, and ensuring their input is considered in decision-making processes.
• Global Prospecting and Donor Pipeline Management: Assist in identifying new prospects and managing existing donor pipelines in collaboration with the team, with a focus on Asia markets. Ensure efficient monitoring and engagement of global prospects, including those residing in multiple locations.

Work Assignments Overview & Deliverables/Outputs

1. Event Management for Donor Engagement:

Support the planning of the engagement event with NZ National GWA Dan Carter in Tokyo on Oct. 25th, managing all event logistics from initial concept to final execution and ensuring alignment with organisational standards and philanthropic goals.

KPIs:

• Research on 30+ prospects and donor guests, prioritising A and B lists.
• Produce invitation draft, design program outline, video/asset to provide immersive and meaningful experiences for donors and prospects.
• Coordinate speaker remarks and talking points.
• Produce one take home asset describing UNICEF and DC10 to ensure participants have program understanding.
• Produce excel list of participants, capturing engagement at event for each prospect and guest.
• Working with P3 Specialist and P4 Manager, draft points for follow up strategy for 2024-2025 engagement for each prospect and guest.

By October 31, 2024

2. Content Development for Donor Engagement:

Work with the philanthropy officers at all Natcoms to help leverage PFP Program Coordination materials to support and better utilize existing content to align the development of national assets and offers with Global Philanthropy strategy.

KPIs:

• Support development of the following Asia Natcom assets: DC10 Hightlight and holiday letter for NZ (December), IC member visit to Innocenti for Australia (November), Annual highlights letter for Japan (December), holiday appeal outreach for HK (December), Content materials for Honors Club 10-year anniversary), IC prospect and marketing for Korea Natcom (January).
• Continuously evaluate and refine content strategy and materials for top prospects based on needs and feedback from Natcoms. Ensure GP provides at least 1 major content output/asset to send to 2024 prospect audience per Asia Natcom market (examples in the above for 2024) and produce outline of ideas for content assets (1 per market) for 2025.

By January 31, 2025

3. UNICEF’s First Global Mid-Level Offer:

The incumbent will play an important role on a dedicated sub-team focused on further developing and taking UNICEF’s First Global Mid-Level Offer through its pilot phase.

KPIs:

• Expand and refine Mid-Level materials package outlining current overview (strategies and comparative practices) for mid-level project to be shared with larger GP community.
• Review and synthesize initial phase data and MVP summary of first phase of mid-level project (one-page summary and ppt).
• Supporting the development of “Stories of Impact,” collate program content and data points to inform outline for content which will be featured on the app. (Eg. List of VDE content, interviews from the field to be featured on the site/app. Need to identify 20 pieces of content)
• Create communications that highlight successes and assist organising at least one internal event (VSS) or GP Community call to showcase project and impact.

By March 31, 2025

4. Youth Engagement through the International Council:

Support the continued development and oversight of a youth-led subsidiary within the existing International Council, focusing on integrating youth perspectives into the organisation’s broader philanthropic strategies.

KPIs:

• Outline of youth-engagement elements for UIC annual symposium (November).
• Collate materials from youth engagements to summarize and publicize youth engagement opportunities and activities that happened in 2024.
• Produce outline for youth-engagement opportunities to be considered by UIC members during regional dinners/meetings and program visits on offer for 2024-2025.
• Working with GP Manager (Family Philanthropy) to support research on an internal list and spreadsheet outlining current information UIC youth member participants and engagement strategies.

By August 12, 2025

5. Global Prospecting and Donor Pipeline Management:

Working closely with the Global Philanthropy Manager (based in Tokyo) and Specialist (based in Seoul) assist in the identification and cultivation of new prospects in coordination with the philanthropy team for the markets based in Asia.

KPIs

• List of new prospects to be considered by Japan, Korea, HK, Australia and NZ.
• Review and contribute to strategy development for new prospects to be reviewed by other markets (eg. Aligning opportunities on global offer for national adaptation and adoption)
• Incorporate research and engagement strategies into existing working documents for Global Philanthropy’s Billionaire’s Strategy and Diaspora Strategy.

By September 1 2025

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

Education:

• An advanced University Degree in one of the following fields is required: Fundraising/Philanthropy, Communication, Marketing, International Relations, International Development, Business, Social Sciences, or a related area.
• Alternatively, a first-level university degree in a relevant field combined with two additional years of qualified professional experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Experience:

• A Minimum of 5 years of work experience in global convening, public affairs, programme management, resource mobilization, and/or external relations is required.
• Experience in conceptualizing and developing donor engagement strategies and/or contents is required.
• Experience in convening global events is required.
• A track record of working independently and meeting tight deadlines is required.
• Access to and experience of engaging in global/regional philanthropic networks is an asset.
• Knowledge of approaches to community building and engagement with philanthropists is an asset.
• Knowledge of the UN system and familiarity with UNICEF programme activities are considered an asset.
• Experience working with the UN is an asset.

Language:

• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of an Asian language (Japanese, Cantonese, Mandarin, Korean) is a plus.

Essential skills:

• Writing and editing skills are required.
• Exceptional project management skills are required.
• Solid writing, analytical, problem-solving, writing, and presentation skills, particularly in the context of international work settings are required.

Desirable skills:

• Good attention to detail and demonstrated ability to organize own work, and work of others according to deadlines.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment with staff with differing experience and skills and with staff in different geographic locations.
• Knowledge and experience of conducting research on emerging issues, futures, or child rights themes is an advantage
• A strong ability to manage, negotiate and collaborate with external and internal experts.
• A flexible mindset and ‘can-do’ attitude in an evolving programme context.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate complex issues to a lay audience.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF’s values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS).

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Remarks: 

Please indicate your all-inclusive (lump sum) fees in USD against the deliverables listed above. If there is a need for business travel, the travel costs will be covered by UNICEF separately. The office selects the individual based on best value for money.

Payment of professional fees will be based on submission of agreed deliverables. UNICEF reserves the right to withhold payment in case the deliverables submitted are not up to the required standard or in case of delays in submitting the deliverables on the part of the consultant.

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

Individuals engaged under a consultancy or individual contract will not be considered “staff members” under the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s policies and procedures, and will not be entitled to benefits provided therein (such as leave entitlements and medical insurance coverage). Their conditions of service will be governed by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants and Individual Contractors. Consultants and individual contractors are responsible for determining their tax liabilities and for the payment of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with local or other applicable laws.

The selected candidate is solely responsible to ensure that the visa (applicable) and health insurance required to perform the duties of the contract are valid for the entire period of the contract. Selected candidates are subject to confirmation of fully-vaccinated status against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which must be met prior to taking up the assignment. It does not apply to consultants who will work remotely and are not expected to work on or visit UNICEF premises, programme delivery locations or directly interact with communities UNICEF works with, nor to travel to perform functions for UNICEF for the duration of their consultancy contracts.

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.

UNICEF offers reasonable accommodation for consultants/individual contractors with disabilities. This may include, for example, accessible software, travel assistance for missions or personal attendants. We encourage you to disclose your disability during your application in case you need reasonable accommodation during the selection process and afterwards in your assignment.

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.