Partnerships Manager, P4, Public Partnerships Division (PPD), Fixed Term, NYHQ, Post #15666 Req #571517

UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.

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For every child, planning

The Division of Public Partnerships (PPD) works to enhance UNICEF’s position as a partner of choice for children’s rights among governments and public actors around the world. The division is doing this by connecting UNICEF’s positioning of children in intergovernmental and multilateral fora and negotiations to the engagement with governments and public institutions (including IFIs) as resource, policy, and programme partners. A key premise for PPD is that the engagement with countries should be based on multiple levels of partnerships, including around resource mobilization and policy advocacy.

How can you make a difference?

Under the overall guidance of the Director, Public Partnerships Division, and direct Supervision of the Senior Adviser for Systems, Analytics, Planning and Operations, the Partnerships Manager (Planning) will provide strategic support to the Public Partnerships Division’s team in New York HQ and abroad in all critical aspects of work in planning and monitoring; research and analysis; knowledge and content management; and as well as field office support on public partnerships development.  With the evolving aid environment, the opportunities to safeguard and strengthen strategic partnerships with the public sector depend on responding effectively to partner “issues” which cut across partners.  With evidence, knowledge and intelligence, this position provides the needed depth and scale to address these issues, in part through the strategic oversight and coordination of Structured Funding Dialogue, Funding Compact and Executive Board engagement as well as support to senior and executive level decision-making, and inputs to organization-wide reports and processes.

Key functions, accountabilities, and related duties/tasks

• Coordinating PPD strategicplanning, monitoring, reporting and related processes to bolster the achievement of PPD’s results.
• Aligning and orchestrating PPD and Partnership Cone contributions with corporate-level planning, monitoring, and reporting processes to advance UNICEF’s Strategic Plan, including UNICEF’s Resource Mobilization Strategy.
• Undertaking strategic research and analysis to facilitate high-level engagement and inform senior and executive decision-making.
• Overseeing divisional information, knowledge, and content management particularly in support of field offices
• Providing field office support on public partnerships development, including capacity enhancement
• Steering and harmonizing organization-wide systems and processes on behalf of the division and the organization
• Collaborating with other UN Agencies to synchronize strategic messaging, exchange knowledge, and undertake joint analysis.
• Supervising a P2 Public Partnerships Officer

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

• An advanced university degree (Masters’ or higher) in Social Sciences, Development Studies, Statistics, Demography, Public Administration, or in directly related technical field(s) is required.
• A minimum of eight (8) years of relevant professional experience at national and international levels in research and analysis.
• Demonstrated, excellent analytical and strategic writing experience is required, including prior hands-on experience in writing, coordinating, and developing official Executive Board documents is highly desirable.
• Experience leading, managing, and coordinating organization-wide processes/initiatives is highly desirable.
• Demonstrated experience in the area of corporate planning, monitoring, and reporting and related corporate systems.
• Experience collaborating with UN agencies, particularly vis-à-vis coordination of messaging for high-level reporting and senior level engagement.
• Prior experience managing and developing staff.
• Fluency in English (written and verbal) is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish).

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

The 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 (8) Nurtures, leads and manages people.

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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 does not hire candidates who are married to children (persons under 18). 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 promoting the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will 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.

UNICEF appointments are subject to medical clearance.  Issuance of a visa by the host country of the duty station is required for IP positions and will be facilitated by UNICEF. Appointments may also be subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Should you be selected for a position with UNICEF, you either must be inoculated as required or receive a medical exemption from the relevant department of the UN. Otherwise, the selection will be canceled.

Remarks:

As per Article 101, paragraph 3, of the Charter of the United Nations, the paramount consideration in the employment of the staff is the necessity of securing the highest standards of efficiency, competence, and integrity.

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

Government employees who are considered for employment with UNICEF are normally required to resign from their government positions 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. 

UNICEF does not charge a processing fee at any stage of its recruitment, selection, and hiring processes (i.e., application stage, interview stage, validation stage, or appointment and training). UNICEF will not ask for applicants’ bank account information.

All UNICEF positions are advertised, and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process. An internal candidate performing at the level of the post in the relevant functional area, or an internal/external candidate in the corresponding Talent Group, may be selected, if suitable for the post, without assessment of other candidates.

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