Partnerships Specialist (Public Partnership), P3, Sudan # 118420, Nairobi, Kenya duty station is subject to PBR approval) (for non-Sudanese only)

UNICEF works in a number of the world’s hardest locations, to achieve the world’s most deprived kids. To avoid wasting their lives. To defend their rights. To assist them fulfil their potential.

Throughout 190 international locations and territories, we work for each little one, in every single place, on daily basis, to construct a greater world for everybody.

And we by no means quit.

For each little one, a partnership

Sudan is dealing with a humanitarian disaster of epic proportions. The battle in Sudan is severely placing in danger the well being and well-being of Sudan’s 24 million kids, therewith the way forward for the nation and closely affecting the broader area. 14 million kids in Sudan require pressing humanitarian help. Hundreds of thousands of these kids face a number of dangers of grave violations – killing & maiming, little one recruitment, violence, rape, and extra.

UNICEF is staying and delivering for the youngsters of Sudan, by way of a three-pronged humanitarian,

growth, and peace nexus technique: (a) present and preserve important and lifesaving companies in hotspot areas, (b) present pressing help to newly displaced and host communities in non-hotspot areas, (c) protect resilience by way of guaranteeing fundamental service supply throughout states.

UNICEF requires USD 840 million in 2024 to achieve 10 million of essentially the most weak kids and households with little one safety, training, well being, diet, WASH and cash-plus interventions. Out of the whole attraction, USD 200 million is required to ship for the Darfur area and USD 50 million for offering life-saving provides throughout Sudan.

Now, greater than ever, versatile sources are essential to permit a well timed and environment friendly humanitarian, growth and peace nexus response to protect life, dignity, resilience and hope for the way forward for Sudan’s kids and those that look after them.

UNICEF is looking on all its companions to redouble efforts and stand in solidarity with the youngsters of Sudan, shield their rights, and their future.

How will you make a distinction?

The Public Partnership Specialist place’s objective is to deepen and increase collaboration with key public companions and supply an interface for environmental scanning, data alternate, useful resource mobilization, and coverage affect inside the scope of the task.  S/He may additionally function the point of interest and useful resource for colleagues on particular public partnership portfolios, or thematic areas of strategic relevance for partnership growth. The important thing result’s to make sure higher visibility for UNICEF and affect in assist of its mission.

Key capabilities, accountabilities and associated duties/duties:

1. Implement the work plan for the assigned space, as a way to guarantee well timed and cost-effective supply of outcomes, in accordance with UNICEF’s Sudan partnership and useful resource mobilization technique.
2. Gives oversight and coordination assist in assembly donor necessities (e.g. reporting and visibility) of SCO’s present public partnership portfolio.
3. Seeks and promotes new public partnerships and useful resource mobilization, working with UNICEF colleagues to establish partnership and useful resource mobilization wants and dealer useful resource mobilization agreements to satisfy these wants.
4. Receives and screens inquiries from potential collaborators and facilitates communication with acceptable UNICEF employees. Scans and scouts the exterior atmosphere inside designated partnership areas for alternatives and dangers and share info in a well timed style with related UNICEF employees.
5. Gives strategic, logistical and programmatic assist to senior administration and different UNICEF employees in company engagement and interplay with assigned companions.
6. Develops and maintains deep data and familiarity with present and potential public companions and related stakeholders, contributing to a database of key contacts and to UNICEF’s base of information on partnership and useful resource mobilization.
7. Helps growth and implements annual public partnership engagement and useful resource mobilization plans.
8. Acts as a focus for identification and pursuit of alternatives for outreach, engagement, coverage affect and collaboration, together with on tips on how to anticipate and reply to public companions’ issues and priorities, make sure that UNICEF’s pursuits, views, and data are taken under consideration in related coverage and institutional processes, and make sure that they’re totally conscious of UNICEF’s views, insurance policies, priorities and capabilities. Contribute to the event and administration of initiatives for high-level outreach, together with for UNICEF’s Senior Administration.
9. Contributes to the event of latest public partnership and useful resource mobilization practices and approaches by formulating suggestions for motion based mostly on ongoing monitoring, analyzing present tendencies inside designated companions and formulating suggestions for technique approaches and message growth.
10. Contributes to methods for engagement and the event of communications merchandise to boost UNICEF’s visibility and affect with present and potential companions and key stakeholders by offering evaluation of the present atmosphere and tendencies and formulating suggestions for technique approaches and message growth. Works intently with UNICEF’s colleagues to make sure that coverage advocacy and outreach is strongly grounded within the expertise and insights of the programmes that UNICEF helps. Contributes written inputs for communications devices that finest inform and affect decision-makers.
11. Performs different associated duties as assigned by the supervisor to make sure the success of the group, together with group of donor subject visits, guiding, coaching, and training short-term employees, together with interns and consultants, as wanted.

To qualify as an advocate for each little one you should have…

• A complicated college diploma (grasp’s or larger) in one of many following fields: worldwide relations, political science, communications, worldwide growth, or one other related technical subject.
  *A primary College Diploma in a related subject mixed with 2 further years {of professional} expertise could also be accepted in lieu of an Superior College Diploma.
• A minimal of 5 years of related skilled expertise in expertise in a number of of the next areas is required: public affairs, programme administration, useful resource mobilization, exterior relations, or different related space. Earlier expertise and/or deep understanding of the UNICEF Sudan donor panorama and programming atmosphere is an asset.
• Growing nation work expertise and/or familiarity with emergency is taken into account an asset.
• Fluency in English is required. Information of one other official UN language (Arabic, Chinese language, French, Russian or Spanish) or an area language is an asset.

For each Youngster, you exhibit…

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Belief and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin the whole lot we do and the way we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Constitution: UNICEF Values

 

UNICEF competencies required for this publish are…

(1) Builds and maintains partnerships (2) Demonstrates self-awareness and moral consciousness (3) Drive to realize outcomes for impression (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 Individuals .

In the course of the recruitment course of, we check candidates following the competency framework. Familiarize your self with our competency framework and its completely different ranges: competency framework here.

UNICEF is right here to serve the world’s most deprived kids and our world workforce should mirror the range of these kids. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, no matter their race/ethnicity, age, incapacity, gender identification, sexual orientation, faith, nationality, socio-economic background, or another private attribute.
We provide a wide range of benefits to our staff, together with paid parental depart, breastfeeding breaks and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the usage of versatile working preparations.
UNICEF has a zero-tolerance coverage on conduct that’s incompatible with the goals and targets of the United Nations and UNICEF, together with sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF is dedicated to selling the safety and safeguarding of all kids. 

Remarks:

UNICEF’s lively dedication in direction of range and inclusion is important to ship the most effective outcomes for youngsters. For this place, eligible and appropriate females from industrial international locations are inspired to use.

Mobility is a situation of worldwide skilled employment with UNICEF and an underlying premise of the worldwide civil service.

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All chosen candidates will bear rigorous reference and background checks and will likely be anticipated to stick to those requirements and rules. Background checks will embrace the verification of educational credential(s) and employment historical past. Chosen candidates could also be required to offer further info to conduct a background test.

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Solely shortlisted candidates will likely be contacted and advance to the subsequent stage of the choice course of.