Public Partnership Officer, Public Partnership Division, P2, NYHQ (Temporary appointment), Post #112195 Req # 568129

UNICEF works in a few of the world’s hardest locations, to succeed in the world’s most deprived kids. To save lots of their lives. To defend their rights. To assist them fulfill their potential.

Throughout 190 international locations and territories, we work for each little one, in all places, every single day, to construct a greater world for everybody.

And we by no means quit.

For each little one, hope …

UNICEF works in 190 international locations and territories to guard the rights of each little one and has spent 70 years working to enhance the lives of kids and their households. UNICEF believes all kids have a proper to outlive, thrive and fulfill their potential – to the good thing about a greater world. UNICEF works with a variety of companions to assist notice the rights of all kids. Be a part of us as a Public Partnerships Specialist, working with a few of our main Authorities donors, within the Public Partnerships Division in New York Headquarters.

The Public Partnerships Division (PPD) works to strengthen UNICEF’s place as a companion of selection for kids’s rights amongst governments and inter-governmental actors around the globe. The Division is doing this by positioning kids’s rights within the intergovernmental and multilateral fora and fascinating with governments and public establishments as useful resource, coverage and programme companions. A key premise for PPD is that the engagement with international locations ought to be holistic primarily based on a number of elements of partnerships, together with coverage advocacy and useful resource mobilization. The Humanitarian Partnerships and Financing Officer can be a part of the Humanitarian Partnerships, Financing and Human Rights Staff in PPD. Beneath the supervision of the Public Partnerships Supervisor, the Humanitarian Partnerships and Financing Officer will contribute to the humanitarian financing insurance policies, mobilization, administration and growth of sources and partnerships for UNICEF’s humanitarian motion. UNICEF humanitarian motion for kids covers seven areas with over forty particular person humanitarian appeals yearly.

Function for the job Help the Public Partnerships Supervisor in figuring out and designing new and progressive partnerships approaches with member states with deal with humanitarian response. The general outcomes will deal with:

• Strengthened partnerships by exploring all potential sources of latest and current funding channels and horizontal cooperation alternatives in assist of UNICEF’s humanitarian motion.
• Efficient assist to UNICEF nation places of work for humanitarian useful resource mobilization.
• Via coordination and relationship administration, efficient engagement ensured with key humanitarian actors reminiscent of OCHA and assist deliverables associated to administration of CERF and Humanitarian Nation Based mostly Pooled Funds.
• Improve evidence-base for humanitarian high quality funding and assist humanitarian financing inter-agency coverage work.
• Create political area and affect partnerships for kids’s rights by means of a broad vary of coverage points associated to humanitarian financing and humanitarian engagement within the context of the Grand Discount.

Abstract of key capabilities/accountabilities:

Useful resource Mobilization and Partnerships Growth:

• Contribute to the event of useful resource mobilization methods for UNICEF’s humanitarian motion for kids. This consists of figuring out partnership (advocacy and useful resource mobilization) entry factors by means of the gathering of monetary and political intelligence of donors and matching it with UNICEF priorities with deal with high quality versatile funding.
• Analyze humanitarian funding developments and monitoring of modifications in humanitarian financing setting in shut collaboration with all division funding clusters and Workplace of Emergency Programmes (EMOPS).
• Develop, provoke and coordinate implementation of processes for enhanced horizontal and vertical communication on humanitarian funding and associated useful resource mobilization alternatives.
• Coordinate group of briefings on humanitarian crises for conferences with key companions.
• Work with communication colleagues to convey extra visibility to UNICEFs humanitarian outcomes and funding wants.
• Facilitate bilateral conferences between senior administration, together with from the sector and companion representatives in New York, Capitals in assist of useful resource mobilization efforts for humanitarian response.
• Environment friendly Contributions Administration to construct belief and credibility. This consists of due diligence and oversight associated to grant creation and allocation, well timed and high quality reporting, and so on.

Area Workplace assist:

• In coordination with the Regional Workplace (RO), present technical assist to Nation Places of work in emergencies (deal with L2 and L3 company degree crises) within the growth of useful resource mobilization methods and plans, and supply steering on high quality donor reporting, recognition, and visibility, and so on as wanted.
• Assortment and dissemination of companion intelligence and mapping on a steady foundation to information useful resource mobilization and partnership priorities and discussions with related companions.
• Coordinate the evaluation, monitoring and reporting of all UNICEF humanitarian monetary information together with offering substantive inputs to for all UNICEF flagship reviews i.e., SitReps, OCHA’s Monetary Monitoring System (FTS) in addition to different advert hoc reporting requests.
• Take part in and summarize outcomes from inner and exterior conferences on humanitarian funding, together with Emergency Administration Staff Conferences.

Strategic analyses and humanitarian financing:

• Monitor, analyze and report on views on the worldwide humanitarian financing which instantly or not directly have an effect on kids. Advise senior administration of developments and developments in addition to on suggestions relating to follow-up actions. Monitor and share rising developments and instructions by means of mapping workout routines and documentation.
• Attend and report back to related HQ and subject colleagues on the discussions on the inter-agency humanitarian financing discussions.
• Contribute to inner inter-divisional discussions on discovering financing options that present extra predictable and versatile funding for humanitarian actions.
• Help UNICEF’s participation, engagement and positioning in excessive degree inter-agency conferences associated to humanitarian financing and partnerships, together with growth of statements, and briefing packages (i.e., Grand Discount, IASC Outcomes Group on Humanitarian Financing, high-level inter-agency pledging occasions)

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

• Superior diploma in social science, worldwide relations, public administration, legislation, or associated subject.
• Specialised expertise with analysis (secondary-sources minimal), databases, analyzing and synthesizing info, producing accessible outputs to tell determination making.
• Expertise in inter-governmental processes can be an asset.
• Information of workplace pc techniques (Phrase, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook) and web analysis instruments.
• Capability to work in a global and multicultural setting. Competencies required: dedication, embracing variety, integrity, teamwork, and drive for outcomes; communication, judgment, planning, setting requirements and monitoring work, analytical and conceptual considering.
• Wonderful written and oral communication abilities, with a powerful consideration to element.
• Fluency in English is required. Information of one other official UN language (Arabic, Chinese language, French, Russian or Spanish) or a neighborhood language is an asset.

For each Little one, you show…

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 submit 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.

Throughout the recruitment course of, we take a look at candidates following the competency framework. Familiarize your self with our competency framework and its totally different ranges: competency framework here.

 

UNICEF is right here to serve the world’s most deprived kids and our international workforce should mirror the variety of these kids. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, regardless of their race/ethnicity, age, incapacity, gender id, sexual orientation, faith, nationality, socio-economic background, or every other private attribute.
We provide a wide range of benefits to our staff, together with paid parental go away, breastfeeding breaks and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages using 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 advertise the safety and safeguarding of all kids. All chosen candidates will, subsequently, bear rigorous reference and background checks, and shall 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 verify.

Remarks:

UNICEF appointments are topic to medical clearance.  Issuance of a visa by the host nation of the responsibility station, which shall be facilitated by UNICEF, is required for IP positions. Appointments are additionally topic to inoculation (vaccination) necessities, together with in opposition to SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Authorities workers which can be thought-about for employment with UNICEF are usually required to resign from their authorities earlier than taking over an task with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the correct to withdraw a proposal of appointment, with out compensation, if a visa or medical clearance isn’t obtained, or essential inoculation necessities will not be met, inside an affordable interval for any cause.

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