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Job Title:        Resource
Mobilization Specialist

Organization: United
Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)

Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda

Grade: P-3

About US:

The United Nations
Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is mandated by the UN general assembly to advocate for
the protection of children’s rights, to help meet their basic needs and expand
their opportunities to reach their full potential. Together with our partners,
we work in 190 countries and territories to translate that commitment into
practical action, focusing special effort on reaching the most vulnerable and
excluded children, to the benefit of all children, everywhere.

Job Summary:  The Resource Mobilisation Specialist position
purpose is to deepen collaboration with key stakeholders and provide an
interface for environmental scanning, knowledge exchange, resource
mobilization, and policy influence within the scope of assignment. S/He may
also serve as focal point and resource for colleagues on specific thematic
areas of strategic relevance for partnership development. The key result is to
ensure greater visibility for UNICEF and influence in support of its mission.

Key Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Implement the work plan for assigned area, in order to ensure timely
  and cost-effective delivery of results, in accordance with UNICEF’s
  partnership strategy.
• Seeks and promotes new partnerships and resource mobilization,
  working with UNICEF colleagues to identify partnership and resource
  mobilization needs and broker resource mobilization agreements to meet
  those needs.
• Receives and screens inquiries from potential collaborators and
  facilitates communication with appropriate UNICEF staff. Scans and scouts
  external environment within designated partnership area for opportunities
  and risks and shares information in a timely fashion with relevant UNICEF
  staff.
• Provides strategic, logistical and programmatic support to senior
  management and other UNICEF staff in corporate engagement and interaction
  with assigned partners.
• Develops and maintains deep knowledge and familiarity with current
  and prospective partners and relevant stakeholders, contributing to a
  database of key contacts and to UNICEF’s base of knowledge on partnership
  and resource mobilization.
• Expands UNICEF’s network of key interlocutors to build stronger
  relationships between UNICEF and governments, other key-decision makers,
  regional development institutions, foundations, civil society
  organizations, international financial institutions and/or other relevant
  constituencies.
• Develops and implements annual partnership engagement and resource
  mobilization plans.
• Acts as a focal point for identification and pursuit of
  opportunities for outreach, engagement, policy influence and
  collaboration, including on how to anticipate and respond to partners’
  concerns and priorities, ensure that UNICEF’s interests, perspectives, and
  knowledge are taken into account in relevant policy and institutional
  processes, and ensure that they are fully aware of UNICEF’s perspectives,
  policies, priorities and capabilities. Contribute to the development and
  management of initiatives for high-level outreach, including for UNICEF’s
  Senior Management.
• Contributes to the development of new partnership and resource
  mobilization practices and approaches by formulating recommendations for
  action based on on-going monitoring, analyzing current trends within
  designated partners and formulating recommendations for strategy
  approaches and message development.
• Contributes to strategies for engagement and the development of
  communications products to enhance UNICEF’s visibility and influence with
  existing and prospective partners and key stakeholders by providing
  analysis of the current environment and trends and formulating
  recommendations for strategy approaches and message development. Works
  closely with UNICEF’s colleagues to ensure that policy advocacy and
  outreach is strongly grounded in the experience and insights of the
  programmes that UNICEF’s supports. Contributes written inputs for
  communications instruments that best inform and influence decision makers.
• Performs other related duties as assigned by the supervisor to
  ensure the success of the team, including guiding, training, and coaching
  short-term staff, including interns and consultants, as needed.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The ideal candidate for the United Nations UNICEF Resource
  Mobilization Specialist job opportunity should hold an advanced university
  degree in one of the following fields: international
  relations, political science, communications, international development,
  or another relevant technical field
• At least five years of professional experience in one or more of the
  following areas is required: public affairs, programme management,
  resource mobilization, external relations, or other relevant area.
• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN
  language or local language of the duty station is considered as an asset.
• UNICEF’s Core Values: Commitment, Diversity and Integrity and core competencies in
  Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.
• Competencies; Leading
  and Supervising, Formulating strategies and Concepts, Relating and
  Networking, Analyzing, Deciding and initiating action, Persuading and
  Influencing, Applying Technical Expertise, Learning and researching,
  Creating and innovating, Planning and organizing, Adapting and responding
  to change, Coping with pressure and setbacks.

NB:
The United Nations does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment
process (Application, interview meeting, processing, or training). The United
Nations does not concern itself with information on applicants’ bank accounts.

How to Apply:

All suitably
qualified and interested candidates desiring to serve the United Nations in the
aforementioned capacity should express their interest by visiting the UN
recruitment website and clicking Apply Now.

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Deadline: 10^th July 2019

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