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.

At UNICEF, we are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do for as long as we are needed. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job – it is a calling.

UNICEF is a place where careers are built: we offer our staff diverse opportunities for professional and personal development that will help them reinforce a sense of purpose while serving children and communities across the world. We welcome everyone who wants to belong and grow in a diverse and passionate culture, coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package.

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For every child, the right to a Chance

The Public Partnerships and Resource Mobilization Division (PPR) manages UNICEF's engagement with public sector partners — governments, GPPs, IFIs, pooled funds and intergovernmental bodies. Partnerships are built and sustained by people, and much of what PPR knows about each partner is generated through negotiations, Executive Board processes and country- and regional-level engagement across its global network. Under the 2026–2029 Strategic Plan, PPR is to mobilize $17.1 billion in public sector income, diversify its partner base and shape organization-wide direction on public partnerships. Its Stewardship function commits the Division to building and nurturing public partnership capacities and networks; its Insight function commits it to generating insights into partner priorities and trends, bolstered by financial analytics, to inform decision-making. This assignment sits at the intersection of those two functions.

The purpose of this assignment is to provide dedicated coordination and analytical support to connected areas of work that strengthen PPR's partnerships effectiveness and its delivery of the 2026-2029 SP: UNISON adoption and partnership intelligence across PPR teams; functional skills and capability mapping — built from the outset as the evidence base for a knowledge-enabled learning architecture aligned with PFP's Academy model; coordination of PPR's participation in the Skills Academy as a cross-cone initiative, including the development of PPR trainings; learning and knowledge management; AI and digital transformation; and the Division's strategic change initiatives. The assignment is a direct contribution to the Stewardship function (building and nurturing public partnership capacities and networks) and, through its UNISON adoption and partnership intelligence work, to the Insight function.

How can you make a difference?

Working under the guidance of the supervisor, the holder keeps these workstreams moving — gathering the evidence, consolidating it, drafting the outputs for clearance, and following up until things are closed out. The assignment does not carry a portfolio of partners or a budget.

The role is deliberately cross-cutting. It sits in the Partnerships Finance, Insights & Operations team but works across every PPR section and office, in NYHQ and in the field. Its value lies in connecting workstreams that no single section owns — skills, learning, knowledge, UNISON and change — into one coherent effort to strengthen partnerships effectiveness across the Division, so that each team benefits from what the others know and do.

If you would like to know more about this position, please review the complete Job Description here: Download File ToR_TA_PPR_P2_Partnerships_Effectiveness_KL_Officer_FINAL.pdf

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

Education:

A Bachelor’s degree in human resources, information technology, organizational development, organizational psychology, public administration, international relations, social sciences or a related field.

Experience:

A minimum of two years of relevant professional experience in human resources, learning and development, knowledge management, organizational development, project coordination or a closely related area.
Experience in one or more of the following is required: functional skills or competency mapping, workforce planning, learning and development, or HR business partnering.
Experience creating surveys, assessments or mapping exercises — including data collection, consolidation, analysis and presentation of findings.
Experience compiling, analyzing and presenting HR, workforce or programme data (e.g., gap analyses, dashboards, management reports).
Experience supporting the roll-out or adoption of a corporate system (e.g., CRM, ERP, HR or learning platform), including user support and training is required.

Skill:

Strong organizational skills and attention to detail — the assignment depends on things being tracked, chased and closed out reliably.

Language: Fluency in English language is required.

Desirable:

Working knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) is an asset.
A master’s degree in a relevant field is an asset.
Familiarity with a CRM platform such as UNISON or Salesforce is desirable.
Confident use of collaboration, information and digital productivity tools (SharePoint, Teams and similar). Exposure to AI-enabled tools or digital transformation initiatives is desirable.
Experience coordinating training, workshops or events from planning through to follow-up is desired.
Exposure to skills-to-learning content mapping, a digital learning academy or platform, or knowledge management systems is a strong advantage — this assignment is specifically about connecting those pieces for PPR.
Exposure to the partnerships, resource mobilization or external relations function is an advantage.
Prior UNICEF or UN system experience is highly desirable.

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

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

Familiarize yourself with our competency framework and its different levels.

UNICEF promotes and advocates for the protection of the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything it does and is mandated to support the realization of the rights of every child, including those most disadvantaged, and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, minority, or any other status.

UNICEF encourages applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, nationality, religious or ethnic backgrounds, and from people with disabilities, including neurodivergence. We offer a wide range of benefits to our staff, including paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF provides reasonable accommodation throughout the recruitment process. If you require any accommodation, please submit your request through the accessibility email button on the UNICEF Careers webpage Accessibility | UNICEF. Should you be shortlisted, please get in touch with the recruiter directly to share further details, enabling us to make the necessary arrangements in advance.

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, discrimination, fraud, corruption and other forms of serious misconduct.

UNICEF is committed to promoting the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference, safeguarding and background verification checks. These checks may include verification of academic credentials and employment history, screening against relevant United Nations misconduct databases, and requests for misconduct disclosures from current and former employers, professional associations, other relevant organizations and participating organizations under inter-agency safeguarding initiatives, including the Misconduct Disclosure Scheme (MDS), where applicable.

Appointment, selection and continued engagement are subject to the satisfactory completion of all required checks. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information and consent to enable UNICEF to undertake these 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, and selected candidates with disabilities may be requested to submit supporting documentation in relation to their disability confidentially.

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 are conditional on the selected candidates' willingness to comply with current or future vaccination requirements, should UNICEF mandate it for personnel. Failure to comply with such requirements, where applicable and without a duly approved medical exemption from the relevant UN authority, will result in the cancellation of the selection or may lead to other administrative measures, including separation from service.

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.

UNICEF is committed to fostering an inclusive, representative, and welcoming workforce. For this position, eligible and suitable non-high-income country nationals are encouraged to apply.

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.

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

Humanitarian action is a cross-cutting priority within UNICEF's Strategic Plan. UNICEF is committed to stay and deliver in humanitarian contexts. Therefore, all staff, at all levels across all functional areas, can be called upon to be deployed to support humanitarian response, contributing to both strengthening resilience of communities and capacity of national authorities.

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.

Additional information about working for UNICEF can be found here.

Business Analyst (Partnerships Effectiveness, Knowledge & Learning), P-2, Temporary Position (364 days), PPR, Office of the Global Director, New York, #00139004