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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 Safety.

How can you make a difference?

This assignment aims to strengthen UNICEF’s engagement with foundations and faith-based and membership organizations by advancing strategic partnerships, resource mobilization, and collaboration opportunities. The consultant will support the development of new high-value partnerships, strengthen existing relationships, provide strategic support across the partnership cycle, and help UNICEF maximize partner contributions in funding, advocacy, expertise, influence, and global reach.

If you would like to know more about this consultancy, please review the complete Terms of Reference here: TMC0007444 ToR.pdf

Minimum requirements:

Education:
- An advanced university degree in international development, public administration, business management, communication or another relevant technical field is required.
- A first-level university degree in a relevant field combined with two additional years of qualifying professional experience in partnership development may be accepted in lieu of the advanced degree
Work Experience:
- At least five years of progressively responsible professional experience involving private foundations and/or other public or private grant-making organizations, partnership development, programming, communications or project management.
- Demonstrated success shaping and implementing partnership strategies, growing complex partnerships, mobilizing internal stakeholders and working across complex organizational settings.
- Deep understanding of how foundations operate and how UNICEF engages highly programmatic and technical partners; experience with faith-based or membership organizations is an asset.
- Direct experience identifying, negotiating, securing and delivering high-value partnerships with long-term technical partners.
- Demonstrated leadership in securing, negotiating and managing multiple global partnerships valued at more than US$10 million.
Skills:
- Strong strategic, analytical, communication, collaboration and project-management skills.
Language requirements:
- Fluency in English is required.
- Knowledge of another official UN language—Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish—is an asset.

Desirables:

Direct experience with foundation partners and familiarity with UNICEF programmes are 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 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 reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. 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 and discrimination based on gender, nationality, age, race, sexual orientation, religious or ethnic background or disabilities. UNICEF is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, 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, and selected candidates with disabilities may be requested to submit supporting documentation in relation to their disability confidentially.

Qualified candidates are invited to submit the following documents via the online recruitment portal, TMS (Talent Management System):

An up-to-date TMS profile and curriculum vitae (CV)
Cover letter
A separate financial proposal TMC0007444 Financial Proposal Template.docx

Remarks: If the TOR or financial proposal documents are not visible on certain recruitment platforms, please visit our official page Vacancies | UNICEF Careers.

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.

Additional information about working for UNICEF can be found here.

Partnerships Consultant – Faith-Based and Membership Organisations, UNICEF Private FR & Partnership, Foundations, Rome, Italy, 13.5 months (remote) #596646