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For every child, the right to a Future

How can you make a difference?

The UNICEF’s Global Programme Partnerships (GPPs) unit within the Emerging Programme Partnerships team of the UNICEF Public Partnerships and Resources Division coordinates UNICEF’s engagement with Global Programme Partnerships (e.g. GAVI, Global Fund, GPE, and GCF) to identify and develop new financing strategies and opportunities for child-focused investments under the wider umbrella of the SDG agenda. The P-2 working in our team will assist with resource mobilization, contribution management, and guidance to country offices and partners.

Purpose of the Job: To provide assistance and support, as member of the team, to the GPP Partnerships Manager and GPP Partnerships Specialist in various aspects of external relations, resource mobilization and other related functions for assigned GPP resource partners

Responsible for contribution management and maintaining on-going contacts at working levels with HQ divisions, regional offices and Centers of Excellence engaging with GPP partners.

Resource Mobilization and relationship management:

Resource mobilization strategies: Assist the Public Partnerships Manager to ensure the maximized mobilization of quality resources through the development of resource mobilization strategies for assigned resource partners for RR, ORR and ORE (including thematic) contributions.
Maintain up-to-date information on partner and income trends, analyse development assistance policies and keep resource partner profiles updated.

Contribution agreements:

Assist the Public Partnerships Manager to support the development of framework agreements and template agreements.

Meetings and Consultations:

Assist with the organization of periodic consultations with assigned resource partners, including preparation of the agenda, and ensure suitable participation of UNICEF staff.
Assist the Public Partnerships Specialist to prepare briefing notes and any other documentation required by the Executive Director and Senior Management for visits to and from assigned resource partners.
As required, meet with scheduled and ad hoc visitors from resource partner headquarters and field offices.
Participate in and summarize results from internal and external meetings with assigned resource partners.

Partner liaison:

Assist the Public Partnerships Manager in managing day-to-day direct contact with resource partner headquarters and field offices.
Ensure that partner queries are responded to in a timely manner.
Assist the Public Partnerships Manager to submit project proposals to resource partners in a timely manner as required, and follow up as
necessary with assigned partners.

UNICEF liaison:

Act as a link between resource partners and UNICEF CoEs and field offices/HQ divisions. Ensure submission of UNICEF response to partners in a synthesized manner.
Provide guidance to various divisions and field offices on various issues pertaining to resource mobilization, partner-specific information, contribution management issues and interpretation of resource partner conditions.

Contribution Management:

Help negotiate, review and clear resource partner agreements and amendments for Partnerships Manager/Senior Management’s signature, ensuring compliance with UNICEF rules and regulations.

If you would like to know more about this position, please review the complete Job Description here: Download File TORs - Public Partnerships Officer P2 TA Brussels GPPs.pdf

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

Minimum requirements:

Education: A university degree is required in business administration, economics, finance, accounting, international relations, social sciences, or another relevant technical field.
Work Experience: A minimum of two years of professional work experience at the national and international levels in programme management is required, including financial management, monitoring and evaluation, or a related field.
Skills: Programme Management, grants management, fundraising, international development, external relations, partner management.
Language Requirements: Fluency of English is required. Knowledge of French is considered an asset

Desirables

Language: Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language
French, GAVI, Global Fund, Global Partnership for Education, Green Climate Fund, resource mobilization, grants management, donor relations, emergency funding
Relevant experience at country level, particularly in development, fragile settings and humanitarian contexts.

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 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.

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 may also be subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Should you be selected for a position with UNICEF, you either must be inoculated as required or receive a medical exemption from the relevant department of the UN. Otherwise, the selection will be canceled.

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 candidates 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.

UNICEF staff members holding fixed-term, continuing, or permanent appointments who are considered to be on abolished post status may apply for this temporary position and, if selected with a start date before 31 December 2025, may take it up as a temporary assignment, in line with UNICEF guidance on separation due to the abolition of posts or staff reduction. They will retain their fixed-term entitlements but will not hold a lien to their abolished post. For other scenarios where a Temporary Assignment may be possible, please refer to Additional guidance on IP to IP temporary assignments after completion of the full TOD.pdf (accessible to UNICEF personnel only).

The conditions of a temporary assignment, including relocation entitlements, will depend on the status of the staff member's original appointment and may be limited in accordance with applicable UNICEF policies, procedures, and practices in force.

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.

Public Partnership Officer, P-2, Temporary Position, Public Partnerships & Resource Mobilization Division (PPR), 6 months, Brussels, #00137678