International Donor Relations (Reports and Resource Mobilization) Consultant (Home Based), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 6 months

UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.

Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.

And we never give up.

For every child, Results

How can you make a difference?

Scope of Work:

Donor Reporting

• Proactively leads in the maintenance of the external (VISION) and internal (Excel) donor reporting trackers to ensure that all reports are captured for coordinated and timely delivery to donors.
• Leads the coordination, compilation and editing of UNICEF donor reports. Ensures adherence to criteria set out in Executive Directives/Guidelines, donor contract stipulations and ESARO quality assurance standards.
• Ensures that 100 per cent of donor reports are submitted on time and uploaded to the Fiori donor reports tracker.
• Prepare cover letters and supporting documentation to accompany official report submissions, reprogramming and extension requests to donors.
• Lead the development of internal and external briefing documents.
• Support with the coordination of inputs for key donor deliverables such as grant mid-term and annual reviews, audits, programme closures and other ad hoc requests.

Resource Mobilization

• Mid-Term Revision of the existing Resource Mobilization Strategy including the diversification of partners through donor mapping (public and private sector).
• Mid-Term Revision of the existing Resource Mobilization Action Plan.
• Identification of a minimum of 5 new potential high-value funding partners per output
• Analysis of donor funding channeled to partners in Ethiopia but not to UNICEF.  Creation of comparative advantage narrative for funding UNICEF, per output.
• Creation of one-pager pitch concept notes per output
• Creation of concise donor friendly CPD 2-4 pager
• Creation of donor friendly CPD Powerpoint (PPT)
• Support in the preparation of funding proposals and concept notes

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

• An advanced university degree (Master’s or higher) in  International relations, political science, communications, international development, or another relevant technical field.
  *A first University Degree in a relevant field combined with 2 additional years of professional experience may be accepted in lieu of an Advanced University Degree.
• A minimum of 5 [Five] years of relevant professional experience in one or more of the following areas is required: communications, contribution management, resource mobilization, external relations, or other relevant area.
• Previous donor reporting experience is required.
• Experience working in highly demanding office settings or emergencies is desired.
• Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency is considered an asset.
• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF’s values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA).

To view our competency framework, please visit here.

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.

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. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background 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.

Remarks:

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

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

Individuals engaged under a consultancy or individual contract will not be considered “staff members” under the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s policies and procedures, and will not be entitled to benefits provided therein (such as leave entitlements and medical insurance coverage). Their conditions of service will be governed by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants and Individual Contractors. Consultants and individual contractors are responsible for determining their tax liabilities and for the payment of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with local or other applicable laws.