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Associate Private Sector Engagement Officer
UNOPS IICA-1
Marketing and Emergency Section
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is offering an Associate Private Sector Engagement Officer UNOPS IICA-1 position within the Marketing & Emergencies Section with Private Sector Partnerships Service in Copenhagen, Denmark.
UNHCR is a global organization dedicated to saving lives, protecting rights and building a better future for refugees, forcibly displaced communities and stateless people. Every year, millions of men, women and children are forced to flee their homes to escape conflict and persecution. We are in over 130 countries, using our expertise to protect and care for millions. UNHCR is almost entirely funded by voluntary contributions from governments and private donors.
- Title: Associate Private Sector Engagement Officer
- Duty Station: Copenhagen, Denmark
- Duration: 15 April – 31 December 2021
- Contract Type: UNOPS International Specialist, Level IICA – 1
- Closing date: 5 th April 2021
Organizational Context
The Private Sector Partnerships Service (PSP) sits within UNHCR’s Division of External Relations (DER) and is responsible for mobilizing resources from the private sector for refugees. UNHCR has a fundraising strategy for 2018-2025. In order to achieve the ambitious objective of bringing necessary new resources to the organization, the Private Partnership and Philanthropy (PPH) section of PSP develops and strengthens long-term partnerships with companies, foundations, and high-net worth individuals.
The Marketing and Emergencies section within PSP that focuses on donor communication, campaigns, and emergencies to drive growth. This section works in close collaboration with the Private Partnerships and Philanthropy section and plays an important role in meeting UNHCR’s fundraising goals through private sector partnerships, most importantly, in building long lasting partnerships that mobilize resources and expand to advocacy, communications, marketing and public engagement.
Duties and responsibilities
The postholder will support the Fundraising Communications Officer in delivering communication activities and compelling content to contribute to good stewardship of existing partnerships. The postholder will also support UNHCR’s fundraising efforts with private sector audiences, including corporate and foundation donors and high-net worth individuals; high level events; Cause Related Marketing campaigns; and global fundraising campaigns. The postholder will work in close collaboration with all income streams within the PPH section and will liaise frequently with internal and external stakeholders, including PPH donors. As a member of the PSP team, this position will be responsible for helping to progressively increase income to UNHCR from the private sector through the development of stronger fundraising communications for PPH partnerships.
Accountability:
• Strong, engaging and on-brand fundraising communication is delivered on a regular basis to relevant stakeholders to better engage PPH audiences.
Responsibility:
• Support the drafting of communication plans for key PPH partnerships. -Support account managers with corporate partnerships to mobilize Individual Giving funds through private sector customers, clients, and employees.
• Support account manager to engage key audiences by using UNHCR’s communication channels, emergencies appeals, new digital and traditional platforms, and networks provided by private partners.
• Support the scale up of marketing and communication opportunities to strengthen private sector engagement with emergencies (i.e. Emergency fund for PPH).
• Research news hooks, story angles and creative opportunities to optimize communication.
• Stay abreast of current trends and techniques in social media and digital marketing.
• Organize content in toolkits for use by PSP markets.
• Ensure effective measurement of outputs.
• Build trusted, effective relationships with the fundraising content team, PPH section and PSP network.
Authority:
• Assist in developing strong fundraising communication for Private Partnership and Philanthropy programmes.
• Support day-to-day communication between PSP and PPH donors.
Essential minimum qualifications and professional experience required
The ideal candidate will possess the qualifications and experience listed below.
Education: A university degree (BA) in business/marketing, media/communication, social sciences, or a related field.
Work Experience:
• Minimum 3 years (2 years with advanced university degree) of previous experience in communication at the professional level gained in an international context in one of the following settings: a not-for-profit organisation, global media outlet or a marketing/fundraising consultancy firm.
• Experience in developing communication materials for private sector donors.
• Proven track record of writing and adapting content for different audiences and channels, including digital.
• Proven experience in content management and curation.
• Previous experience as a Public Information officer or similar communications role would be helpful (especially UNHCR experience).
• Experience in managing projects and liaising with multiple stakeholders.
• Experience working with private sector partners to support relations with business media, public awareness, advocacy, social media, and Fundraising goals
Key Competencies
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Required skills
• Advanced writing and editing skills in English.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Excellent account manager skills.
Desirable skills
• Understanding of fundraising, including campaigns, Cause Related Marketing and corporate fundraising.
• Computer literacy with a good knowledge of computer applications.
• Knowledge of a second UN language (Arabic/Chinese/French/Russian/Spanish).
Location
The successful candidate will be based with the team in the UN City in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Conditions
This position is a full-time role starting from 8.30am to 5pm Monday to Friday (40 hours per week).
How to apply
To learn more and to apply, visit https://bit.ly/2N9V1iQ.
Closing date for the receipt of applications: 5th April 2021 – midnight (Copenhagen time).
The UNHCR workforce consists of many diverse nationalities, cultures, languages and opinions. UNHCR seeks to sustain and strengthen this diversity to ensure equal opportunities as well as an inclusive working environment for its entire workforce. Applications are encouraged from all qualified candidates without distinction on grounds of race, colour, sex, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation and gender identity.
Please note that UNHCR does not charge a fee at any stage of its recruitment process (application, interview, meeting, travelling, processing, training or any other fees).
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