Partnerships Officer, P-2, Nairobi, Eastern & Southern Africa Regional Office (ESARO), Kenya #117587 (Temporary Appointment)

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, a future.

The Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office (ESARO) coordinates and supervises UNICEF’s work in 21 countries. The regional office is a hub of technical support, policy guidance, oversight, and intellectual leadership on children’s issues.

The Public and Private Partnerships (PPP) Section of the Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office (ESARO), provides guidance and technical support to 21 Country Offices and the Regional Office on effective engagements with public and private sector partners. The Section also develops and stewards regional/multi-country partnerships and regional-level strategic relationships, to open new avenues of collaboration, innovate new approaches, and secure resources for children’s rights and wellbeing across the region. The regional Private Sector Partnerships team works in close collaboration with country offices, regional and UNICEF global colleagues, in engaging with the private sector for financial and non-financial (advocacy, expertise, products and services, and Child Rights in Business Principles)

How can you make a difference?

1. Cultivate, solicit and steward the Regional Office’s foundations portfolio in partnership with technical colleagues, and together with UNICEF’s Private Fundraising and Partnership Division (PFP), National Committees, support with the outreach, fundraising and stewardship of global foundations with partnerships or interests in the ESA region.   
2. Research, maintain and develop a regional and local list of foundation prospects in the region.
3. Support and launch regional office emergency fundraising (thematic) appeals, by gathering information and drafting timely updates as appropriate. 
4. Track emergency funding from private sector to the region, participate and provide input on resource mobilization in Regional Office emergency coordination meetings, task forces and donor briefings and activities (as required).   
5. Support Private Fundraising and Partnership Division (PFP) Emergency Fundraising colleagues by maintaining a portfolio of ongoing crises that colleagues are fundraising for, ensuring the timely distribution of situation updates, budget needs and funding updates. 
6. Support Country Offices emergency fundraising efforts, such as helping explore, identify and support the development (with others) of thematic appeals (e.g. climate, health).  
7. Ensure the PFP Emergency Hub SharePoint (and relevant ESARO partnership SharePoint) sites are kept up to date and usage by markets and UNICEF National Committees is promoted and facilitated. 
8. Lead the rollout of UNISON (UNICEF’s adaption of the SalesForce customer relationship management solution) across all 21 Country Offices. Including conducting trainings, onboarding and provide system feedback to headquarter teams.
9. Contribute to the implementation of the work plan for the assigned area to ensure timely and cost-effective delivery of results, in accordance with UNICEF’s partnership strategy.
10. Work with the ESAR UNISON team and contribute to the implementation of the UNISON work plan.
11. Support/backstop PPP’s partnership cross-over work with corporate and HNWI partnerships across the region.
12. Any other tasks as required.

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

• A university degree is required in one of the following fields: international relations, political science, communications, international development, or another relevant technical field.
• A minimum of two years of professional experience in one or more of the following areas is required : public affairs, programme management, resource mobilization, external relations, or other relevant area, in an international organisation.  
• Developing country work experience and familiarity with emergency fundraising, is considered an asset.
• Solid knowledge of the Salesforce platform is an asset.
• Fluency in English is required. Good Knowledge of French is a plus.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF’s values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA) and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.

The UNICEF competencies required for this post are…

• Builds and maintains partnerships
• Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness
• Drive to achieve results for impact
• Innovates and embraces change
• Manages ambiguity and complexity
• Thinks and acts strategically
• Works collaboratively with others

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:

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