Public Partnerships Specialist (UN Partnerships, Joint Funding), P-3, NYHQ

If you are a committed, creative professional and are passionate about making a lasting difference for children, the world's leading children's rights organization would like to hear from you.

For 70 years, UNICEF has been working on the ground in 190 countries and territories to promote children's survival, protection and development. The world's largest provider of vaccines for developing countries, UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, good water and sanitation, quality basic education for all boys and girls, and the protection of children from violence, exploitation, and AIDS. UNICEF is funded entirely by the voluntary contributions of individuals, businesses, foundations and governments.

Purpose of the Position

Under the guidance and supervision of the Senior Adviser, UN Partnerships, responsible to facilitate improved internal communication about UN Joint Programmes with a special focus on coherence and partnerships development; enhance effective participation of UNICEF in UN inter-agency processes at HQ and country office levels through information networking, advocacy, knowledge management on Joint Programmes, fund raising and business processes, and gathering, analysing, and documenting information collected from field office annual reports, network meetings and individual exchanges and queries.

Key Accountabilities and Duties & Tasks

Summary of key functions/accountabilities:

Provide quality assurance and support to various divisions and field offices on issues pertaining to resource mobilization, risk management, contribution management and standard interpretation of UNDG guidance on Joint Programmes.

Support training and orientation activities related to Joint Programmes by preparing training and learning materials, participating in training and orientation activities within UNICEF and with other agencies and partners. Assist PPD UN Partnerships Team in raising awareness with COs on new processes around joint funding modalities (guidance, good practices, webinars, FAQs, update Resource Partner Management System).

Negotiate, review and clear UN partner agreements and amendments for signature, ensuring compliance with UNICEF rules and regulations. Ensure that partner/Country Office queries are responded to in a timely manner. Support the development of template agreements; share signed agreements and amendments with DFAM for processing in VISION; process extensions in line with standard protocol.

Assist PPD and specifically UN Partnerships Team to negotiate distribution of responsibilities/accountabilities around critical fund management aspects such as unspent balances, payment receivables, and reporting issues – financial and narrative.

Participate in Joint Funding task team and UN meetings on fund raising for Joint Programmes and provide inputs into UNDG Joint Funding policies and standard operating procedures. Attend external meetings and undertake field visits when necessary to support regional, field office colleagues to ensure good quality planning and programmes for joint funding.

Qualifications of Successful Candidate

Advanced university degree in humanities, Social Sciences, International Relations, Social Development or other relevant disciplines

Five years of relevant professional work experience.

International and Developing country work experience

Fluency in English (written & verbal) is required. Knowledge of an additional UN Language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish) is considered an asset.

Competencies of Successful Candidate

Core Values

Commitment

Diversity and Inclusion

Integrity

Core competencies

Communication - Level III

Working with People - Level II

Drive for Results - Level II

Functional Competencies

Applying Technical Expertise - Level II

Formulating Strategies and Concepts - Level II

Planning and Organising - Level II

Analyzing - Level II

Relating and Networking - Level II

Persuading and Influencing - Level II

Creating and Innovating - Level II

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UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages qualified female and male candidates from all national, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of our organisation.

HOW TO APPLY:

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages qualified female and male candidates from all national, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of our organization. To apply, click on the following link http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/?job=501313