Advocacy and Resource Mobilisation Associate

RBM Partnership to End Malaria

The past fifteen years have seen tremendous gains in reducing the burden of disease and progressing towards malaria elimination. Between 2000 and 2015, global malaria incidence fell by 37 percent and mortality rates by 60 percent. Over 6.2 million deaths were averted, primarily among children less than five years of age. Expansions in financing, strong political commitments, novel diagnostic and preventative measures, and multi-sectoral co-ordination have facilitated this progress. Since 1998, RBM has been central to the global fight against malaria. It has been essential to mobilizing these unprecedented resources and scaled up innovative interventions and to put the world on to a path of eliminating malaria.

Despite these gains, malaria still poses a significant threat to public health and sustainable development. WHO report indicates that in 2016, there were 91 countries that reported a total of 216 million cases of malaria cases and 445 000 deaths.  Although malaria case incidence has fallen globally since 2010, the rate of decline has stalled and even reversed in some regions since 2014. Mortality rates have followed a similar pattern. Worldwide, 15 countries - all but one in sub-Saharan Africa - carry 80% of the global malaria burden.  

RBM's Vision is of a world free from the burden of malaria.

The RBM Partnership is based in Geneva and hosted by UNOPS.

Summary of key functions: The role provides policy support to Advocacy and Resource Mobilisation Partner Committee (ARMPC) Manager to achieve the core objectives and strategic priorities of the Partnership and the Committee.

The incumbent will provide effective administrative support to the ARMPC and RBM Secretariat to help delivery of the RBM Partnership results, effectively support in the preparation and undertaking of ARMPC activities, and support knowledge building and knowledge sharing for ARMPC.

Ensuring provision of effective communications and administrative support to the ARMPC Manager as follows:

• Ensures an environment of professionalism and teamwork at all times, setting exemplary standards of conduct for RBM office and external partners;
• Establishment of an effective network and exchange of information with partners and adherence to appropriate protocol and correspondence guidelines when communicating with the partners;
• Collect and provide background materials and information and propose solutions to queries from within and outside the office, by using appropriate technology and electronic systems and tools;
• Management of ARMPC Manager’s missions and representation schedule, as well as related travel arrangements;
• Support the ARMPC Manager by and preparing briefing materials for appointments, meetings and missions, as well as coordinating such requests and taking minutes;
• Complete critical aspects of deliverables with a hands-on approach, that facilitate the ARMPC Manager’s ability to effectively lead the RBM processes;
• Organize conference calls for other Partner Committee Managers and follow-up on discussions points when requested;
• Provision of all other related tasks for the ARMPC Manager and the Partner Committee Managers (and Committees) as required/needed;
• Replace and act as back-up to other support staff, as required;
• Provision of all other related tasks for the RBM Secretariat Team and the Partner Committee as required/needed.

Assisting in the preparation of the ARMPC activities, workshops, conferences and other events as follows:

• Undertake research for ARMPC activities and workshops, and drafting of concept notes, reports and other publications;
• Preparation of relevant documents for activities and workshops, in coordination with ARMPC Manager and the ARMPC co-chairs;
• Perform general correspondence with the participants and facilitation of travel if required
• Contributing to the logistics preparation of the workshop and engage with the suppliers as needed and if required;
• Provision of other related tasks for the preparation of ARMPC activities as delegated by the ARMPC Manager and the ARMPC co-chairs;
• Contribute to and organize events for other Partner Committees if requested.

Contributes to knowledge building and knowledge sharing, focusing on achievement of the following results:

• Stay abreast of changes and updates to relevant ARMPC activities and developments and alert the RBM Secretariat Team to said changes.
• Sound contributions to knowledge networks and communities of practice.
• Responsible for maintaining the ARMPC page on the RBM website and drafting the monthly ARMPC newsletter.

Advanced university degree in Public Health, Business, Public Administration, Social Sciences, International Relations, Political Sciences, or related field or Bachelor’s degree in these fields will be accepted with an additional 2 year of relevant experience.

• Minimum 2 years’ professional working experience is required in operations, consulting, external relations, public affairs, or international development organizations;
• Demonstrated experience with drafting reports, policy documents and presentations.

Desirable:  

• Familiarity with UN systems, tools and procedures.
• Proven judgment, discretion, and diplomacy.   
• Excellent computer literacy and knowledge of Microsoft products.
• Ability to work under pressure and obtain results. 
• Capacity and willingness to work in a collaborative manner.
• Builds strong relationships with clients and external actors.

Fluent spoken and written English is required.

Fluency in French is desirable.

• Please note that the closing date is midnight Copenhagen time
• Applications received after the closing date will not be considered.
• Only those candidates that are short-listed for interviews will be notified.
• Qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. 
• The incumbent is responsible to abide by security policies, administrative instructions, plans and procedures of the UN Security Management System and that of UNOPS.  

It is the policy of UNOPS to conduct background checks on all potential recruits/interns. Recruitment/internship in UNOPS is contingent on the results of such checks.

UNOPS supports the successful implementation of its partners’ peacebuilding, humanitarian and development projects around the world. Our mission is to serve people in need by expanding the ability of the United Nations, governments and other partners to manage projects, infrastructure and procurement in a sustainable and efficient manner.

Working in some of the world’s most challenging environments, our vision is to advance sustainable implementation practices, always satisfying or surpassing our partners’ expectations.

With over 7,000 personnel spread across 80 countries, UNOPS offers its partners the logistical, technical and management knowledge they need, wherever they need it.

A flexible structure and global reach means that we can quickly respond to our partners' needs, while offering the benefits of economies of scale. 

Based in Geneva, the Europe and Central Asia Regional Office (ECR) supports UNOPS offices throughout the region through: management, financial and programmatic oversight of global and country-specific portfolios, clusters and operations centres, including hosting services; fund and management advisory services; project implementation; procuring goods and services; and managing human resources.

ECR ensures that projects are executed to the highest standards, providing a shared knowledge base and ensuring that best practices and lessons learned are disseminated between business units and projects across the entire region.

ECR operates global portfolios from offices in Geneva, Brussels and New York, and country-specific programmes from its operations and project centres located in Eastern Europe and Central Asian countries.