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Temporary Appointment (364 Days),Corporate Partnerships Specialist, Capacity Building , P-3, PFP, Geneva, Switzerland # 111188

Geneva

  • Organization: UNICEF - United Nations Children’s Fund
  • Location: Geneva
  • Grade: Mid level - P-3, International Professional - Internationally recruited position
  • Occupational Groups:
    • Education, Learning and Training
    • External Relations, Partnerships and Resource mobilization
    • Private Fundraising and Partnerships
    • Public, Private Partnership
  • Closing Date: Closed

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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.

The world will not achieve the SDGs unless organizations like UNICEF join forces with the business sector. UNICEF’s Strategic Plan 2018-2021 reflects this, and indeed one of the Plan’s “Change” strategies is expressly about deepening partnerships with businesses and further leveraging their power to achieve our goals for children. UNICEF wishes to see business as not only a donor or supplier, but also as a partner. Increasingly businesses also see themselves as critical to achieving the SDGs and are keen to be a part of the solution to the world’s challenges and opportunities. 

UNICEF therefore plans to scale up partnerships and engagement with the business sector to seize these opportunities. This will include “shared value partnerships” with businesses, collaborations that generate economic value for businesses in a way that also produces value for society and achievement of UNICEF’s mission. A shared value approach has the potential to achieve societal impact at scale, and to influence business’ longer-term commitment towards investing on children and young people.

Maximising the potential of the business sector will require the whole of UNICEF to embrace this potential, and to be equipped to engage effectively with business for maximise programmatic impact, as well as to increase resources for children.

To this end, a global capacity building and culture change programme is to be designed and rolled out across UNICEF (including National Committees) to equip the organization with the required mindset, skills, knowledge, tools and other resources to maximize results through working with the business sector. Building on what is already in place, the Private Fundraising and Partnerships (PFP) Division will coordinate this programme in close liaison with other divisions, with regional and country offices, and with National Committees.

Purpose of the Job:

Under the overall guidance of the Manager, Corporate Partnerships the post will coordinate the corporate partnerships teams input into the design, delivery and ongoing optimization of the aforementioned global capacity building programme.

How can you make a difference?

Working in close liaison with PFP teams (at HQ and regional levels), other divisions, regional and country offices, and National Committees:

1. This role will be the focal point on the capacity building programme for the corporate partnerships team. This will include the following;

  • Attending key internal meetings on the project
  • Co-ordinate with all internal stakeholders
  • Update the Chief of Corporate Partnerships on the project

2. Ensure key training modules relating to corporate partnerships that make up part of the global capacity building programme’s learning journey remain relevant and updated.   

3. Support UNICEF’s Regional Support Centres, to respond to all incoming enquires from UNICEF country offices relating to developing and maintain bilateral partnership with Businesses. As priority incubator countries there will be a special focus on Brazil, China and India.   

4. Supporting Capacity building: In collaboration with Regional Support Centres support capacity building on bilateral corporate partnerships and support the role out of a “Deep Dive” training to key markets.

Estimate Duration of the contract

  • 364 Days

Reporting To

  • Corporate Partnerships Manager PFP based in Geneva

Working place

  • Geneva

To qualify as a champion for every child you will have…

Education:

  • Advanced university degree in Business Management, International Relations, Marketing, Social Sciences, Fundraising, or related field.
  • *A first level university degree in a relevant field combined with years of professional experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Experience:

  • Minimum five years of progressively responsible professional work experience in commercial or non-commercial account Management or marketing, of which a minimum of two years in an international context, is required.
  • Corporate fundraising experience is an asset
  • UNICEF experience would be a considerable asset; in lieu of that, experience working in an international organization or corporation.
  • Experience of, or exposure to, partnerships between international organizations and the business sector, would be an asset.

Language Requirements:

  • Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language is considered as an asset.

For Every Child, you demonstrate….

Core Values:

  • Care,
  • Respect
  • Integrity
  • Trust
  • Accountability

Core Competencies:

  • Communication – (Level II)
  • Working with People – (Level II)
  • Drive for Results – (Level II)

Functional Competencies:

  • Formulating Strategies and Concepts (II)
  • Relating and Networking (III)
  • Persuading and Influencing (II)
  • Entrepreneurial Thinking (II)

To view the competency framework, please click 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, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles.

Remarks:

For more information on remuneration and benefits, please visit UNICEF’s Entitlements’ page.  If you would like to find estimates for entitlements, you may use the online Salary Estimate Calculator

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

This vacancy is now closed.
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