UNV Partnerships Specialist - Jordan

UN Entity: UNICEF

Assignment Context:
The Partnership and Resource Mobilisation section in the Middle East and Northern Africa provides guidance and technical support to 16 country offices and the regional office for engagement and stewardship of public and private partners. This also includes donor analysis and engagement, facilitating partnerships of high-level events, and ensuring effective and efficient resource mobilization systems, processes, and approaches.

The purpose of this assigenmnt is to support establishing and/or strengthening collaboration with key stakeholders in MENA, and provide an interface for environmental scanning, knowledge exchange, and resource mobilization. The assigned UN Volunteer will serve as a focal point and resource for colleagues on specific thematic areas of strategic relevance for partnership development. The key result is to support creating a strong base of partners in support of UNICEF’s mission.
Further, the assigned UN Volunteer will collaborate with the PROSPECTS lead in the Regional Office (ADAP section) and the HQ team to support the PROPSECTS partnership in the region. He/She will also support Resource mobilization and partnership work in the region by collaborating with the Partnership and Resource Mobilization team.

Task description:
Under the direct supervision of Partnership Donor Relations Manager, the UN Volunteer will:

Partnerships Management.
• Support PROSPECTS partnership and other partnership-related tasks for the section by supporting the development and implementation of standards guidance for UNICEF partnerships and formulation of work plans and strategies.
• Support effective implementation and monitoring of PROSPECTS project, including Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) initiatives, and financial oversight for both Regional and and Country Offices.
• Contribute to the success of the PROSPECTS partnership in the region through effective communication and close collaboration with the programme and HQ team.
• Monitor and contribute to the implementation of the PROSPECTS work plan to ensure timely and cost-effective results delivery per the UNICEF partnership.
• Ensure Country offices have up-to-date information on donor requirements for PROSPECTS.

Monitoring and Quality Assurance of Donor Reports.
• Establish a monitoring system that tracks donor reports in the region in collaboration with the Humanitarian team.
• Oversee the preparation and timely submission of high-quality donor reports in accordance with UNICEF policies, formats, and branding standards.
• Support the humanitarian team on emergency and thematic reports.
• Upload submitted donor reports to the system as applicable to the office.
• Provide training and technical assistance as required to staff to improve the overall quality and consistency of donor reports.

Support to team on Partnerships and Resource Mobilization

• Support fundraising efforts in the Regional office by providing fundraising material e.g briefing notes, fact sheets, donor analysis for the region.
• Research prospective new partners for UNICEF and provide analysis of the areas of work, outreach, financial base, and reputation of prospective partners.
• Maintain up-to-date information on partner and income trends, analyse development assistance policies, and keep resource partner profiles updated.
• Support the team in drafting briefing notes, reports, presentations, and funding analysis.
• Provide support ad hoc support on partnership and resource mobilization to the team, as needed.

Languages
English, Level: Fluent, Required
Arabic, Level: Working knowledge, Desirable

Inclusivity statement:
United Nations Volunteers is an equal opportunity programme that welcomes applications from qualified professionals. We are committed to achieving diversity in terms of gender, care protected characteristics. As part of their adherence to the values of UNV, all UN Volunteers commit themselves to combat any form of discrimination, and to promoting respect for human rights and individual dignity, without distinction of a person’s race, sex, gender identity, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy, age, language, social origin or other status.

Note on Covid-19 vaccination requirements
In addition to duty station-specific vaccine requirements, appointments are subject to confirmation of fully-vaccinated status against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which must be met prior to taking up the appointment. It does not apply to UN Volunteers who will work remotely and are not expected to work on or visit UNICEF premises, programme delivery locations or directly interact with communities UNICEF works with, nor to travel to perform functions for UNICEF for the duration of their contracts.

Reasonable accommodation
UNICEF offers reasonable accommodation for UN Volunteers with disabilities. This may include, for example, accessible software, travel assistance for missions or personal attendants. We encourage you to disclose your disability during your application in case you need reasonable accommodation during the recruitment process and afterwards in your assignment.