Resource Mobilization and Partnerships Development:

• Contribute to the development and implementation of resource mobilization strategies for UNICEF’s humanitarian action for children, focusing on quality and flexible funding.
• Identify partnership entry points through gathering financial and political intelligence of donors and aligning them with UNICEF priorities.
• Develop and coordinate enhanced horizontal and vertical communication processes on humanitarian funding and related opportunities.
• Organize and coordinate briefings on humanitarian crises for key partner meetings.
• Collaborate with communication colleagues to increase visibility of UNICEF’s humanitarian results and funding needs.
• Facilitate bilateral meetings between senior management (including field representatives) and partner representatives in New York and Capitals, supporting resource mobilization for humanitarian response.
• Manage contributions efficiently to build trust and credibility, including due diligence, grant creation, allocation, and timely quality reporting.

Field Office Support:

• Provide technical support to Country Offices in emergencies (especially L2 and L3 corporate level crises) in developing resource mobilization strategies and plans.
• Offer guidance on quality donor reporting, recognition, and visibility.
• Continuously collect and disseminate partner intelligence and mapping to guide resource mobilization and partnership priorities.
• Coordinate the analysis, monitoring, and reporting of UNICEF humanitarian financial data, including substantive inputs for flagship reports (e.g., SitReps, OCHA’s Financial Tracking System) and other ad hoc reporting requests.
• Participate in and summarize results from internal and external meetings on humanitarian funding, including Emergency Management Team Meetings.

Strategic Analyses and Humanitarian Financing:

• Monitor, analyze, and report on global humanitarian financing perspectives affecting children, providing strategic advice to senior management on developments and trends.
• Track and share emerging trends and directions through mapping exercises and documentation.
• Represent UNICEF and report on discussions at inter-agency humanitarian financing meetings.
• Contribute to inter-divisional discussions on financing solutions that offer more predictable and flexible funding for humanitarian activities.
• Support UNICEF’s participation and positioning in high-level inter-agency meetings related to humanitarian financing and partnerships, including developing statements and briefing packages for events such as the Grand Bargain, IASC Results Group on Humanitarian Financing, and high-level pledging events.

Requirements: 

• Bachelor’s degree in social science, international relations, public administration, law, or related field.
• Two years of specialized experience with research (secondary-sources minimum), databases, analyzing and synthesizing information, producing accessible outputs to inform decision making.
• Experience in inter-governmental processes would be an asset.
• Experience in humanitarian contexts would be an asset.
• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.
• Other skills: Knowledge of office computer systems (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook) and internet research tools.
• Ability to work in an international and multicultural environment. Competencies required: commitment, embracing diversity, integrity, teamwork, and drive for results; communication, judgment, planning, setting standards and monitoring work, analytical and conceptual thinking.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, with a strong attention to detail.