OVERVIEW

Parent Sector : Field Office

Duty Station: San Jose

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Job Family: Administration

Type of contract : Non Staff

Duration of contract : From 7 to 11 months

Recruitment open to : External candidates

Application Deadline (Midnight Paris Time) : 24/11/2024

UNESCO Core Values: Commitment to the Organization, Integrity, Respect for Diversity, Professionalism

Applicants must be entitled to work in Costa Rica.

OVERVIEW OF THE FUNCTIONS OF THE POST

1. Background and Objective

Under the overall authority and the direct supervision of the Director of the Regional Office of UNESCO in San Jose, Costa Rica, the incumbent provides consultancy services in compliance with the UNESCO rules and regulations, practices, standards, and procedures to strategize, coordinate and provide assistance and support in implementing the resource mobilization efforts of the UNESCO Office in San Jose. The office represents UNESCO in Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama and oversees the work in Guatemala and Mexico.

RESPONSIBILITY

• Support the office in positioning UNESCO as a privileged partner to ministries and other programme stakeholders
• Identify niche areas and partnership opportunities with bilateral and multilateral donors and private sector partners
• Prospect for new partners and donors aligned with UNESCO’s priorities and values and constantly update the donor mapping and a resource mobilization plan
• Carry out other donor outreach as relevant
• Conceptualize, organize and participate in donor meetings to identify fundraising opportunities
• Establish a system for the regular identification of donor intelligence
• Provide advice and support to programme staff in the development of short concept notes for the initial donor approach and subsequently in the development of draft full-fledged proposals
• Support the office in developing a constant pipeline of impactful proposals aligned with UNESCO’s programme and budget and follow up on their progress with programme staff
• Support the proposal submission process including all necessary coordination and clearance steps within the Organization (liaison with concerned entities at headquarters, obtaining necessary internal clearances, etc.)

CONTRACT DURATION

The duration of the contract will be for a period of up to 11 months. It is expected that the Resource Mobilization Consultant will be based in San José, Costa Rica, for the duration of the contract. The UNESCO telework policy applies. This vacancy notice is targeted at junior to mid-level candidates.

DELIVERABLES

The Resource Mobilization Consultant is expected to produce the following indicative monthly deliverables:
• thorough update of resource mobilization plan including the donor mapping
• update of the pipeline of project proposals
• drafting of ca. 3 short and long concept notes
• 4-6 external meetings to identify fundraising opportunities
• regular coordination meetings with the director of the office and programme sectors

COMPETENCIES (Core / Managerial)

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REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

EDUCATION
• University degree in a field of UNESCO’s competence

WORK EXPERIENCE

• Experience in partnership building, partner outreach, or resource mobilization in the region
• Experience in project proposal development
• Experience with UN organizations is desirable

SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES

• Communication Skills
• Teamwork skills
• People skills/Diplomatic skills
• Accountability
• Innovation
• Professionalism
• Analytical Skills

LANGUAGES

• Excellent knowledge (spoken and written) of Spanish and good knowledge of English.