Apply for Partnerships Specialist, P-3, TA (364 days), post # 131429, Multi-Stakeholder Platforms, PFP, Geneva, Switzerland Unicef Job Vacancy | Unicef Careers

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For each child, a champion

The Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships and Advocacy (MSP-A) staff in UNICEF’s Private Fundraising and Partnerships Division (PFP), leads on UNICEF’s engagement with multi-stakeholder platforms, and advocacy with enterprise and public-private partnerships (PPPs). As part of its enterprise advocacy and engagement technique, the MSP-A staff undertakes a spread of actions aiming to lift consciousness and visibility of UNICEF and its key priorities with the personal sector, and in addition with the general public sector in relation to crucial points regarding enterprise and kids.

How are you able to make a difference?

Under the steerage of the Advocacy with Business Manager, the incumbent is accountable for:

1. Partnership constructing, networking and engagement: Identifies and maximizes alternatives for UNICEF engagement in choose multi-stakeholder platforms and initiatives on thematic priorities (local weather, psychological well being and well being fairness) together with public-private partnerships. Manages UNICEF’s engagement in these initiatives to advance UNICEF’s advocacy, programmatic and partnership targets. Builds and strengthens strategic partnerships and develops new initiatives to mobilize and pursue alternatives with key personal and public sector stakeholders to advance UNICEF’s targets on local weather, psychological well being and well being fairness, leveraging the worth of UNICEF partnerships and collaboration, whereas preserving the group’s credibility and repute.
2. Advocacy with enterprise: Develops advocacy with enterprise alternatives and methods focusing on the international degree linked to foremost coverage developments (i.e. Paris Agreement, UNGA political declarations, and so forth.), in addition to on programmatic priorities with vital partnership potential (i.e. vitality poverty,  local weather resilient water stewardship, child well being and psychological well-being). Identifies exterior champions and develops key asks for UNICEF priorities for youngsters to have interaction the personal sector in advancing aims with key companies, partnerships and initiatives.
3. Project administration: Manages complicated, multi-stakeholder initiatives, develops workplans and budgets, and leads on group and implementation of deliverables in accordance the workplan, in alignment with broader advocacy and partnership aims.
4. Planning and coordination: Coordinates inside PFP, throughout divisions, RO/COs, National Committees and exterior organizations on UNICEF’s engagement in key international platforms and initiatives associated to the personal sector. Plan, arrange and assist engagement of UNICEF senior management and/or personal sector companions in key initiatives. Coordinates the preparation of briefing notes, speaking factors, key messages and different data supplies as wanted.
5. Capacity constructing: Equipping and constructing capability of National Committees, headquarters, regional and nation workplaces to have interaction on advocacy with enterprise aims, and interesting the personal sector to advance nationwide, regional and international advocacy and partnerships initiatives and priorities, and to facilitate the event, piloting or scale up of PPP fashions.
6. Technical assist: Provides technical assist and recommendation relating to the combination of methods for advocacy with enterprise and the engagement with key platforms and initiatives into UNICEF planning processes, approaches and work plans. Provides inputs into briefing supplies and different communications as wanted. Develops content material, advocacy messaging, thought management and subject material experience tailor-made to the distinctive pursuits and capabilities of specific platforms and the broader enterprise viewers.
7. Communications: Supports the event of key messages associated to the mobilization of enterprise affect and advocacy with enterprise, and the engagement with multi-stakeholder platforms and initiatives vis-a-vis inner and exterior audiences. Provides inputs and develops content material/articles for inner and exterior audiences. Works with partnerships colleagues throughout the group, to develop enterprise and advocacy methods and messages for precedence UNICEF companions and National Committees.
8. Knowledge administration: Facilitates information seize and sharing on enterprise advocacy and engagement with key international platforms and initiatives, together with via updating UNISON (the UNICEF Customer Relationship Management System), the PFP intranet, and different sources.

To qualify as a champion for each child you should have…

Education:

• An superior college diploma in one of many following fields is required: worldwide growth, public administration, enterprise administration, communication, or one other related subject.
• Alternatively, a first-level college diploma in a related subject mixed with two (2) extra years {of professional} expertise could also be accepted in lieu of the superior college diploma.

Experience:

• A minimal of 5 years of related skilled expertise working within the personal sector on sustainability-related points is required.
• Progressively accountable skilled work expertise on personal sector advocacy priorities with a give attention to one of many following points well being fairness and non-communicable ailments, psychological well being. and local weather, atmosphere is required
• Experience in successfully working with a various group of stakeholders and dealing on complicated, multi-stakeholder partnerships involving the personal sector, whether or not throughout the UN, Government, NGOs, or the personal sector, can be an asset.
• Familiarity with personal sector advocacy and partnerships with the UN and glorious understanding of company social accountability, shared worth, multi-stakeholder partnerships, and/or enterprise advocacy is an asset.
• Developing nation work expertise and/or familiarity with emergency is an asset.
• Experience with UN/UNICEF is an asset.

Language Requirements:

• Fluency in English is required with glorious writing abilities. Knowledge of one other official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, or Spanish) or a neighborhood language is an asset.

Deliverables:

• Drive advocacy and collective motion methods and partnerships on vitality and water.
• Support complicated multi-stakeholder initiatives with companies and foundations to develop personal sector steerage, suggestions, and calls to motion linked to the Global Goal of Adaptation.
• Support and coordinate personal sector occasions and engagements reminiscent of London Climate Week, New York Climate Week, COP30, WEF Annual Meeting in Davos, World Health Assembly, UNGA.
• Support advocacy and partnerships with strategic networks and champion foundations and companies.
• Support international marketing campaign push on childhood well being, NCDs and psychological well being within the run-up to the High-Level Meeting on NCDs and Universal Health Coverage.

Estimated period of the contract:

• 364 days

Reporting to:

• The Multistakeholder Partnerships and Advocacy Manager.

Working Place:

• Geneva, Switzerland is the official responsibility station. (Flexible work preparations could also be utilized if there’s a want.)

For each Child, you display…

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin all the things we do and the way we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values

The UNICEF competencies required for this post are…

• Builds and maintains partnerships (1)
• Demonstrates self-awareness and moral consciousness (1)
• Drive to realize outcomes for affect (1)
• Innovates and embraces change (1)
• Manages ambiguity and complexity (1)
• Thinks and acts strategically (1)
• Works collaboratively with others (1)

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