Deadline: 01 May, 2021
Location: Bamako, Mali
United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) is seeking to fill the role of Chief Resource Mobilisation and Partnerships.
UNICEF works for a world in which every child has a fair chance in life.
Responsibilities
- Ensure the country office uses a well-prioritised and realistic resource mobilisation strategy that will provide resources to implement and manage country programme
- Develop, maintain and update the country office resource mobilisation strategy and associated implementation/action plan
- Actively participate and contribute to the UNCT fundraising and reporting within the context of the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF) and the UN humanitarian action plan
- Acquire, cultivate and retain donors and manage meaningful relationships with donors
- Enhance positive relationships with donors, national committees and donor groups in country and through PPD in their donor capitals through timely and high-quality donor proposals and reports
- Liaise with various humanitarian funding coordination for timely action on donor funding of humanitarian action
Requirements
- Advanced university degree in Social Sciences, International Relations, Government, Public Policy, Social Policy, Social Development, or a similar discipline
- First degree with two years of relevant professional experience may be considered
- Developing country work experience in international development as well as in international donor relations (desirable)
- Eight years of relevant professional work experience, including familiarity with emergency programmes
- Proven ability to develop effective long-term strategic fundraising plans, with appropriate allocation of time and resources, and foresee risks and allow for contingencies when planning
- Proven ability to implement clear goals that are consistent with agreed strategies, identify priority activities, adjust priorities, as needed, to meet organisational goals
- Ability to identify and grab new fundraising opportunities, formulating new fundraising strategies and models
- Ability to adjust to unexpected challenges and proposing countermeasures accordingly
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Knowledge of current theories and practices in fundraising/marketing and or corporate communication and experience with commercial marketing and fundraising (desirable)
- Knowledge and experience of corporate social responsibility will be a plus
- Familiarity with the Malian and regional target markets, as well as with the work of the IFI’s (World Bank, IMF, etc.)
- Fluency in French and English (writing and oral)
To apply and for more information, click here.
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