Corporate Partnerships Specialist

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For 70 years, UNICEF has been working on the ground in 190 countries and territories to promote children’s survival, protection and development. The world’s largest provider of vaccines for developing countries, UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, good water and sanitation, quality basic education for all boys and girls, and the protection of children from violence, exploitation, and AIDS.

UNICEF is the driving force that helps build a world where the rights of every child are realized. UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, good water and sanitation, quality basic education for all boys and girls, and the protection of children from violence, exploitation, and AIDS. UNICEF is also the world’s largest provider of vaccines for developing countries. As a global authority UNICEF is able to influence decision makers at the global level and turn the most innovative ideas into reality.

More than 13,000 staff work with UNICEF, with approximately 85 per located in the field in 190 countries. Seven regional offices and over 124 country offices worldwide, 34 national committees, a research centre in Florence, a supply division in Copenhagen, a shared services centre in Budapest and offices in Berlin, Brussels, Seoul and Tokyo, and UNICEF headquarters in New York and Geneva work on helping children survive and thrive, from early childhood through adolescence.

We employ committed professional to work in our five focus areas: Child Survival and Development, Basic Education and Gender Equality, HIV/AIDS, Child Protection and Policy Advocacy and Partnerships. We also employ staff with expertise in administration and finance, human resources, information technology, supply and logistics as well as external relations and communication. UNICEF’s presence in humanitarian crises means that we also seek experts in emergency preparedness and response.

Interested in becoming a champion for every child? Learn more about what we look for and what we offer.

 

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UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.

Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.

And we never give up.

The Private Sector Fundraising (PSFR) section within PFP works with National Committees and UNICEF country offices to maximize income and drive income growth. There are five units within the PSFR section, the Corporate Fundraising unit one being one of them. The purpose of the Corporate Partnerships team is to drive impact, defined as financial resources in addition to other valuable assets and opportunities, to optimize the value of the partnership to achieve UNICEF’s strategic goals. The team supports key UNICEF Divisions with partnership strategies as well as supporting National Committees and Country Offices with their strategies for growth. The team also champions and drives global best practice, partnership strategy and issues guidance and policies globally. Team members also play a role in the relationship management of key partners.

 

For every child, a Champion

Under the general guidance of the Corporate Partnerships Manager, this post will manage and optimize the impact and results from a determined number of partnerships with international and national businesses to deliver upon the UNICEF’s strategic objectives for the partnership and driving annual activity plans which align with this strategy. Successful outcomes will ensure that the partnerships meet financial resource targets as well as meeting targets for leveraging reach, influence, and respect. The post is responsible for maintaining the relationship with these corporate partners, alongside the lead market, and supporting the strategic direction, management, growth, and renewal of these high-value partnerships. This post will work closely with UNICEF divisions such as Programme Divisions, Department of Communications and others to deliver upon the partnerships strategies.

 

How can you make a difference?

1. Maximizes, in close collaboration with the lead National Committee/Country Office, a portfolio of a determined number of high-impact international and national partnerships with corporates with the objective to deliver against the partnership financial and engagement goals as defined by UNICEF.

2. Manages successfully internal and external stakeholders for the partnerships with focus on excellence in:

• Acts as the UNICEF focal point for the partnership in close cooperation with the ‘lead’ National Committee/Country Office who is in charge of the account management.
• Coordinates intra-UNICEF stakeholders in relation to the partnership – Program Division, Marketing and communication, Contracting, and engagement channels such as CSR, Innovation, and Advocacy.
• Engages with the ‘activating’ National Committees and Country Offices at defined moments.

3. Identifies, develops, and monitors progress on these partnerships as defined by UNICEF as the priorities. 

• Delivers upon the income targets.
• Delivers upon the strategic targets as set by the strategic direction for the partnerships.
• Ensures an agreed vision and partnership strategy is developed, up-to-date, and implemented.
• Holds a coordinated global activity plan for the streams of work for all partnerships managed.
• Coordinates the soft-crediting implementation and decision making related to all international partnerships in the portfolio, working with Finance and the lead- and activating countries.
• Develops, maintains, and disseminates, working with the lead country, the partnership knowledge management and best practices.

 

DELIVERABLES:

• Efficient and effective delivery against the above accountabilities will result in a strong, strategic, and integrated management of a number of large international partnerships with corporates. This will secure a significant income for UNICEF’s programmes annually but also find these corporates actively engaged in UNICEF work through CSR or advocacy for example.
• Efficiency from the incumbent in the execution of the above functions will furthermore result in in best-in-class relationship management of these corporate partners, in an effective and satisfying work-relationship with the National Committees and Country Offices taking part in these partnerships, and in efficient intra UNICEF stakeholder management.

 

Estimated Duration of the contract

• 364 days

 

Reporting To:

• Corporate alliances Manager (Partnership Development).

 

Working Place:

• Geneva, Switzerland is the official duty station. (Flexible work arrangements may be applied if there is a need.

 

To qualify as a champion for every child you will have…

 

Education:

• Advanced university degree in Business Management, International Relations, Marketing, Social Sciences, Fundraising, or related field is required.
• Alternatively, a first-level university degree in combination with qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

 

Experience: 

• A minimum of five years of progressively responsible professional work experience in corporate fundraising, commercial or non-commercial account Management, or marketing, of which a minimum of two years in an international context, is required.
• Proven experience of working across teams to manage complex partnerships and/or campaigns and ability to influence buy in for the resources needed to execute partnerships required. 
• Excellent problem solving; ability to effectively collect, analyze, organize, distill, and present information is required.
• Good commercial awareness and proven business acumen.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment and prioritize while working against multiple deadlines.
• Experience of working within corporate fundraising in an international organization is an asset.
• UNICEF /UN experience is an asset. 

 

Language requirements:

• Fluency in English (verbal and written) is required.
• Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.

 

For every Child, you demonstrate…

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

The UNICEF competencies required for this post are…

• Demonstrates Self Awareness and Ethical Awareness (1)
• Works Collaboratively with others (1)
• Builds and Maintains Partnerships (1)
• Innovates and Embraces Change (1)
• Thinks and Acts Strategically (1)
• Drives to achieve impactful results (1)
• Manages ambiguity and complexity (1) are required.

During the recruitment process, we test candidates following the competency framework. Familiarize yourself with our competency framework and its different levels: competency framework here.

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.

We offer a wide range of benefits to our staff, including paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks, and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the use of flexible working arrangements.

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.

 

Remarks:

UNICEF appointments are subject to medical clearance.  Issuance of a visa by the host country of the duty station, which will be facilitated by UNICEF, is required for IP positions. Appointments may also be subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Government employees that are considered for employment with UNICEF are normally required to resign from their government before taking up an assignment with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the right to withdraw an offer of appointment, without compensation, if a visa or medical clearance is not obtained, or necessary inoculation requirements are not met, within a reasonable period for any reason.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

 

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Working hours (%): 80-100%

80-100%

Macro-area: Switzerland

Level of experience: Senior Professional, more than 5 years

Area of work: External Relations, Partnerships and Resource Mobilization

Type of organisation: Multilateral Organisations

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