Head, Financing and Mdbs Engagement Unit

Job Identification (Reference Number)**:16211**
Position Title**:Head, Financing and MDBs Engagement Unit**
Duty Station City**:Geneva**
Duty Station Country**:Switzerland**
Grade**:P-4**
Contract Type**:Fixed-term (1 year with possibility of extension)**
Recruiting Type**:Professional**
Vacancy Type**:Vacancy Notice**
Initial duration**:1 year with possibility of extension**
Closing date**:9 September 2025**

**Introduction**:
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Applications are welcome from first
- Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Comoros, Congo (the), Cook Islands, Dominica, Federated States of Micronesia, Grenada, Guinea-Bissau, Holy See, Iceland, Israel, Kiribati, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Madagascar, Marshall Islands, Namibia, Nauru, Palau, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Solomon Islands, Suriname, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu _

**_Context: _**

The main objective of the Resource Mobilization Division (RMD) is to increase financial support to advance IOM Country Offices as stipulated in its Strategic Plan. The Division’s core function involves building and maintaining relationships with donors, diversifying IOM’s resource base, and enhancing IOM’s collective resource mobilization efforts.

Given IOM’s decentralized structure, donor engagement and resource mobilization functions are shared by different organizational and geographic units. As such, the Division plays a pivotal role in streamlining and enhancing these functions. The Division adds strategic value by not only coordinating these efforts but also by offering essential guidance, developing and disseminating knowledge, and reinforcing organizational capacity to raise funds. As such, the Division serves as a central hub to ensure a cohesive and effective approach to donor engagement and resource mobilization within IOM’s decentralized structure.

The Head, Financing and MDBs (Multi-Lateral Development Banks) Engagement Unit within RMD is responsible for the management of key forums, strategic meetings, and events that enhance institutional engagement with IOM’s donors at Permanent Mission and capital levels. This pillar also shares responsibilities of liaison with donor counterparts in Permanent Missions and through the Global Resource Mobilization Network (GRMN) which is comprised of IOM’s Country Offices for Partnerships and Advocacy (COPAs) and Country Offices located in donor capitals. In addition, the Financing and MDBs Engagement Lead will oversee the institutional hub for Innovative and Climate Financing as well as Multi-Lateral Development Banks Engagement in an effort to support and diversify resource mobilization capacity building efforts through its work with key functions in Regional Offices and Headquarters.

Under the direct supervision of the Director of RMD, the incumbent will be responsible and accountable for managing the Financing and MDBs (Multi-Lateral Development Banks) Engagement unit in support of the overall objectives of the Resource Mobilization Division.

RESPONSIBILITIES
Manage the Financing and MDBs engagement unit and all its various workstreams.
- Support all strategic planning efforts linked to resource mobilization with COPA Chiefs of Mission ensuring sustained support and investment in COPAs and that fundraising efforts are optimized in alignment with donor market trends.
- Support the Director of the Resource Mobilization Division in the oversight of key institutional processes such as budgeting, approval of work plans, and strategy development and ensure that resources are available to support COPA’s resource mobilization objectives.
- Support the coordination of the Global Resource Mobilization Network (GRMN) comprised of COPAs, RDs and key donor capitals to ensure coordination and knowledge sharing around donor liaison efforts to support the implementation of IOM’s Resource Mobilization Strategy, driving global best practices, information sharing, and fundraising expertise.
- Liaise with colleagues across departmental units, to ensure streamlined approaches to information sharing/messaging vis a vis IOM’s programmatic priorities, Response Plans, and thematic strategies, ensuring the COPAs are equipped with the proper tools to amplify messages in capitals.
- Lead the development of IOM’s innovative and climate finance workstream, ensuring that IOM’s operational model is fit for d