Public Partnerships Project Consultant

UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence. At UNICEF, we are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do for as long as we are needed. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job – it is a calling. UNICEF is a place where careers are built. We offer our staff diverse opportunities for professional and personal development that will help them reinforce a sense of purpose while serving children and communities across the world. We welcome everyone who wants to belong and grow in a diverse and passionate culture, coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package. Visit our website to learn more about what we do at UNICEF. How can you make a difference? The consultant will support MENARO’s engagement with an assigned portfolio of key public donors, contribute to the development of donor positioning materials and funding pipelines, support the strategic leveraging of the PROSPECTS partnership, and strengthen donor reporting coordination and quality assurance across the region. The consultant will work under the supervision of the Public Partnerships Manager in the MENARO PRM Section and in close coordination with the Programme Specialist working on Migration and Displacement in the Child Protection Centre of Excellence (COE). The consultant will provide technical and coordination support to strengthen MENARO’s public partnerships work, with a focus on migration, displacement, durable solutions, and humanitarian response and preparedness, including PROSPECTS. The consultancy will focus on developing specific analytical products, donor-facing materials, coordination tools, and quality assurance support to inform engagement with public sector partners. Across the assignment, the consultant will help MENARO and Country Offices identify funding opportunities, strengthen donor positioning, and use evidence from PROSPECTS and related initiatives to support UNICEF’s regional engagement on children and youth on the move. The consultancy will cover three main areas of work: • A. Public Partnerships Intelligence, Funding Opportunity Analysis and Donor Positioning Products • B. Strategic Leveraging of PROSPECTS and Flagship Partnerships • C. Donor Reporting Coordination and Quality Assurance If you would like to know more about this consultancy, please review the complete Terms of Reference here: ToRTMC0003765.pdf To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have: Minimum requirements: • Education: Advanced (Master's) university degree in International Relations, Political Science, International Development, Public Policy, Development Studies, Economics, Social Sciences, or another relevant field. • Work Experience: A minimum of five years of progressively responsible professional experience in public partnerships, donor relations, resource mobilization, external relations, programme partnerships, donor intelligence, or related areas is required. • Skills: • Strong understanding of public partnerships, donor engagement, and resource mobilization in development and humanitarian contexts. • Good knowledge of European institutions, European bilateral donors, Nordic donors, and other like-minded public sector partners. • Strong analytical and writing skills, with the ability to translate donor intelligence and funding opportunities into clear, actionable products. • Experience developing high-quality donor-facing materials, including briefs, key messages, concept note outlines, presentations, and positioning notes. • Good understanding of donor reporting, results framing, compliance, and donor stewardship. • Strong coordination and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple deliverables and deadlines independently. • Language Requirements: Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of French and/or Arabic is considered an asset • Desirables: • Prior experience with UNICEF, another UN agency, or an international development/humanitarian organization is highly desirable. • Experience working on partnerships with the European Commission, EU institutions, Germany, the Netherlands, Nordic donors, or other like-minded public sector partners is highly desirable. • Experience supporting regional offices and/or multi-country portfolios is an asset. • Experience in the Middle East and North Africa region is an asset. • Experience working on children and youth, migration and displacement, durable solutions, education, social protection, or humanitarian-development nexus programming is an asset. • Experience supporting donor visibility, partnership events, showcase moments, or strategic communications products 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 UNICEF promotes and advocates for the protection of the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything it does and is mandated to support the realization of the rights of every child, including those most disadvantaged, and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, minority, or any other status. UNICEF encourages applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, nationality, religious or ethnic backgrounds, and from people with disabilities, including neurodivergence. We offer reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. throughout the recruitment process. If you require any accommodation, please submit your request through the accessibility email button on the UNICEF Careers webpage Accessibility | UNICEF. Should you be shortlisted, please get in touch with the recruiter directly to share further details, enabling us to make the necessary arrangements in advance. UNICEF does not hire candidates who are married to children (persons under 18). 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 based on gender, nationality, age, race, sexual orientation, religious or ethnic background or disabilities. UNICEF is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. 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, and selected candidates with disabilities may be requested to submit supporting documentation in relation to their disability confidentially. Qualified candidates are invited to submit the following documents via the online recruitment portal, TMS (Talent Management System): • An up-to-date TMS profile and curriculum vitae (CV) • Cover letter • A separate financial proposal (only acceptable in the format of the linked template) Financial proposal TMC0003765.docx Remarks: If the TOR or financial proposal documents are not visible on certain recruitment platforms, please visit our official page Vacancies | UNICEF Careers. 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