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For every child, partnerships

UNICEF’s growing engagement with Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) partners has emerged as one of the few areas of increasing public resource mobilization, making it both an immediate and long-term institutional priority. The second half of 2025 will see a surge in high-level engagements, including: Strategic Dialogues with GCC partners; UNGA side events; High-level events; and UNICEF leadership participation in key Gulf-led events such as the Social Summit (November 2025), Doha Forum (December 2025) and World Government Summit (February 2026).

These are critical political and fundraising moments that require sustained follow-up and intensive coordination across divisions, regional offices and country offices.

A key component of the Public Partnerships Division’s (PPD) work is to strategically guide UNICEF leadership’s external engagement with public partners, governments, and multilateral platforms. This includes identifying high-value opportunities for participation in global events and dialogues; advising on positioning and messaging to align with UNICEF’s strategic priorities; and preparing tailored briefing notes, advocacy materials, and talking points to support informed, impactful representation. PPD also leads the preparation of high-quality Notes for the Record to capture and follow up on key outcomes, ensuring continuity, accountability, and strategic follow-through. This work directly contributes to shaping global policy discourse, strengthening partnerships, and advancing UNICEF’s influence and resource mobilization goals.

In parallel, the Africa and Middle East team in PPD also manages a growing portfolio of high-value public-sector grants; review and quality assurance of all donor agreements from GCC partners and countries across Africa and the Middle East; and contribution and grant management through UNISON, Insight, and eTools. 

Scope of Work:

The consultant will play a strategic supporting role in advancing UNICEF’s institutional engagement with GCC partners. This includes:

• Developing high-impact strategic documents and planning tools for senior management use;
• Drafting and finalizing Notes for the Record of high-level strategic dialogues;
• Coordinating the preparation of background materials, concept notes, and agendas for UNGA and other global events;
• Updating and refining donor profiles for each GCC country, integrating insights from 2025 engagements;
• Drafting targeted advocacy products that support UNICEF’s positioning, visibility and fundraising priorities.

 The role will also entail supporting internal coordination and stakeholder liaison with GCC Permanent Missions. This is a results-focused consultancy designed to help ensure the successful execution of critical external engagements between September and December 2025. The consultant will work under the guidance of the Senior Adviser.

The level of effort required is approximately 20 days per month.

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have… 

• An advanced university degree (Master’s or higher) in International Affairs, Diplomacy Studies, Public Administration or related fields of study. 
• A minimum of 5 years of relevant professional experience in partnerships and resource mobilization
• Knowledge of Gulf Cooperation Council partners
• Skills: Resource mobilization, Excellent client relations, Excellent writing skills, Excellent coordination skills, Attention to detail, Team work
• Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency is considered an asset. 
• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset. 

Applicants are requested to send their CV, a motivation letter, and their proposed fees via the online application form.

If you are a committed, creative professional and are passionate about children’s rights and making a lasting difference on children’s lives, one of the global leading entities on children’s rights would like to hear from you.

For every Child, you demonstrate...

UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability, Sustainability (CRITAS), and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.

UNICEF is also proud of a diverse workforce who are profoundly committed to supporting the full realization of children’s rights, and in uplifting a rights-based approach in all that we do.

The UNICEF competencies required for this post are…

(1) Builds and maintains partnerships

(2) Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness

(3) Drive to achieve results for impact

(4) Innovates and embraces change

(5) Manages ambiguity and complexity

(6) Thinks and acts strategically

(7) Works collaboratively with others 

Click here to learn more about UNICEF’s values and competencies.

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.

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 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.

Remarks:  

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

Individuals engaged under a consultancy or individual contract will not be considered “staff members” under the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s policies and procedures, and will not be entitled to benefits provided therein (such as leave entitlements and medical insurance coverage). Their conditions of service will be governed by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants and Individual Contractors. Consultants and individual contractors are responsible for determining their tax liabilities and for the payment of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with local or other applicable laws. 

The selected candidate is solely responsible to ensure that the visa (applicable) and health insurance required to perform the duties of the contract are valid for the entire period of the contract. Selected candidates are subject to confirmation of fully-vaccinated status against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which must be met prior to taking up the assignment. It does not apply to consultants who will work remotely and are not expected to work on or visit UNICEF premises, programme delivery locations or directly interact with communities UNICEF works with, nor to travel to perform functions for UNICEF for the duration of their consultancy contracts.