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Consultancy Title: Fundraising Consultant (Foundations and NatComs)

Section/Division/Duty Station: Programme Group, Child Protection Section, UNICEF NYHQ

Duration: November 30, 2024, to July 30, 2025

Home/ Office Based: NYHQ / Remote

 

About UNICEF 

If you are a committed, creative professional and are passionate about making a lasting difference for children, the world's leading children's rights organization would like to hear from you. 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 funded entirely by the voluntary contributions of individuals, businesses, foundations and governments. UNICEF has over 12,000 staff in more than 145 countries.

 

BACKGROUND

Purpose of Activity/ Assignment:

The consultant will be responsible to explore new and innovative financing opportunities for Prevention of Harmful Practices programmes (PHP), including liaising with UNICEF’s Public Partnership Division (PPD), Regional and Country Offices, National Committees (NATCOMs) and other private sector entities for purposes of resource mobilization for the two Joint Programmes (JPs) (Child Marriage (CM) and Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)).

 

Scope of Work:

UNICEF and UNFPA currently have a successful track record in implementing two of the largest UN joint programmes that are collectively making significant progress in eliminating Harmful Practices for girls notably Child Marriage (CM) and Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in the context of SDG 5.3 which seeks the elimination of such practices globally. The UNICEF Global Programme to end Child Marriage (GPECM) was established in 2016 to tackle child marriage in 12 of the most high-prevalence or high-burden countries. The UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme for the Elimination of Female Genital Mutilation (JPFGM) was established in 2008 to prevent female genital mutilation across 17 countries. The two Joint Programmes work in close collaboration with governments, grassroots community organizations and other stakeholders, and harness the complementary expertise of both UNFPA and UNICEF, as well as the latest social science research to eliminate harmful practices. While progress has been considerable, advances towards the achievement of SDG 5.3 have recently been undermined by socio-economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, and other global crises. Currently there are 10 million girls at risk of CM and 2 million girls at immediate risk of FGM every year.  

Both joint programmes are supported by a committed community of partners and donors, mostly public, with UNICEF serving as agency focal point for GPECM, and UNFPA serving as agency focal point for JPFGM. Building on the existing joint programmes, the two agencies have been working together since 2022 to scope and design new, leveraged financing approaches to accelerate ending Harmful Practices for Girls and support achievement of SDG 5.3 by 2030.

Following a landscape survey and consultation with current partners and donors, a few promising opportunities have been identified which could yield significant additional funding from a mix of public and private sources.

 

Terms of Reference / Key Deliverables:

Resource Mobilisation Strategy. Update the current Global Programme Resource mobilization plan, with particular focus on private sector foundations, individual givers. Map High net worth individual givers for specific countries and connect them with the respective countries within the JP child marriage and FGM. Development of the PHP  2024 Annual report.

Deadline: By 30 December 2024

Concept notes developments. 10 funding propositions and concept notes developed for use to potentially interested donors on Child marriage and FGM. Conduct 5 engagement meetings with private sector to gauge interest to support GPECM or FGM programme.     

Deadline: By 30 January 2025

GPECM Rising Star countries pitch   GPECM Rising star countries fundraising efforts from NatComs and diaspora communities supported:  

• 17 COs linked/ connected with NatComs/ private sector.
• Prep meeting between Rising star Countries and the Foundations initiated and organised.
• Earmarked donor calls (7) conducted
• 17 rising star countries linked with development partners country missions
• 17 rising star concepts customed to suit the needs of individual foundations          

Deadline: 30 March 2025

Targeted resources from Individual givers. Outreach to at least 6 individual givers with their specific commitments. Connect 5 countries with their potential individual givers.   

Deadline: 30 April 2025

Concept notes developments. Develop concept notes for 8 countries based on donor interests.

Deadline: 30 May 2025

Donor reports. Develop Steering committee financial report. Complete Mid-year review financial landscape review contributions. 

Deadline: 30 June 2025

GPECM, FGM resource mobilization strategy. Update the current Global Programme Resource mobilization plan, with particular focus on private sector foundations, individual givers. Develop a final report on resource mobilization progress, opportunities and gaps remaining completed.

Deadline: 30 July 2025

 

Qualifications

Education:

Advanced university degree (Masters) in the area of international development, Social Sciences, Business Administration, marketing/ fundraising or related degree.

Work experience:

Knowledge/Expertise/Skills required *: 

• At least 8 years of relevant and progressive experience working in partnerships with private sector fundraising.
• Familiar with UNICEF private sector fundraising
• Demonstrate knowledge and experience in securing multi country private sector partnerships.
• Demonstrate knowledge and experience in both Corporate and philanthropic partnerships.
• Fluency in English and another UN language.
• Knowledge of local working language of the duty station/region is required.

 

Requirements:

Completed profile in UNICEF's e-Recruitment system and

- Upload copy of academic credentials

- Financial proposal that will include/ reflect :

• • the costs per each deliverable and the total lump-sum for the whole assignment (in US$) to undertake the terms of reference.
  • travel costs and daily subsistence allowance, if internationally recruited or travel is required as per TOR.
  • Any other estimated costs: visa, health insurance, and living costs as applicable.
  • Indicate your availability

- Any emergent / unforeseen duty travel and related expenses will be covered by UNICEF.

- At the time the contract is awarded, the selected candidate must have in place current health insurance coverage.

- Payment of professional fees will be based on submission of agreed satisfactory deliverables. UNICEF reserves the right to withhold payment in case the deliverables submitted are not up to the required standard or in case of delays in submitting the deliverables on the part of the consultant.

U.S. Visa information:

With the exception of the US Citizens, G4 Visa and Green Card holders, should the selected candidate and his/her household members reside in the United States under a different visa, the consultant and his/her household members are required to change their visa status to G4, and the consultant’s household members (spouse) will require an Employment Authorization Card (EAD) to be able to work, even if he/she was authorized to work under the visa held prior to switching to G4.  

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

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UNICEF’s core values of Commitment, Diversity and Integrity and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results. View our competency framework at: Here

UNICEF offers reasonable accommodation for consultants/individual contractors with disabilities. This may include, for example, accessible software, travel assistance for missions or personal attendants. We encourage you to disclose your disability during your application in case you need reasonable accommodation during the selection process and afterwards in your assignment. 

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:  

Individuals engaged under a consultancy 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. Consultants 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.