Partner Engagement Consultant (National), Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, 9.5 months

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. 

For every child, partnership.

Building from the recognition of the strategic role the private sector is playing in the national economy and in development, UNICEF Mongolia is developing strategies to engage with business programmatically and promote business respect and support for child rights for the larger purpose of enhancing programme effectiveness and achieving positive outcomes for children.

How can you make a difference? 

Under the direct supervision of the Representative, the consultant will support the programme sections and senior management in deepening collaboration with key stakeholders, including private sectors, governors’ offices, and financial partners, and helping to provide an interface for environmental scanning, knowledge exchange, resource mobilization, and policy influence within the scope of assignment. The key result is to ensure greater visibility for UNICEF and influence in support of its mission.

• Contribute to integrating the business sector into UNICEF Mongolia Country Programme results with technical expertise, research, support to programme implementation, fostered coordination and internal collaboration. This includes providing strategic guidance to the development of a cross-cutting vision and strategy for engagements and partnerships with the business sector which will leverage income (financial resources), influence and impact for children in Mongolia.
• Work closely with Programme Sections to identify, develop and maintain partnerships with business, governors offices particularty in identified new private sectors in provinces and advocacy towards delivering on UNICEF’s programme outcomes, in line with UNICEF’s principles for private sector engagement and global due diligence guidance and criteria. This includes supporting Programme Sections with market intelligence and private donor prospection, drafting programme propositions and partnership agreements, conducting negotiation when needed, and supporting donor reporting, while ensuring compliance with UNICEF rules and regulations.
• Lead the office’s Child Rights and Business Principles work, including strategy development, partnerships’ management, engagements with key business stakeholders, capacity building, resource mobilization and the roll out of CRBP related initiatives and projects.
• Lead the private sector resource mobilization to achieve yearly targets in contribution with programmes and office wide
• Support the Government in implementation of the CRC General Comment #16 on Business and Child Rights in order to strengthen enabling policy environment for child friendly workplaces and businesses where the rights of the children are respected and supported.
• Support the roll out of the Business For Results (B4R) initiative in Mongolia, working closely with Programme Sections and the Regional Office to apply knowledge and strengthen the internal capacity of UNICEF Mongolia to work with business.
• Implement the work plan for assigned area, to ensure timely and cost effective delivery of results, in accordance with UNICEF Mongolia’s partnership strategy.
• Maintain awareness of current activities, political and social events of UN and othe multilateral bodies/governments, conduct analysis to understand how they may impact UNICEF activities and programmes and provide timely information to UNICEF staff for decision-making
• Support the Office to maintain effective relationships with  private sector and other partners, in order to keep them well informed on strategic operational aspects of the UNICEF work with business in Mongolia and increase the potential to collaborate with it, while protecting UNICEF’s interests.
• Promote a culture of effective knowledge management on PSE/CRB in UNICEF and contribute with the development of thought leadership, results stories and knowledge management products and platforms that can capture UNICEF Mongolia’s experience in engaging with business to achieve results for children for regional and global dissemination.

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

• An advanced degree in Humanities, including Development, Economics, CSR, Business Administration or other relevant field.
• Minimum four years of professional experience in the fields of business, human rights, corporate sustainability, corporate partnerships or CSR. Prior experience in the field of children’s rights and business and in development of corporate partnerships, fundraising, marketing, or communication is desirable.
• Understanding of development programming for children or related field will be considered a strong asset.
• Advanced knowledge of partnership development and resource mobilization is an asset.
• Current knowledge of development issues, strategies, as well as programming policies and procedures in international development cooperation. 
• Strong communications skills, verbal and written.
• Strong networking and negotiation skills.
• Strong familiarity with political and governmental processes.
• Ability to work in a multicultural environment and establish harmonious working relationships, both within and outside the organisation.
• Fluency in English and the local language.

For every Child, you demonstrate… 

UNICEF’s values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS). 

To view our competency framework, please visit  here. 

UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic.

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:  

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.