Consultancy: Catalytic Financing & Partnerships, Office of Innovation, 6 months, Remote; coordinates with Stockholm time zone (CET)

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…innovate

How can you make a difference?

How can you make a difference?
We are seeking a passionate and experienced consultant to support with conducting a mapping and pursuing a priority philanthropic partners pipeline for OOI’s Innovation30 climate initiative, Venture Fund, and related OOI 2024/5 priority initiatives. The initial focus will be on the US, UK, and TBC priority markets.

Your main responsibilities will be:
UNICEF is seeking a consultant to conduct a strategic mapping of the philanthropic sector to create a refined and targeted philanthropic partners pipeline to pursue for shared value partnership for the Innovation30 initiative, Venture Fund, and other OOI priority initiatives. The initial focus will be on the US, UK and TBC priority market based on discussions with the chosen consultant.
Prospects will be prioritized according to appropriate mission alignment and capacity to financially and strategically champion the initiatives’ social impacts for children and their communities, e.g. Innovation30’s climate impact on children and demonstration of the vast potential of climate entrepreneurs under 30 years old to be the architects of robust and scalable solutions.
The consultant will be responsible for:
• A partner matrix, analytical mapping, and priority outreach pipeline of philanthropic partner prospects for Innovation30 and the Venture Fund in the US, UK, and TBC geographic market(s)
• An engagement strategy and supporting outreach to select prospect partners, including via existing networks, events, and other relationship development tactics
• Supporting the design of an Innovation30 pooled fund platform, including key performance indicators and other relevant details to be shared in partner dialogue and negotiation

Please find attached the full ToR (Terms of Reference) with related information.  UNICEF OOI Catalytic Financing and Partnerships consultancy TOR.pdf

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

An advanced university degree (master’s or higher) in one of the following or related fields: public and/or private sector partnerships, public relations and communications, social sciences, business administration and management.
*A first University Degree combined with 2 additional years of professional experience may be accepted in lieu of an Advanced University Degree.
• A minimum of 10 years’ experience and in-depth knowledge of the US, UK and global philanthropy markets, with experience in the climate and/or emerging tech sector as beneficial.
• A passion for finding pathways to collectively deliver innovation as a game changer social impact accelerator for every child, everywhere today, and for setting a new pace of equitable and inclusive social impact for future generations of children.
• Demonstrated experience and expertise in identifying strategic partners that have led to shared-value partnership success.
• Experience supporting partnership alignment with the development/non-profit organization sector, with experience in/with the United Nations (UN) as a bonus.
• Substantial knowledge of research methods and data sources as well as philanthropy motivations across different geographical markets
• Extensive analytical skills and shaping of strategic partnership relationship engagement tactics.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong personal management skills – ability to work independently, autonomously, take initiative, prioritize, and meet deadlines.
• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.

Travel:
• The consultant is expected to travel to United States and possibly other places, to be decided, for a stay of 6 nights per trip (two trips – USA + TBC) in 6 months of the contract. The actual cost (economy class) and daily subsistence allowance will be reimbursed upon completion of the trip and submission of receipts for reimbursement.
• The consultant is responsible for arranging his/her own travel, including visa and travel insurance.

 Payment details and further considerations:

• Payment of professional fees will be based on the submission of agreed 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. 
• Payment schedules as per outlined tasks above are: Please see more details in the above attached ToR (Terms of Reference).

How to apply:

• Interested applicants are required to submit examples of previous related work they’ve undertaken and/or an outline of how they’d approach this project.
• Interested applicants are required to submit a financial proposal with an all-inclusive fee.  Please see the financial proposal template. Consultancy Financial Offer template.docx
• Applications without a financial proposal will not be considered.

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.

Contact: For any queries, please contact: swe-ooi-recruitments@unicef.org