Ethical Fundraising Communication Contractor

Hardship Level (not applicable for home-based)

H (no hardship)

Family

CONTR Local Entry and Mid-Level Support

2024-07-01

July 15, 2024

Title: Ethical Fundraising Communication Contractor
Duty station: Home-based
Section/Unit: PSP/Supporter Engagement Section
Contract type: Individual Contractor (retainer)
Type: Project-based (part-time)
Duration: Maximum 80 working days.

1. General Background

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is mandated to lead and coordinate international action to protect and assist refugees and other persons of concern. The Private Sector Partnerships Service (PSP) sits within UNHCR’s Division of External Relations (DER) and is responsible for mobilizing resources for refugees from the private sector. UNHCR has a fundraising strategy in place for 2018-2025.

2. Purpose and scope of the assignment

PSP’s Supporter Engagement Section is recruiting a contractor to co-lead a pilot and facilitate the production of fundraising communication material developed by refugees by applying the contributor centred methodology.

This pilot is designed to test new communications and fundraising techniques which follow the UNHCR ethical communications guidelines recommendations, to discover how donor audiences respond to fundraising communication materials created using a contributor-focused, participant-led process.

What this project will seek to ask is what happens if UNHCR decides to approach their story gathering and telling in partnership with those who are more commonly the story ‘subjects’. Core questions: how does it feel for people forced to flee to be able to control their story? What are the practical steps we need to take to facilitate this at scale across UNHCR?

This pilot therefore is designed to test a new methodology called Contributor Centred Storytelling (CCS). CCS is a process rooted in participatory story production ways of working. The project hopes to develop this process for UNHCR to take this forward as a refugee-led fundraising communication production method in the future.

The pilot is also designed to discover how audiences respond to fundraising materials created using a contributor-focused, participant-led process.
What this project will seek to ask is what happens if an organisation decided to approach their story gathering and telling with participation and shared editorial decision-making with story ‘subjects’ as an objective: How would this impact their appeals? And how do you measure the impact of a different approach: increased donations or an improvement in the perceptions of distant others?
This pilot will take place in one location but will be built as a model that maybe amended and replicated going in other locations.

The responsibilities include but should not be limited to:

• Planning and preparing the research framework and plans.
• Working closely with the UNHCR team to prepare and train them for delivery in person.
• Booking and contracting photographer and videographer.
• Facilitate the delivery of the research workshop in Kenya.
• Coordinate the editing of finished materials/ input from refugee participant group.
• Delivering qualitative survey questions.
• Running a debrief and reflection process after the workshop.
• Creating a report reflecting on the process, evaluating results and providing recommendations.

3. Qualifications and experience

Work experience:

At least 7 years working within the media/communications sector, preferably with experience in working in the INGO/ humanitarian sector on ethical content processes

Key Competencies:

Essential:

• Demonstrated ability and experience in delivering communications goals
• Strong project management skills in complex, fastmoving projects;
• Strong communication skills, written and verbal;
• Strong interpersonal skills;
• Working to meet multiple deadlines and work under pressure;
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships at speed with people in a multi-cultural, multi-ethnic environment with sensitivity and respect for diversity;
• Ability to develop and maintain effective work relationships with international team members;
• Fluency in written and spoken English required.

Desired:

Experience in working with UNHCR or another UN agency or INGO

4. Location and Conditions

This position is project-based with a maximum of 80 working days allocated for this assignment until the end of 2024.

The position is fully remote, the successful candidate will be home-based. The hiring unit is based in Copenhagen, Denmark.

The remuneration level and the applicable entitlements and benefits may be different based on the residence of the most suitable selected candidate.

The selected candidate may need to travel on a mission, depending on the needs of the project.

Shortlisted candidates might be required to sit for a written test. Only shortlisted candidates will be notified. No late applications will be accepted.

 

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Local Individual contractor – SESThis position doesn’t require a functional clearance

Home-Based

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