Fund Raising Manager - Tenders Global

Fund Raising Manager

United Nations Children's Fund

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The role focuses on specific fundraising markets within the region, providing direct market support and development. This involves coordination with colleagues across the IG teams in the region, internal UNICEF stakeholders, and global consultants. Additionally, the role oversees three PFP Individual Giving specialists in the region and supports the coordination of other specialists in marketing, products (including legacy), and channels (especially digital).

The main tasks are as follows:

  • Place the region in the strongest position to deliver ambitious growth in long-term income, especially in digital, with a focus on increasing the proportion of unrestricted income to support UNICEF’s work globally
  • Focus the region on achieving the 2022-2025 IG income goals and the next level of income growth required across the main IG income streams of regular giving, cash, and legacy.
  • Support markets in transitioning to a digitally enabled fundraising model, emphasizing diversification while safeguarding existing income streams.
  • Ensure an audience-centered marketing approach develops in markets and ensure that IG teams build long-lasting, high-quality donor relationships that maximize lifetime value, minimize churn, and maximize net returns.
  • Leverage emergency fundraising in the region as a growth driver and opportunity for further donor engagement.
  • Ensure markets build the pipeline for legacy giving to maximize lifetime giving and minimize missed income opportunities.
  • Act as the IG regional and country focal point, working in partnership with markets and the IG regional team of specialists to guide markets and teams in delivering a strategic marketing approach to Individual Giving
  • Collaborate with markets to establish a shared understanding of market performance, identify opportunities, highlight development areas, and define the necessary skills to achieve income growth targets.
  • Co-develop the marketing strategy for markets, involving marketing and insights managers to support development and ensure successful implementation.
  • Stimulate market demand for regional IG specialist support in areas where clear potential impact has been identified, including:
  •  Communications and content, ensuring insight-led value propositions and resonant omnichannel experiences.
  • maximizing product revenue, channel activation, and delivery.
  • Developing Martech capabilities, digital tools, technology systems, and platforms, including responsible use of AI.
  • Product innovation, improving donor servicing for an excellent supporter experience.
  • Serve as the bridge between markets and global teams, aligning demand and supply for PFP support.
  • Engage markets in initiating Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) and developing Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) that drive business performance, taking a comprehensive cost perspective and contributing to the achievement of relevant fundraising KPIs.
  • Provide strategic leadership to the region, inspiring and aligning markets with the global individual-giving approach
  •  Act as a regional catalyst, inspiring, enabling, and empowering IG fundraising teams to embrace key priorities and projects.
  • Provide crucial regional support for organizational shifts towards a strategic marketing approach.
  • Serve as a trusted advisor to fundraising leaders and their teams, offering guidance and strategic insights.
  • Coach regional specialists and markets to cultivate a growth mindset, leveraging existing knowledge to unlock new potential in their markets.
  • Drive agility and people development, upgrading skills to improve processes and results, and accelerate operational marketing capabilities.
  • Support markets in cultivating a culture of testing, learning, and systematic experimentation. Infuse teams with a spirit of fact-based optimization to enhance overall performance.
  • Ensure continuous access and information flow with the Private Fundraising and Partnerships (PFP) division.
  • Collaborate across PFP to create a clear understanding of PFP offerings, solutions, and expertise. Communicate this information effectively to the markets.
To qualify as a champion for every child you will have:
Education:
  • An advanced university degree in fundraising, marketing or business strategy, or related field is required.
  • Alternatively, a first-level university degree in a relevant field combined with (2) additional years of qualifying professional experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
Experience:
  • A minimum of 8 years of progressive leadership and a proven track record of revenue generation experience in complex multinational nonprofit fundraising or commercial settings is required.
  • Extensive experience in nonprofit or commercial business development and strategic marketing is required.
  • In-depth knowledge of digital transformation in a commercial context, including digital tech, tools, and responsible AI use is an asset.
  • Proven leadership in inspiring teams, driving organizational change, and fostering agility is an asset.
  • Strong analytical skills for data-informed decision-making and strategic planning are an asset.
  • Proven project management experience, ensuring timely delivery and meeting objectives is an asset.
  • Experience in agile methodologies and the use of digital planning tools is an asset.
  • Strong networking and influencing skills to drive results is an asset.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, conveying complex ideas concisely is an asset.
  • UN/UNICEF experience is an asset.
Language requirements:
  • Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.

Source: https://jobs.unicef.org/cw/en-us/job/568529

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