Partnerships and Report Specialist

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• Research potential new donors and partnerships including Natcom, foundations, corporations, Bilateral, multilateral donors, high net-worth individuals and advises on renewal strategies and best practices to diversify and increase BCO funding base and ensure successful fundraising strategy, plan and results.
• Develop and follow up on proposals, concept notes, and appeals to potential donors in alignment with country office priorities
• Maintain and expand relationships with existing public and private sector donors through regular communication and engagement: implementation of the office B4R action plan.
• Monitor and ensure compliance with partnership agreements, donor conditions and reporting requirements.
• Work with relevant programme sections and operations (as required) in the preparation of high-quality funding proposals by standardizing formats, contents and ensuring adherence to donor requirements.
• Lead strategic analysis of donor contributions and funding gaps with the support of the senior budget associate.
• Undertake analysis and research on the funding landscape and emerging opportunities.
• Lead the development of strategic cross-sectoral proposals in line with the office priorities such as Early Childhood Development, Adolescents and Climate Change amongst other themes.
• Maintain a donor proposal database to track fundraising against programme needs.
• Management of UNISON.
• Engagement with the private sector:
• Maintain relationship with PPD, HQ, PFP as required.

• Oversee the preparation and timely submission of high-quality donor reports in accordance with UNICEF policies, formats and branding standards.
• Upload submitted donor reports and proposals to the system as applicable and maintain the office’s electronical archive of them.
• Maintain the templates, checklists and tools of the office related to donor relations up to date.
• Maintain a coherent system for tracking reports due to donors to ensure that they are submitted in high quality and on time.
• Monitor the multisectoriels et multi-years Grants utilization rate through the Donor Statement by Activity.
• Ensures the allocation of funds follows proposals information and donor requirements.
• Review donor agreements and ensure they are in line with global standards.
• Liaise as required internally with HQ divisions on contribution management related tasks in close collaboration with other colleagues, sections and senior management as required.
• Manage the Grant opening meeting (GOM) based on proposals/cooperation agreements signed with donors.
• Consolidate situation reports, humanitarian appeals for the country office.
• Maintain and update database/files of donors, partnerships  agreements and project documents.
• Update and maintain information on all the donor reporting requirements. Ensure Programme Section Chiefs are updated on these requirements and follow up as required.
• Engage proactively with other country offices on exchanging best practices in order to inform the Burundi COs approaches in terms of donor relations and build an optimal system.
• Performs other related duties as assigned by the supervisor to ensure the success of the team, including guiding, training, and coaching short-term staff, including interns and consultants, as needed.

• Advanced university degree in business administration, communications, international relations, political science, international development, marketing, Fundraising, public affairs, or other related field.
• At least 5 years of relevant work experience in fundraising, partnerships management, donor reporting, and donor relations.
• Experience with UNICEF in a similar role is highly recommended.    
• Fluency in French and English, knowledge of another UN language an asset

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