Resource Mobilization and Donor Relations Specialist

How you can make a difference:

• UNFPA is the lead UN agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person’s potential is fulfilled.  UNFPA’s strategic plan (2022-2025), reaffirms the relevance of the current strategic direction of UNFPA and focuses on three transformative results: to end preventable maternal deaths; end unmet need for family planning; and end gender-based violence and harmful practices. These results capture our strategic commitments on accelerating progress towards realizing the ICPD and SDGs in the Decade of Action leading up to 2030. Our strategic plan calls upon UN Member States, organizations and individuals to “build forward better”, while addressing the negative impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on women’s and girls’ access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights, recover lost gains and realize our goals.
• In a world where fundamental human rights are at risk, we need principled and ethical staff, who embody these international norms and standards, and who will defend them courageously and with full conviction.
• UNFPA is seeking candidates that transform, inspire and deliver high impact and sustained results; we need staff who are transparent, exceptional in how they manage the resources entrusted to them and who commit to deliver excellence in programme results.

Job Purpose:

• Within the delegated authority and under the supervision of the Representative or his/her designated mandated representative(s), the Resource Mobilization and Donor Relations Specialist will perform the following tasks:

Donor Relations and Engagement:

• Develop comprehensive annual and ad hoc donor engagement strategies, setting clear milestones and closely monitoring outcomes.
• Conduct intelligence gathering to inform donor engagement strategies.
• Organize, prepare and actively participate in donor meetings.
• Engage in continuous relationship building with donors through regular meetings, prompt responses to information requests, and dissemination of key information products, including situation reports and advocacy briefs.
• Enhance donor understanding of UNFPA’s mandate and interventions in Sudan.
• Maintain up-to-date donor mailing lists and contact information.
• Liaise with the UNFPA Brussels Office, Humanitarian Response Division, and External Relations Division for strategic donor engagement and reporting.
• Support the development and distribution of emergency situation reports and humanitarian updates to the donor community.

Proposal Development Management and Resource Mobilization Tracking:

• Manage proposal submissions, ensuring alignment with donor expectations and requirements.
• Coordinate inputs from technical units to produce cohesive, high-quality proposals.
• Develop and maintain a Resource Mobilization Tracking Tool.

Donor Reporting Management:

• Manage the donor reporting process, ensuring timely origination, review and clearance of narrative reports.
• Compile and conduct quality control of all donor reports in collaboration with technical units, field offices, and cluster coordinators.
• Develop and maintain a Reports Tracking Tool to systematically update and share information on donor reporting requirements, keeping section heads and field offices informed.

Qualifications and Experience: 

Education:  

• Advanced University degree in social science, international relations, or communication, Law, or other related areas.

Knowledge and Experience: 

• Five years of relevant experience at the national or international level or with international exposure.
• Experience within donor organizations reporting is an asset, as is experience working in other UN agencies or other international development organization; previous experience with United Nations operational agencies is an added value.

Languages: 

• Fluency in written and spoken English is required. Knowledge of the Arabic language is an asset

Source: https://www.unfpa.org/jobs/resource-mobilization-and-donor-relations-specialist-p-3-fta