Position Title: Director, Resource Mobilization Division
Job Code: VN 2024 544
Duty Station: Geneva, Switzerland
Classification: Professional Staff, Grade D1
Type of Appointment: Fixed term, one year with possibility of extension
Estimated Start Date: As soon as possible
Closing Date: 22 September 2024
Context:
Under the overall supervision of the Director General and direct supervision of the Senior Director, Office of Communications, Advocacy and Partnerships (OPAC), the Director, Resource Mobilization Division will be responsible for the following duties:
Core Functions / Responsibilities:
- Direct IOM’s overall outreach to and dialogue with donors and represent IOM to governments, intergovernmental bodies, international organizations, and public and private sector entities in order to sustain the interest of traditional donors in supporting both existing and new project activities, as well as to identify and obtain new donor support.
- Direct the expanding and diversifying IOM financial resource mobilization processes; cultivate and maximize opportunities at all levels for relationship building, including with non-traditional donors.
- Plan an annual financial resource mobilization strategy for the Organization by working closely with relevant field and Headquarters colleagues, including taking primary responsibility for ensuring the preparation of and improving the Organization’s annual global programmatic outreach document, the “Migration Initiatives (MI)”, and leading the annually recurring ‘Global Appeal’.
- Plan annual donor visits to the field to enable key government representatives and donors to comprehend IOM operations first-hand and meet IOM’s key stakeholders and partners.
- Provide strategic guidance and advice to IOM Chiefs of Mission/Heads of Office in initiating and following up on funding requests and other donor issues, including the negotiation of donor agreements.
- Provide leadership, direction, and advice internally on experiences with respect to bilateral donors as well as developing partnerships and outreach. This includes taking the lead on coordinating and/or organizing meetings of the Donor Advisory Group and its sub-committee, and other major contributors to IOM.
- Provide strategic guidance and consistent organization-wide reporting to donors on the use of voluntary contributions, ensuring quality and timeliness.
- Manage the Division as an organizational resource for donor queries, and for internal information on donors and funding, by developing and disseminating tools such as IOM updates, donor alerts, funding analysis and trends, partnership photobooks, and other donor visibility materials, in addition to the above-mentioned MI and Global Appeal.
- Perform such other duties as may be assigned.
Required Qualifications and Experience:
Education
• Master’s degree in Political or Social Sciences, Development Studies, Human Rights, International Relations, Law, Public Administration, or a related field from an accredited academic institution with fifteen years of relevant professional experience.
Experience
- A minimum of ten years of experience and proven skills in fundraising and resource mobilization, including developing partnerships with bilateral, multilateral, and private donor institutions;
- Experience negotiating with donors/Governments; and,• Experience in leading and managing a team.
Skills
- Extensive knowledge of migration and understanding of project development;
- Extensive knowledge of different aspects of resource mobilization in the public and private sectors;
- Excellent oral and written communication, and ability to correctly adapt and tailor communication to different circumstance, as well as interpret messages and respond appropriately; and,
- Strong analytical skills, database proficiency, and budgetary and financial skills.
Languages
IOM’s official languages are English, French, and Spanish. All staff members are required to be fluent in one of the three languages.
For this position, fluency in English is required (oral and written). Working knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, and Spanish) is an advantage.
Proficiency of language(s) required will be specifically evaluated during the selection process, which may include written and/or oral assessments.