UN WOMEN Jobs - 114305- UN Women: Resource Mobilization and Advocacy Anal

UN Women: Resource Mobilization and Advocacy Analyst

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UN WOMEN

Location :

New York, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Type of Contract :

FTA International

Starting Date :

Application Deadline :

01-Nov-23 (Midnight New York, USA)

Post Level :

P-1

Duration of Initial Contract :

1 year

Languages Required :

English

Expected Duration of Assignment :

UNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence. UNDP does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks.

Background

UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security. Placing women’s rights at the center of all its efforts, UN Women will lead and coordinate United Nations System efforts to ensure that commitments on gender equality and gender mainstreaming translate into action throughout the world. It will provide strong and coherent leadership in support of Member States’ priorities and efforts, building effective partnerships with civil society and other relevant actors.

The United Nations Trust Fund to End Violence against Women (UN Trust Fund) was established through the UN General Assembly Resolution 50/166 in 1996 with UN Women as its Administrator on behalf of the UN system. The UN Trust Fund is a global multi-lateral grant-making mechanism supporting national efforts to prevent and end violence against women and girls, one of the most widespread human rights violations in the world. The UN Trust Fund provides technical assistance and funding to advance the development of innovative models and strategic interventions in the area of ending violence against women and girls. To date, the UN Trust Fund has awarded USD198 million to support 609 initiatives in 140 countries and territories.

Under the supervision of the UN Trust Fund Resource Mobilization and Advocacy Specialist, in internal coordination with all members of the UN Trust Fund team, the Resource Mobilization and Advocacy Analyst will be responsible for supporting UN Trust Fund’s resource mobilization activities and global advocacy and fundraising work.

Duties and Responsibilities

1. Contribute to building partnerships and resource mobilization tailor-made approaches:

Provide research inputs to resource mobilization approaches tailored to specific partners and prospects,
Provide support to the analysis of resource mobilization results to identify lessons,
Provide support to maintaining information and databases up to date, including assistance in updating donor profiles and intelligence,
Assist in coordinating UN Trust Fund’s resource mobilization and advocacy work with UN Women’s National Committees,
With supervisor’s guidance carry out tasks related to due diligence screening, in coordination with UN Women’s Due Diligence Helpdesk under MPAS, for identification of prospective private sector partners.

2. Provide inputs to advocacy and communication efforts:

Provide inputs to relevant documents, such as project summaries, briefing notes, speeches, and presentations.
Support the organization of advocacy activities and campaign events, workshops, and knowledge products.
Provide logistical and other event support as needed including transcribing and notetaking.
Provide support for organization of UN Trust Fund’s virtual and in-person advocacy events, as needed.

3. Support building individual giving and keep up to date the contact management system for resource mobilization of the UN Trust Fund:

Keep up to date a contact management system with new contacts on regular basis,
Streamline contact management across a variety of sources and ensure contacts are organized across tools used for e-newsletters once per month,
Pull and clean contacts, maintain a database of those to receive steward emails for monthly contributions each quarter,
Organize data of contacts to facilitate analysis of trends each quarter,
Draft and disseminate thank you messages for individual donors as needed,
Assist with research into best practices of acquiring new individual and monthly donors and deliver synthesis with findings,
Assist with research into private sector companies’ corporate social responsibility practices and contacts for the purpose of expanding employee giving,
Assist with research into automation options for contact management systems for resource mobilization and individual giving,
Extract data and organize contacts from employee-giving initiatives to ensure they are properly stewarded,
Organize contacts in an e-newsletter system based on individual giving planned activities,
Assist with outreach to individual contacts through mail merge tailored blasts,
Assist with plans for individual giving campaigns/bursts around the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence (November).

4. Extract information and data from the UN Trust Fund’s portfolio of grantees for targeted outreach purposes:

Provide inputs for social media packages for social networks to inform external partners on UN Trust Fund updates and for advocacy and resource mobilization purposes, with the view of UN Women National Committees’ needs,
Support updating the UN Trust Fund’s Trello board with new content from social media plans, as needed,
Filter through a review of the UN Trust Fund’s portfolio on a needs basis to contribute to donor snapshots and proposal writing.

Competencies

Core Values:

Respect for Diversity
Integrity
Professionalism

Core Competencies:

Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues
Accountability
Creative Problem Solving
Effective Communication
Inclusive Collaboration
Stakeholder Engagement
Leading by Example

Please visit this link for more information on UN Women’s Core Values and Competencies: https://www.unwomen.org/sites/default/files/Headquarters/Attachments/Sections/About%20Us/Employment/UN-Women-values-and-competencies-framework-en.pdf

FUNCTIONAL COMPETENCIES:

Knowledge and understanding of the UN system and familiarity with inter-governmental processes.
Excellent IT skills, including databases, extranet, and office software packages.
Ability to communicate sensitively and effectively across different constituencies.
Demonstrated capacity to perform effectively within a multicultural work environment, tact, and ability to deal with confidential matters in a discreet and reliable manner.
Strong Team player with an ability to participate effectively in a fast-paced, information- and knowledge-sharing environment that fully collaborates and cooperates with others.
Strong interpersonal skills and excellent organizational and coordination skills.
Excellent analytical skills in substantive as well as organizational issues.
Capacity to plan, prioritize and deliver tasks on time. Ability to set priorities, work under pressure with colleagues at all levels.
Ability to perform a variety of tasks in a fast-paced and pressured environment.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

Master’s degree (or equivalent) in Social Sciences, Human Rights, Gender/ Women’s studies, International Development or related field is required.
A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Experience:

At least one (1) year of progressively responsible experience in the areas of resource mobilization, advocacy for women’s rights, and ending violence against women.
Experience in the area of ending violence against women work is required.
Experience with computer office tools and digital giving platforms (Salesforce, RallyUp (or equivalent) Excel, PowerPoint, Word etc.) is desirable.
Experience working in the UN System is desirable.

Language Requirements:

Fluency in English is required.
Knowledge of French and/or Spanish is desirable.

Application:

All applications must include (as an attachment) the completed UN Women Personal History form (P-11) which can be downloaded from: https://www.unwomen.org/sites/default/files/Headquarters/Attachments/Sections/About%20Us/Employment/UN-Women-P11-Personal-History-Form.doc. Kindly note that the system will only allow one attachment. Applications without the completed UN Women P-11 form will be treated as incomplete and will not be considered for further assessment.

Note:

In July 2010, the United Nations General Assembly created UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. The creation of UN Women came about as part of the UN reform agenda, bringing together resources and mandates for greater impact. It merges and builds on the important work of four previously distinct parts of the UN system (DAW, OSAGI, INSTRAW and UNIFEM), which focused exclusively on gender equality and women's empowerment.

Diversity and inclusion:

At UN Women, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment of mutual respect. UN Women recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, ability, national origin, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, competence, integrity and organizational need.

If you need any reasonable accommodation to support your participation in the recruitment and selection process, please include this information in your application.

UN Women has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UN Women, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to UN Women’s policies and procedures and the standards of conduct expected of UN Women personnel and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background check