Corporate partnership specialist, P-4, TA (364 days), Post # 131497, Corporate Partnerships, PFP, Geneva, Switzerland

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For every child, a Champion

Under the general guidance of the Corporate Partnerships Manager, this post will optimize the financial and non-financial growth opportunities of a portfolio of high-impact partnerships with Corporations headquartered around the world. The incumbent will play a critical role in working with and advising UNICEF’s National Committees, who may co-manage these high-value partnerships, expanding them by geography or channel in order to leverage the greatest impact from the partnership for UNICEF. The incumbent will work closely with National Committees and lead the dissemination of knowledge and best practices in partnership management and engagement opportunities across UNICEF.

How can you make a difference?

Summary of key functions/accountabilities:

1. Maximizes a small portfolio of high value corporate partnerships that have the potential to grow exponentially in financial value over the next three years and to deepen their impact for children via financial and non-financial means. This should be achieved in collaboration with the relevant National Committees, Country Offices, and with relevant UNICEF Divisions.

• Research new potential avenues of significant growth (e.g. grants, markets, brands etc.)
• Develop dedicated growth plans for key high-value growth opportunity partners including high-level influencing strategy.
• Develop relevant high-value propositions in line with identified growth opportunities.
• Pitch new growth opportunities in line with the above strategy and in alignment with the relevant UNICEF offices/division.

2. Identifies, and coordinates with National Committees the partnerships for renewal, advises on renewal strategies and best practices, and expands large national partnerships into international ones. 

• Reaches the set renewal % rate and income targets.
• Delivers upon the expansion income- and impact targets.
• Coordinates, manages and disseminates regularly a global renewal & growth pipeline and planner.

3. Manages successfully internal and external stakeholders with focus on excellence in:

• Relationship management of the corporate partners.
• Engagement with National Committees and Country Offices.
• Intra-UNICEF stakeholder coordination – with Program Division, Communication, Contracting and other engagement channels such as CSR, Innovations and Advocacy.

4. Contributes to and coordinates elements necessary for the development and implementation of the UNICEF strategy, and the corporate fundraising plan and targets as necessary.

• Acts as a global center of excellence in partnership management including effective knowledge management and dissemination across the UNICEF family of partnership management best practices, examples and guidelines.
• Enables participation of corporate partners in UNICEF-, UN and other platform meetings.

5. Contribute to the development of an engagement strategy with corporate partners around the ESG criteria.

• Take part in coordination of various internal stakeholders.
• Develop training materials for partnership managers.
• Conduct trainings on the topic with National Committees.

Deliverables:

• Efficient and effective delivery against the above accountabilities will result in a strong, strategic and integrated management of a number of large international partnerships with corporates and critically a significant increase in financial suport form the key partners identified for growth. This will secure a significant income for UNICEF’s programmes annually.
• Efficiency from the incumbent in the execution of the above functions will furthermore result in best-in-class relationship management of these corporate partners, in an effective and satisfying work-relationship with the National Committees and Country Offices taking part in these partnerships, and in efficient intra UNICEF stakeholder management.

Estimated duration of the contract:

• 364 Days

Reporting to:

• The Corporate Partnerships Manager.

Working Place:

• Geneva, Switzerland.

To qualify as a champion for every child you will have…

Education:

• An advanced university degree in International Development, International Relations, Business Management, Communication, Public Relations, Marketing, or a relevant 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.

Work Experience:

• A minimum of eight years of relevant and demonstrated professional experience in corporate partnership development, business development, sales, and or/agency account management is required.
• Direct experience working with companies on ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) is required.
• UN/UNICEF experience is an asset.
• Experience developing and growing Global High-Value Global Corporate partnerships is an asset.
• Experience developing training materials is an asset.
• Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency 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.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values

The UNICEF competencies required for this post are…

• Demonstrates Self Awareness and Ethical Awareness (1)
• Works Collaboratively with others (1)
• Builds and Maintains Partnerships (1)
• Innovates and Embraces Change (1)
• Thinks and Acts Strategically (1)
• Drives to achieve impactful results (1)
• Manages ambiguity and complexity (1)

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Remarks:

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