Overview
The Chief Fundraising (Strategic Partnership) role is responsible for overseeing UNICEF’s Partnerships and Resource Mobilization operations in the Gulf Area Office, with a primary focus on maximizing public and private partnerships and revenue.
Required Experience
- A minimum of ten years of professional experience in partnerships and fundraising is required, with progressively increasing responsibilities, including direct responsibility for setting and meeting income targets.
- Relevant partnership and marketing experience will be considered as contributing to this work experience.
- Previous managerial experience is essential.
- Ability to design and manage large-scale blended funding models (i.e. private and public funding streams), is required.
- Ability to manage complex, multi-stakeholder pipelines through a systematic, data-driven approach, maintaining strict accountability to fixed strategic and financial goals is required.
- Relevant partnership and marketing experience will be considered as contributing to this work experience.
- Experience in, and knowledge of, the Gulf Area Office context is an asset.
- Proven capability to design and manage complex shared-value partnerships is a strong asset
- Expertise in architecting innovative financing models, particularly, relevant experience in Islamic Finance and ability to navigate complex regulatory and legal environments is a highly a strong asset.
- International fundraising experience is an asset.
- Relevant experience at country level, particularly in development, fragile settings and humanitarian contexts.
Qualifications
An advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in one of the following fields is required: Business Administration, Marketing, Communications, Fundraising, Management or another relevant technical field.
