Overview
The External Relations Officer (Capacity Building) role focuses on building resource mobilization capacity within the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and developing strategic partnerships with donors.
Key Responsibilities
- Acting as the focal point for capacity building
- Leading training activities on resource mobilization at HQ's, regional and country level
- Writing training modules and presentations, undertaking the necessary background research
- Developing and introducing standardized tools, templates and guidelines
- Adapting and writing training materials for specific audience
- Liaising with relevant departments to ensure resource mobilization is incorporated into all new staff trainings
- Exploring new technologically advanced training methods
- Ensuring the internal and external promotion of all relevant tools
- Providing advice to Division/Branches and field offices on office-wide resource mobilization policies, strategies and approaches
- Providing advice on resource mobilization priorities and principles, strategies and approaches
- Coordinating with key personnel to apply project management principles to proposals and agreements
- Preparing various written outputs like briefing notes and position papers for the senior management as requested
- Drafting correspondence for donors, researching, compiling, maintaining and updating information on donor relations
- Ensuring in cooperation with the Programme Support and Management Services and other relevant units that UN rules and procedures are duly respected
- Ensuring that resource mobilization tools and templates are used consistently
- Produce and/or provide as necessary oversight of fundraising proposals, ensuring their completeness, adequacy and quality
- Supporting and accompanying the Chief of Section and senior management as appropriate on their missions to State capitals or relevant donor headquarters for resources mobilization purposes
- Advising the High Commissioner, the Deputy High Commissioner, the Assistant Secretary General, New York office, (through the Chief of Section or Service) and other senior managers in the Division/Branches/Sections about resource mobilization strategies and issues and accompanying them on their missions to State capitals for fundraising purposes
- Promoting partnership with the UN common system
- Leading and developing resource mobilization and outreach strategies of governments, intergovernmental organization, private donors and the UN common system
- Coordinating joint efforts to mobilize resources, map interests of potential donors, initiate contract with new and emerging partners to explore funding opportunities and develop partnerships in line with defined priorities of UN Human Right
- Developing an in depth understanding of assigned donors' (governments, intergovernmental organizations, private donors) human rights, development and humanitarian policies and analyses opportunities for enhanced cooperation with UN Human Rights
- Organizing and participating in donor briefings
- Traveling to capitals to discuss with interlocutors in the relevant Ministers or partners as appropriate depending on portfolio
- Representing the Chief of Section in relevant meetings when requested
- Coordinating the work of the overall unit in various fields of activity including administrative matters (recruitment, budget, project management etc.)
- Ensuring implementation of resource mobilization strategy
- Assist the Chief of Section in any of her/his tasks are required
Required Experience
A minimum of seven years of progressively responsible experience in human rights, humanitarian or development work, out of which five years of experience in donor relations and resource mobilization is required. Experience in the area of capacity building is required. Experience in results-based management is desirable.
Qualifications
An advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent) in social science, political science, communication, journalism, international relations, public administration, business administration and management, economics or related field is required. A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying work experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
