Senior Programme Associate, (G-7), Fixed Term, Public Partnerships & Resource Mobilization, Bru

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The Public Partnerships & Resource Mobilization Division (PPR) leads UNICEF to secure quality public sector income for all children, promotes international development and humanitarian resources for child focused outcomes, and facilitates UNICEF’s intergovernmental and interagency engagement to champion child rights. The Division does this through its core functions of income, influence, insights and stewardship by maintaining and expanding flexible resources for children from a diverse range of key international development and humanitarian partners;

leading UNICEF’s engagement with public sector partners globally; providing strategic insights and analytics on public partnerships; undertaking evidence-based influence & engagement with public sector partners to raise income and to champion child rights; providing global strategic direction, guidance and oversight of the public partnerships function.

UNICEF PPR European Partnerships Office manages UNICEF’s relationship with the European Institutions and its Member States. The European Partnerships Section in Brussels manages the relationship with the EU Institutions, namely the European Commission (DG INTPA, DG ECHO, DG MENA), the Council of Europe, the European External Action Service, the European Parliament in order to ensure that children are a priority for the EU in terms of their policies and financial allocations.

The section is responsible for analysing the EU funding environment, and various financial instruments with a view to identifying and mobilising quality resources in support of UNICEF’s Strategic Plan. The office strives to profile UNICEF as a strategic partner and a broker of knowledge for children and women issues towards the EU Institutions with a clear positioning for an upstream policy role and a result-driven approach.

The section also works to enhance COs/ROs/GPG/EMOPs/SD understanding of UNICEF’s partnership with the European Institutions while supporting their strategic interactions with respective EU Delegations and ECHO offices at the country level. The office also closely coordinates with other UN agencies with a presence in Brussels.

Under the supervision and guidance of the supervisor, the Senior Programme Associate manages and/or contributes to the total commitment and management of EU funds distributed for Humanitarian and/or Development aid to UNICEF Country and Regional Offices worldwide. Proposal or Programme Associate is responsible for the coordination, monitoring and quality during the project proposal preparation, design, planning and management with strategic focus on the achievement of UNICEF’s Organizational priorities and the legal requirements of the EU and UNICEF.

The Senior Programme Associate will provide technical assistance to all UNICEF COs and ROs regarding their project activities, implementation of projects, requests for amendments, progress reporting, data analysis, final reporting and evaluations in support of achievement of programme/ project goals and objectives.

• Provide information – funding, thematic, analysis UNICEF Country Offices (COs), Regional Offices (ROs) and EU counterparts.
• Maintain regular dialogue with EU geographical/thematic desks to identify potential avenues of collaboration with UNICEF COs and/or ROs.
• Provide guidance and…