Duties and Resposibilities:

• Support with the analysis of data and information on the resource mobilization progress in the region;
• Support in researching the presence, interests and application requirements of the main donors and other sources of funding for the Regional Office (RO) and Country Offices (COs);
• Support in developing and maintaining a contact list of all donors and partners at regional and country level;
• Support in the development of knowledge products related to partnerships and disseminating internally to support institutional capacity on partner relations;
• Support in contributing to the monitoring of soft and hard pipelines on resource mobilization;
• Support with quality assurance of Donor Agreements through the Donor Agreements Management System (DAMS);
• Support in the organization of Resource Mobilization related events, including donor briefings;
• Support and contributing in the organization of capacity building workshops and webinars for COs;
• Support in drafting minutes of meetings held with donors and partners and keeping a well-organized archive within sharepoint of communication flows with donors and partners;
• Support in the collaboration with communication unit to enhance the visibility of the donors and their contributions to the region, and supporting the development of advocacy/ resource mobilization materials for Gender Equality and Women Empowerement (GEWE) support in the region.

Learning goals include:

• Enhanced knowlegde of UN Women mandate and policies, including regional set-up;
• Enhanced knowlegde and understanding of the Partnerships & Resource Mobilization unit within UN Women;
• Familiarization with UN Women Governance and Executive Board;
• Enhanced knowledge and understanding of UN Women programme design and delivery mechanisms;
• Enhanced knowledge in UN technical language, working procedures, and coordination mechanisms;
• Enhanced knowldge and understanding working in a multicultural setting.

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.

Functional Competencies:

• Strong IT skills, including the use of MS PowerPoint, ERP, Excel, Teams and SharePoint;
• Experience in visualization tools like Power BI;Google Data Studio, Canva;
• Creativity in writing and designing content, including storytelling skills is an advantage.

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

• University studies in one of the following disciplines: International Relations, Sociology, Development Studies or related fields;
• Be enrolled in a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher); or Be enrolled in a postgraduate professional traineeship program which is part of a degree programme and undertake the internship as part of the program requirements;
• Be enrolled in a postgraduate degree programme (such as a master’s programme, or higher);
• Be enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree programme (such as bachelor’s degree or equivalent);
• Have recently graduated with a university degree (as defined in (a) and (b) above) and, if selected, must start the internship within two-years of graduation.

Language:

• Excellent communication skills (written and oral) in English are required;
• Knowledge of another official UN language is desirable (French, Arabic, Chinese, Russian or Spanish).