Institutional Partnerships Manager

UNICEF ensures more of the world’s children are vaccinated, educated and protected than any other organisation. We have done more to influence laws and policies to help protect children than anyone else. We get things done. And we’re not going to stop until the world is a safe place for all our children.

This is a great opportunity to join the UK Committee for UNICEF (UNICEF UK) as Institutional Partnerships Manager. This is a core role within the Foundation Partnerships Team, which builds and nurtures partnerships with like-minded institutions, trusts, foundations, and statutory bodies which are key to support a wide range of UNICEF programmes in countries which have the greatest need.

The key purpose and main responsibilities of this role are to strengthen and manage existing UK and international partnerships with key institutional partners including Jersey Overseas Aid, Greater London Authority, FCDO and the Isle of Man Government including working with internal stakeholders and country offices. The Institutional Partnerships Manager will also work to cultivate and develop new strategic transformational fundraising partnership opportunities. 

To be successful, you will have significant experience in managing complex multimillion pound institutional grants including reporting (narrative and financial) and compliance with contracts.  You will also have experience in fundraising including developing and co-ordinating successful proposals (including narratives, programme budgets, etc) with statutory and institutional partners at the six and seven-figure level. 

Act now and visit the website via the apply button to apply online.

Closing date: 11:59 pm, Sunday 12 May 2024.

First Interviews via video conferencing (MS Teams).

• Wednesday, 22nd May 2024. Thursday, 23rd May 2024.

Second Interviews:Week Commencing 3 June 2024 (in person).

In return, we offer:

• excellent pay and benefits (including flexible working, generous annual leave and pension, big brand discounts and wellbeing tools)
• outstanding training and learning opportunities and the support to flourish in your role
• impressive open plan office space and facilities on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
• an open culture and workplace with colleagues who share our values, enjoy their work and are motivated to do their utmost for children.
• the opportunity to work in a leading children’s organisation making a difference to children around the world

Our application process: We use a system called "Applied" that anonymises your responses and focuses on your actual skills that are relevant to this role. This benefits you by giving you a greater chance of expressing your skills in this objective selection process.

We anticipate most colleagues will work one or two days a week in the office on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford, East London and the rest of the time from home. We will happily discuss other flexible options to suit your circumstances.

We particularly welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, disabled candidates, and from men, because we would like to increase the representation of these groups at this level at UNICEF UK. We want to do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for children.

UNICEF UK promotes equality, diversity and inclusion in our workplace. We make employment decisions by matching business needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.

We welcome a conversation about your flexible working requirements, personal growth, and promoting a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.

The successful candidate will be required to apply for a criminal records check. A criminal record will not necessarily bar you from working with us. This will depend on the nature of the role and the circumstances of your offences.

We only accept online applications as this saves us money, making more funds available for us to help ensure children’s rights.

If you require support in completing the online form or an application form in an alternative format, please contact Supporter Care on 0300 330 5580 during office hours.

If you do not hear from us within 14 days of the closing date, please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Please note that we only provide feedback to shortlisted candidates.

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