International consultancy – Content Development and Editor, Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office

Goal and Objective:  
High quality proposals and reports developed which will enable engagement with public and private sector partners on priority areas and support resource mobilization. Enhanced partnerships knowledge management system developed to serve country offices and regional teams and contribute to quality of proposals, reports, visibility and recognition of partners.  
Provide details/reference to AWP areas covered:
Dedicated support to prioritized COs and regional teams on resource mobilisation through the development of high-quality proposal and reports. Enhancement of the knowledge management system for partnerships in the region.
Activities and Tasks:  
The consultant will work under direct supervision of the Partnerships Officer and will close coordinate with regional and country teams on the priorities identified, review of existing content at the global, regional and country level. The consultant will also closely work and engage with PPD and PFP in developing enhanced knowledge management system.
The following workplan detail specific deliverables:

Contribute to the development of donor content for the key priority country offices and regional teams.  This includes identifying partnership entry points through the gathering of financial and political intelligence of donors and matching it with UNICEF priorities with focus on quality flexible funding.
In consultation with regional and country teams, develop a donor visibility and recognition guidance and tools for ESAR, with focus on public and private sector.
Work with communication colleagues to bring more visibility and recognition to donors, especially those engaged at the regional level.
In coordination with PPP and regional teams, provide technical support to prioritized Country Offices in the development of resource mobilization documents, and provide guidance on quality donor reporting, recognition and visibility, etc as needed.
Conduct surveys with the respective regional country offices and regional colleagues on the needs and gaps when it comes to partnerships.
In consultation with regional and country team, enhance partnership knowledge management platform which will be easily maintained and functional.
As part of enhancement of knowledge management system, ensure timely collection and dissemination of partner intelligence and mapping on a continuous basis to guide resource mobilization and partnership priorities and discussions with relevant partners.
Provide surge support to countries as needed.
Perform other duties as required.

Desired Competencies, technical background and experience

University degree in communication/international development or similar field.
Proven experience in drafting high quality donor related communication material in line with the UNICEF writing style, branding, and reporting guidelines.
Excellent writing and analytical skills, with a proven ability to absorb, analyze and synthesize a large amount of qualitative and quantitative information in a short amount of time.
Knowledge of the Eastern and Southern Africa regional context is highly desired.
Previous experience with UN resource mobilization, donor reports and proposal writing is an asset.

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