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UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.

Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.   And we never give up.

For every child, better future.

Learn about what we do to create a fair chance for every child in Thailand, click here.

How can you make a difference?

The UNICEF Thailand Philanthropy Officer will help expand UNICEF’s impact for children by creating Major Gift, Foundation and other partnerships with leading influencers in Thailand. This includes refining and implementing strategies to engage philanthropists, philanthropic networks, and emerging social impact leaders to support UNICEF’s work. This role will also oversee select innovative approaches to resource UNICEF’s work and generate results for children.   

The Philanthropy Officer will be under the strategic guidance and supervision of the Partnerships Manager. However, s/he is expected to take initiative and exercise judgment in carrying out responsibilities in consultation with the supervisor, including coordinating directly with UNICEF EAPRO Regional Support Center colleagues, working directly across UNICEF Thailand (TCO) teams, and engaging directly with high value prospects and partners.

Major Responsibilities

• Philanthropic Partnerships: Identify and cultivate philanthropists able to advance UNICEF’s change strategies through strategic financial partnerships. Objectives include:
• Utilizing existing and conducting new research, and managing existing relationships, secure at least one major philanthropic partnership;
• Working with UNICEF teams to develop proposals;
• Working with UNICEF global and regional teams, to engage regional and global philanthropy networks, including implementing regional strategies on engaging intermediaries such as wealth advisors. 
• Integrated partnership approaches: Working with involved UNICEF teams, advance a strategy of working across business, family office, wealth management and other networks to secure strategic partnerships advancing the UNICEF Thailand mission. This includes:  
• Securing at least 1 partner through cross-team partnership approaches;
• Supporting the development of new research, cultivation, and monitoring methods for this approach, including adaptation of the UNISON CRM system.
• UNICEF NextGen and crypto sector management: maintain contact with members of the UNICEF NextGen network and manage crypto sector partnerships, including:
• Engaging with the NextGen community to identify partnership opportunities;  
• Executing crypto activations through UNICEF Thailand’s NextGen crypto partner(s).
• Middle Donor strategy development support: working with Thailand and regional colleagues, support the work of a consultant to develop a ‘Middle Donor strategy’ engaging a broader group of individuals with high potential to support UNICEF’s mission. 
• Perform other related tasks as assigned by supervisor from time to time.
   

Qualifications of Successful Candidate

• Advanced university degree in a related field (i.e. marketing, economics, finance, business, communications)
• A minimum of 2 years of relevant experience in new business development, banking and finance, advertising, account management, public relationships, sales or marketing.
• Knowledge and experience in donor stewardship, resource mobilization and fundraising desired.
• Fluency in written and spoken English and Thai, proficiency in MS-Office required; advanced skills in visual presentation development desired.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF’s values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability (CRITA) and core competencies in 1) Builds and maintains partnerships, 2) Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness, 3) Drive to achieve results for impact, 4) Innovates and embraces change, 5) Manages ambiguity and complexity, 6) Thinks and acts strategically, 7) Works collaboratively with others, and 8) Nurtures, leads and manages people (applicable for supervisor and manager’s role).

The Functional competencies required for this post are…

• Formulating strategies and concepts (II)
• Analyzing (II)
• Applying Technical Expertise (II)
• Persuading and Influencing (II)
• Relating and Networking (II)

http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/files/UNICEF_Competencies.pdf

Successful candidate will be offered an attractive remuneration package under the UN system.

Only shortlisted candidates with pre-screening according to child safeguarding will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process. 

Please send application together with P-11 and Performance Evaluation Reports (PERs) of the last two years no later than 5 December 2021.

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.

UNICEF is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children.

For gender balance in the workforce, Thai National male qualified candidates are highly encouraged to apply.

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