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, a fair chance

Uganda is one of the over 190 countries and territories around the world where we work to overcome the obstacles that poverty, violence, disease, and discrimination place in a child’s path. Together with the Government of Uganda and partners we work towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals, the objectives of the Uganda National Development Plan, and the planned outcomes of the United Nations Development Assistance Framework.

Visit this link for more information on Uganda Country Office https://www.unicef.org/uganda/

How can you make a difference?

Under the general guidance of the Donor Relations and Reporting Specialist, the incumbent is responsible to lead in this fast-paced environment with contribution management, donor reporting, coordination and knowledge management under the scope of the Donor Relations pillar. We are seeking a vibrant, people-person with a keen eye for detail, exceptional English writing skills and a love for working collaboratively with others while also having the drive and self-confidence to work independently. The incumbent will work on a dynamic and energic team to ensure that all aspects of donor relations are supported to enable UNICEF to achieve results for children.

The Reports Officer will play a critical role to provide additional capacity to the team, enabling additional resources to be dedicated to the scale up in proactive donor engagement to meet the fundraising needs of the Country Office.

Donor Reporting

1. Proactively leads in the maintenance of the external (VISION) and internal (Excel) donor reporting trackers to ensure that all reports are captured for timely delivery to donors.

2. Leads the coordination, compilation and editing of UNICEF donor reports. Ensure adherence to criteria set out in Executive Directives/Guidelines, donor contract stipulations and ESARO quality assurance standards.
3. Prepare cover letters and supporting documentation to accompany official report submissions, reprogramming and extension requests to donors.

Donor Relations

1. Lead on the timely updating of UNISON (Salesforce) to capture key information on donor discussions, donor contact information and funding pipeline.
2. Lead the development of internal and external briefing documents.
3. Support with the coordination of inputs for key donor deliverables such as grant mid-term and annual reviews, audits, programme closures and other ad hoc requests.
4. Ensure that hard copies of all donor relations documentation are filed appropriately for future utilization.
5. Lead the management of donor-related knowledge management by uploading key documents to the global shared drive (Donor Reporting Portal).
6. Support face to face and virtual donor engagements to build UNICEF’s brand as a key partner of choice for development and humanitarian programming.
7. Support the Donor Relations and Reporting Specialist as the Officer in Charge when needed.

Contribution Management

1. Manage an internal tracker to assist the Country Office with grants information management on funding received per output, geographic targeting, emergency (i.e COVID-19), conditionalities and expenditure to inform the CMT, PMT and EMT on the status of resource mobilization efforts.
2. Work with the Budget Unit to promote regular monitoring of utilization/expenditure, expiring funds and funding gaps involving all sections.
3. Support the Country Office with timely processing of internal extension requests and donor reporting schedule updates in VISION.

Any other business as required.

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

• Advanced degree is required in one of the following fields: international relations, political science, communications, international development, or another relevant technical field.
• A minimum of two years of professional experience in one or more of the following areas is required: communications, contribution management, resource mobilization, external relations, or other relevant area.
• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF’s values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA) and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.

The UNICEF competencies required for this post are…

• Nurtures, Leads and Manages People (1)
• Demonstrates Self Awareness and Ethical Awareness (2)
• Works Collaboratively with others (2)
• Builds and Maintains Partnerships (2)
• Innovates and Embraces Change (2)
• Thinks and Acts Strategically (2)
• Drives to achieve impactful results (2)
• Manages ambiguity and complexity (2)