The UN Foundation was created in 1998 with entrepreneur and philanthropist Ted Turner's historic $1 billion gift to support UN causes and activities. The UN Foundation is an advocate for the UN and a platform for connecting people, ideas, and capital to help the United Nations solve global problems including decreasing child mortality, improving disaster relief, protecting diverse cultures and environments, creating a clean energy future, empowering women and girls, and improving U.S.-UN relations. The UN Foundation is a public charity that engages in advocacy, grant making, and building partnerships.

The UN Foundation's Women and Population program works together with the UN and other partners to promote gender equality and empower women and girls, with particular focus on sexual and reproductive health and rights. Our three program priorities are:
·Increasing public and private investment in adolescent girls;
·Promoting sexual and reproductive health and rights, which includes driving resource flows, advocacy, and communications activities to elevate sexual and reproductive health and rights; and
·Partnering with key UN agencies (particularly UNFPA) to most strategically address women's empowerment and sexual and reproductive health and rights.

OVERVIEW

The UN Foundation is seeking a Campaign Director for a new and exciting campaign (the "Girl Campaign") that will have two primary goals: (1) to raise awareness of the need to better the lives of the more than 600 million adolescent girls living in the developing world, and (2) to raise funding for The Girl Fund, the UN Foundation's vehicle for donors to support the on-the-ground work of the United Nations related to adolescent girls and complementary NGO advocacy activities. The Girl Campaign will be multi-faceted; it will build a grassroots movement and interest in the potential of adolescent girls in the developing world and solutions for improving their lives among grassroots constituencies. The campaign will seek to raise $20 million over five years from a variety of partners and donors.

The Campaign Director will lead and manage the Girl Campaign to achieve its goals and objectives, specifically building a mass constituency engaged in the issue of elevating the rights and needs of adolescent girls living in the developing world and raising funds to re-shape their lives through The Girl Fund. The Campaign Director will be part of a dynamic team at the UN Foundation that includes professionals with programmatic, communications, marketing, and fundraising expertise. S/he will be responsible for day-to-day management of the campaign.

REPORTING RELATIONSHIPS/SCOPE

·The Director of The Girl Campaign will report directly to the Executive Director of Women and Population.

·The Director works closely with the Women and Population team as well as with the Global Health, Public Affairs, Partnership Development, and Finance and Grants teams to lead the Girl Campaign.

·Within the Women & Population team, the Director will work closely with the Deputy Director, the Program Associate, and the Administrative Assistant, as well as with other members of the cross-departmental Girl Campaign team.

RESPONSIBILITIES/DELIVERABLES

·Work with the Girl Campaign team to develop the strategic direction of the campaign.

·Working with the Executive Director of Women and Population, develop and administer the yearly business plan and budget for the Girl Campaign.

·Day-to-day management and implementation of the Girl Campaign, including coordination of activities and roles of the Girl Campaign team at UNF.

·Assist the Executive Director and Deputy Director of Women and Population in managing relationships with key external partners, including the UN Inter-Agency Task Force on Adolescent Girls (co-chaired by UNFPA and UNICEF, and including UNIFEM, UNESCO, WHO, and ILO).

·Work with the Public Affairs team and communications/creative consultant to develop a strong, cohesive campaign communications strategy.

·Under the direction of the Executive Director of Women and Population and working with the Partnership Development team, help develop and manage new and existing (1) organizational partnerships in support of the goals of the Girl Campaign, and (2) funding partnerships to fully fund the Girl Campaign. This includes cultivation strategies, donor and partner visits, and all necessary follow-up.

·Prepare written and oral presentations and materials to support the development of donations, partnerships, and constituent networks.

·Assist in cultivating spokesperson opportunities for the Executive Director of Women & Population and other senior UN Foundation staff; as requested, serve as a spokesperson during partnership events and interviews related to the Girl Campaign.

·Provide oversight and management of the Girl Campaign consultants.

·Provide regular reports/updates both for internal and external purposes on the success of the Girl Campaign.

·Working with the Deputy Director of Women & Population, the Associate Director of Grants Management for Global Health, and the Finance and Grants team, monitor grant making of The Girl Fund for adolescent girl projects.

·Coordinate and manage monitoring and observation trips to countries where The Girl Fund funds are utilized for adolescent girl programming.

·Other duties as assigned.

SELECTION CRITERIA

·Undergraduate degree required; advanced degree in relevant field preferred.

·At least 5-8 years of progressively responsible professional experience, preferably related to cause marketing, fundraising, and/or communications for mission-driven organizations.

·Background in one or more of the following desirable, though not required: international development, women's or children's human rights, global health, public policy, or public administration.

·Ability to develop, maintain and enjoy effective working relationships with people from a wide variety of organizations and with a wide variety of expertise.

·Experience working with high profile individuals.

·Excellent creative ability and research, writing, editing, facilitation, and public speaking skills.

·Self-starter with excellent judgment; proven ability to drive multiple aspects of projects from inception to implementation within limited timeframe.

·Very strong skills working in coalition and teams - collaborator; diplomat; problem solver; relationship-builder; strong inter-personal skills.

·Stress tolerance and resilience; sense of humor; attention to detail; and ability to work under pressure with shifting priorities.

·Previous experience developing written materials (analyses, reports, talking points, etc.) for senior executives and members of boards of directors.

·Previous experience coordinating and monitoring the work of departmental colleagues.

·Continuous learning skills and the ability to synthesize information.

·Multi-cultural experience.

LOCATION

UNF is located at 1800 Massachusetts Avenue, Suite 400 in Washington D.C. (Metro: Dupont Circle).

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS

Salary commensurate with experience. Actual salary will depend on qualifications and anticipated contribution to the Foundation.

UNF pays 100% of medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance premiums for its employees and 75% of medical and vision for employees' dependents.

In addition, UNF provides 20 days of paid vacation per year, 12 paid holidays, three personal days per year, an immediately vested 150% matching 403(b) contribution up to a limit of six-percent of employee pay, Metro Pass benefits, and flexible spending accounts for health and dependent care.

TO APPLY

Please apply on-line at https://home.eease.com/recruit/?id=472654

Submit a current resume and cover letter online. Only completed applications with both a resume and cover letter will be considered.

Please upload your resume and cover letter as one document or cut and paste your cover letter into the notes section of the online application.

UNF/BWF is an AA/EEO employer.
People of diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply.

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POSITION CATEGORIES:
Donor relations, Program administration and management

FIELD CATEGORIES:
Advocacy, International