External Affairs Coordinator (P-4)

Posting Date: 07/11/2024

Deadline for Applications: 14/11/2024 (midnight The Hague time)

Organizational Unit: Trust Funds for Victims

Duty Station: The Hague

Type of Appointment: Short Term Appointment

Minimum Net Annual Salary: 111,148.00

Contract Duration: 31/12/2024

A Short-Term Appointment is used to recruit staff to meet short-term needs. The duration of this assignment is provided above. The maximum duration of a short-term appointment including extensions shall not exceed 12 months.

A Short-Term Appointment does not carry any expectancy, legal or otherwise, of renewal and shall not be converted to any other type of appointment.

Due to the short-term nature of the assignment, the ICC reserves the right to make an appointment at one grade lower than that stated in the vacancy with a modified job description.

A current ICC staff member who is holding a fixed-term appointment may apply for any short-term position. Where a current ICC staff member is selected to a short-term position, he or she will be temporarily assigned to the position in line with section 4.10 of ICC/AI/2016/001. GS-level posts are subject to local recruitment only.

The terms and conditions of service for staff members appointed under a short-term appointment are governed by ICC/AI/2016/001.

Organisational Context

The International Criminal Court and the Trust Fund for Victims

The ICC has jurisdiction over the most serious crimes committed after 1 July2002, in the territories of States that have acceded or ratified the Rome Statute or by their nationals.

The TFV is governed by a Board of Directors, appointed by the Assembly of States Parties, and supported by a Secretariat, administratively attached to the Registry of the ICC. The TFV has currently programmes in seven situations under the jurisdiction of the Court, and is implementing also programmes responding to four reparation orders issued by ICC judges.

Duties and Responsibilities

Under the overall supervision of the Executive Director of the TFV and working closely with the Board of Directors, the incumbent will play a pioneering role in the focused implementation of the strategy to mobilise resources for the programmes for the benefit of victims implemented by the Trust Fund for Victims, while ensuring the continuous assessing, refining, and evaluating of approaches to fund the programmes.

The incumbent performs the following duties and responsibilities:

• Monitoring sectors relevant to the work of the TFV, identifying opportunities for engagement with partners and potential donors, and representing the TFV with such partners;
• Fostering, establishing and nurturing relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders, including States parties, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), civil society organisations (CSOs), international organisations and actors in the private sector to engage and mobilise support for the TFV’s mandate;
• Developing strategic partnerships and advancing at both high-level and the working level relationships through a comprehensive pipeline that spans from identification, to leads to generating and securing contributions to the TFV;
• Directing research on prospective sources of funding and strategic partnership;
• Design and maintain research and action data to systematically follow up on strategy implementation;
• Based on thorough understanding of TFV programmes and donor priorities identify and articulate correlations to develop donor coherent proposals;
• Based on thorough understanding of TFV programmes and donor priorities coordinate the development of situation-specific mobilisation strategies;
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders within the TFV and the ICC to ensure consistent and cohesive messaging in donor communications and private sector engagements, reflecting organisational values and priorities;
• Lead the development of materials and campaigns to address donor queries, and provide substantive and strategic input to the communication activities to ensure their coherence with resource mobilisation goals;
• Manage grant development and grant negotiation efforts, and develop framework in collaboration with the TFV Legal, Finance, Programme and Monitoring and Evaluation teams, and the Registry Legal Office to ensure compliance with donor agreements;
• Ensure timely and substantive compliance with donor reporting obligations, and guarantee adequate planning and coordination in the preparation of donor reports;
• Ensure accountability and learning on fund mobilisation efforts through transparent and periodic reporting to governance bodies such as the Board of Directors, the Assembly of States Parties and the relevant Trial Chambers;
• Manage the establishment and development of the resource mobilisation team, including overseeing external experts and consultants to drive projects focused on donor diversification, particularly in the private sector;
• Create and maintain relevant networks and mechanisms including States Parties, civil society, and victims advocates to ensure support to the fund mobilisation efforts of the TFV;
• Ensure coordination with ICC organs to create synergies in resource mobilisation, and advancing common and coherent positioning of the ICC;
• Establish, supervise and ensure the development of the fund mobilisation team.
• Participate and contribute as part of the Senior Management Team of the TFV Secretariat; and
• In specific circumstances, including absence or unavailability, deputise for the Executive Director.

Advanced university degree in development related disciplines, political science, international relations, international development, law, international, law business administration, or other social science. (A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience is accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree).

Experience:

• At least seven years of progressively responsible work experience (nine years with a first level university degree) in victims-related activities;
• Progressively responsible experience in international development, external relations, resource mobilisation, partnership creation and diplomacy, preferably within the UN system or an international organisation;
• Knowledge and exposure to TFV potential partners and donors;
• - Proven technical skills in the development of Concept Notes, project proposals, and donor reporting.
• Familiarity with the TFV mandate, programmes, and framework.
• Demonstrable exposure to reparations programmes, and human rights-based approaches.

Knowledge, skills and abilities:

• Thorough understanding of the justice, accountability, development and human rights sectors;
• Demonstrable overview and knowledge of the institutional, legal and programmatic context of the TFV;
• Demonstrable overview and knowledge of the programmes implemented by the TFV;
• Diplomatic skills, tact, diplomacy and discretion;
• Coordination and organisational skills; written and oral communication and interpersonal skills; Strong negotiation skills, capacity to convey information about programmes to non-specialised audiences, listen and respond accurately to queries;
• Excellent research and proposal drafting skills;
• Excellent decision-making skills, with a well-developed ability to balance interests and translate general strategic plans into concrete strategies and actions;
• A proven ability to provide direction, to plan and establish priorities and to ensure an effective work structure to maximise productivity;
• Excellent presentation skills;
• Excellent level of computer literacy;
• Strategic planning and vision;
• Innovation and creativity;
• Demonstrated result-oriented approach and a mind-set of being a self-starter;
• Planning and organising, and managing performance;
• Empathy and team building, participation in teamwork;
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with people of different national and cultural backgrounds, with respect for diversity.
• Ability to work collaboratively with people at all levels in an organisation.

Fluency in either of the working languages, English or French, is essential. Working knowledge of the other language is highly desirable. Knowledge of another official language of the Court would be considered an asset (Arabic, Chinese, Russian, Spanish).

Realising objectives

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• In accordance with the Rome Statute, the ICC is committed to achieving geographical representation and gender equality within its staff as well as representation of the principal legal systems of the world (legal positions). Nationals from the list of non-represented and under-represented States are strongly encouraged to apply. In addition, applications from women are strongly encouraged for senior positions at the Professional (P) and Director (D) levels. Posts shall be filled preferably by a national of a State Party to the ICC Statute, or of a State which has signed and is engaged in the ratification process or which is engaged in the accession process, but nationals from non-state parties may also be considered, as appropriate.
• The selected candidate will be subject to a Personnel Security Clearance (PSC) process in accordance with the ICC policy. The PSC process will include but is not limited to, verification of the information provided in the personal history form and a criminal record check. All candidates should be in a positon to submit electronic copy of their passport and all diplomas listed on their profile when requested;
• Applicants may check the status of vacancies on ICC E-Recruitment web-site;
• Personnel recruited at the General Service level are not entitled to all of the benefits granted to internationally-recruited staff;
• The ICC reserves the right to not make any appointment to the vacancy, to make an appointment at a lower grade, or to make an appointment with a modified job description.