Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is recruiting
a Senior Private Partnerships & Philanthropy (PPH) Assistant, carrying an external title of “Assistant PPH Manager”, will focus on developing and strengthening long-term partnerships with companies, foundations, and private philanthropists (PPH donors).
This position is a UNOPS position with a contract which is renewable each calendar year.
Requirements:
· Education
- Completion of the Secondary Education, degree is desirable in Communications, Marketing, Translation, International Relations, Business Administration, or a related field. Candidates with a degree in other disciplines with a proven relevant professional record will be accepted.
· Work Experience
Essential
- Minimum 2 years of relevant working experience for high school diploma and 1 year of experience with a bachelor’s degree or higher, with proven record in marketing communications and event management, account/relation management, telemarketing, donor relations, or fundraising in Hong Kong.
Key Competencies
- Understanding of and strong commitment to UNHCR's mandate, mission, vision, and persons-of-concerns.
- Subscription to and integration of UNHCR's codes of conduct and core values.
- Professional, highly presentable and possess a donor-centric attitude
- Skilful communicator, able to establish relationships with donors over the phone and via email
- Good understanding of prospecting, cultivation, solicitation, negotiation and closing gifts.
- High level of personal and professional integrity, including the ability to maintain confidentiality regarding donor profiles and personal information
- Good market knowledge of Private Sector Fundraising focused on high-tiered middle and major donors and/or Legacy Marketing in Hong Kong is preferred
- Experience in using relevant databases and search engines (e.g. Wealth-X) is preferred
- Proficiency in MS office especially MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
- Experience working within a CRM, e.g. Salesforce is a definite advantage.
- Proficiency in written and spoken Chinese (Cantonese and Putonghua) and English.
- Ability to work flexible hours including some evenings and weekends and a commitment to working on events that fall outside of office hours
- Ability to work independently and under pressure
- Attention to details, high accuracy and result-oriented
Responsibilities:
- Reporting to Associate PPH Officer, the incumbent will work in the followings:
- Support the growth of PPH through stewardship and manage the assigned donor groups to ensure proper file movement and optimize donor potential.
- Responsible in develop and executive Gifts-in-Will promotion campaign
- Responsible to cultivate interested pledgers to make their legacy pledge to UNHCR
- Conduct due diligence to research donor for screening purposes
- Regularly housekeep donor data, donation history and communications at database (Salesforce) to ensure information is most up-to-date
- Provide fundraising, administration, logistics and other necessary support across different PSP teams when required
- Perform other related duties as required.
Closing date: 12 July 2025
If you wish to be considered for this vacancy, please go to the link as below for application ( https://unhcr.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job/Hong-Kong-China/Senior-PPH-Assistant_JR2556395
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The appointment offer will be subject to the proof of medical clearance and satisfactory reference checks.
Only shortlisted candidates will be notified and invited for the interview and written test.
