Senior Risk and Research Officer

Unicef
London
2 years ago
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This is a great opportunity to join the UK Committee for UNICEF (UNICEF UK) as Senior Risk and Risk and Research Officer.

The role sits in the Resource Hub Team, in the Partnerships & Philanthropy function. The Resource Hub’s purpose is to empower Partnerships colleagues to deliver best in class relationship management, by providing sector-leading professional services such as partner research, risk screening and strategic writing, to enable the team to fully focus on raising money for the world’s children. Acting as a centralised service unit and coordination point for proposal-writing, SRM, research, and administrative support, the Resource Hub’s added value is critical to UUK’s success in maximising our most critical relationships.

The Senior Risk and Research Officer will provide a first-class research and due diligence service, by supporting the Unicef UK risk screening process for selected individuals and organisations. The role will have a particular focus on Talent, including Ambassadors, High Profile Supporters and other warm supporters. This includes maintaining and helping manage the risk screening process; researching individuals or organisations as part of the screening process; and supporting the Ambassador Relations, Soccer Aid, Philanthropy, Foundations, Corporate, Executive and other teams as required by providing risk-based research profiles. This role offers a high level of autonomy and, as such, the post-holder will be expected to work independently, with minimal supervision.

Please bear in mind that when you write your response to our application questions, you demonstrate your knowledge, skills, and understanding of the role requirements and how well UNICEF UK’s values and mission aligns with yours. Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) such as ChatGPT to generate your answers, will automatically exclude your application from our recruitment process.

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