USA for UNHCR

Manage and grow partnerships with U.S.-based institutional foundations, identify new engagement opportunities, and secure significant funding to support programmatic priorities while ensuring effective relationship stewardship and collaboration across...

• Set and drive annual objectives, priorities, and success metrics for high-profile relationships and related media efforts, aligning fundraising and engagement outcomes with organizational strategy. • Lead identification, recruitment, stewardship and strategic deployment of U.S. specific Goodwill Ambassadors (GWAs) and High-Profile Supporters (HPSs), including due diligence, risk assessment and content alignment. • Manage select U.S. GWA and HPS relationships as required, including leading missions and outputs. • Develop and execute tailored communications strategies for key campaigns, partnerships, events and GWA activities, ensuring alignment with organizational priorities and brand messaging. • Lead proactive and reactive media engagement, including setting media approach and messaging direction, handling press inquiries and cultivating strong relationships with U.S. media and PR contacts. • Manage high-profile announcements, such as new GWA appointments or strategic advocacy moments, ensuring timely coordination and internal approvals. • Strategize and oversee the placement of long-lead and feature stories to elevate visibility of GWAs, campaigns and priority issues in the U.S. • Provide primary crisis communications support and risk mitigation guidance for GWA-related activities, missions and reputational matters. • Ensure strategic oversight of the production and timely delivery of high-quality media assets and PR materials in collaboration with internal teams and external partners. • Oversee monitoring, evaluation and impact reporting of GWA media activities, ensuring alignment with KPIs and strategic objectives. • Serve as USA for UNHCR’s primary liaison and subject matter lead to UNHCR’s global Goodwill Ambassador Programme; collaborate with UNHCR global and U.S. focal points to ensure consistent application of GWA guidelines and best practices. • Lead cross-functional planning and execution across External Relations, Development, and Executive teams to deliver integrated, high-impact initiatives within the high-profile engagement portfolio. • Other duties as assigned.