Snr PSP Individual Giving Asst

September 30, 2026

A (least hardship)

Family

GS5

General Service

Reason

Regular > Regular Assignment

2026-10-01

Senior Private Sector Partnerships Individual Giving Assistant

Organizational Setting and Work Relationships

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is mandated to lead and coordinate international action to protect and assist refugees and other persons of concern (POC).

Private Sector Partnerships Service (PSP) sits within UNHCR's Division of External Relations (DER) and is responsible for mobilizing resources from the private sector for refugees. UNHCR has developed a Private Sector Fundraising Strategy focusing on both Individual Giving and Private Sector Partnerships, identifying priority fundraising markets and regions.

Individual Giving (IG) is targeted at the general public to secure the support of individuals through regular, unrestricted donations, cash appeals and legacies. The aim is to generate both monthly and one-time donations from individuals using various channels and methods including direct mail, face-to-face fundraising, telemarketing, digital fundraising, DRTV and emergency fundraising, with focus on strong donor loyalty and lifetime value.

The purpose is to maximize the donor base from the individual giving (IG) for UNHCR, those with the ability to provide donations of between $1 to $10.000 (depending on local market conditions, as well as scope of responsibility) per year to UNHCR.

The Senior PSP Individual Giving Assistant contributes to the IG team development, providing technical expertise to enable the team to operate to their full potential.

All UNHCR staff members are accountable to perform their duties as reflected in their job description. They do so within their delegated authorities, in line with the regulatory framework of UNHCR which includes the UN Charter, UN Staff Regulations and Rules, UNHCR Policies and Administrative Instructions as well as relevant accountability frameworks. In addition, staff members are required to discharge their responsibilities in a manner consistent with the core, functional, cross-functional and managerial competencies and UNHCR’s core values of professionalism, integrity and respect for diversity.

Duties

General

• Assist in the execution of the acquisition, donor retention and development programmes as per annual plan(s).
• Work on donor servicing and communications to provide a best in class donor care with best practice standards (welcome, information, thank you letters, donor monthly newsletter, in-bound and out-bound donor emails and calls, complaints, etc.).
• Assist in working with marketing agencies to develop contact strategies and donor journeys for different segments of the database using a variety of channels including telemarketing, digital and mail.
• Execute campaigns such as upgrade, conversion, acquisition, welcome, recapturing, loyalty, thank you, one-off calls, marketing research, upgrade middle donors, middle donors one-off and others.
• Monitor and report on progress against the work plan, expenditure, budget and targets.
• Contribute to the management of middle value donors and prospects as well as in the regular communication within IG Fundraising Unit and major donor specialist.
• Work on the donor database management and any activity related to the donor data care, ensuring data entry accuracy, and provide analysis of data upon request.

Donor Acquisition

Work to develop cross channel fundraising campaigns such as F2F, Digital, DRTV, Multichannel, Direct mailing, etc. and in particular for:

 a) Face to Face

• Assist in managing relations with partners, contractors, and suppliers to implement the program(s).
• Assist in developing high quality of data monitoring to analyse all performances per frontliner, per city, per team, per area,

per location etc… in order to make the programme data driven.

• Assist in developing guidelines, manuals, and policies to ensure a solid Face to Face programme (in-house model) led by best practices.
• Assist in ensuring that a location strategy, policies, and communication cycle are in place in order to acquire new locations,

to keep and upgrade the existing ones.

• Support the creation of marketing briefs i to create specific Face to Face campaigns based on improving the connection between the donor and the cause.
• Assist in the procurement process for all supplier relationships linked to new agencies or suppliers.

b) Digital, DRTV and Multichannel

• Support the management of the relationship with external suppliers (such as copywriters or digital designers), ensuring campaigns are executed and managed to target.
• Assist in the execution of the online content as well as the implementation of digital marketing and fundraising campaign initiatives.
• Assist in executing lead generation programmes (including telemarketing) with channels integration to maximize ROI.
• Maintain effective relationships with all suppliers responsible for digital fundraising to ensure that all new acquisition targets are met or exceeded.
• Assist in the procurement process for all supplier relationships linked to new donor acquisition through digital channels.
• Maintain accurate reporting and analysis to facilitate effective performance of the digital acquisition programmes.
• Assist with reporting related to digital fundraising, including quarterly reports, mid-year, and year end reports.

c) Cold Mailing

• Assist in the production process of each DM activity in line with planned timing, quantity and quality of service and coordinating with the suppliers on all technical aspects.
• Assist in supervising donors’ data extraction from the database to secure names file delivery to suppliers.
• Assist in developing campaigns reporting systems and setting report templates to monitor supplier performances.
• In case of emergency, assist in developing and implementing production procedure.
• Assist in negotiating with suppliers to keep production costs at lowest level ensuring the best quality possible.
• Work on other direct marketing acquisition activities if requested (i.e. inserts production, press ad, take ones, etc…)

Donor Retention and Development

Work to develop cross channel donor cultivation activities to maximise acquisition investment and improve donor Life Time Value (LTV), such as:

• Assist in executing donor journeys according to planned schedule, conduct testing among journeys, implement donor engagement activities, fostering a donor centric culture and communication.
• Provide feedbacks on supporter experience initiatives and retention programs performance to continuously fine tune and customize existing approaches.
• Support in donor development communications plans and fundraising activities, such as newsletter and special appeals.
• Assist in liaising with external agencies/consultant on email marketing performance optimization including the design of new email templates and email assets.
• Assist in developing email marketing segmentation strategies and data selections aimed at delivering highly personalized and tailored email communications to increase existing supporters’ retention and income.
• Work on donor retention communication materials and activities for existing donors and for emergency appeals.
• Assist in developing the design and production of the donor care materials.
• Support the coordination of the relation with telemarketing suppliers.
• Assist in ensuring that donor care activities comply with the requirements of local legislation and remain up to date with all relevant charity law, regulations, and codes of practice.
• Execute monthly operations of recapturing by emails/mails, thank-you to donors.
• Prepare for in-house and outsourced donor care representatives Q&A documents, necessary to handle any in-bound donor communications resulting from the donor development activities.

• Support the identification and management of risks and seek to seize opportunities impacting objectives in the area of responsibility. Ensure decision making in risk based in the functional area of work. Raise risks, issues and concerns to a supervisor or to relevant functional colleague(s).
• Perform other duties as required.

Minimum Qualifications

Years of Experience / Degree Level

For G5 - 2 years relevant experience with High School Diploma; or 1 year relevant work experience with Bachelor or equivalent or higher

Field(s) of Education

Not applicable.

Certificates and/or Licenses

Public Administration,                        Business Administration,                                  Economics,

or other related field.          

(Certificates and Licenses marked with an asterisk* are essential)

Relevant Job Experience

Essential

Experience in private sector fundraising, sales, client/donor communication, marketing, or journalism. Proven experience working in donor retention/ development programmes. Experience in fundraising campaigns in profit or non-profit industry. Experience in fundraising related databases and software.

Desirable

Experience with the non-profit sector. Previous experience in supervising database migration and setting up a Contact Relationship Management (CRM) system. Previous experience in project management. Previous experience in managing agencies / vendor.

Experience in data analysis and segmentation.

Functional Skills

PS-Direct Marketing and Direct Response Fundraising

PS-Private sector fundraising and partnerships

PS-Fundraising-face to face, mass appeal, digital, emergency, DRTV, etc.

CO-Cross-cultural communication

CO-Drafting and Documentation

(Functional Skills marked with an asterisk* are essential)

Language Requirements

For International Professional and Field Service jobs: Knowledge of English and UN working language of the duty station if not English.

For National Professional jobs: Knowledge of English and UN working language of the duty station if not English and local language.

For General Service jobs: Knowledge of English and/or UN working language of the duty station if not English.

Competency Requirements

All jobs at UNHCR require six core competencies and may also require managerial competencies and/or cross-functional competencies. The six core competencies are listed below.

Core Competencies:

Accountability

Communication

Organizational Awareness

Teamwork & Collaboration

Commitment to Continuous Learning

Client & Result Orientation

Managerial Competencies:

Judgement and Decision Making

Managing Resources

Cross-Functional Competencies:

Planning and Organizing

Political Awareness

Analytical Thinking

All UNHCR workforce members must individually and collectively, contribute towards a working environment where each person feels safe, and empowered to perform their duties. This includes by demonstrating no tolerance for sexual exploitation and abuse, harassment including sexual harassment, sexism, gender inequality, discrimination, and abuse of power.

As individuals and as managers, all must be proactive in preventing and responding to inappropriate conduct, support ongoing dialogue on these matters and speaking up and seeking guidance and support from relevant UNHCR resources when these issues arise.

This is a Standard Job Description for all UNHCR jobs with this job title and grade level. The Operational Context may contain additional essential and/or desirable qualifications relating to the specific operation and/or position. Any such requirements are incorporated by reference in this Job Description and will be considered for the screening, shortlisting and selection of candidates.

The Snr. PSP IG Assistant (Digital and DRTV Fundraising) at the GS5 level will contribute to PSP Korea’s long-term goal of expanding its Digital and DRTV fundraising programs, with the aim of generating 40% of PSP Korea’s acquisition income through these channels. She/he will be assisting in developing and implementing digital and DRTV fundraising strategies to reach new audiences through various digital & TV media marketing. Exploring new media platforms/channels to expand its donor base and supporting data-driven performance marketing is also the key requirement for this position.

Additional duties not included in the standard Job Description of Snr. PSP IG Assistant (Digital and DRTV Fundraising) are as follows:

• Assist in planning and executing Digital and DRTV fundraising strategies and annual plans.
• Assist in implementing all types of digital and DRTV fundraising campaign activities including Display Advertising (DA)/ Social Media Advertising / Search Engine Marketing (SEM) / Traditional TV and cross-media marketing.
• Monitor performances of all digital and DRTV fundraising activities as well as related market trends.
• Provide performance analysis reports on digital/social media fundraising results regularly and on an ad-hoc basis, when needs arise, utilizing analytic tools such as Google Analytics/Google Tag Manager.
• Assist in implementing the donor Database API function maintenance and improvement, when needs arise.
• Provide web-traffic strategy to drive more traffic and raise conversions.
• Work with various partners, media agencies, and suppliers for digital and DRTV programs.

Desirable qualifications required for the position that is not included in the standard Job Description are excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Additional Languages:
Korean (Mandatory)
Additional UN language (Desirable)

Additional Relevant Skills:
SK000675 ER-Experience with online audience and income generation (Mandatory)
SK000677 ER-Experience with creating and monitoring digital growth targets (Mandatory)
SK000682 ER-Experience with media buying and digital acquisition (Mandatory)
SK000679 CO-Experience with digital analytics and performance reporting (Desirable)
SK000700 FR-Fundraising materials production and management (Desirable)

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Operational context

Occupational Safety and Health Considerations:

Nature of Position:

Living and Working Conditions:

 

Additional Qualifications

Skills

CO-Cross-cultural communication, CO-Drafting and Documentation, PS-Direct Marketing and Direct Response Fundraising, PS-Fundraising-face to face, mass appeal, digital, emergency, DRTV, etc., PS-Private sector fundraising and partnerships

Certifications

Business Administration - Other, Economics - Other, Public Administration - Other

Competencies

Accountability, Analytical thinking, Client & results orientation, Commitment to continuous learning, Communication, Judgement & decision making, Managing resource, Organizational awareness, Planning & organizing, Political awareness, Teamwork & collaboration

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Compendium

Additional Information

This position doesn't require a functional clearance