The ICRC’s ability to mobilize funds is an essential enabler of its mission: financial resources are fundamental to the organization’s ability to reach, protect and assist people affected by armed conflict and other situations of violence.
The ICRC's funding is primarily provided by governments and multilateral bodies. While individual relationships with different countries and bodies are managed by dedicated relationship managers, this position is responsible for managing the ICRC’s multilateral engagement efforts including the specific subgrouping of the Donor Support Group (DSG), a strategic membership group that contains ICRC's largest donors. The multilateral engagement approach that this role will manage includes five key pillars:
- The cycle of DSG events which runs from June – June each year.
- ‘Milestone’ public sector partners events (e.g. the annual appeals launch, operational review, etc.)
- Operational briefings for public sector partners.
- Field extension of multilateral engagement activities (e.g. Appeal Launches, Field Engagement Initiative) and other innovative forms of multilateral engagement
- The coordination of the development of the ICRC’s strategic narrative for the DSG and public sector partners, under the ownership of the Head of REM.
In practice, multilateral engagement with public sector (mainly Government) partners takes the form of a series of events: appeal launches, briefings, workshops, and field trips, among others. This position is accountable for the development of the multilateral engagement annual cycle, the shaping of its agenda and the delivery of individual events.
