Result of Service
The Consultant will: • Strengthen OHCHR’s relationships with key donors through timely communication, reporting, and coordinated engagement. • Strengthen OHCHR’s capacities in managing donor-funded programmes and projects. • Improve coherence and quality of donor reports, visibility products, and inter-agency donor coordination. • Contribute to successful resource mobilization and improved donor confidence in OHCHR programming in Haiti.
Duties and Responsibilities
The Consultant will contribute to donor engagement, programme and project management, coordination, and partnership strengthening across OHCHR’s donor-funded programmes (EU, Canada, UK, Norway, PBF, etc.). This includes supporting donor communication, reporting, funding proposals, visibility activities, and ensuring systematic follow-up on programmatic and financial commitments. The Consultant will be responsible for the following: 1. Donor Coordination & External Engagement • Serve as a key liaison between OHCHR and donor governments supporting human rights programmes in Haiti. • Coordinate meetings, calls, field visits, and briefings with donors and prepare all required documentation (minutes, follow-up notes, action points). • Draft talking points, donor briefs, correspondence, and communication products for senior OHCHR leadership. 2. Donor Reporting & Compliance • Support the preparation of narrative donor reports, consolidated programme updates, and visibility documentation. • Monitor compliance with donor requirements, reporting templates, visibility obligations, and audit-related requests. 3. Programme and Project Management Support • Provide technical supports in planning, implementation, monitoring, and review of donor-funded OHCHR projects. • Assist in coordinating workplans, activity calendars, timelines, and deliverables with internal teams and implementing partners. • Provide technical supports in results-based monitoring by collecting inputs, tracking indicators, and updating project monitoring tools. • Support financial tracking and reconciliation in coordination with other units to ensure narrative–financial coherence. • Ensure harmonization and consistency across project documents, proposals, reports, budgets, and donor conditions. 4. Project Proposal Development & Funding Support • Contribute to drafting concept notes, funding proposals, logframes, risk analyses, and budget narratives for new partnership opportunities. • Conduct donor landscape mapping and identify emerging funding opportunities relevant to OHCHR Haiti. 5. Visibility & Communications • Support the development of donor visibility materials, including success stories, human-interest stories, infographic outlines, and mission summaries. • Coordinate donor-related missions, field visits, and photo documentation in collaboration with programme and communications teams. 6. Other Duties • Perform any other tasks as required by HRS leadership, including ad hoc donor requests, programmatic support, and coordination of donor-funded activities.
Qualifications/special skills
Advanced university degree (Master’s or equivalent) in International Relations, Political Science, Human Rights, Development Studies, Communications, Public Administration, Social Sciences (or relevant field) First-level degree with additional years of experience may be accepted. Minimum 2 years of experience in donor relations, partnerships, programme coordination, external liaison, or reporting in Haiti Experience in fragile or complex environments. Experience in donor-funded programmes or with UN/OHCHR or other international organizations in Haiti. Experience engaging national authorities or UN agencies in Haiti. SSAFE Training.
