Snr Fundraising Assistant (Database)

Deadline for Applications September 30, 2026 Hardship Level (not applicable for home-based) H (no hardship) Family Type (not applicable for home-based) Family Staff Member / Affiliate Type UNOPS LICA5 Target Start Date Terms of Reference UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is offering a contract within the Private Sector Partnerships Services in our Office in Paris, France. Established in December 1950, the Office of 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. For more than seven decades, UNHCR's work in over 130 countries has helped over 84 million people restart their lives. UNHCR’s Private Sector Partnerships department (PSP) plays a crucial role in helping expand the organization’s funding base, while ensuring a sustainable and predictable stream of income. Although currently representing a small portion of UNHCR’s overall revenues, the contribution from the private sector is nonetheless significant and rapidly increasing. PSP focuses on two main income pillars (Private Partnerships & Philanthropy (PPH) and Individual Giving (IG)) and is committed to further expand digitally. Since 2015 in France, UNHCR supporters and donor’s portfolio have significantly grown and PSP France aims to reinforce its private sector communication strategy and assets to increase brand equity, engage with new audience and communicate timely and accurate information with general public. The Snr. Fundraising Assistant (Database) position, based in Paris, offers a unique opportunity to work within the PSP Europe team dedicated to raising funds and establishing partnerships for UNHCR with the private sector in Europe. Organizational context: The Private Sector Partnerships (PSP) Services works in different regions: Europe, MENA, Americas, Africa, and Asia, and further decentralizes at local levels. The position is part of UNHCR’s Private Sector Partnerships Unit, which sits within the Department of External Relations (DER) responsible for mobilizing resources to enable UNHCR’s refugee response programming around the world. This position sits within UNHCR’s Private Sector Partnerships team in France, which aims to raise funds from private sector donors in France and Monaco to support UNHCR’s work. The position: We are seeking a dynamic, expert and agile team player, who is able to work independently as well, with a strong interest in fundraising, to become a steady and reliable asset to the UNHCR France operation within PSP Europe. UNHCR France is looking for a fundraising database assistant to support the Database Associate in daily tasks (implementing fundraising campaigns, building data reports and analysis, optimize donor segmentation, etc.) and fundraising infrastructures migration projects – E-commerce and database.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Support the Salesforce Database project through the configuration, development, testing and rollout phases;
• Assist in documenting new policies, procedures and training materials on the system;
• Help ensure that the database configuration complies with donor management requirements and relevant data protection regulations including CNIL and GDPR,
• Assist in ensuring that the database is configured to best meet the team fundraising objectives for both Individual Giving and Private Partnerships & Philanthropy;
• Perform Regular data maintenance tasks: performing regular data administration tasks such as importing and updating data into the database from external sources and data quality control;
• Support the PSP France team with segmentation, data selection and list exports;
• Carry out fulfilment and data entry operations resulted by outbound communication activities with donors (telemarketing, emails, newsletters etc.);
• Support fundraising performance analysis through the creation of reports, dashboard and data extracts;
• Collaborate with /Assisting Assoc. Fundraising Data Analyst Officer (Europe) and Global Strategy and Analysis team on fundraising data reports and analysis and optimizing fundraising infrastructures (database, e-commerce, etc.) including the use of Power BI and SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS);
• Work closely with PSP team in France and the Database Support Associate to ensure successful integration with the Payment Gateway, email marketing tool (Selligent), telemarketing agencies and other third party provides;
• Collaborate with HQ and the Database Support Associate during the tools migration projects: ecommerce, database SF and data lake. Testing and data migration support;
• Provide adequate support and input during the requirements gathering, system design, development, testing and rollout phases of the project as well as providing support and training to local users on an operational basis;
• Perform any other duties as required.

Essential minimum qualifications and professional experience required

• Minimum 2 years of previous working experience relevant to the function combined with Secondary Education (High School diploma) or minimum 1 year of relevant working experience with a Bachelor’s or higher degree in Data science, Marketing, Business, or related field;
• Knowledge and experience in database management and software, especially for marketing/fundraising purposes;
• Highly motivated, with an ability to complete tasks, with strong attention to details;
• Fluency in French and English are essential (written/oral/comprehension);
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team;
• Very strong organisational skills;
• Highly developed problem solving and analytical skills;
• Ability to work under pressure;
• Service-oriented attitude.

Conditions:

The successful candidate will be based with the team in UNHCR’s office in Paris, France. The position is associated with a yearly contract, valid until end of the year, with possibility of renewal on a yearly basis. It is a full-time role with working hours starting from 9 AM to 6 PM, Monday to Friday (40 hours per week). The salary is in line with the local UN GS Salary scale.

Why a career with UNHCR?

Our dedicated and professional staff work around the clock in roles including legal protection, community services, public affairs, health and more. Despite the challenges they can face, our staff are proud to work for UNHCR and determined to make a positive impact. With 18,879 women and men working in 137 countries, we work tirelessly to make a difference in the lives of 89.3 million forcibly displaced people worldwide. Our dedicated and professional staff work around the clock in roles including legal protection, community services, public affairs, health and more. Despite the challenges they can face, our staff are proud to work for UNHCR and determined to make a positive impact. The UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, takes the lead in protecting people forced to flee wars and persecution around the world, providing life‑saving aid including shelter, food and water to ensure their basic safety, rights and dignity.

Disability inclusion

If you are a person with a disability and you expect you may face challenges during the recruitment process, you can indicate it in your application form. There are options to select any health conditions you may have and outline any necessary adjustments related to disabilities during the recruitment phases. Providing this information is optional. It will be treated as strictly confidential and used only for the purpose of finding out how to better assist you during the recruitment process. Adjustments for candidates with disabilities will be provided as best as possible and as needed upon request. All candidates will be assessed based on meeting the requirements for each vacancy in relation to experience, skills, and education.

The UNHCR workforce consists of many diverse nationalities, cultures, languages and opinions. UNHCR seeks to sustain and strengthen this diversity to ensure equal opportunities as well as an inclusive working environment for its entire workforce. Applications are encouraged from all qualified candidates without distinction on grounds of race, colour, sex, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation and gender identity.

The UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, takes the lead in protecting people forced to flee wars and persecution around the world, providing life-saving aid including shelter, food and water to ensure their basic safety, rights and dignity. With 18,879 women and men working in 137 countries, we work tirelessly to make a difference in the lives of 89.3 million forcibly displaced people worldwide. Our dedicated and professional staff work around the clock in roles including legal protection, community services, public affairs, health and more. Despite the challenges they can face, our staff are proud to work for UNHCR and determined to make a positive impact.