UNICEF
Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.
And we never give up.
For every child, an Advocate
UNICEF delivers change by combining high-quality programmes at scale, harnessing innovation, and collecting evidence, in partnership with Governments, other United Nations partners, civil society, the private sector, communities and children. UNICEF is in the first year of the 2022-2025 Strategic Plan and the Global Advocacy Priorities, which have elevated the role of advocacy as a key programming strategy to achieve results for children.
How can you make a difference?
The purpose of the consultancy is to support the Advocacy Section at UNICEF Headquarters in the development of the Advocacy Capacity Building Initiative (ACBI) as part of our response to COVID-19 Pandemic response and in its first year of the Strategic Plan (2022-2025) and the accompanying Global Advocacy Priorities. This Initiative will constitute to reinforce capacity for all offices to reinforce UNICEF as the leading advocate for children, despite the COVID-19 Pandemic threatening to reverse the gains made on child rights. UNICEF will only be able to realize this ambition if all Offices are enabled by a cohort of networked, strategic, innovative, and effective advocates who deliver change for children in every part of the world. The establishment of UNICEF’s Global Advocacy Priorities will strengthen UNICEF’s position globally and nationally as a thought leader and changemaker, leading to accelerated results to advance children’s rights.
Under the supervision of Advocacy Capacity Building Manager and working closely with the Section Chief, the consultancy is responsible for:
Advocacy Capacity Building Initiative
- Support the ongoing strategic development of UNICEF’s Advocacy Capacity Building Initiative, and lead on the implementation of key training activities where needed: at Headquarters, Regional Offices and Country Offices.
- Supporting strategy development for ad hoc initiatives or emerging priorities.
Strategic guidance and support to the Global Advocacy Taskforce
- Support the Global Advocacy Taskforce Chair in ensuring the Global Advocacy Taskforce provides strong oversight and direction to UNICEF’s global, regional, and national level advocacy efforts
Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning
- Lead and drive core advocacy projects, including programme integration and advocacy monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning projects,
- Project managing key activities with advocacy Planning, Monitoring at HQ and in the field with the aim of sharpening UNICEF’s approach to monitoring and evaluating advocacy as a practice
- Providing ad hoc support to the Chief of Advocacy as needed.
TimeFrame
Start date: September 2022 End date: August 2023
Deliverables
Deliverables
Target Deadline for deliverable
Duration
Percentages
Individual work plan to be revised regularly with Supervisor and Section Chief
August 2023
11.5 months
5%
Advocacy Capacity Building Initiative – Leading the implementation of Workstream 2 (programme integration) including consultations with key PME and Communication and Advocacy Staff in the field, and providing capacity building support to ROs and COs
August 2023
11.5 months
35%
Advocacy Taskforce – Strategic oversight and project management for the Advocacy Taskforce and associated workstreams
August 2023
11.5 months
35%
Advocacy Evaluation – Support colleagues in GCA and with the Evaluation Office to ensure the evaluability exercise in 2022, reviewing key documents to strengthen UNICEF advocacy M&E through the implementation of the Strategic Plan.
August 2023
11.5 months
20%
Other activities as agreed with Supervisors
August 2023
11.5 months
5%
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
Education
- Bachelor’s in Public Policy, Political Science, International Relations, International Development, Public Administration, Business Administration, Economics, or related field.
Work Experience
- At least five years’ experience (the consultancy is at the mid-level) in advocacy and campaign strategy development and execution, preferably on both a global and national level.
- Experience in developing clear theories of change, with specific, measurable and timebound objectives and performance indicators.
- Experience in strategic public engagement activity, based on an understanding of the target audience.
- Strong track record in writing engaging campaign narratives and delivering creative campaign tactics.
- Demonstrated experience in design and management of projects, including budget management and monitoring of results.
- Experience in operating independently at a senior level and in providing expert advice and support on advocacy and campaigns.
- Knowledge of international development, humanitarian issues and children’s rights.
- Experience working for an advocacy or campaigning organization e.g., international, or national nongovernmental organizations, United Nations or other multilateral organization.
- Experience working in a developing and emergency environment is an asset.
Languages
- Fluency in English (both written and verbal) is required. Other UN languages is an asset.
Reporting Requirements (If Applicable)
Bi-monthly review of milestones and performance with criteria including attention to detail, professionalism, timeliness, discretion, results, and client-orientation. Format are performance discussion notes; oral or written process notes on status deliverables.
Duty Station
Remote working with expectation of working in a New York City Time zone.
Travel (If Applicable)
No travel is planned. However, should travel be required as part of duties of this contract, the contract will be amended accordingly.
For every Child, you demonstrate…
UNICEF’s values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA) and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.
Competencies of Successful Candidate
- Builds and maintains partnerships: Build a network of external stakeholders and alliances with government counterparts, civil society, and the private sector, in order to promote and advance the work of the organization (Level 1)
- Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness: Self-aware of own strengths, limitations, working style and deeply held convictions and biases. Displays ethical awareness through behaviours that are consistent and compliant with the standards of conduct for international civil servants, UNICEF’s values and relevant UNICEF policies and procedures (Level 1)
- Drive to achieve results for impact: Commits to action and assumes responsibility and ownership for own performance and the associated outcomes (Level 1)
- Innovates and embraces change: Is open to and proposes new approaches and ideas. Adapts and responds positively to change. (Level 1)
- Thinks and acts strategically: Demonstrate resilience and composure, get things done despite challenges and maintain performance levels in pressured, adverse, and uncertain environments. (Level 1)
- Manages ambiguity and complexity: Understands the big picture and is able to identify potential opportunities for action and challenges that exist. Forms sound evidence-based judgements in the delivery of UNICEF’s results (Level 1)
- Works collaboratively with others: Establish and maintain mutually supportive working relationships, demonstrating sensitivity to people of diverse backgrounds, respecting differences, and ensuring that all can contribute and succeed. (Level 1)
To view our competency framework, please visit here.
UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.
UNICEF offers reasonable accommodation for consultants/individual contractors with disabilities. This may include, for example, accessible software, travel assistance for missions or personal attendants. We encourage you to disclose your disability during your application in case you need reasonable accommodation during the selection process and afterwards in your assignment.
UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.
Remarks
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.
Individuals engaged under a consultancy or individual contract will not be considered “staff members” under the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s policies and procedures, and will not be entitled to benefits provided therein (such as leave entitlements and medical insurance coverage). Their conditions of service will be governed by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants and Individual Contractors. Consultants and individual contractors are responsible for determining their tax liabilities and for the payment of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with local or other applicable laws.
With the exception of the US Citizens, G4 Visa and Green Card holders, should the selected candidate and his/her household members reside in the United States under a different visa, the consultant and his/her household members are required to change their visa status to G4, and the consultant’s household members (spouse) will require an Employment Authorization Card (EAD) to be able to work, even if he/she was authorized to work under the visa held prior to switching to G4. At the time the contract is awarded, the selected candidate must have in place current health insurance coverage.
The selected candidate is solely responsible to ensure that the visa (applicable) and health insurance required to perform the duties of the contract are valid for the entire period of the contract. Selected candidates are subject to confirmation of fully-vaccinated status against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which must be met prior to taking up the assignment. It does not apply to consultants who will work remotely and are not expected to work on or visit UNICEF premises, programme delivery locations or directly interact with communities UNICEF works with, nor to travel to perform functions for UNICEF for the duration of their consultancy contracts.
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