Consultant (11 months, Home-based, Remote): Partnership Consultant, Division of Private Fundraising and Partnerships (PFP)

The purpose of this consultancy assignment is to strengthen UNICEF’s engagement with faith-based and membership organisations to complement their funding, by fully leveraging integrated offerings on non-financial engagements, including better utilizing the advocacy engagements and social behaviour change resources; and developing a thought leadership strategy. The consultant will ensure that UNICEF’s strategic objectives are advanced through effective partnership, resource adaptation, and thought leadership within the faith sector.

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The purpose of this consultancy assignment is to strengthen UNICEF’s engagement with faith-based and membership organisations to complement their funding, by fully leveraging integrated offerings on non-financial engagements, including better utilizing the advocacy engagements and social behaviour change resources; and developing a thought leadership strategy. The consultant will ensure that UNICEF’s strategic objectives are advanced through effective partnership, resource adaptation, and thought leadership within the faith sector

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Scope of Work:

The Consultant will support UNICEF’s efforts to strengthen financial partnerships with faith-based and membership organisations, with a focus on how we can better incorporate their influence as part of the value offering. Under the supervision of Partnerships Specialist, the Consultant will collaborate closely with colleagues in Advocacy, Social and Behaviour Change, and Global Partnerships teams.

Key Responsibilities:

• Adapt existing Social Behaviour Change toolkits for faith and membership partners:

- Review and adapt existing SBC toolkits to ensure language and framing are appropriate for PFP faith and membership partners.

- Coordinate peer review and approval of adapted toolkits.

• Coordinate a faith-led advocacy and fundraising activations on the moral case for aid:

- Coordinate UNICEF’s engagement in faith-led advocacy initiatives, particularly on the moral case for aid.

- Develop and implement an advocacy engagement plan in collaboration with Global Advocacy colleagues. This is likely to include workshops with current and prospective partners, and support with toolkits or resources to support them in their internal audience positioning of key issues

• Develop a faith thought leadership strategy, with the key opportunities for UNICEF to provide thought leadership in faith-led convenings:

- Coordinate UNICEF’s participation in key faith-based thought leadership opportunities, including the Arigatou Day of Prayer and Action for Children, Faith engagement in COP, G20 Interfaith Forum, World Parliament of Religions and other relevant events

- Prepare engagement and participation plans

• Planning of Faith Leadership Circle events:

- Plan, organise, and facilitate two online and one in-person Faith Leadership Circle events, including agenda development, content preparation, logistics, and post-event follow-up.

• Toolkit Development:

- Develop a comprehensive toolkit signposting existing advocacy and SBC assets accessible to faith and membership partners.

- Prepare a guidance note for fundraising colleagues on leveraging these assets in funding proposals.

Work Assignments Overview & Deliverables

Develop a toolkit signposting existing assets from Social Behaviour Change and Advocacy, that can be used or helpful for faith and membership Partners

Deliverable 1: Directory on SharePoint with guidance note for fundraising colleagues, is developed, By end Feb 2026

Coordinate a faith-led advocacy and fundraising activations on the moral case for aid

Deliverable 2: Develop and deliver a Faith-specific engagement plan, aligned with DGCA activations and funding propositions, By end March 2026

Adapt existing Social Behaviour Change toolkits for faith and membership partners

Deliverable 3: Develop and finalize at least two Social and Behaviour Change (SCB) toolkits, each peer-reviewed and approved by the SBC, By end June 2026

Develop a faith thought leadership strategy, with the key opportunities for UNICEF to provide thought leadership in faith led convenings

Deliverable 4: Written strategy document with calendar of events is developed, By end June 2026

Planning of Faith Leadership Circle events

Deliverable 5: Prepare and deliver all event documentation – including agendas, content, logistics, and post-event reports for two online and one in-person event, By 14 November 2026

Provide a final report summarizing achievements, challenges, and recommendations

Deliverable 6: Submit a final report summarizing key achievements, challenges encountered, lessons learned, and actionable recommendations, By 14 November 2026

Reporting Requirements: 

• Submit monthly progress updates to the supervisor.
• Deliver all outputs in accordance with the agreed timeline and quality standards.
• Provide a final report summarizing achievements, challenges, and recommendations.

Payment will be made on submission of an invoice and satisfactory completion of the above-mentioned deliverables. UNICF reserves the right to withhold all or a portion of payment if performance is unsatisfactory, if deliverables/outputs are incomplete, not delivered or for failure to meet deadlines. All materials developed will remain the copyright of UNICEF and UNICEF will be free to adapt and modify them in the future. 

Consultant's Workplace and Official Travel:

The Consultant will be remote/home-based. As part of the assignment, there is a possibility of travel during the assignment on a per need basis and this will be covered separately by UNICEF, and not included in the lump sum fee. The consultant will arrange her/his travel as and when they take place, and related costs will be reimbursed per UNICEF travel policy.

Travel Clause

• All UNICEF rules and regulations related to travel of Consultants apply.
• All travels shall be undertaken only upon the prior written approval by UNICEF.
• The consultant must be fit to travel, be in a possession of the valid UN BSAFE certificate, obligatory inoculation(s) and have a valid own travel/medical insurance and an immunization/vaccination card.

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Remarks:

Please indicate your all-inclusive (lump sum) fees in USD against the deliverables listed above, including all associated administrative and travel costs (if applicable), in the cover letter. The office selects the individual based on best value for money.

Payment of professional fees will be based on submission of agreed deliverables. UNICEF reserves the right to withhold payment in case the deliverables submitted are not up to the required standard or in case of delays in submitting the deliverables on the part of the consultant.

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.

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.

UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic.

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.

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