Programme Knowledge Management Specialist

UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfilling their potential. 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.
In the East Asia and Pacific Region, UNICEF works to uphold the rights of all children. This means the rights of every child, irrespective of their nationality, gender, religion or ethnicity, to:

• survival – to basic healthcare, peace and security;
• development – to a good education, a loving home and adequate nutrition;
• protection – from abuse, neglect, trafficking, child labour and other forms of exploitation; and
• participation – to express opinions, be listened to and take part in making any decisions that affect them

Recognizing children, adolescents and youth have a right to participate in decisions that affect their lives, a right to a healthy and safe environment, and a right to protection from harm, UNICEF is calling for governments and businesses to address the climate crisis through reduction in greenhouse emissions, increased investment in children’s awareness and climate literacy, and by engaging young people in environmental and climate related policy making.

Thailand is an upper-middle-income country where rapid development gains are stagnating in the face of demographic pressures from a super-ageing society and slowing economic growth. The country has set an ambition to become a high-income OECD member by 2037, yet persistent inequalities along geographic, socioeconomic, and legal status lines mean children continue to face overlapping deprivations in health, education, and living standards. UNICEF's strategic focus is to leverage its role as a trusted government partner — providing technical assistance, generating child-related data and evidence, and convening public, private, and civil society coalitions — to advocate for the progressive realization of child rights. Central to this is a Knowledge Management vision that goes beyond internal sharing to position UNICEF as a public thought leader on child rights, ensuring evidence and data strategically influence decision-making among institutional and political partners and in the broader public sphere.

Under the direct supervision of the Planning, Monitoring and Reporting Specialist and in collaboration with the Deputy Representative, the UN Volunteer will benefit from various learning opportunities available throughout the assignment including access to UNICEF global online learning platform (Agora) that offers learning pathways to individuals' professional development, partnership engagement experience and stakeholder coordination while undertake the following tasks :

- Working across sections, support the adaptation of data and research outputs (MICS -Multiple Indicator Clusters Survey, , sectoral reports) into audience-specific formats — policy briefs, explainers, infographics, and media-ready visuals.

- Support the development and maintenance of a public-facing child data portal or microsite, including data analysis, data visualization and updates on data initiatives, findings and outcomes.

- Working across sections, develop and maintain a calendar tracking key national, planning, budgeting, advocacy and media moments to ensure timely dissemination, cross-sectoral coordination and engagement of knowledge and data products (including budget reviews, Thailand National Economic and Social Development Council’s (NESDC) planning processes, parliamentary committee schedules) for flagging of opportunities to senior management.

- Support coordination and facilitation of knowledge-sharing forums that bring together diverse stakeholders to discuss key child rights issues.

- Support building a partnership network with academia and civil society organizations to engage and track the development and outcomes of child related research and data initiatives.

- Support the development and maintenance of internal knowledge-sharing systems, ensuring evidence products, lessons learned, and analytical outputs are organized and accessible across the office including providing guidance on documenting, organizing, and utilizing key knowledge assets within the office.

- Actively engage in UNICEF’s global and regional Knowledge Management (KM) networks to ensure alignment with best practices and innovative approaches.

- Support coordination and organization of office-wide knowledge-sharing events, discussions, and dialogues to foster learning and collaboration

- In partnership with ICT colleagues, train, and support staff in utilizing UNICEF technology platforms, including SharePoint for KM-related activities and AI agents.