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Consultancy - Stakeholder Manager (Digital Public Goods Alliance Secretariat), Remote, Office of innovation, 11.5 months

Remote | Stockholm

  • Organization: UNICEF - United Nations Children’s Fund
  • Location: Remote | Stockholm
  • Grade: Consultancy - Consultant - Contractors Agreement
  • Occupational Groups:
    • Information Technology and Computer Science
    • External Relations, Partnerships and Resource mobilization
    • Innovations for Sustainable Development
    • Managerial positions
  • Closing Date: Closed

The Digital Public Goods Alliance (DGPA), co-hosted by UNICEF’s Office of Innovation, UNDP and the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad), is seeking a stakeholder manager to drive and support the rapid expansion of the broad multi-stakeholder community of countries, multilateral organisations, philanthropic and bilateral donor organisations, private companies, non-governmental organisations and research institutions working together to advance digital public goods. This person will play a strategically critical role within the DPGA Secretariat. As a multi-stakeholder Alliance the DPGA is only as strong as our relationships with our members and broader stakeholder communities. In this role you will manage and onboard new member organisations, track pledges and activities, design and coordinate member-events, and have overall responsibility for the experience of DPGA members & stakeholders. The successful candidate will be an excellent communicator and relationship-builder, with a keen attention to detail, who is skilled at noticing and creating connections across organisations. You should be comfortable liaising with stakeholders at all levels of seniority and be able to create and manage efficient systems and processes for tracking and managing community engagements.

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 fulfill 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.

For every child, innovate

UNICEF has a 70-year history of innovating for children. We believe that new approaches, partnerships and technologies that support realizing children’s rights are critical to improving their lives.

  The Office of Innovation is a creative, interactive, and agile team in UNICEF. We sit at a unique intersection, where an organization that works on huge global issues meets the startup thinking, the technology, and the partners that turn this energy into scalable solutions.

 UNICEF's Office of Innovation creates opportunities for the world's children by focusing on where new markets can meet their vital needs. We do this by:

  • Connecting youth communities (or more broadly -- anyone disconnected or under-served) to decision-makers, and to each other, to deliver informed, relevant and sustained programmes that build better, stronger futures for children.
  • Provoking change for children through an entrepreneurial approach -- in a traditionally risk-averse field -- to harness rapidly moving innovations and apply them to serve the needs of all children.
  • Creating new models of partnership that leverage core business values across the public, private and academic sectors in order to deliver fast, and lasting results for children.

The Digital Public Goods Alliance (DPGA) is a multi-stakeholder initiative to accelerate the attainment of the sustainable development goals in low- and middle-income countries by facilitating the discovery, development, use of, and investment in digital public goods. 

 Incubated by Norway and The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the DPGA relies on engagement and leadership from key pathfinder countries, private sector technology experts, government and philanthropic donors, implementing organizations and innovation groups across the UN system.

The Secretariat of the Digital Public Goods Alliance is co-hosted by UNICEF, UNDP and the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) and governed by a Board consisting of: iSPIRT; The Government of Norway; The Government of Sierra Leone;  and UNICEF. 

The Secretariat is seeking a consultant to guide the development and execution of a policy strategy for the DPGA.

How can you make a difference?

We are looking for an exceptional communicator and relationship-builder who can help evolve the rapidly expanding Alliance in a way which enhances its core value proposition both to new and existing members. The ideal candidate will have familiarity with open source and/or digital for development and be passionate about the opportunity for technology to accelerate attainment of the sustainable development goals in low- and middle-income countries and catalyse change for a more equitable world.

You will be an organised people-person, with excellent attention to detail, and an ability to jump into new situations and learn quickly. You are excellent at working with people at all levels and communicate clearly and effectively.

You will have experience managing up, down and across institutional and reporting lines and have experience working with executives, senior leadership, and others.

Experience managing/supporting membership programs, creating reports, and creating accountability in informal structures is also preferable, as well as experience working on different types of performance tracking systems/results management systems .

Finally, you are an ideal candidate if you are self-motivated, cross-culturally clueful, capable of working and thriving in a dynamic fast-paced environment. You create your own momentum, are highly capable, kind, humble and excited to work closely with a small, international team.

Your main responsibilities will be:

  • Building relationships with current and potential DPG community stakeholders
  • Onboarding new members & stakeholders
  • Oversee and manage DPGA membership process by responding to membership inquiries, creating and maintaining membership documentation, soliciting membership updates, and driving the compilation of the end of year membership report
  • Maintaining excellent documentation and create new efficient systems and processes for tracking and managing community engagements (CRM)
  • Oversee, evolve and manage the DPGA 5-year strategy results framework and the annual roadmap that corresponds to it.
  • Oversee and manage processes for capturing and maintaining up to date documentation on DPGA member and stakeholders activities in the annual roadmap.
  • Building and running meetings for members, product owners and other stakeholders
  • Coordinating and supporting events

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

  • An advanced university degree (Master’s or higher) in  international relations/development, computer science, business, non-profit management, or another relevant field.
    *A first University Degree in a relevant field combined with 2 additional years of professional experience may be accepted in lieu of an Advanced University Degree.
  • A minimum of 5 years of relevant professional experience managing projects and coordinating communities/members/stakeholders
  • Excellent written and verbal communication, presentation and facilitation skills
  • Excellent attention to detail
  • Demonstrated experiences maintaining community/partnership/donor processes that organise and coordinate organisations and individuals.
  • Demonstrated experience working with stakeholders at a variety of levels within organisation including directors, program managers and volunteers, preferably across several of the stakeholder types that are most relevant for the DPGA (governments, bilateral and philanthropic donors, NGOs, research communities, private sector companies)
  • Knowledge and understanding of open source and/or digital for development
  • Experience working in or with low and middle income country settings is an asset
  • Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.

 Payment details and further considerations

  • Monthly payment, based on monthly tasks and progress reports, approved upon monthly review with supervisor.
  • Consultant is responsible for his/her own health and travel insurance
  • Consultant is eligible for standard DSA for all work-related travel

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA).

The competencies required for this post are….

  • Builds and maintains partnerships - level 2
  • Innovates and embraces change - level 1
  • Works collaboratively with others - 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 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.

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. The candidate may also be subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid).

This vacancy is now closed.
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