The Partnerships and Advocacy consultant, working with the Partnership Manager, will develop resource mobilization, advocacy, and event management documents and tools to facilitate the successful implementation of the team’s resource mobilization and advocacy strategies.
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Vacancy Announcement: Consultant
Consultancy Title: Partnerships and Advocacy Consultant
Section/Division/Duty Station: Partnerships and Advocacy Team, WASH Section, Programme Group – NYHQ
Duration: December 1, 2023 to November 30, 2024 - REMOTE
About UNICEF
If you are a committed, creative professional and are passionate about making a lasting difference for children, the world's leading children's rights organization would like to hear from you. For 70 years, UNICEF has been working on the ground in 190 countries and territories to promote children's survival, protection, and development. UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, good water and sanitation, quality basic education for all boys and girls, and the protection of children from violence, exploitation, and AIDS. UNICEF is funded entirely by the voluntary contributions of individuals, businesses, foundations, and governments.
BACKGROUND
Purpose of Activity/Assignment:
Development of resource mobilization, advocacy, and event management documents, reports, and tools in support of the successful delivery of the UNICEF WASH Resource Mobilization and Advocacy strategies.
Scope of Work:
One of the programming approaches under UNICEF’s strategic plan is to leverage public and private financing for scaled-up, sustainable WASH programs. UNICEF WASH teams globally are currently deploying a resource mobilization strategy to leverage the much-needed resources and accelerate progress towards SDG 6.1 and 6.2 on Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene.
The strategy objective is to empower UNICEF WASH staff to engage in financing discussions with governments, the private sector, and financial institutions and make informed decisions about where best to focus UNICEF’s partnership efforts.
Equally important is the team's focus on high-level advocacy to make sure that we make the best use of our internal and external assets to drive policy changes to help making greater progress toward SDG6 targets and increase children’s access to water, sanitation, and hygiene.
The Partnerships and Advocacy consultant, working with the Partnership Manager, will develop resource mobilization, advocacy, and event management documents and tools to facilitate the successful implementation of the team’s resource mobilization and advocacy strategies.
Detailed tasks and deliverables are outlined under the Work Assignment Overview below.
Terms of Reference / Deliverables
- Resource Mobilization Strategy Tools
- Creation of powerful tools, reports, presentations, and internal communication material for the successful delivery of the resource mobilization strategy for WASH
- Public and Private Sector Engagement Tools
- Creation of donors’ databases, concept notes, donor briefings, and external communication tools for partners’ and donors’ engagement
- Advocacy, Communication, and Events
List of deliverables in chronological order:
December 2023
- Create Resource Mobilization workplan tools
- Generate Monthly reports on RM advancements and related presentations
- Develop an advocacy calendar
- Draft communications documents, text for social media, key messages, report launches, ED Briefing Notes for COP 28
- Create background notes on key global initiatives and moments
January 2024
- Draft communications documents, text for social media, key messages, report launches, ED Briefing Notes for Davos 2024
- Generate Monthly reports on RM advancements and related presentations
- Revise donors and partners database
- Create monthly content for the WASH External Newsletter (bulletin)
February 2024
- Generate Monthly reports on RM advancements and related presentations
- Create save the dates, invitations, invitee lists, and event material including photo loops and PowerPoint slides for the WASH Partners Meeting
- Generate monthly content for the WASH External Newsletter (bulletin)
March 2024
- Generate Monthly reports on RM advancements and related presentations
- Create save the dates, invitations, invitee lists, and event material including photo loops and PowerPoint slides
- Revise and update the Resource Mobilization SharePoint site
- Create monthly content for the WASH External Newsletter (bulletin)
April 2024
- Generate Monthly reports on RM advancements and related presentations
- Revise background notes on key global initiatives and moments
- Create donors’ engagement plans
May 2024
- Draft communications documents and key messages, save the dates invitations, invitee lists, and event material including photo loops and PowerPoint slides for the WASH Partners Meeting
- Generate Monthly reports on RM advancements and related presentations
- Create save the dates, invitations, and invitee lists for Stockholm World Water Week
- Create monthly content for the WASH External Newsletter (bulletin)
June 2024
- Create follow-up material for donors participating in the WASH Partners Meeting
- Generate Monthly reports on RM advancements and related presentations
- Create monthly content for the WASH External Newsletter (bulletin)
July 2024
- Generate Monthly reports on RM advancements and related presentations
- Create event material including photo loops and PowerPoint slides for Stockholm World Water Week
- Create save the dates, invitations, invitee lists, and event material including photo loops and PowerPoint slides
- Create monthly content for the WASH External Newsletter (bulletin)
August 2024
- Draft communications documents, text for social media, key messages, report launches, Briefing Notes for Stockholm World Water Week
- Generate Monthly reports on RM advancements and related presentations
- Create monthly content for the WASH External Newsletter (bulletin)
September 2024
- Draft communications documents, text for social media, key messages, report launches, ED Briefing Notes for UNGA 2024
- Generate Monthly reports on RM advancements and related presentations
- Create monthly content for the WASH External Newsletter (bulletin)
October 2024
- Generate Monthly reports on RM advancements and related presentations
- Create save the dates, invitations, invitee lists, and event material including photo loops and PowerPoint slides for COP 29
- Revise donors’ engagement plans
- Create monthly content for the WASH External Newsletter (bulletin)
November 2024
- Generate Monthly reports on RM advancements and related presentations
- Create save the dates, invitations, invitee lists, and event material including photo loops and PowerPoint slides for COP 29 Create monthly content for the WASH External Newsletter (bulletin)
Travel ( if applicable)
Qualifications
1) Education
- University degree in Business Management, Communication, Marketing, International Relations, Social Sciences, or a related field is required.
2) Work experience
- Minimum of 3-years-experience in fundraising from either private or public sector, marketing, communication, or event management is required
- Strong organizational skills and attention to details
- Proficient ability to efficiently manage large amounts of information and new cloud-based filing systems (i.e.: Microsoft, SharePoint, Teams)
- Demonstrated ability to research, capture, and condense information in a well-structured way
- Ability to manage events and webinars online and in person
- Good interpersonal skills and a proven record of strong collaboration within previous organizations and with other external organizations.
- Understanding of the work of the UN, and UNICEF is an advantage.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills in English are required
Requirements:
- Completed profile in UNICEF's e-Recruitment system and provide Personal History Form (P11) Upload copy of academic credentials
- Technical proposal with methodology for deliverables and timelines
- Financial proposal that will include:
- Cost per deliverable or lumpsum for the whole deliverables as indicated in the terms of reference
- travel costs and daily subsistence allowance, if internationally recruited or travel is required as per TOR.
- Any other estimated costs: visa, health insurance, and living costs as applicable.
- Indicate your availability
- Any emergent / unforeseen duty travel and related expenses will be covered by UNICEF.
- At the time the contract is awarded, the selected candidate must have in place current health insurance coverage.
- Payment of professional fees will be based on submission of agreed satisfactory 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
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Individuals engaged under a consultancy 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. Consultants 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 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.