Work for UNICEF from the comfort of your home as a home based Consultant (Advocacy and Capacity Strengthening Consultant)

Finance October 21, 2023

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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.

Work for UNICEF from the comfort of your home as a home based Consultant (Advocacy and Capacity Strengthening Consultant)

Contract type: Consultant
Duty Station: Geneva
Level: Consultancy
Location: Switzerland

Purpose of Activity/Assignment

The GWC seeks to advocate and influence greater WASH coordination in crises, being a driver of change strengthening inter-sectoral linkages, collaboration, partnerships and innovation on WASH coordinated responses. This requires dedicated resources to implement advocacy and capacity strengthening activities for the Global WASH Cluster’s (GWC) and as defined by the advocacy strategic guidance 2023.

The purpose of this assignment is to support the GWC with operational and capacity strengthening approaches for advocacy and to implement the advocacy toolkit for and develop advocacy strategies for National Coordination Platforms (NCP). This will support and promote evidence-based advocacy best practices in humanitarian WASH coordination, identify global advocacy issues, develop key messages, and define uptake processes for the GWC to carry out its Strategic Plan 2022 – 2025.

Estimated Duration of the Contract

359 working days from 01 January 2024 to 30 June 2025

Consultant’s Workplace and Official Travel

This is a Home based consultancy.
As part of this assignment, there will be an estimated number of up to 10 travels/deployments expected. The consultant will arrange her/his travel as and when they take place and related costs will be reimbursed.

Estimated Cost of the Consultancy & Payment Schedule

Please propose a Professional Fee for 359 working days from 01 January 2024 to 30 June 2025 to undertake this assignment.

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

A first university degree (Bachelor) in one of the following fields is required: International Affairs, Humanitarian Affairs, Education, Political Science, Management or other relevant field.

Knowledge/Expertise/Skills required

A minimum of 4 years of relevant experience in advocacy, communications, information and/or knowledge management within the humanitarian WASH sector, preferably with cluster/sector coordination platforms
6 years of relevant experience in advocacy, communications, information and/or knowledge management may be accepted in lieu of a university degree
Previous experience with UN / UNICEF and knowledge of humanitarian clusters; humanitarian WASH experience is an asset.
Experience in developing advocacy strategies and approaches is an asset within the humanitarian WASH sector, preferably with cluster/sector coordination platforms
Experience in developing and rolling out capacity strengthening approaches is an asset within the humanitarian WASH sector, preferably with cluster/sector coordination platforms
Experience and advanced skills in data analysis and visualization, information and knowledge management and graphic design tools and software (Excel, R, Adobe suite, Power BI, ARC-GIS, Web content management)
Good analytical and conceptual thinking
Ability to communicate with high efficiency to diverse audiences
Proven evidence of writing and presentation skills
Ability to be flexible and work within tight deadlines
Ability to work collaboratively, both independently and within a multicultural team
Excellent managerial/organization skills and a solution-oriented attitude
A strong sense of client orientation and a strong drive for results
Written and spoken fluency in English. Other languages, particularly French, Spanish, or Arabic, are strongly desirable.