Consultant: Knowledge Management for Child Protection, Child Marriage and Disabilities (11 months)

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, an advocate

ROSA Child Protection has been implementing a knowledge management strategy with a focus on the generation and dissemination of evidence and knowledge on child protection, child marriage, and children with disabilities for advocacy and programming in South Asia. Child marriage knowledge management is a joint effort between UNICEF ROSA and UNFPA APRO.

There is a continued need for information and the latest knowledge on child protection topics among child protection staff in the region. ROSA and country offices need easy access to South Asia-specific information and documents about children with disabilities and about children affected by those with disabilities. The second phase of the UNFPA and UNICEF Global Programme to End Child Marriage requires ROSA and APRO to increase support to country offices with knowledge management activities, including strengthened use of evidence in the program implementation. Responses to the COVID-19 pandemic continue to require extensive support from ROSA Child Protection to broker fast-growing knowledge and learning between HQ, regional offices, and country offices as well as external partners.

How can you make a difference?

1. Updating the content of five knowledge platforms on SharePoint (child protection, PSEA, COVID-19 response, child marriage, and disability), including maintaining a repository of documents, tools, and other resources with appropriate taxonomy
2. Sourcing and disseminating key guidance and tools related to COVID-19 and child protection to country offices in South Asia, while maintaining update on the progress of response and results 
3. Providing quarterly reviews of about 250 words each in an accessible format to share recent evidence on thematic child protection issues
4. Providing a monthly review of about 250 words each in an accessible format to share recent evidence on child marriage and disabilities
5. Supporting organization of regional child protection network meeting in Kathmandu, including documentation
6. Supporting organization of regional child marriage meeting in Kathmandu, including documentation
7. Liaising with knowledge management focal points of ROSA and Child Protection in HQ to ensure cross-learning and complementarity

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

• An advanced university degree (Master’s or higher) in social science-related field of work*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 8 years of relevant professional experience in child protection and gender-related areas
• Knowledge of child marriage practices in South Asia
• Concrete experience in knowledge management, preferably in the area of child protection, child marriage, and disabilities
• Familiarity with SharePoint and other knowledge-sharing platforms (e.g. Yammer, Teams)
• Experience in organizing and documenting meetings
• Exposure to the UN system and ideally having worked with UNICEF, UNFPA, or UN Women in the past
• Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergencies is considered 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.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF’s values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA) and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.

The UNICEF competencies required for this post are…

• Builds and Maintains Partnerships
• Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness
• Innovates and embraces change
• Drive to achieve results for impact
• Manages ambiguity and complexity
• Thinks and acts strategically
• Works collaboratively with others

To view our competency framework, please visit here.

Click here to learn more about UNICEF’s values and competencies.

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:

Mobility is a condition of international professional employment with UNICEF and an underlying premise of the international civil service.

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.