Climate Partnerships and Financing Junior Consultant, New York Headquarters, Public Partnerships Division (PPD), 6 months

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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, Partnerships ...

The consultancy is based in the Public Partnerships Division (PPD) within the Climate Partnership and Financing team which covers the engagement with public donors while collaboratively engaging with the Public Private Partnerships team (Multilateral Climate Funds) and Private Fundraising and Partnerships (PFP) team (UNICEF National Committees) to leverage public partnerships engagement towards the increase income growth for the Sustainability and Climate Change Action Plan (SCAP) 2023-2030.

The consultant will work closely with the Global Lead on Climate Partnerships and Finance to gather evidence and support all areas of resource mobilization engagement as per the PPD/PFP global climate resource mobilization strategy which focuses on the five key global initiatives of the SCAP: 1. Climate-informed risk reduction, humanitarian action, and resilient recovery from disasters 2. Sustainable energy for health-care facilities, schools, and WASH 3. Sustainable WASH services in areas most vulnerable to climate change 4. Pathways for young people to be more effective champions for sustainability 5. Climate-smart social services.

Scope of work

• Support drafting and updating key strategic documents and monitor public donors’ engagement on climate.
• Collaborate with the Programme Global Leads on each of the four global initiatives of the Sustainability Climate Action Plan (SCAP).
• Coordinate PPD engagement on the Climate Partnership advocacy and high-level influencing events.
• Collaborate and coordinate monthly SCAP Cafes with Regional Offices.
• Set up and maintain PPD Climate Finance and Partnerships SharePoint.
• Assist in PPD capacity building on climate finance through doing background .
• Collaborate in setting up and managing the climate focused resource mobilization pipeline database.
• Support coordination of public donors’ engagement ahead of and during COP 29.
• Prepare required documentation ahead of SCAP Steering Committee meetings.
• Support donors’ proposal drafting.
• Conceptualise internal knowledge management (and maintain the share point) and expand contents of the climate finance partnerships HUB.
• Contribute and coordinate the quarterly newsletter.

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

• Masters in climate, sustainability, development, human rights, or another relevant field.
• 2 years’ experience of working in relevant field is preferable.
• Proven analysis skills and visualization software.
• Experience in humanitarian and/or development programming.
• Knowledge of climate, environment, and donors’ engagement.
• Experience working with UNICEF, or another United Nations agency is preferable and an added advantage.
• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) is an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

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

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UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic.

UNICEF offers reasonable accommodation for consultants/individual contractors with disabilities. This may include, for example, accessible software, travel assistance for missions or personal attendants. We encourage you to disclose your disability during your application in case you need reasonable accommodation during the selection process and afterwards in your assignment.

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. 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.

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