Consultancy: Business and Community Resilience Coordinator (11 Months), ROSA, Kathmandu

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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, an advocate

How can you make a difference?

- Coordinate the region’s BCR projects and provide direct oversight and technical support to the three countries implementing the BCR initiative (Maldives, Nepal, Sri Lanka), primarily, though potentially in other countries that request support.

- Be in charge of the monitoring and evaluation of BCR-related activities and reporting processes in the region.

- Document the BCR initiatives’ phases of implementation to capture good practices and lessons learned.

- Work closely with the Global BCR Coordinator to provide insights and contribute in the development of tools and guidance to equip UNICEF Country Offices and colleagues as they engage with business in support of disaster risk reduction (DRR), resilience and emergency preparedness.

- Promote the BCR approach at the regional level and at key events, and contribute in the development of regional business engagement strategies and action plans.

- Support inter-agency collaboration on business engagement in DRR, resilience and emergency preparedness at the regional level. For example, the BCR Regional Coordinator will be uniquely positioned to strengthen the collaboration between UNICEF and UNDP/OCHA on the Connecting Business initiative as well as with UNDRR on the ARISE initiative on business engagement, as well as with other regional mechanisms supporting disaster risk reduction.

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

• Master's degree in Business Administration, International Relations, Economic Development, Humanitarian and Development Studies, Social Science, International Development, Political Science, International Relations, or other relevant fields.
• Minimum 8 years of experience, including in developing and managing partnerships with business, CSR, Private foundations, or similar, and in humanitarian or development work and/or in brokering and managing multi-stakeholder partnerships for humanitarian and/ or emergency contexts (ideally in disaster risk reduction, emergency preparedness, response, and recovery).
• Experience in writing briefings, donor and budget reports, and periodic reporting.
• Experience in working in or supporting a developing country in humanitarian or development programs, emergency, or early recovery situations.
• Experience in working with international organizations (including United Nations agencies) and donors in terms of partnership-building initiatives on disaster risk reduction, emergency preparedness, response, and recovery is an asset.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English are required.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

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

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.

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