Consultancy: Consultant, Documentation and dissemination of good practices in education - Education Section, PG, NYHQ/Remote - Req

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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, hope.

Consultancy Title: Documentation and dissemination of good practices in education

Section/Division/Duty Station: Education / PG / NYHQ

Duration: 10 months

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. The world's largest provider of vaccines for developing countries, 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. UNICEF has over 12,000 staff in more than 145 countries.

BACKGROUND

Demand for targeted education-related case studies continues to grow, especially in light of the revitalization of the Global Technical Teams. Work to streamline and update the information architecture will also be ongoing given pending organizational reform.

The consultancy covers creation of key education knowledge management content and their dissemination over key channels. Work to align internal and external platforms on unicef.org and SharePoint is also covered and necessary to keep pace with organizational reform.

Terms of Reference / Deliverables

Key Education Strategy-related knowledge products finalized:

• 15 to 20 two-page education case studies with mini-summaries and two-liners finalized
• 30 to 40 visual cards related to the case studies

• At least 3 blogs or articles related to Strategy priority areas produced

• Input on other 2-page case studies developed in collaboration with the global education team, as required.

• At least 24 Education Team Newsletters and Special Announcements produced, linking to Strategy knowledge products and events

Contents of Education Communication Site/Knowledge Domain updated

• Update resource packs for all priority areas

• Alignment of the Education Communication Site/Knowledge Domain with Global Reforms (e.g. create pages for Education Financing and School Health & Nutrition)

• Update news on the site on a bi-weekly basis

Contents of Education Internet finalized

• Publish Education studies and other permissible documents on the Education Internet sub-pages as needed.

• Revise Education Internet sub-pages at least once a year to keep statistics up to date following the publication of the ARR 2021

Qualifications

(1) Education

• Master’s in Education, Information Management or a related field

2) Work experience

• 5 years of relevant work experience at the national or international levels in fields related to Education and/or knowledge/information management.

• Demonstrated experience in developing and managing knowledge management platforms (i.e., intranet, communities of practice, content management, etc.) desirable.

• Previous work experience with UNICEF’s web-based content management system, Drupal, is required.

• Previous work experience in UNICEF is an asset.

3) Competencies

• Excellent communication and organizational skills and ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks.

• Excellent writing skills and knowledge of UNICEF style and editing conventions.

• Strong experience with Microsoft SharePoint and facility with Microsoft Office365 Suite.
• Fluency in English (verbal and written) is required.
• Knowledge of an additional UN Language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish) is considered an asset.

Requirements:

• Completed profile in UNICEF's e-Recruitment system. Upload copy of academic credentials.
• Financial proposal stating desired monthly rate (in US$) to undertake the terms of reference
• Indication of 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.

U.S. Visa information:

With the exception of the US Citizens, G4 Visa and Green Card holders, should the selected candidate and his/her household members reside in the United States under a different visa, the consultant and his/her household members are required to change their visa status to G4, and the consultant’s household members (spouse) will require an Employment Authorization Card (EAD) to be able to work, even if he/she was authorized to work under the visa held prior to switching to G4.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF’s core values of Commitment, Diversity and Integrity and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results. View our competency framework at: Here

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, race, sexual orientation, nationality, culture, appearance, socio-economic status, ability, age, religious, and ethnic backgrounds, 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, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles.