Consultancy for Children and youth advocacy in climate policies and negotiations, Panama City, LACRO 10 months (Home-Based)
Support advocacy for child rights in climate policies and negotiations
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Overview
Support advocacy for child rights in climate policies and negotiations
You have:
- A first level University degree in areas related to economics, climate change, administration/management, environmental policy, environmental economics, environmental health, water resource management, natural resources management, social sciences and public policy.
- A minimum of 6 years of professional experience related to climate, energy, environment, disasters, child and youth-engagement in developing countries.
- Experience on climate advocacy.
- Knowledge and technical expertise in international climate policy.
- High capacity in coordination, analysis, and synthesis.
- Good understanding of the climate action and development context in Latin America and the Caribbean region.
- Familiarity with UNICEF programming and planning processes is an asset.
- Fluency in English and Spanish is required. Knowledge of French or Portuguese will be considered an asset.
Contract
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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 opportunity
The Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region is composed of 33 countries of which 16 are Small Island Developing States (SIDS). Besides being extremely vulnerable to natural hazards (both climate and non‐climate‐related), LAC has become increasingly vulnerable to the impacts of environmental hazards, including those imposed by climate change; according to the available scientific information the region will be severely affected even under lower levels of global warming. The climate change crisis is no longer a purely environmental issue but, instead, a socio‐economic crisis, and, in particular, a child rights crisis. There is a collective moral responsibility to scale practical solutions to climate change with real potential to make a difference for children and youth to survive, grow, and thrive. The coming years will be critical to promote concrete solutions with the potential of securing large‐scale impact, particularly through catalysing partnerships (public, private, etc.) for climate resilience. With the recent growth in youth climate action, UNICEF and its allies have a unique role to play to ensure that children and youth voices are adequately heard and responded to by decision makers, empowering children and youth as changemakers.
The Strategic Plan for 2022–2025, Goal Area 4, recognizes that climate change and environmental degradation are existential threats to a child’s ability to survive, grow, and thrive and that all levers of the organization need to work together in a coordinated fashion.
Internally, UNICEF’s Sustainability and Climate Change Action Plan provides a comprehensive blueprint to achieve our ambitious vision by 2030. The action plan is built around three objectives: Objective 1: PROTECT the resilience of children and their communities by adapting essential social services to a changing climate, more frequent disasters and a degrading environment; Objective 2: EMPOWER every child with the education, skills and opportunities to be a champion for the planet and a voice for children’s rights; Objective 3: ENACT ambitious sustainability and emissions reduction commitments within UNICEF and support our global network of partners, including governments and suppliers, to do the same.
The coming years will be critical, so the work that can be done at the local, national, regional and international climate governance level is key, so that the agreements and actions that are promoted respond to children. UNICEF works at all levels of climate governance, promoting the inclusion of children and supporting the climate empowerment of children and young people, as well as providing support to ensure that the voices of children and young people are heard and responded to appropriately by governments and decision makers.
UNICEF’s LACRO has developed a Regional Strategy on Action for Climate Empowerment to approach and reach objective 2.
How can you make a difference?
The consultant will mainly support the implementation of the regional strategy by empowering children and young people ensuring that their voices are heard and their rights protected. He/she will work to support country offices to promote child sensitive climate agreements, policies, plans and programs, enhancing the capacities of decision-makers to work with a focus on children, youth and with an intergenerational approach. He/she will also strengthen the focus on children during the work at conventions such as the UNFCCC, CBD, UNCCCD. In addition, will support the generation of new materials for the Toolkit for young climate activists, identify main actors and negotiations (UNFCCC, CBD, UNCCCD) in Latin America and the Caribbean to support spaces of interventions , develop an advocacy strategy with groups of negotiators and a climate governance guide for UNICEF country offices in Latin America and the Caribbean.
The consultant will work under the overall supervision and guidance of the UNICEF LACRO Regional Climate Change and Sustainable Development Advisor.
Key Activities/Tasks
Work Assignments Overview
Deliverables/Outputs
Delivery deadline
1)
Mapping of negotiators (UNFCCC, CBD, UNCCCD) in Latin America and the Caribbean.
15-11-2023
20%
2)
Advocacy strategy with groups of negotiators from Latin America and the Caribbean.
15-12-2023
15%
3)
Climate governance guide for UNICEF country offices in Latin America and the Caribbean.
01-03-2024
15%
4)
Development of a guide (best practices) for the inclusion of children and young people in NDCs and other climate policies.
30-05-2024
20%
5)
Climate change booklet for children, based on the Toolkit for young climate activists
30-07-2024
30%
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
- A first level University degree in areas related to economics, climate change, administration/management, environmental policy, environmental economics, environmental health, water resource management, natural resources management, social sciences and public policy.
- A minimum of 6 years of professional experience related to climate, energy, environment, disasters, child and youth-engagement in developing countries.
- Experience on climate advocacy.
- Knowledge and technical expertise in international climate policy.
- High capacity in coordination, analysis, and synthesis.
- Good understanding of the climate action and development context in Latin America and the Caribbean region.
- Familiarity with UNICEF programming and planning processes is an asset.
- Fluency in English and Spanish is required. Knowledge of French or Portuguese will be considered an asset.
For every Child, you demonstrate…
UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS).
To view our competency framework, please visit here.
Administrative details
Supervision: The consultant will work under the overall supervision and guidance of the LACRO Regional Climate Change and Sustainable Development Advisor.
Workplace: The consultancy is home-based. Travel may be involved. International/national travel may be required, discussed and agreed with the consultant (a separate travel line will be included in the contract).
Duration: 10 months
How to Apply: Application should be submitted online and should include: TMS application form duly completed, Cover Letter, Study certificates and Financial proposal.
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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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.
Potential interview questions
| Can you provide an example of a time you influenced a climate policy decision? | This question seeks to assess your experience in climate advocacy and influencing decision-makers. | Describe your role in the process and the impact of your contributions. |
| How do you engage young people in climate advocacy initiatives? | The interviewer is looking to understand your strategies for involving youth in advocacy efforts. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| What strategies do you use to ensure that children's voices are included in climate negotiations? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| What challenges have you faced when working on climate policies, and how did you overcome them? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| How do you measure the success of your advocacy efforts in climate issues? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
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