Consultancy Recruitment: Youth Engagement Lead, Prague, Czech Republic (131 days October 31, 2023- June 30

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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, A future

The Czech Republic currently hosts close to 400 thousand refugees from Ukraine, with an estimated 30,000 refugees between the ages of 15-19. UNICEF is committed to ensuring that youth are represented as leaders and change agents in the design and implementation of activities.

As such, UNICEF works with partners to incorporate youth into defining and designing interventions that impact youth. This includes working with youth to lead data collection, co-create programmes, and conduct qualitative assessments of UNICEF-funded programmes. The goal is to influence key decision makers by incorporating youth perspective into all programme activity that impacts them. As part of this effort, UNICEF seeks a youth consultant to train other youth in collecting information and designing and assessing programmes using design methodologies. The consultant will also work with UNICEF staff and partners to engage directly with policy makers in order to communicate youth-expressed needs with a view to influence policy and programme initiatives.

How can you make a difference?

1. The consultant will work with UNICEF and partners to implement the following key activities:

a. Work with youth to access UNICEF-funded programmes and document their experience. b. Identify and train youth in how to conduct feedback exercises. c. Support the roll-out of exercises, in particular supporting youth in ensuring their outputs are of high quality.

2. Roll-out a series of youth co-creation workshops about employment and education across the country, in collaboration with UNICEF partners at regional integration centers.

a. Work with youth representatives employed by regional integration centers to identify youth across the country to participate. b. Using human centered design methodology, lead co-creation workshops. c. Synthesize data from workshops into actionable insights.

3. Support youth representatives across the country to design and implement outreach strategies in their regions.4. Support UNICEF team in integrating youth voice into their strategies and advocacy efforts. 4. Support digital outreach and communications efforts targeted at Ukrainian refugees across all sections. 5. Where relevant, represent youth perspective (own perspective and synthesis of youth-led research) in meetings, workshops, and other relevant forums.

Deliverables / Outputs:Tasks / Milestones:TimelineEstimate workload. (Working. days)1Network of youth trained to assess UNICEF-funded programmes through feedback exercise.• Work with UNICEF partners to identify youth to participate in assessment of UNICEF funded programmes. • Train community members in qualitative feedback/assessment methodology • Provide ongoing feedback and training focal points as they conduct the exercisesOctober 31, 2023- March 31, 2024 25218 youth co-creation sessions completed.• Working with regional integration centers across the country, support focal points in doing outreach for participation in co-creation sessions • Conduct co-creation sessions across regional integration centers • Working with UNICEF team, synthesize the data into actionable insights.October 31, 2023 -November 31, 2024,463Youth focal points across the Czech Republic are trained and supported to design and implement outreach strategies.• Working with UNICEF team, develop online training programme for 28 youth representatives on designing an outreach strategy. • Weekly online meetings with youth representatives to introduce design methodologies for outreach. • Facilitate in-person lessons-learned conference for 14 youth representatives • Conduct field visits to programme sites to facilitate co-creation exercises with the youth representatives as needed.November 1, 2023- March 29, 2024, 4543-4 digital communications products about UNICEF services• Working with UNICEF teams and selected implementing partners, identify areas where direct communications to youth could be impactful. • Working with UNICEF teams and selected implementing partners, develop communications materials and distribute them through the most appropriate digital channelsOctober 31, 2023- June 30, 2024, 753-4 consultations with policy makers on areas specifically related to youth experience in the Czech Republic• Working with UNICEF ADAP and communication team, synthesize results of consultations into key messages. • Present key messages in decision-making fora, including to policy makers, ambassadors, etc.October 31, 2023- June 30, 2024, 461-2 written pieces to communicate the experiences faced by youth in the Czech Republic for distribution through UNICEF internal communications channels and Czech media.• Working with UNICEF Communications team, write blogs, human interest stories, etc. to present your perspective on the co-creation work with UNICEF, and the challenges faced by youth in the Czech Republic to a broader audience.October 31, 2023- June 30, 2024, 4To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

• A minimum education requirement of Secondary School diploma is required.
• Fluent in English and either Ukrainian or Czech.
• Training in human centered design, participatory research, or qualitative research methodologies is highly desirable.
• “Context expertise”, e.g., has experience being displaced youth in the Czech Republic is highly desirable.
• Experience working with UNICEF, or another UN Agency is highly desirable.
• Training in research ethics, prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse, and familiarity with child safeguarding principles is highly desirable.
• Is entrepreneurial, curious, and passionate about social impact.
• Works well as part of a team, consistently seeks to understand the perspective of others.
• Strong ability to synthesis multiple streams of information
• Strong communication skills
• Feels comfortable with ambiguity. Able to balance flexible work style while maintaining focus on goal.

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:

• Candidate should be between 18 and 25 years old and should have some experience with human centered design; however formal training is not required.
• Completion of the UN/UNICEF mandatory trainings is obligatory upon commencement of the contract.
• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.
• All materials developed will remain the copyright of UNICEF and UNICEF will be free to adapt and modify them in the future.
• The Consultant will perform his/her duties in line with UNICEF standards and procedures.
• Individuals engaged under a consultancy 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.
• Consultants 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.

• Payment of professional fees will be based on submission of agreed 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.

  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.

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' 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.