Consultant (14 months, office or home-based) Events, Multi-Stakeholder Platforms, PFP, Geneva

Consultant Communications & PR

Overview

Coordinate and plan UNICEF’s participation in major global events.

You have:

• A first-level university degree (Bachelor’s degree or higher), in combination with qualifying experience, may be accepted in lieu of an advanced university degree.
• A minimum of five years of progressively responsible experience in Partnerships or Project Management.
• Experience in planning, organizing, coordinating, and managing global events, including engagement with senior leadership and external partners.
• Experience working with or within multilateral institutions. Knowledge of UNICEF context highly desirable.
• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another UN language is considered an asset.
• Strong organizational, planning, and analytical skills.
• Flexibility, strong teamwork skills, and demonstrated professional and personal integrity.

Contract

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UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.

At UNICEF, we are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do for as long as we are needed. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job – it is a calling.

UNICEF is a place where careers are built. We offer our staff diverse opportunities for professional and personal development that will help them reinforce a sense of purpose while serving children and communities across the world. We welcome everyone who wants to belong and grow in a diverse and passionate culture., coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package.

Visit our website to learn more about what we do at UNICEF.

For every child, the right to peace

PURPOSE OF ASSIGNMENT:

The purpose of this assignment is to ensure the seamless coordination, planning, and execution of UNICEF’s presence and activations at several major global events: the UNGA80 in September 2025, COP30 in November 2025, the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting in January 2026, and other key moment in Q1 2026. This involves close collaboration with internal teams and external partners to define project scopes, develop comprehensive project plans, and deliver impactful event experiences and activations.

How can you make a difference?

SCOPE OF WORK:

The scope of this assignment involves coordinating and planning UNICEF’s participation in these global events. In addition to the collaboration outlined above, it also includes managing event agencies to develop detailed project plans, oversee logistics, and ensure effective space management, including branding and access. Additionally, the assignment covers planning and executing activities within the space, such as managing speaker engagements, developing agendas, creating timelines, and preparing briefing notes. Deliverables include comprehensive coordination plans, finalized event setups, and briefs for activations, ensuring a successful and strategic presence at these prominent global events.

Work ASSIGNMENTS/OVERVIEW:

• UNGA Wrap-up
• COP30 Support and Delivery
• COP30 Delivery
• Davos 2025 Coordination and Planning
• Davos 2025 Experience/Activation Creation
• Q2 event i.e. Munich Security Conference
• Davos 2025
• UNGA Kick Off Coordination
• Q3 event i.e. WH, Cannes or other priority
• UNGA Ongoing Coordination
• UNGA Delivery
• COP31 Support and Delivery
• COP31 Delivery
• Davos 2026 Coordination and Planning
• Davos 2026 Experience/Activation Creation

DELIVERABLES: Please find detailed delivery schedule here. Detailed Delivery Schedule _Consultancy Global Events.pdf

Travel:

• Travel during the assignment may be required and will be covered separately by UNICEF, as it is not included in the lump sum fee.

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

Education:

• A first-level university degree (Bachelor’s degree or higher), in combination with qualifying experience, may be accepted in lieu of an advanced university degree.

Experience:

• A minimum of five years of progressively responsible experience in Partnerships or Project Management.
• Experience in planning, organizing, coordinating, and managing global events, including engagement with senior leadership and external partners.
• Experience working with or within multilateral institutions. Knowledge of UNICEF context highly desirable.

Language Requirements:

• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another UN language is considered an asset.

Others:

• Strong organizational, planning, and analytical skills.
• Flexibility, strong teamwork skills, and demonstrated professional and personal integrity.

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.

Remarks:

Please indicate your all-inclusive (lump sum) fees against the deliverables listed above, including all associated administrative and travel costs (if applicable), in the cover letter. The office selects the individual based on best value for money.

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.

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.

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 does not hire candidates who are married to children (persons under 18). 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 based on gender, nationality, age, race, sexual orientation, religious or ethnic background or disabilities. UNICEF is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. 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, and selected candidates with disabilities may be requested to submit supporting documentation in relation to their disability confidentially.

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