Consultant (Partner Engagement), Sanitation and Water for All (SWA), 12 months, REMOTE, Req: 568448

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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, OPPORTUNITIES

Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) is a global UNICEF hosted partnership of over 400 partners, including governments, private sector and civil society organizations, external support agencies, research and learning institutions, utilities and regulators working together to catalyse political leadership and action, improve accountability and use scarce resources more effectively. Partners work towards a common vision of sanitation, hygiene and water for all, always and everywhere.

The Secretariat of the SWA global partnership is hosted by UNICEF at its Headquarters in New York and Geneva. The SWA Secretariat, as the operational arm of the Partnership and of the Steering Committee, is responsible for supporting the implementation of the partnership’s strategy.

In 2020, SWA adopted its ten-year Strategic Framework 2020-2030, whose ultimate vision is sanitation, water and hygiene for all, always and everywhere. The Strategic Framework has three objectives:

• Objective 1: Build and sustain political will to eliminate inequalities in water, sanitation and hygiene.
• Objective 2: Champion multi-stakeholder approaches toward achieving universal access to services.
• Objective 3: Rally stakeholders to strengthen system performance and attract new investments.

How can you make a difference?

PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT

Under the direct supervision of the SWA Programme Specialist, the consultant will provide direct support for partner engagement to develop efficient plans and processes for the engagement of strategic partners, with a particular focus on Heads of State Engagement, High-Level Meetings as well as mobilisation in underrepresented constituencies.

EXPECTED RESULTS

The Consultant is expected to deliver the following results:

• Develop engagement plans for two SWA High Level Meetings, namely the Finance Ministers’ Meetings for Latin America and the Caribbean and for Asia-Pacific, and the follow up process to the Finance Ministers’ Meeting for Africa
• Develop a long list of 22 potential new partners to join different constituencies as specified, develop an outreach plan, correspondence and meetings to solicit their interest to join the SWA partnership, and the integration of new partners into the partnership
• Develop concepts and implementation plans for four online exchanges, four constituency virtual meetings and three trainings
• Develop an engagement plan to ensure the active participation of strategic partners from non-government constituencies, except CSOs, in SWA’s priority countries.

WORK ASSIGNMENT OVERVIEW****DELIVERABLES / OUTPUT****TIMELINE****ESTIMATED WORKING DAYSDevelop engagement plans for two SWA High Level Meetings, namely the Finance Ministers’ Meetings for Latin America and the Caribbean and for Asia-Pacific, and the follow up process to the Finance Ministers’ Meeting for Africa

Develop one engagement plan for the SWA High Level Meetings taking place in April 2024 (Finance Ministers’ Meeting Latin America and Caribbean) and May (Finance Ministers’ Meeting Asia and Pacific) to efficiently reach out to and ensure active engagement of at least 12 strategic SWA non-government partners (external support agencies, research & learning, utilities & regulators and the private sector constituencies) in the preparation, implementation and follow up of each Meeting

Develop 1 plan to mobilise partners from the above constituencies to contribute to and participate in the preparatory processes and at least 4 webinars for the Finance Ministers’ Meetings for Latin America and the Caribbean and Asia and Pacific respectively, and the follow-up to the Finance Ministers’ Meeting for Africa, and ensure resourceful contributions to the Finance Ministers Meeting for Latin America through presence at the meeting by preparing at least 3 briefings and facilitating discussions so constituencies develop common positions to bring into the meetings.

Jan 2024 (FMM LAC) Feb 2024 (FMM AP)

Jan-Feb 2024(FMM Africa) Feb – May 2024 (FMM LAC) Mar-Jun 2024 (FMM AP)

12 Days

30 Days

Develop a long list of 22 potential new partners to join different constituencies as specified, develop an outreach plan, correspondence and meetings to solicit their interest to join the SWA partnership, and the integration of new partners into the partnership

Develop at least 12 profiles of potential new SWA partners from private sector (3), external support agencies (3) research and learning (3) and government constituencies (3), develop an outreach plan, correspondence, and meetings to solicit their interest to join the partnership

Identify at least 10 potential new partners in the utilities and regulators constituency, develop an outreach plan, correspondence and meetings, leading to at least 5 of these agencies joining SWA

Induction packages for at least 10 new partners developed and two (2) induction and orientation sessions for new partners delivered

May-Jul 2024

Jul-Sept 2024

Sept-Dec 2024

25 days

20 Days

17 Days

Develop concepts and implementation plans for four online exchanges, four constituency virtual meetings and three trainings

Develop concepts and implementation plans for four online exchanges between SWA non-government partners (external support agencies, research & learning, utilities & regulators and the private sector constituencies)

Organise up to four constituency virtual meetings for external support agencies, private sector, research & learning and utilities & regulators constituencies, including preparing concepts, presentations and meeting reports for each meeting.

Organise up to three trainings for utilities & regulators together with the World Bank, including preparing concepts, presentations and reports for sharing with the SWA partnership.

Jan-Mar 2024

Mar, Jun, Sept, Dec 2024

Apr, Jul, Oct 2024

10 Days

12 Days

9 Days

Develop an engagement plan to ensure the active participation of strategic partners from non-government constituencies, except CSOs, in SWA’s priority countries

Conduct a preliminary analysis including mapping of partners in 10 SWA priority countries

Mobilise partners to join multistakeholder platforms (MSPs) in at least 4 SWA priority countries, including through one global online meetings with partners in 4 countries, preparation of country-specific briefing materials and invitations to quarterly MSP meeting per country (16 meetings in total)

Conduct a preliminary analysis to identify 1-2 major partners from non-government constituencies (except CSOs) and develop briefings for each partner and correspondence templates to seek their support to the Heads of State Initiatives in at least five countries (up to 25 briefings and correspondence templates)

Jan-Mar 2024

Mar-Aug 2024

Mar-Dec 2024

10 Days

20 Days

25 Days

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

• An advanced university degree (Master’s or higher) in environmental sciences, foreign relations or equivalent.
• A minimum of five years of relevant professional experience in high-level multilateral and multi-stakeholder platforms and partnerships, incl. international agencies, governmental authorities, private sector or NGOs
• Experience in WASH is not a prerequisite, but a strong asset
• Experience working with national government(s) and their strategic partners in areas related to good governance and policy analysis is strongly desirable
• Excellent inter-personal and communication skills
• Excellent drafting and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently but in collaboration with a variety of stakeholders
• Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency is considered an asset.
• Fluency in English and Spanish is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, or Russian).

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:

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

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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.