Consultant Partnerships, Education Outcomes Fund (EOF), Hosted Funds, 12 months, Req: 566705

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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, EDUCATION

There are few greater challenges faced by the global community than the twin crises of learning poverty and youth unemployment. In response, the Education Commission (chaired by Gordon Brown, former UK Prime Minister and UN Special Envoy for Global Education) and the Global Steering Group for Impact Investment (chaired by Sir Ronald Cohen) came together to create EOF. We aim to improve the education and employment outcomes of 10 million children and youth by supporting governments to utilize a range of innovative finance instruments at scale, including outcomes funds and other results-based financing (RBF) instruments.

EOF supports improvements in the quality of education and skills programs, with a special focus on underserved populations, including the hardest to reach, rural populations, girls, children with disabilities, and refugees. It measures (and pays for) what matters – both core skills like literacy and numeracy, but also critical 21st Century skills such as socio-emotional skills, ICT skills, and other broader fundamentals of a quality education. It helps close the persistent gap between the skills needed by employers and those attained by today’s youth by paying for employment and retention outcomes.

How can you make a difference?

PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT As Consultant (Partnerships), you will support EOF’s Chief of Operations to grow EOF’s partnerships and fundraising efforts, advising EOF’s leadership team about growing EOF’s partnerships with existing supporters and support our fundraising efforts to secure funding for EOF programs. This consultant will report directly to EOF's Chief of Operations.

DELIVERABLES

Deliverable

Description

Estimated number of working days

Deadline/ timeline

Deliverable 1:

Research on priority organizations for EOF to engage with regarding raising outcomes funding for its programs in the concept development and design stages.

(Minimum 10 pages, word format)

The research should follow EOF’s assessment framework for assessing outcomes funders. It may include any of EOF’s programmatic focus areas, including quality in basic education, early childhood care and education, and skills-for-employment.

30

By end of 12-month contract

Deliverable 2: Defined engagement strategies for at least 7 top-priority outcomes funders. (PowerPoint format, ~10 slides per potential funder).

Conduct a more thorough analysis of the high priority prospects and support EOF’s partnerships team to create a specific strategy for engagement for each funder. This should include details on the alignment between the potential funders’ strategy and EOF’s programmatic areas of focus, key stakeholders, communication strategies, and consultation with EOF’s program team.

35

(5 days per potential outcomes funder)

By end of 12-month contract

Deliverable 3: Draft fundraising/pitch material specialized to each of the top 8 priority outcomes funders for EOF’s basic education pipeline.

Support EOF’s partnerships team to create fundraising and pitch materials to support ongoing engagement with top 8 priority outcomes funders. This includes PowerPoint presentations and concept notes tailored to each priority funder’s remit and thematic priorities.

40

(5 days per outcomes funder)

By end of 12-month contract

Deliverable 4: Written donor reports, both narrative and financial updates, to EOF’s donors (estimated 13 donor reports over the 12-month contract, each report of 5 pages)

Prepare narrative and financial updates to existing donors as required, with inputs from EOF team. Track and monitor regular updates and reporting obligations.

26 days

2 days per report

Monthly – estimated

1-2 reports per month

Deliverable 5: Proposals to potential partners, prospects and external champions (8 proposals over the 12-month contract, 10-pages estimated per proposal)

Support EOF’s partnerships team to prepare fundraising and partnerships proposals to potential EOF partners, prospects and external champions, developed in consultation with EOF’s leadership team and with a deep understanding of EOF’s strategic priorities.

80 days

(10 days per proposal)

Quarterly

Total estimated working days – 210

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

• A first University Degree (Bachelors) in economics, business, international development or education.
• A minimum of TWO years of relevant professional experience in business development, fundraising, or partnerships.
• Experience working with, and developing funding partnerships working with private sector philanthropies and with major international donor organizations (such as FCDO, USAID, GAC).
• Experience in international development and education.
• Experience with innovative finance is strongly preferred.
• Fluency in English is required. Proficiency in French, Arabic or other languages in Africa or the MENA region is preferred.

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.

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.

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.