Giga Partnerships Support Consultant, Office of Innovation, Barcelona, Spain, 12 months (Revised ToR)

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Application deadline 1 year ago: Saturday 18 Mar 2023 at 22:55 UTC

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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, Innovation!

About Giga

Launched in 2019 as a joint initiative between UNICEF and ITU, Giga has set the ambitious goal to connect every school in the world to the internet.

Half of the world’s population has no regular access to the Internet. Millions of children leave school without any digital skills, making it much more difficult for them to thrive and contribute to local and global economies. This has created a digital divide between those who are connected and those who are not, a divide that has become even wider during the Covid-19 pandemic. UNICEF and ITU have therefore joined forces to create Giga, an initiative to connect every school in the world to the Internet and address this new form of inequality.

About UNICEF

UNICEF has a 75-year history of innovating for children. We believe that new approaches, partnerships, and technologies that support realizing children’s rights are critical to improving their lives.

How can you make a difference?

We are seeking a strong and committed Partnership Specialist who is:

  • Motivated to create and grow public-private partnerships for technology and innovation
  • Interested in your exploring the role that private sector can play in furthering Giga’s mission to connect every young person to the internet
  • Adept at developing and balancing working relationships across the organization to advance Giga’s partnership goals

Your main responsibilities will be, but not limited to the following:

  • Understand the full scope of partners’ businesses and strategic objectives to maximize the potential of Giga’s partnerships.
  • Develop joint communications and business plans with critical partners.
  • Support the development of market analyses to identify business opportunities for Giga.
  • Build trusted, strategic relationships with internal stakeholders and external partners and develop a thorough understanding of their business challenges.
  • Provide a dependable and responsive service to our partners, focusing on partners needs for mutual benefit.
  • Provide operational support across a portfolio of partners, collaborating with account managers and NatCoM/COs to resolve issues and accelerate processes.

Please access the revised ToR here Giga_Partnerships Support Specialist_13Mar23 revised.docx

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

  • A minimum of 5 years of experience in partnerships, communications, and/or non-profit management
  • Experience with fundraising and partnerships management in the United Nations or development/non-profit space
  • A proven track record of organizing and executing complex workstreams.
  • The ability to prioritize and manage progress and deadlines across a diverse range of partners, projects, and activities.
  • Very strong writing, editing, and content development skills, as well as demonstrated strength in communication.
  • Experience working with (or ability to quickly learn about and speak to) technology, data, telecommunications, and innovative solutions
  • Ability to manage multiple perspectives and sets of priorities, driving toward consensus across several stakeholders
  • Fluency in English. Competence in another UN language preferred.
  • Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency is considered an asset.

    Travel

  • The consultant is expected to travel to Geneva two times which will require a stay of 1 week each.

  • The consultant is responsible to arrange his/her own travel, including visa.

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.

Payment details and further considerations

  • Payment is made upon completion of each deliverable.
  • Consultant is responsible for his/her own health and travel insurance.
  • Consultant is eligible for standard DSA for all work-related travel.
  • The contract will include a reimbursement for travel, to cover 1 return ticket to Barcelona as well as 2 planned trips to Geneva, Switzerland with the following provisions.
  • Reimbursement of flight cost upon submission of receipts based on actual travel.
  • Payment of DSA / per diem based on actual travel days applicable during the month of travel, not exceeding the official rate.
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