Innovation Analyst

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This is a UNV National Specialist contract. This kind of contract is known as National UN Volunteer. It is normally only for nationals. More about UNV National Specialist contracts.

The fundamental mission of UNICEF is to promote the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything the organization does — in programs, in advocacy and in operations. The equity strategy, emphasizing the most disadvantaged and excluded children and families, translates this commitment to children’s rights into action. For UNICEF, equity means that all children have an opportunity to survive, develop and reach their full potential, without discrimination, bias or favouritism. To the degree that any child has an unequal chance in life — in its social, political, economic, civic and cultural dimensions — her or his rights are violated. There is growing evidence that investing in the health, education and protection of a society’s most disadvantaged citizens — addressing inequity — not only will give all children the opportunity to fulfill their potential but also will lead to sustained growth and stability of countries. The Innovation Unit, where this position is based, is a catalytic unit supporting the acceleration of results and helping test out new innovative ways to address bottlenecks in reaching children and youth. The Unit supports all sectors of the UNICEF Kenya programme in achieving its planned results for the period 2018-2022, the new country programme 2022-2026 and also UNICEF’s contribution to the Kenya Generation Unlimited partnership.

Under the direct supervision of Information Management Specialist at UNICEF Kenya, the UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks:

• Supporting UNICEF and partners in delivering the Generation Unlimited agenda leading trialling and testing of youth engagement platforms such as the youth digital marketplace, Yunitok, and the generation unlimited youth challenge. • Collaborating with UNICEF colleagues and stakeholders on the design of projects, initiatives and pilots to quickly validate new ideas and test/assess the effectiveness of identified initiatives, including (but not limited to) monitoring progress/impact, formulating hypotheses, and supporting the assessment of initiatives. • Assisting the identification of frontier methodologies or adapting existing methodologies to enhance services and information for children and young people. • Develop operational prototypes, and document methodologies and lessons learned. • Support the presentation and analysis of various data on geospatial platforms. Develop visual information products (Infographics, factsheets, thematic profiles, etc.) to support programme planning, monitoring and decision making. • Scanning and mapping the innovation and technology ecosystem, partners and stakeholders in Kenya for initiatives and services for children including e-learning, connectivity, social enterprises etc. • Contribute to information management for UNICEF Kenya by developing a framework to capture the learnings from innovation and T4D in such a way that it favours critical reflection, scaling and rapid adaptation over static reporting.

Furthermore, UN Volunteers are required to: • Strengthen their knowledge and understanding of the concept of volunteerism by reading relevant UNV and external publications and take an active part in UNV activities (for instance in events that mark International Volunteer Day); • Be acquainted with and build on traditional and/or local forms of volunteerism in the host country; • Reflect on the type and quality of voluntary action that they are undertaking, including participation in ongoing reflection activities; • Contribute articles/write-ups on field experiences and submit them for UNV publications/websites, newsletters, press releases, etc.; • Assist with the UNV Buddy Programme for newly-arrived UN Volunteers; • Promote or advise local groups in the use of online volunteering or encourage relevant local individuals and organizations to use the UNV Online Volunteering service whenever technically possible.

Results/Expected Outputs:

• Generation Unlimited supported through robust testing of young engagement platforms such as Youth Agency Market Place, U-Report and Generation Unlimited Youth Challenge. • Reports on products and initiatives developed and disseminated. • Frontier technologies and solutions to enhance services and protection of children identified and supported to scale. • Updated mapping of the innovation and T4D ecosystem to support programmes for children including GIGA project, learning, connectivity and health systems. • Learnings from innovation and T4D initiatives captured, documented. • The development of capacity through coaching, mentoring and formal on-the-job training, when working with (including supervising) national staff or (non-) governmental counterparts, including Implementing Partners (IPs); • Age, Gender and Diversity (AGD) perspective is systematically applied, integrated and documented in all activities throughout the assignment • A final statement of achievements towards volunteerism for peace and development during the assignment, such as reporting on the number of volunteers mobilized, activities participated in and capacities developed

  • Commitment and Motivation
  • Communication
  • Creativity
  • Empowering Others
  • Knowledge Sharing
  • Professionalism
  • Respect for Diversity
  • Technological Awareness
  • Working in Teams

implementation of innovation initiatives, research, data analytics, design and project management. • Previous experience as a volunteer and/or experience of another culture, (i.e. studies, volunteer work, internship) and work with start-ups would be highly regarded; • Familiarity with technologies such as blockchain, machine learning, python, deep learning etc is desirable.
• Familiarity with the innovation ecosystem in Kenya, networks/hubs, players and partners.

The rapidly changing nature of novel coronavirus COVID-19 has placed significant and increasing restrictions on the freedom of movement of people, even within countries. Such restrictions may affect the ability of national UN Volunteers to begin their assignments at their assigned duty station or limit their ability to enter UN premises. Thus, UNV cannot guarantee assignments will proceed as normal.

Candidates for national UN Volunteer assignments requiring travel to the duty station may be exceptionally granted during this period alternative working arrangements to work from their place of recruitment until restrictions are lifted. Candidates for national UN Volunteer assignments may also need to begin their assignments remotely in cases where access to UN premises is restricted. These are decisions at the discretion of the host entity. Candidates proceeding to interview are recommended to discuss travel requirements, any restrictions, and possible alternative arrangements with the host entity. If selected, candidates should carefully consider the circumstances before accepting UNV’s offer.

The contract lasts for the period indicated above with the possibility of extensions subject to availability of funding, operational necessity and satisfactory performance. However, there is no expectation of renewal of the assignment.

Travel to duty station (if applicable) and a Settling-In-Grant will be provided in the event the duty station is not within commuting distance from the place of recruitment. The applicable Volunteer Living Allowance is provided monthly to cover housing, utilities and normal cost of living expenses. Life, health and permanent disability insurance are included (health insurance for up to 3 dependents), as well as final repatriation (if applicable) and resettlement allowance for satisfactory service.

Furthermore, in non-family duty stations that belong to hardship categories D or E, as classified by the ICSC, a Well-Being Differential (WBD) on a monthly basis will be provided.

For UN Volunteer entitlements, kindly refer to the link https://vmam.unv.org/calculator/entitlements

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