Learning and Development Specialist

Volunteering Human Resources Communications & PR

Overview

Drive and improve learning interventions for UNICEF Supply.

You have:

• Minimum 5 years of experience in designing, developing, and delivering different kinds of learning interventions.
• Skillful in creating on-demand content, live trainings, online and offline.
• Experience with human-centered design processes.
• Documented experience working with digital tools and platforms.
• Ability to work with communication, marketing, and similar.<br>Skills in graphic design, video production, e-learning tools is an advantage.
• A team player who collaborates well with others to achieve results.
• Commitment to the growth and well-being of colleagues.

Contract

This is a UNV International Specialist contract. This kind of contract is known as International UN Volunteer. It is normally internationally recruited only. More about UNV International Specialist contracts.

The Supply Division Learning & Development unit is a team in HR that focuses on delivering results, while supporting each other and growing together. We are looking for a colleague who can contribute to the results and the growth of the team so that we ensure our interventions continue to support the strategic priorities of the UNICEF Supply Function.

The overall task will be to drive and improve existing interventions as well as to develop new as needed. The team is responsible for interventions that range from live trainings, over on-demand and technical content to career development opportunities such as mentoring and coaching, and we service colleagues globally and to a certain extend partners.

We also collaborate with other parts of the organization to ensure interventions that match the challenges and needs that have been identified as they may not always fall within Learning & Development.

Your overall task would be to understand organizational needs and challenges and design, development and improve relevant interventions.

More concretely, you will: • Engage with different types of stakeholders and use data to analyze and prioritize challenges and needs within areas of strategic importance to the UNICEF Supply Function. • Design, develop and implement different types of interventions to address the identified challenges in close collaboration with relevant stakeholders. • Collaborate with colleagues in the Supply Function, other parts of UNICEF, and partners to ensure synergies and mutual support for relevant interventions. • Ensure that strategies and methods for impact measurement and continuous improvement are a part of the interventions as needed. • Support the coordination of relevant live trainings as needed. • Support the Learning & Development unit by sharing your knowledge and using your skills to help on other projects and tasks.

Results and expected outputs: • Design, development, delivery, evaluation, and improvement of interventions as defined by the organizational needs. • Interventions that are inclusive and accessible. • Positive contribution to ensure a great team.

• Professionalism • Integrity • Teamwork and respect for diversity • Commitment to continuous learning • Planning and organizing • Communication • Flexibility • Genuine commitment towards the principles of voluntary engagement, which includes solidarity, compassion, reciprocity and self-reliance; and commitment towards UNICEF Supply Division’s mission and vision, as well as to the UN Core Values.

working with the development and growth of adults as the target groups for the work in the team are colleagues and partners.
• Minimum 5 years of experience and most of all skillful in designing, developing, and delivering different kinds of learning and staff development interventions (different kinds of on-demand cont ent, live trainings, online and offline). • Preferably working experience with human-centered design processes to understand organizational needs and challenges as well as to design and develop relevant interventions. • Documented experience in and enthusiasm about working with digital tools and platforms to carry out your tasks and to deliver interventions. • Somewhat used to working with communication, marketing or similar. Skills in graphic design, video production, e-learning tools or similar is an advantage. • A team player who likes to achieve results by collaborating with other people, while recognizing the importance of being a proactive contributor and project driver. • Willing and able to contribute to the growth and well-being of your colleagues.

Denmark performs very well in many measures of well-being relative to most other countries in the Better Life Index. Denmark ranks above the average in many dimensions: housing, work-life balance, social connections, environmental quality, civic engagement, education and skills, jobs and earnings, work-life balance, health status, subjective well-being and personal security." OECD. For more: http://www.oecdbetterlifeindex.org/countries/denmark/

The UN Volunteer will be responsible for arranging for his/her own housing, transport, and other living essentials.

UN Volunteer entitlements and allowances: The purpose of the allowances and entitlements paid to UN Volunteers is to enable UN Volunteers to sustain a secure standard of living at the duty stations in line with United Nations standards without incurring personal costs. The allowances are in no way to be understood as compensation, reward, or salary in exchange for the UN Volunteer’s service. Contingent on specific eligibility criteria, location of the volunteer assignment and contractual type and category, the payment of allowances will begin from the date of Commencement of Service For more information on entitlements please read the Condition of Service (https://explore.unv.org/cos). For information specific to your assignment please see below:

Please note that the amounts can vary according to fluctuations of the monthly post adjustment. Monthly Living Allowance (Per month): USD 3330.33 Entry lump sum (one-time payment): USD 4000 Accommodation Supplement (Per month): USD 644.41 Family allowance: $250 per month for one dependent. $450 per month for two or more dependents Exit allowance (for each month served, paid on completion of contract): USD 225 Medical and life insurance: Cigna Private Insurance

Leave entitlements: Annual leave: 2.5 days accrued per calendar month Certified sick leave: UN Volunteers are entitled to up to 30 days of certified sick leave based on a 12-month cycle. This amount is reset every 12-month cycle. Uncertified sick leave: 7 days for 12 months and 4 days for shorter assignments Learning leave: 10 working days per consecutive 12 months (shorter assignments are prorated) Maternity Leave: 16 weeks Paternity Leave: 10 days

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