Safe to Learn Consultant- Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children- New York REQ

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Safe to Learn was launched in 2019 as a global initiative to catalyse commitments and evidence-based action to end violence in and through schools by 2030. As a joint initiative of the violence against children (VAC) and education sectors, Safe to Learn is an opportunity to unlock the multiple wins of ending violence in schools, improve learning outcomes, better leverage investments in education, and raise awareness and change attitudes towards VAC more broadly.

Safe to Learn brings together a powerful coalition of organisations from the education, child protection, violence prevention and health communities. Together, the partners[1][1] leverage each other’s strengths and unique expertise to ensure that every child can learn safely, wherever and however that may be. To accelerate action towards this shared mission, Safe to Learn partners developed a new 3-year Strategy (2021-2024) to develop an ecosystem for at-scale change and embed violence prevention in Education systems at the country level.

Safe to Learn is hosted by the Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children (End Violence Partnership), which has guided its progress to date and monitors its successes. To ensure delivery of the new strategy, the Safe to Learn global initiative will be focusing its efforts towards country level action and harmonized global advocacy to create widespread awareness backed by change so that every girl and boy can learn thrive and grow.

END VIOLENCE PARTNERSHIP

The End Violence Partnership was born out of the Sustainable Development Goals and has a singular purpose: to catalyse and support action to achieve SDG 16.2 to end all forms of violence against children by 2030. Launched by the UN Secretary-General in 2016, the End Violence Partnership was established as UNICEF-hosted Partnership and Fund, working on varying levels—with governments, international organizations, donors, and grantees to prevent and respond to violence against children

The End Violence Partnership is a platform for collective, evidence-based advocacy and action. In its first five years, the Partnership has helped develop and promote the INSPIRE solutions to end violence; enrolled 34 governments as ‘Pathfinder’ countries; launched an innovative initiative with education sector partners to end violence in and through schools; awarded $60 million in grants to keep children safe online, in schools, at home and in humanitarian situations; welcomed over 650 organizations as members; and galvanized those working to end violence through collective advocacy and events including the inaugural End Violence Solutions Summit.

THE OPPORTUNITY

The Safe to Learn global initiative is seeking an enthusiastic consultant to support the daily management of the Safe to Learn activities and serve as focal person for knowledge management. The consultant should have a strong team spirit and willingness to support other team members, as needed. S/he should be highly motivated and be reliable and able to deliver tasks on time and communicate effectively. They should hold high ethical standards, including respect for others in all their diversity, especially children and other marginalized groups. The consultant should have a proven commitment towards Safe to Learn’s mission to prevent violence in and through schools.

The consultant will work on a variety of activities to support the STL secretariat, including partners’ engagement, visual communications and knowledge management to further promote the initiative and the work of its partners across a variety of networks and platforms. The consultant should demonstrate creative skills, be detail-oriented, and have experience in visual communications and strategic writing. He/she should also be willing to provide administrative and logistical support. The consultant should have an interest in children’s rights, violence prevention and education. The consultant will be part of a very cohesive, fast advancing and committed team, working towards the advancement of the Safe to Learn mission and the prevention of and response to violence against children in and through schools. This is a unique opportunity to integrate into this great team, develop relationships with End Violence as a whole, work in a fast-paced environment and gain professional experience working with a diverse set of organizations including UN agencies, governments, donors, and civil society.

KEY TASKS

The consultant is expected to perform a variety of tasks to contribute to effective secretariat, communications, advocacy, and knowledge management strategies, including:

• Communication - Draft and develop information material and communication pieces, including information notes, communication and advocacy material for social media, newsletter contributions, advocacy messaging for social media webpage content, communications to partners, ...etc.
• Knowledge management - Provide support to the Safe to Learn Secretariat to ensure all key documents and partners’ related information are updated, easy to access and available on request; set up /maintain a virtual document repository for StL Secretariat and StL technical group
• Layout and design – Layout and design Safe to Learn documents, publications, reports, information notes, fact sheets, agendas, concept notes, PowerPoints and other materials for publication and dissemination
• Secretariat – Provide logistic and IT support to the organization of StL virtual events and meetings, other secretariat support upon request.
• Other tasks as assigned.

KEY DELIVERABLES

Area of Work

Deliverable

Estimated # days

Timeframe

Communication

StL communication pieces drafted and finalized

10

Continuous until end of contract/May

Knowledge management/secretariat

Internal virtual secretariat re-vamped and regularly maintained (including Timeline of events, key partner and country contacts, repository of key docs on past events and reports, etc..)

8

List of double docs and gaps late-November/early December

Revised structure late-November/early December

Updated documents mid December

Updated virtual secretariat mid December

Virtual secretariat regularly maintained until end of contract/May

Secretariat/support event organizations

Logistics, IT and secretariat support provided to 6 virtual events and meetings

7

Continuous until end of contract/May

Layout and design

StL documents designed

5

November-end of contract/May

Experience and qualifications

• Advanced university degree (Master’s degree) in one of the following fields: communications, graphic design, journalism, international relations, international development, knowledge management or other related degree.
• At least 1-2 years of experience, in the field of communications or design, or violence prevention and education (can be previous internship experience).
• Have a clear understanding of Safe to Learn and its mission.
• Have high ethical standards and integrity and hold the core values of UNICEF.
• Hold a strong team attitude and demonstrate a willingness to learn and support colleagues as needed.
• Have a clear understanding and knowledge of communications strategies, including through social media messaging, design, website management, storytelling and others.
• Demonstrated experience or skills in layout and design of documents.
• Have excellent academic performance as demonstrated by recent university/education records.

LANGUAGES

Fluency in English (both oral and written) is required.

• Knowledge of another UN language is an asset.

Competencies and level of proficiency required (based on UNICEF Competency Profile)

i) Core Values

• Care
• Respect
• Integrity
• Trust
• Accountability

ii) Core Competencies

• Demonstrates Self Awareness and Ethical Awareness (1)
• Works Collaboratively with others (1)
• Builds and Maintains Partnerships (1)
• Innovates and Embraces Change (1)
• Thinks and Acts Strategically (1)
• Drives to achieve impactful results (1)
• Manages ambiguity and complexity (1)

iii) Functional Competencies

• Persuading and Influencing (2)
• Applying Technical Expertise (2)
• Entrepreneurial Thinking (2)

TO APPLY

Applications must be submitted by 28 October 2021

• Your application must include a cover letter and CV, with your indicated availability and daily rate (in USD).
• Applications submitted without a daily rate will not be considered.

NOTE

As a UNICEF-hosted partnership, End Violence is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.

End Violence 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. End Violence 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.

UNICEF is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children.

This position is not considered an elevated risk role. However, UNICEF reserves the right to conduct further vetting/ assessment within the scope of child safeguarding as appropriate.

[1][1] Partners include UNESCO, UNICEF, UK FCDO (formerly DFID), UNGEI, the End Violence CSO Forum, World Bank, Education Cannot Wait, the Global Partnership for Education, WHO, Global Affairs Canada, the Global Business Coalition for Education, Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack, and the Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children.

If selected for this consultancy, the resulting appointment will be limited to EVAC, a UNICEF hosted fund.