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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, innovate

UNICEF has a 70-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. The Office of Innovation is a creative, interactive, and agile team in UNICEF. We sit at a unique intersection, where an organization that works on huge global issues meets the start-up thinking, the technology, and the partners that turn this energy into scalable solutions.

The Sustainable WASH Innovation Hub, based in Copenhagen, Denmark, aims to source, pilot and scale transformational and frontier climate resilient innovations that respond to key programmatic challenges that, if solved, will unlock faster progress for a water secure future for children and young people. The Hub will bring together a passionate community of strategic partners including children and young people, academia, private entrepreneurs, public policy makers, social development and humanitarian actors, and our global UNICEF WASH / CEED and innovation colleagues in 150+ countries. Collectively we will co-create, advocate, enable, convene, and motivate for innovative sustainable solutions to long-standing barriers and emerging opportunities for a WASH secure and climate resilient future for every child.

As part of this collaboration to deliver on this vision, the Hub will connect a passionate community of strategic stakeholders at a global event in March 2025, to co-create, advocate, enable, convene, and motivate for innovative sustainable solutions to long-standing barriers and emerging opportunities for a WASH secure and climate resilient future for every child. The event will provide an opportunity for political leaders, member states, business leaders, multilateral organizations, non-governmental and civil society organizations, youth, academia, development finance institutions and our global UNICEF WASH, CEED (Climate, energy, environment and disaster) and innovation colleagues from country offices to collectively address the urgent WASH needs of children and youth affected by emergencies, climate change and political unrest. This event is planned as a physical event in Copenhagen at UN city, but with the possibility of following selected breakout sessions online.

How can you make a difference? 

The WASH innovation hub is seeking an experienced event organizer to manage the arrangements for the March 2025 WASH event, with approximately 150 delegates, speakers and participants. The event organiser will support the WASH innovation hub team working closely with staff and technical specialists, under the overall direction of the Partnership Specialist to develop and co-ordinate the event sessions and implement the planned activities at the event.

The Consultant will contribute to the objectives of the WASH Hub by:

1. Managing coordination of the physical and online actions required ahead of the event. This will include engaging with participants and presenters, coordination with service providers around the event facilities and ensuring appropriate equipment for the agreed activities.
2. End to end Event management. Support the WASH innovation hub team to coordinate the programme and run of show for the event, and support with setting up the event spaces.
3. Participant coordination. Monitor registration, coordinate communication with participants and support with accommodation and visa arrangements where required.
4. Digital production supervision. The event will require a number of digital elements to facilitate presentations, screening of videos, online participation and recording. The consultant will need to outline these and identify approaches and providers for engagement within timelines and budgets. And ensure the digital version of the event is run smoothly and professionally.
5. Support communication activities for the event. Support development of the communication strategy and key messages before and after the event, in collaboration with the communications team.
6. End of event report. The WASH innovation hub expects to run future events of a similar style, to enable this the consultant will produce a report to be used as a guide for the next event, including details of service providers used, lesson learned, key challenges and suggestions for future events.

Please refer to the terms of reference for a detailed description of the responsibilities and deliverables  ToR Consultant Event Manager.pdf

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

• The consultant must be in Denmark starting from January 2025
• A minimum of 10 years of relevant professional experience leading high-level conference planning and event management, including hybrid events, including an understand of bringing international participants into Denmark.
• Excellent organizational skills with the ability to plan and meet deadlines through, and with, teams of people and individuals from diverse, cross-cultural backgrounds.
• Strong track record and evidence of coordinating and managing international events with global reach, with experience on content and stakeholder management
• Strong project management and financial/budget reporting skills. Qualifications in these areas would be considered an asset.
• The ability to see the bigger picture and understand how each element of event is interdependent on one another, while deep dive into the smaller details to ensure a smooth and professional event
• Understanding of international development, UN practices, norms and sensitivities.
• Extensive contacts and outreach capabilities within the community of practice.
• Knowledge of managing events and having the associated contacts within Denmark is considered an asset
• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.

Payment details and further considerations

Payment of professional fees will be based on the submission of agreed deliverables. UNICEF reserves the right to withhold payment in case the deliverables submitted are not up to the required standard or in case of delays in submitting the deliverables on the part of the consultant.

How to apply

• The Interested applicant is required to submit a financial proposal with all-inclusive fee. Please see the financial proposal template.
• Applications without a financial proposal will not be considered.
• The criteria that will be used to evaluate applications can be found in the terms of reference  ToR Consultant Event Manager.pdf

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 committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious or ethnic background, and persons with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization. To create a more inclusive workplace, UNICEF offers paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks, and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the use of flexible working arrangements. Click here to learn more about flexible work arrangements, well-being, and benefits.

According to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), persons with disabilities include those who have long-term physical, mental, intellectual, or sensory impairments which, in interaction with various barriers, may hinder their full and effective participation in society on an equal basis with others. In its Disability Inclusion Policy and Strategy 2022-2030, UNICEF has committed to increase the number of employees with disabilities by 2030. At UNICEF, we provide reasonable accommodation for work-related support requirements of candidates and employees with disabilities. Also, UNICEF has launched a Global Accessibility Helpdesk to strengthen physical and digital accessibility. If you are an applicant with a disability who needs digital accessibility support in completing the online application, please submit your request through the accessibility email button on the UNICEF Careers webpage Accessibility | UNICEF.

UNICEF does not hire candidates who are married to children (persons under 18). 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 based on gender, nationality, age, race, sexual orientation, religious or ethnic background or disabilities. UNICEF is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. 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, and selected candidates with disabilities may be requested to submit supporting documentation in relation to their disability confidentially.

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. 

Contact: For any queries, please contact: swe-ooi-recruitments@unicef.org