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Contract Duration 1  Year 7 Months

Working arrangement: Remote/ Home Based

UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.

At UNICEF, we are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do for as long as we are needed. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job – it is a calling.

UNICEF is a place where careers are built. We offer our staff diverse opportunities for professional and personal development that will help them reinforce a sense of purpose while serving children and communities across the world. We welcome everyone who wants to belong and grow in a diverse and passionate culture, coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package.

Visit our website to learn more about what we do at UNICEF.

                                                         TERMS OF REFERENCE

Climate change and environmental degradation are increasingly undermining children’s access to safe, inclusive, and continuous learning, with disproportionate impacts on the most vulnerable. In response, UNICEF is strengthening its support to countries to build climate-resilient education systems that can anticipate, adapt to, and recover from climate and disaster-related shocks, while equipping children and young people with the knowledge and skills to contribute to sustainable development. This includes advancing integrated approaches across policy, systems strengthening, infrastructure, and learning, and scaling technical assistance through UNICEF’s Centres of Excellence. As demand from Country Offices continues to grow, there is a need for dedicated technical and coordination support to ensure coherent delivery, quality assurance, and effective rollout of UNICEF’s climate-resilient education offer across regions and contexts. The purpose of this assignment is to provide technical and coordination support to advance UNICEF’s climateresilient education agenda, including supporting technical assistance requests, implementation of the flagship Climate-Resilient Education initiative, and internal capacity-strengthening efforts. The assignment will support consistent application of climate-resilient education approaches across UNICEF offices and contribute to strengthened programme coherence, quality, and scale

If you would like to know more about this consultancy, please review the complete Terms of Reference here:  TMC0002310 TOR.pdf

Education: Masters in environmental studies, data management, climate change, Education, sustainable development, or relevant technical field.

Work Experience: At least 2 years of relevant work experience work experience in developing, supporting, and implementing climate and education related initiatives

• Strong technical knowledge of climate-resilient education and related areas (EiE, DRR, climate adaptation).
• Solid understanding of education systems strengthening and equity-focused programming.
• Proven analytical, drafting, and quality assurance skills for technical outputs.
• Strong coordination and stakeholder engagement skills across multiple levels and contexts
• Excellent organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.

Language Requirements: Fluency in English (written and spoken) is required. Knowledge of an additional UN language is an asset

Desirables

• Experience with UNICEF, UN agencies, or international organizations.
• Experience supporting multi-country programmes or technical assistance coordination.
• Familiarity with climate-resilient education, EiE, DRR, or climate adaptation in education.
• Experience with global initiatives or Communities of Practice.
• Knowledge of UNICEF programming approaches and systems strengthening.

For every Child, you demonstrate...

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values

UNICEF promotes and advocates for the protection of the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything it does and is mandated to support the realization of the rights of every child, including those most disadvantaged, and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, minority, or any other status.

UNICEF encourages applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, nationality, religious or ethnic backgrounds, and from people with disabilities, including neurodivergence. We offer reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. throughout the recruitment process. If you require any accommodation, please submit your request through the accessibility email button on the UNICEF Careers webpage Accessibility | UNICEF. Should you be shortlisted, please get in touch with the recruiter directly to share further details, enabling us to make the necessary arrangements in advance.

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.

Qualified candidates are invited to submit the following documents via the online recruitment portal, TMS (Talent Management System):

• An up-to-date TMS profile and curriculum vitae (CV)
• Cover letter
• A separate financial proposal  TMC0002310 Financial proposal.docx

Remarks:  

UNICEF does not charge a processing fee at any stage of its recruitment, selection, and hiring processes (i.e., application stage, interview stage, validation stage, or appointment and training). UNICEF will not ask for applicants’ bank account information.

All UNICEF positions are advertised, and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

Additional information about working for UNICEF can be found here.