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Vacancy Announcement: Consultant
Consultancy Title: International Consultant: Climate and Education Programme and Partnerships
Section/Division/Duty Station: Education,Programme Division, NYHQ
Duration: 10 October 2024 to 30 April 2025
Home/ Office Based: NYHQ / Remote
About UNICEF –
If you are a committed, creative professional and are passionate about making a lasting difference for children, the world's leading children's rights organization would like to hear from you. For 70 years, UNICEF has been working on the ground in 190 countries and territories to promote children's survival, protection and development. The world's largest provider of vaccines for developing countries, UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, good water and sanitation, quality basic education for all boys and girls, and the protection of children from violence, exploitation, and AIDS. UNICEF is funded entirely by the voluntary contributions of individuals, businesses, foundations and governments. UNICEF has over 12,000 staff in more than 145 countries.
BACKGROUND
Purpose of Activity/ Assignment:
UNICEF has adopted a global Sustainability and Climate Change Action Plan (SCAP) that marks a transformation of how the organization embeds sustainability and climate change in its programming and advocacy work. A key objective of the plan is to empower every child through their life course with the developmental opportunities, education, and skills to be a champion for the environment. Education is a central sector in and through which progress on the climate agenda for children can be achieved. Adapting essential social services, such as education are one of the best ways to reduce the vulnerability of children now, whilst equipping children with the education, skills and opportunities prepares them for a climate changed future.
The Consultant - Climate and Education Programmes and Partnerships, is crucial to the delivery on the ambitious results proposed under SCAP, which include working with partners with an aim to reach 500 million children in 100 countries with sustainability and climate education and directly reaching 50 million children in 60 countries with sustainability and climate education.
Education is a core pillar of UNICEF’s SCAP, given that education has a transformative
Education is a core pillar of UNICEF’s SCAP, given that education has a transformative potential for climate change adaptation and resilience. UNICEF is doubling down efforts to strengthen programmes and partnerships that translate into more climate resilient education systems. UNICEF’s work on climate change in education has four strategic pillars
Greening learning and skills: Increasing access to quality curriculum, learning materials and digital resources for children and youth to develop the necessary skills for future participation in the green economy
Youth- Led climate Increase Youth engagement in climate-smart solutions and climate advocacy at local levels.
Greening capacities of systems: Supporting Ministries of Education to strengthen system-level resilience, upskill their teaching workforce and engage in risk-informed sector planning, preventing learning disruptions caused or exacerbated by climate-related events
Scope of Work:
Under the supervision of the Senior Adviser for Education – Systems, and in close collaboration with relevant teams across the Education and Adolescent Development Section, Programme Group, Public Partnerships Division and Private Fundraising and Partnerships Division, the Consultant will provide strategic advice and support for the climate and education agenda, thus supporting UNICEF to scale-up its climate & education results. The Consultant will do this by supporting advocacy efforts during high-level fora such as COP, resource mobilization, development of global public goods, and more as needed
Terms of Reference / Key Deliverables:
Deliverable 1: COP29 engagement delivery
COP29 High-Level Roundtable on children, youth and climate action developed and conceptualized in collaboration with relevant teams across HQ divisions, regional offices, and country teams