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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, Care. 

From 2016 till the end of 2024, Safe Online invested nearly USD100 million across 85 countries to prevent and respond to online child sexual exploitation and abuse (CSEA). Safe Online investments have been critical in setting up the key building blocks for effective prevention and response to online CSEA at national, regional and global levels. This includes legislation, policies, strategies, institutional infrastructure, services and provision of skills across sectors. Building on those foundations and in view of the fast-
changing technology landscape, Safe Online investments have created innovative, scalable and transferable technology tools to fight online CSEA; generated unique insights, data and evidence on digital harms and created multi-stakeholder platforms and networks to strengthen links, share knowledge and shape the global conversation on tackling online CSEA.

Through its investments, Safe Online has advanced the global fight against online CSEA and related harms in three important ways:

1. Creating an Enabling Environment for effective action at all levels and across sectors
2. Strengthening the Supply of Services and Technologies for prevention and response
3. Increasing the Demand for Action

How can you make a difference? 

Safe Online supports their grantee community through creating a strong network which maximises the collective impact and leverages synergies i.e. we invest in more than just individual projects, we invest in global prevention and response to online CSEA. This is done in several ways: through tailored technical support in the form of programmatic visits, check-in calls, in-person convenings, networking facilitated by Safe Online, and knowledge exchange opportunities via the Safe Online Network Forum and global and regional webinars to promote learning within the grantee community and the wider ecosystem. Going forward, the Safe Online team aims to continue investing in the online CSEA ecosystem and collaborative efforts, while also promoting a collaborative culture through connecting grantees to each other, and relevant key resources and mentors to ensure cross-collaboration, knowledge exchange, and learning.

With a growing portfolio, Safe Online is seeking a consultant to support the creation and maintenance of key systems, platforms, and processes to maximise the Safe Online’s return on investment from its Safe Online grants and support its grantee network in sharing and leveraging learning. This consultancy will contribute to the assessment of the portfolio’s needs, manage technical assistance, identify opportunities, and guide cohorts and technical collaboration between grantees and other End Violence partners.

DELIVERABLES

The consultant will work within the Safe Online team and be supervised by the Planning Manager, in close coordination with the Fund Portfolio Management Consultant. The consultant is expected to perform the following key tasks:

1. Monitoring of progress reports from the Safe Online grantees (approx. 50 reports per year): This deliverable will include analysis on qualitative and quantitative information on project progress provided by the grantees, as well as monitoring of project implementation as per the approved project documents and plans.
2. Quantitative and qualitative analysis and reports on activities and results achieved by Safe Online grantees: This deliverable will include the creation of a grantees’ results tracker compatible with MS Office 365 and SharePoint, for the production of Safe Online communication materials, as well as quarterly presentations to Safe Online Steering Committee members on grantees’ progress (results, challenges and opportunities, inter alia) and contributions to Safe Online-organised events (approximately 3-5 per year)
3. Conduct due diligence processes for new grantees (approx. 20 new grantees per year): This will include the identification of the due diligence steps, in coordination with new grantees and external parties, and monitoring of this process.
4. Conduct reassessments for existing grantees (approx. 10 grantees per year): This will include the identification of the due diligence steps, coordination with grantees and external parties, and monitoring of this process.
5. Sifting and review of applications received for each call for proposals (approx. 250 applications per Call): This will include the initial proposal analysis and filing of all the applications received.
6. Data recording of grantee’s information in the Safe Online Grant Management System. This task includes the recording and updating of grantees’ projects supported by Safe Online in SharePoint environment (approximately 50 active grants per year)

DESCRIPTION OF ASSIGNMENT

• Advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent) in social sciences, international development, journalism, business administration, monitoring and evaluation, data analysis or related disciplines.
• A minimum of 5 years of progressively responsible experience in project/programme/portfolio design and/or management in the international development sector, with a particular focus on monitoring and evaluation and reporting issues.
• Knowledge on issues related to violence against children, particularly online, will be considered a strong asset.
• Experience in grant management is strongly preferred; partnerships experience would be also desirable.
• Experience with Grant Management Systems or other Management Information Systems (preferably MS Office 365 environment and SharePoint) is strongly preferred.
• Ability to synthesize technical information and translate it into accessible products and systems.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, excellent technical communication with peers and non-technical stakeholders.
• Demonstrable knowledge on cutting-edge technologies (e.g. artificial intelligence, machine learning, blockchain) will be considered an asset.
• Comfortable working and negotiating with others to produce the best outcomes.
• Experience working in international development context and remotely, particularly at the field level and conducting monitoring visits, and ability to working a diverse, multicultural, and highly collaborative environment.
• Excellent command in English (both oral and written) is required.
• Fluency in any other UN official language is highly desirable and preferred.

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 here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic.

UNICEF offers reasonable accommodation for consultants with disabilities. This may include, for example, accessible software, travel assistance for missions or personal attendants. We encourage you to disclose your disability during your application in case you need reasonable accommodation during the selection process and afterwards in your assignment. 

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. UNICEF 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. 

Remarks:  

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process. 

Interested candidates are required to fully complete their application profile, upload a cover letter and their financial proposal (daily fee rate in USD).

Applications with incomplete profile and without a financial proposal will not be considered.

Individuals engaged under a consultancy 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.