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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 startup thinking, the technology, and the partners that turn this energy into scalable solutions.

UNICEF's Office of Innovation creates opportunities for the world's children by focusing on where new markets can meet their vital needs.

Our team

UNICEF’s Innovative Finance Hub, based in Helsinki, aims to catalyze global capital in support of children to fill the SDG gap and radically accelerate progress towards the SDGs. It sits at a unique vantage point where an organization working on global issues meets the startup thinking, new ideas, and partners to turn this energy into scalable solutions.

How can you make a difference? 

Under the direct supervision of the Senior Impact Analyst, the consultant will support the Hub’s in its work around Child-Lens Investing and the Child-lens Investing Framework (CLIF), a framework to guide investors to incorporate child-related considerations in investment decision-making. The consultant's responsibilities will be organized into three key areas: supporting the establishment of the community of practice, facilitating stakeholder engagement efforts, and supporting work on data/impact metrics. Specifically, the consultant will:

- Support the development of the community of practice:

• Act as the Hub’s key point of contact on the Hub’s current project with an external third party around the creation of the community of practice.
• Critically review and provide inputs, as well as coordinate receiving and integrating comments from the Hub’s on the consulting company’s deliverables
• Serve as the Hub’s Operational Lead for the Community of Practice (Responsibilities will include managing communication with participants, sending invitations, providing support, and developing presentations, among other tasks.
• Liaise with the supporting consulting companies on this project

- Support the Hub in stakeholder engagement:

• Maintain and update the list of all stakeholders involved in the development of CLIF including pipeline management.
• Serve as the Hub’s primary point of contact for external stakeholders, including managing communications via the generic email address.
• Assist the communication lead in creating the quarterly newsletters, including contributing to blog articles.

- Lead the groundwork regarding Data and Impact Metrics:

• Serve as the Hub's expert on the IRIS+ database.
• Actively participate in and contribute to discussions regarding potential partnerships with external third parties on data/metrics
• Lead and foster dialogue with internal stakeholders specializing in child-related data.
• If a partnership with a third party is signed, assume responsibility as the main point of contact during the initial phases, including contract signing, organizing kick-off meetings, and providing training to internal teams on the partnership's key topics.

For full details, please review the Terms of Reference:  Sustainable Finance Consultant_IFHub.pdf

Travel:

None

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:

• Interested applicant is required to submit a financial proposal with all-inclusive fee. Please see the financial proposal template. Consultancy Financial Offer template.docx
• Financial proposal must include travel costs (economy class) and daily subsistence allowance, if travel is required as per TOR and any other estimated costs: visa, travel/health insurance
• Applications without a financial proposal will not be considered.

General Terms and Conditions:

Please review UNICEF's General Terms and Conditions for Consultants here for important information regarding contract obligations, including medical insurance, SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) vaccination, and income tax requirements.

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

• A Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business Administration, Public Administration, or a related field is required. 

•  *A Master’s Degree in a relevant field may be accepted in lieu of the 2 years of relevant professional experience.

• A minimum of 2 years of relevant professional experience in Finance, Impact or ESG Investing, Sustainable finance/innovative finance, or related field is required. A knowledge of impact lenses (e.g., child-lens, gender lens, etc.) is an asset. 

• Strong analytical and communications skills, verbal and written are required. 

• Understanding of child rights is an asset. 

• Ability to work in a multicultural environment, across geographies and establish harmonious working relationships, both within and outside the organization. 

• Experience in the UN system is 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.

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. 

In case of any questions, please contact us at swe-ooi-recruitment@unicef.org