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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. 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 personal and professional development that will help them develop a fulfilling career while delivering on a rewarding mission. We pride ourselves on a culture that helps staff thrive, coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package.

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For every child, Results

The UNICEF Programme of Cooperation with the Government of the Republic of Zambia (GRZ) is designed to address and mitigate the threat of poverty the country's children face, while responding to the needs with interventions addressing the multiple causative factors.

To find out more about UNICEF's work in Zambia, please visit UNICEF Zambia

How can you make a difference

The All-Staff /Section Retreats aim to enhance team cohesion through discourse, socialization and exercises that will enable them to promote a positive culture, building mutual trust, respect, team spirit and staff morale. Overall, the retreat is expected to act as a springboard for building a more efficient and effective team in line with the UNICEF Core values and respond as well as foster positive solutions to priority issues that comes from UNICEF Zambia Global Staff Surveys.

The consultant will be engaged on a Long-Term Agreement on an as-needed basis. The specific objectives of the all-staff or section retreat/team building activities will include:

1. Identifying actions required to enhance staff wellbeing and togetherness, based on the findings from the Global Staff Survey (GSS) and GSS Work Plans.
2. Enhancing team cohesion and promoting a shared vision and values, including embracing a common code of conduct.
3. Promoting staff wellbeing with the aim of boosting team performance, collaboration, psychological safety, innovation, and creativity.
4. Reflecting collectively on the agreements and action points from the GSS, Pulse Survey, and other data, identify enabling and disabling factors and facilitate the development of a roadmap for improving team relations and handling issues in an environment that fosters CRITAS values.
5. Building staff capacity to accept and adapt to change, and to build resilience in the face of change.
6. Promoting staff health and wellbeing, including by improving socialization (connectedness) within the team.

The individual consultant(s) on LTA will be required to design and facilitate (section/whole of office) team building workshops or retreats for the UNICEF Zambia Country Office, when there is demand. Additionally, the consultant will develop and organize sessions utilizing creative and dynamic approaches to encourage the full participation of staff. The consultant is expected to design the appropriate methodology to foster openness, self-reflection, interaction, communication, connectedness/togetherness and wellbeing by breaking down the barriers (by section, role, level, nationality, gender, etc.).

If you would like to know more about this consultancy, please review Term of Reference here:  LTA TOR- staff retreat facilitator HR.pdf

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

Minimum requirements:

• Master’s degree in a related subject including communications, environmental studies, Industrial psychology, political science, development studies required or equivalent.
• At least 2-5 years of demonstrated experience of facilitating team retreats, individual or group coaching,
• Experience of working in Zambia.
• Legal entity/consortium of legal entities required.
• Strong planning and Organizing skills
• Allocates the appropriate amount of time and resources for completing work
• Uses time efficiently
• Monitors and adjusts plans and actions as necessary
• Must be Creative and offer innovative and different solutions to solve problems or issues
• Strong communication skills with the ability to write clear report.

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

The UNICEF competencies required for this post are…

(1) Builds and maintains partnerships

(2) Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness

(3) Drive to achieve results for impact

(4) Innovates and embraces change

(5) Manages ambiguity and complexity

(6) Thinks and acts strategically

(7) Works collaboratively with others 

Familiarize yourself with our competency framework and its different levels.

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.

We offer a wide range of measures to include a more diverse workforce, such as paid parental leave, time off for breastfeeding purposes, and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the use of flexible working arrangements.

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. UNICEF is committed to promoting the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will 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.

UNICEF appointments are subject to medical clearance.  Issuance of a visa by the host country of the duty station is required for IP positions and will be facilitated by UNICEF. Appointments may also be subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Should you be selected for a position with UNICEF, you either must be inoculated as required or receive a medical exemption from the relevant department of the UN. Otherwise, the selection will be canceled.

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. 

Please remember to express your financial proposals (and/or professional consultancy fees) in ZMW.

UNICEF’s active commitment to diversity and inclusion is critical to deliver the best results for children.

Government employees who are considered for employment with UNICEF are normally required to resign from their government positions before taking up an assignment with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the right to withdraw an offer of appointment, without compensation, if a visa or medical clearance is not obtained, or necessary inoculation requirements are not met, within a reasonable period for any reason. 

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.