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Vacancy Announcement: Consultant
Consultancy Title: Consultancy Pool: Child Rights and Business (CRB)
Section/Division/Duty Station: Business Engagement and Child Rights (BECR), PGLT
Duration: 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2026 – Remote/Home based.
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. Over 75 years, UNICEF has been working on the ground in 190 countries and territories to promote children’s survival, protection and development. 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.
BACKGROUND
Given recent developments across the responsible business landscape, dedicated efforts to ensure that children’s rights are adequately embedded at all levels of government regulation and business frameworks are vital. Mutually compounding crises and the reversal of key child rights gains reinforce the need to mainstream the Child Rights and Business (CRB) agenda and deepen strategic engagements with governments and the private sector.
To his effect, UNICEF’s Business Engagement and Child Rights (BECR) team is seeking to build a roster of individual consultants to support the CRB agenda with research, content generation, knowledge management, guidance development, communication and outreach.
Working closely with different team members, the consultant(s) will provide support on key deliverables in the following areas:
Scope of Work:
The purpose of this announcement is to establish a pre-screened pool of expert consultants on Child Rights and Business (CRB). Experts screened from this solicitation process will be engaged for specific assignments linked to the following work areas:
Workstream 1: research, analysis, writing and coordination support (minimum 3 years’ experience)
Workstream 2: outreach, engagement and advocacy (minimum 5 years’ experience)
Workstream 3: communication and knowledge management (minimum 3 years’ experience)
Terms of Reference / Deliverables/Deadlines
Milestones and deliverables indicated and elaborated above (Background and Scope of works) based on the need of the hiring offices.
By 30 June 2026
Qualifications
(1) Education
*Minimum requirements to consider candidates for competitive process
(2) Work experience
(3) Competencies
*Listed requirements will be used for technical evaluation in the competitive process
Requirements:
– Completed profile in UNICEF’s e-Recruitment system and provide Personal History Form (P11)
– Upload copy of academic credentials
– Any emergent / unforeseen duty travel and related expenses will be covered by UNICEF.
– At the time the contract is awarded, the selected candidate must have in place current health insurance coverage.
– Payment of professional fees will be based on submission of agreed satisfactory 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.
U.S. Visa information:
With the exception of the US Citizens, G4 Visa and Green Card holders, should the selected candidate and his/her household members reside in the United States under a different visa, the consultant and his/her household members are required to change their visa status to G4, and the consultant’s household members (spouse) will require an Employment Authorization Card (EAD) to be able to work, even if he/she was authorized to work under the visa held prior to switching to G4.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process
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UNICEF’s core values of Commitment, Diversity and Integrity and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results. View our competency framework at: Here
UNICEF offers reasonable accommodation for consultants/individual contractors 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:
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.
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