Consultant (Fund Portfolio Management -Safe Online), End Violence Against Children (EVAC), Home based, Hosted Fund, 45 working days in 3 months, Req. # 567186

UNICEF works in a few of the world’s hardest locations, to succeed in the world’s most deprived youngsters. To save lots of their lives. To defend their rights. To assist them fulfill their potential. 

Throughout 190 nations and territories, we work for each little one, in every single place, every single day, to construct a greater world for everybody. 

And we by no means quit. 

For each little one, OPPORTUNITIES

Protected On-line is a precedence initiative of the World Partnership to Finish Violence In opposition to Kids and this positions its work on the forefront of a worldwide motion that’s searching for to attain Sustainable Improvement Purpose (SDG) 16.2 and safe a future the place each little one grows up in a protected, safe and nurturing atmosphere.

Protected On-line focuses on how digital applied sciences and connectivity intensify present and facilitate new types of violence towards youngsters, particularly one of many worst types of that violence: on-line Baby Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (CSEA). Protected On-line invests in options, applied sciences, programmes, and capacities to deal with on-line CSEA. Importantly, our work in growing a worldwide proof base together with our advocacy, coverage affect and collective motion impacts intersecting areas of digital hurt. These embrace cyberbullying, harassment, psychological well being and radicalisation and the function of the web in facilitating felony exercise akin to human trafficking.

With a rising funding portfolio, Protected On-line continues to evolve its technique to raised help the collective impression of the portfolio of grantees and lay the foundations for systemic change at scale, all in view of constructing the web protected for youngsters. 4 key objectives for 2023-25 are to 1) Make investments for Impression, 2) Proof and Information, 3) Advocacy and Motion, and 4) Measure Change.

How are you going to make a distinction? 

The Alternative

Finish Violence’s Protected On-line Initiative (Protected On-line) is searching for an skilled Fund Portfolio Administration skilled to help the sifting of a brand new open name for proposals and different grant administration points. The profitable candidate may have expertise in undertaking/program administration, in addition to monitoring and oversight of worldwide growth initiatives. Expertise within the worldwide growth sector and grant administration area, together with UN, worldwide donors, INGOs, and foundations, could be a robust asset. We’re searching for a solutions-driven and entrepreneurial particular person who thrives in a fast-paced atmosphere, with restricted supervision and good capability to soak up suggestions in a well timed and constructive method.

Goal

Protected On-line additionally helps its grantee neighborhood by creating a robust community which maximizes the collective impression and leverages synergies i.e. we put money into extra than simply particular person initiatives, we put money into international prevention and response to on-line CSEA. That is carried out in a number of methods: via tailor-made technical help within the type of programmatic visits, check-in calls, in-person convenings, networking facilitated by Protected On-line, and information change alternatives by way of the Protected On-line Community Discussion board and international and regional webinars to advertise studying throughout the grantee neighborhood and the broader ecosystem. Going ahead, the Protected On-line group goals to proceed investing within the on-line CSEA ecosystem and collaborative efforts, whereas additionally selling a collaborative tradition by connecting grantees to one another, and related key assets and mentors to make sure cross-collaboration, information change, and studying.

With a rising portfolio, Protected On-line is searching for a advisor to help the creation and upkeep of key methods, platforms, and processes to maximise the Protected On-line’s return on funding from its Protected On-line grants and help its grantee community in sharing and leveraging studying. This function will contribute to the evaluation of the portfolio’s wants, handle technical help, determine alternatives, and information cohorts and technical collaboration between grantees and different Protected On-line companions.

Key deliverables:

The advisor will work throughout the Protected On-line group for a interval of three months and be supervised by the Fund Portfolio Supervisor, in shut coordination with the Senior Analysis Specialist, with a particular deal with monitoring and analysis, and reporting, together with technical help to grantees on this space. The advisor is predicted to carry out the next key duties:

1. Monetary and undertaking administration evaluation of progress studies from the Protected On-line grantees (approx. 10 studies): This may embrace evaluation on monetary supply, finances and undertaking plan deviations, and compliance with the relevant monetary and grant administration rules and practices.
2. Processing of undertaking refunds (approx. 10 requests): This may embrace the conduction of monetary checks to make sure the proper monetary closure of the grants, in a well timed method and in coordination with UNICEF FSO.
3. Sifting of functions obtained for the 2023 open name for proposals (approx. 150 functions per Name): This may embrace the preliminary proposal evaluation and submitting of all of the functions obtained.

 

To qualify as an advocate for each little one you’ll have… 

• A sophisticated college diploma (Grasp’s or larger) in social sciences, worldwide growth, journalism, enterprise administration, monitoring and analysis, knowledge evaluation or associated disciplines.
  • A primary College Diploma in a related area mixed with 2 further years {of professional} expertise could also be accepted in lieu of an Superior College Diploma.
• A minimal of 5 years of related skilled expertise, together with expertise designing and implementing applications, ideally within the worldwide growth context.
• Growing nation work expertise and/or familiarity with emergency is taken into account an asset. 
• Fluency in English is required. Information of one other official UN language (Arabic, Chinese language, French, Russian or Spanish) or an area language is an asset.

Desired Expertise

• Information of points associated to violence towards youngsters, significantly on-line, will likely be thought-about a robust asset.
• Expertise in grant administration is strongly most popular; partnerships expertise could be additionally fascinating.
• Expertise with Grant Administration Methods or different Administration Info Methods (ideally MS Workplace 365 atmosphere and SharePoint) is strongly most popular.
• Capacity to synthesize technical data and translate it into accessible merchandise and methods.
• Glorious written and verbal communication abilities, and wonderful technical communication with friends and non-technical stakeholders.
• Demonstrable information of cutting-edge applied sciences (e.g. synthetic intelligence, machine studying, blockchain) will likely be thought-about an asset.
• Comfy working and negotiating with others to provide the most effective outcomes.
• Expertise working in a world growth context and remotely, significantly on the area degree and conducting monitoring visits, and skill to work in a various, multicultural, and highly-collaborative atmosphere.

For each Baby, you reveal… 

UNICEF’s values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Belief, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS). 

  

To view our competency framework, please go to  here. 

  

UNICEF is right here to serve the world’s most deprived youngsters and our international workforce should mirror the variety of these youngsters. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, no matter their race/ethnicity, age, incapacity, gender identification, sexual orientation, faith, nationality, socio-economic background, or some other private attribute.

UNICEF presents reasonable accommodation for consultants/particular person contractors with disabilities. This may increasingly embrace, for instance, accessible software program, journey help for missions or private attendants. We encourage you to reveal your incapacity throughout your software in case you want cheap lodging in the course of the choice course of and afterwards in your task. 

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance coverage on conduct that’s incompatible with the goals and targets of the United Nations and UNICEF, together with sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF additionally adheres to strict little one safeguarding ideas. All chosen candidates will likely be anticipated to stick to those requirements and ideas and can due to this fact endure rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will embrace the verification of educational credential(s) and employment historical past. Chosen candidates could also be required to supply further data to conduct a background examine. 

 

Remarks:  

Solely shortlisted candidates will likely be contacted and advance to the following stage of the choice course of. 

People engaged underneath a consultancy or particular person contract is not going to be thought-about “employees members” underneath the Employees Rules and Guidelines of the United Nations and UNICEF’s insurance policies and procedures, and won’t be entitled to advantages supplied therein (akin to go away entitlements and medical insurance coverage protection). Their situations of service will likely be ruled by their contract and the Basic Situations of Contracts for the Companies of Consultants and Particular person Contractors. Consultants and particular person contractors are liable for figuring out their tax liabilities and for the fee of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with native or different relevant legal guidelines. 

The chosen candidate is solely accountable to make sure that the visa (relevant) and medical insurance required to carry out the duties of the contract are legitimate for the whole interval of the contract. Chosen candidates are topic to affirmation of fully-vaccinated standing towards SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Well being Group (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which have to be met previous to taking over the task. It doesn’t apply to consultants who will work remotely and aren’t anticipated to work on or go to UNICEF premises, programme supply areas or immediately work together with communities UNICEF works with, nor to journey to carry out features for UNICEF in the course of their consultancy contracts.