Long-Term Agreement (LTA) of Individual Consultant as Documenter of good practices for the Humanitarian Funding Unit (3 years, remotely), maximum 5 roles, Humanitarian Funding Unit, PFP

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, hope

The Private Sector Fundraising and Partnerships (PSFP) section within the Division of Private Fundraising and Partnerships (PFP) works with National Committees and Country Offices to drive and maximize income growth for children in emergencies.

The Humanitarian Funding Unit in PSFP supports and coordinates cross-organization initiatives on humanitarian crisis and sudden onset disasters by leading global efforts in maximizing funding opportunities and supports National Committees and Private Sector Fundraising (PSFR) Countries.

Within the Humanitarian Funding Unit, the Knowledge Management Specialist is responsible for the collection and analysis of all relevant information from different stakeholders including HQ departments, National Committees and Private Sector Fundraising (PSFR) countries and make them available to support and promote evidence-based and informed decision making. To support the knowledge management function, the Humanitarian Funding Unit is looking for professional support for the documentation of several good practices of private sector fundraising through and for emergencies, to facilitate their replication by other fundraising offices (UNICEF National Committees and UNICEF Country Offices).

How can you make a difference? 

PURPOSE OF ASSIGNMENT

Within the framework of the PFP Impact plan, the overall purpose of this assignment is to document good practices across income streams that contribute to fundraising through and for emergencies. The clearly and detailed documented good practices will be essential for the roll-out of an in-depth learning methodology to facilitate the replication of these good practices by other fundraising offices.

OBJECTIVE

The overall objective is to set up one or several Long-Term Agreement(s) to hire (a) consultant(s) to document good practices related to humanitarian fundraising, identified by the PFP Humanitarian Funding Unit in consultation with members of the PFP Emergency Task Force.

MAJOR TASKS TO BE ACCOMPLISHED

• Conduct a desk review of the available materials shared by the Knowledge Management Specialist in the Humanitarian Funding Unit.
• Prepare and conduct interviews with key informants in the Fundraising Offices.
• Structure all available relevant resources: templates, agreements, protocols, presentations, materials related to the good practice and file them in a structured way on the Humanitarian Funding Unit’s SharePoint site.
• Write up each good practice (10-12 pages) with links to available resources.
• Develop a one-pager on each good practice.
• Prepare and conduct a one-hour online learning session for all interested fundraisers.

Responsibilities of the Consultant:

• The consultant will use his/her/their own equipment; laptops, microphones, software and other accessories that may be required for this task.
• The consultant will not give the content/material or any part thereof, to any third party without the written permission of UNICEF. All components will be a property of UNICEF, and the consultant will not share the same with anyone else.
• The consultant will not put their own name or logo/emblem on the content / final product. The only organization branding will be UNICEF, if required.
• Regular liaison with manager.

Responsibilities of UNICEF:

• UNICEF will provide all details pertaining to the activity and the requirements.
• UNICEF will share the documents and specifications with the consultant as he/she becomes available and will coordinate the timely delivery of work.

DELIVERABLES

• Desk reviews of the available materials shared by the Knowledge Management Specialist in the Humanitarian Funding Unit
• Interviews with key informants in the Fundraising Office
• Structured repositories (with table of content) on the PFP Humanitarian Funding Unit Collaboration Sharepoint site with all relevant resources: templates, agreements, protocols, presentations, materials
• Reports (10-12 pages) with the detailed documentation of a good practices
• One-pagers summary of the good practice
• One-hour online webinar with a PowerPoint presentation to present the good practice.

FINANCIAL PROPOSAL TEMPLATE

 Financial proposal Long-Term Agreement of Individual Consultant as Documenter of good practices.pdf

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

Education:

• An advanced university degree (master’s) in Knowledge management, Fundraising, Marketing, Communications, International relations, Political science, or other related fields is required.

 Experience:

• At least five years of professional experience in knowledge management, fundraising, marketing, international development, communication, international relations, or a related field is required.
• Experience in documenting good practices is required.
• Experience with private sector fundraising is an asset.
• Experience working with UN/UNICEF is an asset.

Language:

• Fluency in English is required. Proficiency in another UN language is an asset.

Others:

• Excellent communication and writing skills.
• Strong inter-personal skills.
• Experience working in a multi-cultural team is an asset.
• Experience working remotely, very responsive over email and Microsoft Teams.

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. 

Remarks:  

The application to be submitted through the online portal should contain four separate attachments:

1. A Cover letter explaining the motivation for applying and explaining how the qualifications and skillset of the candidate (to be uploaded online).
2. Curriculum Vitae (CV) (to be uploaded online).
3. Two samples of work: One detailed documented good practice; and one summary of a good practice (1-2 pages) (to be uploaded online).
4. A financial proposal indicating professional fee as per the above template. Please do not forget to specify your name in the file while saving. (to be uploaded online under “Financial Proposal” tab).

Important Note: Please do not indicate financials anywhere else in the online application form, please mark “n/a or 00”, under the fee related questions in the online application form.

Without all the above documents your application will be considered incomplete and invalid and will not be considered further.

 Any attempt to unduly influence UNICEF’s selection process will lead to automatic disqualification of the applicant.

• Joint applications of two or more individuals are not accepted.
• Please note, UNICEF does not charge any fee during any stage of the process.
• UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion and encourages qualified candidates from all backgrounds including persons living with disabilities to apply.

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. 

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/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.