National consultant to support UNICEF Albania office with innovation agenda.

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  • Albania
  • Posted 5 months ago

UNICEF works in a number of the world’s hardest locations, to succeed in the world’s most deprived kids. To avoid wasting their lives. To defend their rights. To assist them fulfill their potential. 

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

And we by no means hand over. 

For each baby, a Champion!

The basic mission of UNICEF is to advertise the rights of each baby, in every single place, in every part the group does – in programmes, in advocacy and in operations. The fairness technique, emphasizing essentially the most deprived and excluded kids and households, interprets this dedication to kids’s rights into motion. For UNICEF, fairness signifies that all kids have a chance to outlive, develop and attain their full potential, with out discrimination, bias or favoritism. To the diploma that any baby has an unequal probability in life – in its social, political, financial, civic and cultural dimensions – her or his rights are violated. There may be rising proof that investing within the well being, training and safety of a society’s most deprived residents – addressing inequity – not solely will give all kids the chance to meet their potential but additionally will result in sustained progress and stability of nations. That is why the concentrate on fairness is so important. It accelerates progress in the direction of realizing the human rights of all kids, which is the common mandate of UNICEF, as outlined by the Conference on the Rights of the Youngster, whereas additionally supporting the equitable growth of countries.

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How will you make a distinction? 

The nationwide advisor will contribute to increasing and enhancing innovation inside UNICEF Albania and Albanian Innovation Ecosystem to be able to allow attaining outcomes for youngsters. This implies, the put up will assist growing, mobilizing, and managing partnerships with public organizations, intergovernmental and worldwide organizations and boards. As well as, it requires to forge and handle long-term partnerships with most people and with the personal sector to leverage sources to advertise progressive options and alter approaches to attaining outcomes for youngsters.

Throughout 2023, Albania Nation Workplace has initiated the event of an Workplace Innovation Technique to advertise novel options by structurally assist and speed up Modern Initiatives to realize outcomes and enhance the state of affairs and rights for youngsters and younger folks. The advisor will lead the assessment and the primary part of implementation of the technique and can work underneath the supervision of the Deputy Consultant.

The project goals to:

  • Spearhead the Albania CO Innovation Technique and kickstart the primary actions of implementation.
  • Uphold and leverage UNICEF Albania´s collaboration with the broader Albanian Innovation Ecosystem
  • Lead and oversee inside improvements initiatives throughout the workplace. (U-support, Collaboration with Begin Up Company, Digital Expertise)
  • Present assist and suggestions on Innovation to an total cross-sectoral yearly work plan, together with design, planning and implementation.
  • Proactively scout out for brand spanking new progressive concepts and alternatives

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deliverables and duties to be accomplished in view of this project:

Deliverable 1: ACO Innovation technique – all duties to be accomplished by 30 April 2024

– Albania Innovation Technique reviewed, and motion plan drafted. Motion plan within the Innovation Technique drafted in collaboration with the Innovation Officer. 2 working days; accomplished by 2nd of Feb 2024

–  Innovation technique launched, and Innovation governance enabler established (Inner Innovation Process Drive and the Exterior Innovation Board). 20 working days; accomplished by 30 Mar 2024

–  Common month-to-month conferences with numerous Innovation Ecosystem performed (Minimal 4 conferences). 2 working days; accomplished by 30 Apr 2024

–  Minimal one exercise on scaling progressive concepts throughout the Inner Innovation Process pressure performed. 8 working days; accomplished by 30 Apr 2024

–  At the least one good apply of Innovation throughout the workplace is documented. 4 working days; accomplished by 30 Apr 2024

–  Common briefings on program assembly offered on innovation programming (not less than three). 3 working days; accomplished by 30 Apr 2024

Deliverable 2: Lead on Modern initiatives within the workplace – all duties to be accomplished by 15 Might 2024

–  Reviewed implementation plan for the USupport Platform and assumed the function required in line with the implementation plan. 10 working days; accomplished by 28 Feb 2024

–  Reviewed and implement the idea observe associated to Collaboration with Albania StartUp Company. 10 working days; accomplished by mid Feb 2024

–  The partnership with Albania StartUp Company applied and administered. 10 working days; accomplished by 30 Apr 2024

–  Report of the Actions applied for progressive Initiatives submitted to Deputy Consultant; 2 working days; by 15 Might 2024

Deliverable 3: Coordination of cross-sectional output throughout the Nation workplace programming – all duties to be accomplished by 30 Might 2024

–  Reviewed all output in line with the UNICEF Annual Work Plan associated to Innovation inside UNICEF Albania – 2 working days; by 02 Feb 2024

–  Conferences with all sectors inside UNICEF associated to AWP 2024 organized. 5 working days; by 28 Feb 2024 

–  Suggestions for Improvements in AWP 2024 offered. 2 working days; accomplished by 15 Mar 2024

–  Report with outcomes of conferences and suggestions submitted to Deputy consultant. 2 working days; accomplished by 30 Apr 2024

Deliverable 4:  Handover report back to Innovation Officer – to be accomplished by 30 Might 2024

–  A full overview of the deliverable and actions performed in the course of the interval and suggestions for the subsequent step. 3 working days

In case you have any query associated activties and deliverables for this project, please contact Elvana Pernaska at [email protected]

To be certified for this job you must have:

  • A sophisticated college diploma (Grasp’s) within the space immediately associated to Info Expertise, Worldwide Relations, Social sciences or Social Improvement
  • A minimal of 2 years {of professional} work expertise on the nationwide and/or worldwide degree in challenge design and implementation of different related packages; expertise with improvements is an asset, as is expertise working within the UN or different worldwide growth organizations.
  • Glorious oral and written expertise; wonderful drafting, formulation, reporting expertise.
  • Accuracy and professionalism in doc manufacturing and modifying
  • Glorious interpersonal expertise: culturally and socially delicate; capacity to work inclusively and collaboratively with a variety of companions, together with grassroots neighborhood members, spiritual and youth group and authorities at totally different degree; familiarity with instruments and approaches of communications for growth.
  • Capacity to work and adapt professionally and successfully in a difficult setting; capacity to work successfully in a multicultural workforce of worldwide and nationwide personnel.
  • Strong pc literacy, together with proficiency in numerous MS workplace purposes (Excel, Phrase, and so on) and electronic mail/web; familiarity with database administration and workplace know-how equipments
  • Spoken and written English and Albanian

What to submit:

  1. Letter of curiosity, summarizing the tutorial background, the working expertise that’s related to the project and the particular function the candidate will play in collaboration with the opposite specialists and the inter-institutional working group
  2. Up to date resume
  3. Monetary proposal of day by day payment in ALL inclusive of all taxes

For each Youngster, you display… 

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 kids and our international workforce should replicate the range of these kids. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, no matter their race/ethnicity, age, incapacity, gender id, sexual orientation, faith, nationality, socio-economic background, or every 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 affordable lodging in the course of the choice course of and afterwards in your project. 

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance coverage on conduct that’s incompatible with the goals and goals of the United Nations and UNICEF, together with sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF additionally adheres to strict baby safeguarding ideas. All chosen candidates might be anticipated to stick to those requirements and ideas and can subsequently 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 offer extra info to conduct a background verify. 

Remarks:  

Solely shortlisted candidates might be contacted and advance to the subsequent stage of the choice course of. 

People engaged underneath a consultancy or particular person contract is not going to be thought-about “workers members” underneath the Workers Rules and Guidelines of the United Nations and UNICEF’s insurance policies and procedures and won’t be entitled to advantages offered therein (reminiscent of depart entitlements and medical insurance coverage protection). Their circumstances of service might be ruled by their contract and the Basic Circumstances of Contracts for the Companies of Consultants and Particular person Contractors. Consultants and particular person contractors are chargeable for figuring out their tax liabilities and for the cost 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 your entire interval of the contract. Chosen candidates are topic to affirmation of fully-vaccinated standing in opposition to SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Well being Group (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which should be met previous to taking over the project. It doesn’t apply to consultants who will work remotely and will not be 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 capabilities for UNICEF at some point of their consultancy contracts. 

Marketed: 27 Nov 2023 Central Europe Customary Time
Deadline: 11 Dec 2023 Central Europe Customary Time

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