National Youth Engagement Consultant – Generation Future, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

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

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

And we by no means quit. 

For each youngster, inspiration.

UNICEF began operation in Cambodia in 1952 and opened first nation workplace in 1973 in Phnom Penh. Extra info on what we do in Cambodia is on the market at https://www.unicef.org/cambodia/.

How will you make a distinction? 

UNICEF Cambodia is searching for a Nationwide Guide to offer technical help for the implementation of Technology Future 3.0. 

Launched as a pilot in 2021 and continued in 2022, UNICEF Cambodia launched Technology Future with one aim in thoughts – to assist younger folks throughout Cambodia to construct a greater post-pandemic future and fulfil their potential. The programme backs younger folks with authentic concepts to create optimistic social change by way of coaching, customized mentorship, and seed funding to carry these concepts to actuality. Working with UNICEF crew members, mentors, influencers and personal sector companions, the younger undertaking leaders developed abilities in undertaking design and administration, fundraising and price range planning, communication, campaigning and extra.  

Technology Future 3.0 will goal to succeed in extra Cambodian youth, offering them with alternatives to deal with points that influence them whereas constructing their confidence and creating 21^st century abilities. To scale up and obtain this aim, the programme will faucet into current youth networks and work carefully with the Ministry of Training, Youth and Sports activities (MoEYS) to leverage Native Life Abilities (LLS) and Volunteer in My Group (VMC) actions.  

Below the final steering of the Chief of communication, this project consists of main on the planning and implementation of Technology Future 3.0, together with creating and executing a piece plan which contains the suggestions of the programme analysis performed in early 2023 and actions to scale the initiatives by way of the above-mentioned training programmes.

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

{Qualifications} and Expertise: 

• Bachelor’s Diploma in social science, worldwide growth, worldwide affairs, communication, or different related areas 
• Not less than one yr of related expertise in working in youth engagement, together with co-designing tasks with younger folks and neighborhood growth tasks inside the area 
• Expertise in youth mobilization, coordination, and participation 
• Information of youth networks and organizations in Cambodia and understanding of Cambodia and its growth context 
• Expertise in capability constructing initiatives for younger folks or mentoring programmes 
• Expertise working with UNICEF or different UN companies is a plus 

Information and Abilities: 

• Confirmed abilities in communication, networking, strategic considering, advocacy, negotiation, and skill to narrate to a younger viewers 
• Confirmed potential to conceptualize, plan and execute concepts in addition to switch data and abilities 
• Familiarity with cell and net communication know-how, messaging software program, or U-report can be an asset 
• Wonderful communication abilities and the power to work with a variety of stakeholders, together with Authorities representatives, personal sector actors and younger folks 

Competencies: 

• Capability to work shortly, responsively and independently 
• Shows cultural, gender, faith, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptableness  
• Excellent abilities in group and coordination with a powerful drive for outcomes 
• Initiative, ardour and dedication to UNICEF’s mission  

Languages: 

• Fluent in English, in a position to ‘de-jargon’ technical language for a younger viewers 

Please discover the phrases of reference and monetary proposal template for this consultancy on this attachment: 

 TOR – Youth Engagement Consultant GF 3.0 tms.pdf

 Financial offer template.docx

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 youngsters and our international workforce should replicate the range of these youngsters. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, regardless of their race/ethnicity, age, incapacity, gender identification, sexual orientation, faith, nationality, socio-economic background, or another private attribute.

UNICEF provides reasonable accommodation for consultants/particular person contractors with disabilities. This may occasionally embody, 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 project. 

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 youngster safeguarding ideas. All chosen candidates might be anticipated to stick to those requirements and ideas and can subsequently bear rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will embody the verification of educational credential(s) and employment historical past. Chosen candidates could also be required to offer extra info to conduct a background examine. 

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 “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 (similar to go away entitlements and medical insurance coverage protection). Their circumstances of service might be ruled by their contract and the Common Situations of Contracts for the Providers 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 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 on the project. It doesn’t apply to consultants who will work remotely and usually are not anticipated to work on or go to UNICEF premises, programme supply places or straight work together with communities UNICEF works with, nor to journey to carry out capabilities for UNICEF throughout their consultancy contracts.