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For every child, … a better life,
UNICEF works with adolescents and young people to empower them with the improved knowledge, skills and capacities to successfully bring about positive change in their lives and in their communities, towards achieving results in line with UNICEF’s Strategic Plan.
Throughout history, engaged young people and youth-led action have been a powerful force for change. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child Article 12 further enshrines the right of every child to express their views freely in matters affecting them and for these views to be taken seriously.
In addition to the well-documented benefits to individual development and transferable life skills, young people’s empowerment as change makers are crucial investments because they lead to long-term positive societal outcomes for all children. Around the world, we see young people who have used enhanced confidence and skills to strengthen civil society and increase the accountability of their communities, governments and corporations. This has resulted in more relevant and effective programs and policies on education, mental health, climate change, protection, and other matters in development and humanitarian situations; young people’s action has also enhanced inclusion, social cohesion, violence prevention, and contributed to peacebuilding. At the local level, we see adolescents and young people advocating for and making daily changes for the better in their families, in peer groups, in schools, and in their communities.
How can you make a difference?
This position’s scope focuses on 1) delivering upon/completion of commitments made to UNICEF’s contributing sections, donors and partners who support UNICEF’s initiative on youth-led action; and 2) to support resource mobilization and partnership renewals in 2024 during a crucial acceleration stage of UNICEF’s work for youth-led action for 2025 onwards. Importantly, this position will work with the Adolescent Development and Participation (ADAP) team to finalize/put in place key architecture to ensure multi-year efforts for systems strengthening are completed and put in place; working under the direct supervision of the Adolescent Development Manager, based in ADAP HQ (New York) as well as other UNICEF colleagues in the New York office.
The incumbent wiil be expected to liaise closely with New York-based UNICEF multi-sectoral teams (existing youth-led action collaborators such as Mental Health, Health and partners), as well as regional and country offices, and existing private sector and individual donors, working with the ADAP team to maintain and continue to build these highly successful internal and external partnerships. Note this function is for a specific duration of 10 months and based in New York to ensure business continuity.
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have to…
Work with ADAP as liaison across UNICEF’s youth-led action initiatives to support, maintain and deliver on existing partnerships
Work with ADAP to finalize external partnership agreements & reporting, and prepare for new partnerships
Document, share and promote key findings, lessons learned, and other knowledge management products from first phase of youth-led action initiatives
Provide technical assistance for select youth engagement initiatives
Lead and complete the youth led action website development and work with ADAP NY team on final revisions of global goods, resources and tools.
Initiate and put in place structures for communities of practices for youth-led action
The following minimum requirements:
For every Child, you demonstrate…
UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values
The UNICEF competencies required for this post are…
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