GenU Green Rising Consultant, Global Programme Division​/Generation Unlimited Remote

• Experience writing successful fundraising proposals, including slide decks

UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.

At UNICEF, we are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do for as long as we are needed. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job – it is a calling.

UNICEF is a place where careers are built. We offer our staff diverse opportunities for professional and personal development that will help them reinforce a sense of purpose while serving children and communities across the world. We welcome everyone who wants to belong and grow in a diverse and passionate culture., coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package.

Visit our website to learn more about what we do at UNICEF.

• Support UNICEF country offices from conceptualization through execution to launch, scale and/or adapt custom built

Rising Rising offerings around climate and environmental action and sustainable livelihoods (green skills, green entrepreneurship, green jobs) by facilitating strategy workshops and by providing technical/strategy support.

• Support UNICEF country offices to capacitate in-country staff focused on Green Rising priorities
• Prepare fundraising proposals and relevant donor reports for and around the Green Rising
• Advise on & draft global strategy for and around the Green Rising
• Support the facilitation of events that bring together the Community of Practice for practitioners across UNICEF

who are working with young people on climate, and sustainable livelihoods

Disseminate toolkits and other guidance materials related to volunteer engagement around the Green Rising for implementing offices.

If you would like to know more about this consultancy, please review the complete Terms of Reference here:
ToR GenU Green Rising

• Education:
  
  A first University Degree in a relevant field combined with 2 additional years of professional experience may be accepted in lieu of an Advanced University Degree. Master’s degree from a recognized university in public policy, social sciences or another relevant field.
• Work Experience:
  
  A minimum of 10 years of relevant professional experience in volunteer and public engagement work
• Skills:
• Significant experience working with teams to develop, deliver, and optimize successful volunteer initiatives
• Experience facilitating and developing strategies and tactics with multiple stakeholders across functional communities and in global contexts
• An ability to tailor engagement approaches to context, adjusting to suit different issues, audiences, cultures, political situations, and systems of government
• A sophisticated and current knowledge of relevant digital tools and technologies, and a knowledge of trends and best practices in the volunteering and the broader public engagement spaces
• Experience facilitating workshops using human-centred design approaches, building capacity, and hosting internal communications
• Experience writing successful fundraising proposals, including slide decks
• Excellent verbal and interpersonal communication skills; meticulous attention to detail and ability to work under tight deadlines with a commitment to quality
• A solutions-driven attitude and client services orientation.
• Language Requirements:
  Fluency in English is required; strong written and verbal competency is necessary.

Working knowledge of another UN language is an asset

• Desirables:
• Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency is considered an asset.
• Experience working in the UNICEF context…