UNITE KM and Rollout Consultant, MRM Unit, Office of Strategy & Evidence (OSE), 12 months, Florence, Italy (Remote), #: 592952

<p style="text-align: justify">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.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">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.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">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.</p> <p>Visit <a href="https://www.unicef.org/">our website</a> to learn more about what we do at UNICEF.</p> <p><strong>How can you make a difference?  </strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 3.7pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 17pt"><span>The new Office of Strategy and Evidence (OSE) aims to strengthen UNICEF’s global credibility and ability to be a global voice, influencer, and evidence leader for child rights. In today’s complex and rapidly changing operating environment and decreasing resources, high quality evidence and foresight will underpin UNICEF’s credibility and ability to deliver results and be a global voice, influencer, and leader for child rights.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 3.7pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 17pt"><span>The Office of Strategy & Evidence - Innocenti provides leadership across UNICEF in the areas of data, research and evidence generation, foresight, and assure development effectiveness through strategic planning, monitoring and results & risk management. It drives the evidence to globally position the Organization on all child related issues, monitor SDGs and serves as the institutional lead for excellence in data, research and foresight on children and child rights within UNICEF, the United Nations and the global community.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 3.7pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 17pt"><span>By integrating data generation and use, research and foresight with programme effectiveness, OSE informs and strengthens the acceleration of progress towards SDGs, delivery of the Strategic Plan’s results for children at country level, contributes to thought leadership, and helps anticipate emerging challenges, thus, making sure that Country Programmes are informed and respond to national priorities for children according to different contexts, including humanitarian.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 3.7pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 17pt"><span>The consultant will support the Monitoring and Results Management (MRM) and OPS Units by strengthening knowledge enablement, institutional learning, and sustained adoption of the UNITE system through the following areas of work:</span></p> <ol> <li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 17pt"><span>UNITE Knowledge Architecture and Institutional Repository</span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 17pt"><span>Knowledge Capture and Lessons Learned</span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 17pt"><span>UNITE Conceptual Guidance Products</span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 17pt"><span>UNITE Knowledge Enablement and Adoption Support</span></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 17pt"><span>Knowledge Sustainability and Handover</span></li> </ol> <p>If you would like to know more about this consultancy, please review the complete <strong>Terms of Reference</strong> here: <img src="https://static.pageuppeople.com/static/people/icons/icon_file_small.gif" alt="Download File"> <a href="https://secure.dc7.pageuppeople.com/apply/TransferRichTextFile.ashx?sData=UFUtVjMt_XJHszdmgEtPiozlkkUEiMPHZqOqF5Qk4eles7EAynpr4eT8c7lea43B-QbZ-3UdFAouaR5gzNF3QqpDegNQo8bpMOON4xdgGNH244LS3ftEBzXClLifLaCA9ZSzOY55IUcPeOeH80Fnl9DBCDCk_g%7e%7e">ToR UNITE KM Consultancy.pdf</a></p> <p><strong>To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…</strong> </p> <p><strong>Minimum requirements:</strong></p> <p><strong>Education</strong>: Master’s degree in Statistics, Management, Economics, Development, Sciences, Public Health, Education, or similar relevant discipline</p> <p><strong>Work Experience</strong>:</p> <p>1. At least 7 years of experience in the development and use of KM for programme management and delivery is required</p> <p>2. At least 5 years of experience and skills in KM and monitoring is required</p> <p><strong>Knowledge/Expertise/Skills:</strong></p> <p>1. Demonstrated knowledge of UNICEF KM systems and frameworks</p> <p>2. Experience in understanding of UNICEF monitoring and reporting frameworks and systems is an advantage</p> <p><strong>Language Requirements:  </strong>Knowledge of French, Spanish is an advantage</p> <p><strong>Desirables: </strong>Work experience with UNICEF is an asset.</p> <p><strong> </strong><strong>For every Child, you demonstrate...</strong></p> <p style="text-align: justify">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: <a title="https://uni.cf/UNICEFValues" href="https://www.unicef.org/careers/get-prepared#Values" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">UNICEF Values</a></p> <p style="text-align: justify">UNICEF promotes and advocates for the protection of the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything it does and is mandated to support the realization of the rights of every child, including those most disadvantaged, and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. <a href="https://www.unicef.org/careers/equity-inclusion-and-diversity-unicef">The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone</a>, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, minority, or any other status.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">UNICEF encourages applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, nationality, religious or ethnic backgrounds, and from people with disabilities, including neurodivergence. We offer reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. throughout the recruitment process. If you require any accommodation, please submit your request through the accessibility email button on the UNICEF Careers webpage <a href="https://www.unicef.org/accessibility#contact">Accessibility | UNICEF</a>. Should you be shortlisted, please get in touch with the recruiter directly to share further details, enabling us to make the necessary arrangements in advance.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">UNICEF does not hire candidates who are married to children (persons under 18). 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 based on gender, nationality, age, race, sexual orientation, religious or ethnic background or disabilities. UNICEF is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. 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, and selected candidates with disabilities may be requested to submit supporting documentation in relation to their disability confidentially.</p> <p><strong>Qualified candidates are invited to submit the following documents via the online recruitment portal, TMS (Talent Management System):</strong></p> <ul type="disc"> <li>An up-to-date TMS profile and curriculum vitae (CV)</li> <li>Cover letter</li> <li>A separate <strong>financial proposal: <img src="https://static.pageuppeople.com/static/people/icons/icon_file_small.gif" alt="Download File"> <a href="https://secure.dc7.pageuppeople.com/apply/TransferRichTextFile.ashx?sData=UFUtVjMtIlZBQ4U1lRS0Ol_GVJw-18vuo8K-F8_ozxZMANpYYsI5wR2vZJLA-g1DLtcRXbMSY2kZfUhm5zovYT6wf_HDa06rq8Gkg8rHGd2Up-zZeMY8OyfOkE0bO9QJfzxJ_NoeQwd66CTBAHIP8nXPaFTmhA%7e%7e">Financial proposal xxx2282.docx</a></strong></li> <li>A detailed technical proposal</li> </ul> <p><strong>Remarks: </strong> <strong><em>If the TOR or financial proposal documents are not visible on certain recruitment platforms, please visit our official page </em><a title="https://jobs.unicef.org/cw/en-us/filter/?search-keyword=&work-type=consultant" href="https://jobs.unicef.org/cw/en-us/filter/?search-keyword=&work-type=consultant" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Vacancies | UNICEF Careers</em></a><em>.</em></strong></p> <p>UNICEF does not charge a processing fee at any stage of its recruitment, selection, and hiring processes (i.e., application stage, interview stage, validation stage, or appointment and training). UNICEF will not ask for applicants’ bank account information.</p> <p>All UNICEF positions are advertised, and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.</p> <p>Additional information about working for UNICEF can be found <a href="https://www.unicef.org/careers/unicef-job-categories">here</a>.</p>

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