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For every child, the right to Smile

How can you make a difference? 

Purpose of Activity/Assignment:

The new UNICEF strategic plan (2026-2029) articulates high level results for both learning/skilling of young people as well as their transition to livelihood opportunities. In MENA, several programmes are contributing to the achievement of these high-level results, including the EAA (Silatech) supported Green Visions and Thriving Futures, a $32 million 3-year project sub-regional project that supports Egypt, Jordan, and Lebanon that aims to reach 370,000 youth with climate actions and place nearly 200,000 youth in livelihoods in Egypt. Working at scale with private sector partners, UN partners and government counterparts, UNICEF seeks a consultant to document the strategic approach, partnership landscape analysis and implementation methodology that the Egypt CO developed to meet the employment targets for the first year of programme implementation. The documentation of the pathways is important to identify innovative and scalable approaches, highlight emerging best practices that can inform future programmes in Egypt, as well as visibility and knowledge management products that can support other partners and UNICEF Country Offices. To this end, the document will be used to support the Silatech Year 1 report, an ICON story to be developed with Generation Unlimited global team as well as a global webinar to be organized in partnership with GEN U and Silatech.

The consultant will be managed by the Senior Project Coordinator in Amman in coordination with the Egypt CO.

Therefore, UNICEF seeks to hire a consultant to work on the following deliverable:

1) Development of a Learning Package to document the employment pathways developed in the Egypt CO.

Tasks:

1) Work with ADAP Regional Office and Egypt Coutry Office to develop a 2-page learning document for external consumption;

2) Prepare an internal 5-7 page learning document for UNICEF capturing innovative approaches and best practices;

3) Prepare a short story for an ICON (UNICEF Website) story and develop a PowerPoint presentation based on the key learnings for an upcoming global webinar.

Scope of Work:

Strengthening the evidence base and scaling solutions for employment pathways in UNICEF through documentation of the Egypt Country Office example.

The consultant will work closely with the ADAP Regional Advisor in the UNICEF Regional Office in Amman, and the ADAP/SBC Chief of Section in Egypt Country Office (and her team) to document the innovative approaches and scalable solutions developed for the Silatech Programme in Egypt. The consultant will be provided key documents, including scoping studies, partner selection processes, labor market information as well as narrative reports to support the assignment. At the same time, the consultant will need to arrange key informant interviews with UNICEF as well as external partners under the EAA/Silatech programme. Framing the interventions within the Shabab Balad partnership will also require close collaboration with Generation Unlimited team members.

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have… 

Minimum requirements:

• Education: Bachelor degree on communication, social sciences or any other related field

• Work Experience:
• At least 3 years of relevant experience in Adolescent and Youth work
• Sufficient experience in undertaking ADAP related technical work, including content writing.
• Experience in working with UN, is an asset .
• Good understanding of the regional context is an asset.
• Skills
• Excellent writing, communication, and presentation skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and commitment to work to tight timeframes and deadlines.
• Language Requirements: Fluency in English required. Arabic desired.

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…

(1) Builds and maintains partnerships

(2) Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness

(3) Drive to achieve results for impact

(4) Innovates and embraces change

(5) Manages ambiguity and complexity

(6) Thinks and acts strategically

(7) Works collaboratively with others 

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