Job no: 554503
Contract type: Fixed Term Appointment
Duty Station: Nairobi
Level: P-3
Location: Kenya
Categories: Partnerships, Fund Raising
UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.
Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.
And we never give up.
For every child, a voice.
Since the inception of a private sector fundraising and partnerships support capacity in UNICEF ESARO, the partnerships team has developed and supported regional and country level private sector engagement strategies, and advanced income and influence for children’s rights across the region through targeted high-level partnerships with business, individuals, foundations and multi-stakeholder platforms.
This post aims to drive business initiatives and approaches at regional level, and to support country level engagements around, Child Rights and Business, Advocacy and targeted programme-led approaches to minimize harmful business practices and maximize business’ positive impact for children across the region.
How can you make a difference?
Under the leadership of the Partnerships Manager, Private Sector, this position aims to support the implementation of the Strategic Framework on Child rights and Business in ESAR; to support input and participation of African companies, as well as key stakeholders such as platforms and associations and Country Offices (COs) in Business engagement and Child Rights and Business (CRB) initiatives that aim to advance programmatic goals. This position will also support COs in their evidence generation, CRB and business engagement strategic planning, monitoring and evaluation initiatives, as well as lead capacity building in the region. Furthermore, the position holds an advisory and or account management role on select multi-country partnerships that have a financial and non-financial private sector engagement element.
Summary of key functions/accountabilities:
Within the delegated authority and under the given organizational set-up, the incumbent may be assigned the primary, shared, or contributory accountabilities for all or part of the following areas of major duties and key end-results:
Accelerating business engagement through Technical Support and capacity building - Support the implementation of UNICEF strategic guidance on business engagement, industry engagement, and broader CRB and advocacy/influence. This includes providing technical guidance to COs and the regional office programmes on how to promote the implementation of the Child Rights and Business Principles (CRBP) and related tools. This also includes training, use of business engagement and CRB tools, documentation of best practices. It also entails working closely with COs and RO programme sections to support the integration of business as key stakeholder for programmes as well as their engagement with business and its relevant stakeholders to advance their programmatic outputs and outcomes. This requires planning, implementation, and monitoring of CSR/CRB regional strategies and action plans as a main tool towards achieving programmatic results.
Business engagement, CRB and advocacy initiatives – advise on Business engagement, CRB initiatives and advocacy at the country level and lead on selected multi-country/regional initiatives with industry bodies, business industry associations, multi-stakeholder platforms, and regional/national think tanks on CSR/CRB, and Government. This will include guidance and technical support, in collaboration with CO and RO colleagues, to government and civil society organisations in interacting with the business sector and its relevant stakeholders to ensure that children’s rights are protected, in line with the CRPB and the CRC General Comment 16 on State obligations regarding the impact of the business sector on children's rights and the recommendations and Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child in its concluding observations to states.
Advancing programme outcomes through business action – provide technical guidance, in collaboration with CO and RO colleagues, to businesses and its relevant stakeholders on the integration of child rights considerations in their policies, practices, investments and operations.This includes leading on key industry agendas such as with the extractive industry and also the use of UNICEF’s CRB tools/reports as well as regional/global programme guidance to influence business and its stakeholders to further promote family and child friendly policies that mitigate and respond to negative impacts and enhance the positive ones from the workplace to the communities where they operate.
Integrating business into programmes - Provide technical support to COs in integrating CRB into the analysis and research that informs the Country Programme Document (CPD) including Situation Analyses, as well as the monitoring of reporting indicators for non-financial engagement. Provide support to COs on how to best position CRB within planning processes including Strategic Moments of Reflection (SMR), CPD reviews, etc.
Evidence generation – Lead regional/multi-country and support country initiatives that aim to build evidence around the positive and negative impacts of business activities on children rights to inform programming and strategic engagement with business and its relevant stakeholders.
Partnerships support– provide advice and support COs in the identification, development, and finalization of financial and non-financial partnerships/engagements or in holistic partnerships which include and require CRB, advocacy or other non-financial elements. This includes due diligence, pitch development, and negotiation, particularly in relation to sensitive industries (eg. Extractives). In addition, as required for multi-country partnerships or as requested by COs and RO, interact directly with prospective partners in the regions to develop strong non-financial results within partnerships in the regions, and provide account management in orderr to stewrad and grow exisitng partnerships. .
Provide support in other related tasks and larger partnership team objectives to ensure an integrated approach.
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
An advanced university degree (Master’s or higher) in Social Sciences, Development, Business, Corporate Social Responsibility, Public Administration or related field.
A minimum of [insert years] of relevant professional experience in sustainability, human rights or children’s rights, with some direct experience in establishing and stewarding partnerships with the private sector. Experience in Africa is a plus.
Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency is considered an asset.
Fluency in English is required. Good knowledge of French is desired.
For every Child, you demonstrate…
UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA).
To view our competency framework, please visit here.
UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.
We offer a wide range of benefits to our staff, including paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the use of flexible working arrangements.
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. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. 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.
Remarks:
UNICEF’s active commitment towards diversity and inclusion is critical to deliver the best results for children.
Mobility is a condition of international professional employment with UNICEF and an underlying premise of the international civil service.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.
UNICEF appointments are subject to medical clearance.  Issuance of a visa by the host country of the duty station, which will be facilitated by UNICEF, is required for IP positions. Appointments may also be subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Government employees that are considered for employment with UNICEF are normally required to resign from their government before taking up an assignment with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the right to withdraw an offer of appointment, without compensation, if a visa or medical clearance is not obtained, or necessary inoculation requirements are not met, within a reasonable period for any reason.
Deadline: 27 Sep 2022 E. Africa Standard Time
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