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For every child, Protection

In Ghana, UNICEF cooperates with the Government and other partners to defend the rights of children and help them fulfill their potential. With offices in Accra and Tamale, the UNICEF team seeks to achieve results in strategic programme areas. The overall goal is for every child to survive and thrive, to live in a safe and clean environment, to learn, to be protected from violence and exploitation, and to have an equitable chance in life. The current Country Programme of cooperation is aligned with the Government priorities, the UN Sustainable Development Partnership (UNSDP) and Key Results for Children (KRCs) in the West and Central African Region (immunization, nutrition, learning outcomes, ending child marriage and ending open defecation). UNICEF main strategies include evidence-based advocacy, system strengthening, integrated programming across sectors, emergency preparedness and response, and innovation.

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The International Consultant will provide technical support to UNICEF Ghana to deepen collaboration with key stakeholders and provide an interface for environmental scanning, knowledge exchange, resource mobilization leverage, and to influence the actions of private sector and other potential donors on addressing child labour in various sectors in Ghana, particularly in cocoa, mining and fishery sectors. Besides UNICEF in Ghana, the consultant will be working in collaboration with staff in UNICEF headquarters offices, UNICEF National Committees, as well as the International Cocoa Initiative, the Swiss Platform of Cocoa Initiative (SWISSCO), the World Bank, and appropriate authorities, private sector, donors and other key stakeholders working in Ghana.

The consultant will be responsible of the following key tasks:

1. Scan the external partnership environment on child labour and child protection for opportunities and risks, document and share information in a timely fashion with relevant UNICEF staff.
2. Identify and support partnerships, develop resource mobilization agreements across public and private sectors (including cocoa, mining sector and fisheries) to expand and scale child labour and child protection initiatives supported by UNICEF.
3. Support the co-creation, resourcing and establishment of a multi-donor, pooled funding mechanism to prevent and address child labour in Ghana, tackling its root causes.
4. Develop and maintain deep knowledge and familiarity with current and prospective partners and relevant stakeholders, contributing to a database of key partnerships and resource mobilization for child labour, and child protection in general.
5. Contribute to strategies for engagement and the development of products to enhance UNICEF’s visibility and influence with existing and prospective partners and key stakeholders, by providing analysis of the current environment and trends and formulating recommendations for strategy approaches and message development.
6. Support the management of reputational risk to UNICEF from private sector engagement, and identify and implement mitigating measures for any risks associated with a specific collaboration and communication around any partnerships.
7. Support dissemination and uptake of Child Rights and Business Principles and related practices with the private sector.

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

• An advanced university degree (Master’s or higher) in one of the following fields: International Development, Business Management, Political Science, Economics, Communication, and External Relations.
• A minimum of eight years of relevant professional experience in resource mobilization of other relevant areas.
• Excellent communications skills, verbal and written
• Diplomatic negotiation skills to establish and maintain trusted partnerships and effective working relationships with diverse stakeholders
• Authoritative knowledge of development issues, strategies, programming policies and procedures in international development cooperation
• Authoritative knowledge of practices in partnership development and resource mobilization
• Demonstrated ability to identify new opportunities and formulate new approaches in respect of resources management and outreach- related activities
• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of French will be an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF’s values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS).

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UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic.

UNICEF offers reasonable accommodation for consultants/individual contractors with disabilities. This may include, for example, accessible software, travel assistance for missions or personal attendants. We encourage you to disclose your disability during your application in case you need reasonable accommodation during the selection process and afterwards in your assignment.

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.

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Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

Individuals engaged under a consultancy or individual contract will not be considered “staff members” under the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s policies and procedures, and will not be entitled to benefits provided therein (such as leave entitlements and medical insurance coverage). Their conditions of service will be governed by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants and Individual Contractors. Consultants and individual contractors are responsible for determining their tax liabilities and for the payment of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with local or other applicable laws.

The selected candidate is solely responsible to ensure that the visa (applicable) and health insurance required to perform the duties of the contract are valid for the entire period of the contract. Selected candidates are subject to confirmation of fully-vaccinated status against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which must be met prior to taking up the assignment. It does not apply to consultants who will work remotely and are not expected to work on or visit UNICEF premises, programme delivery locations or directly interact with communities UNICEF works with, nor to travel to perform functions for UNICEF for the duration of their consultancy contracts.