climate and migration knowledge management and support for resource mobilization

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The child Protection Section, UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Regional Office is seeking an individual consultant to develop impactful narratives on the key pillars of our work, including on climate impact and child protection; support resource mobilization through the scanning of the donor landscape, coordination of child protection inputs for climate funding proposals and programmes, and support on the development of investment cases for key pillars of our work; generate knowledge, through the documentation of evidence-based and promising practices, tracking and analysis of activities and progress, and analysis; share knowledge through the development of knowledge products, tailored to different audiences, creation of communities of learning, through regional bulletins and through the regular updating of UNICEF share point and web pages; and manage knowledge through the maintenance of an online library of easy to access/search resources.

Work assignment, Expected deliverable and Delivery schedule:

This work assignment is remote/home based. Travel in the region to act as rapporteur may be requested if the person is based in the region.

Develop key think pieces and external communication materials on climate change and child protection and climate resilient child protection systems:

• Drawing from existing research, develop a compelling narrative on the impact of climate change and climate driven disasters on child protection risks and harms, contextualized to the EAP region
• Develop a compelling narrative that clearly explains the climate benefit of investing in child protection prevention and response mechanisms and family resilience
• Translate the conceptual framework on climate resilient child protection systems into an external briefing, capturing the concept and components, and the measurement framework
• Capture these briefings in an external two pager
• Develop a visually appealing and compelling power point for internal and external use capturing the key points of the listed knowledge products
• Develop case studies on mitigating the impact of climate change on child protection risks
• External brief capturing the climate impact on child protection risks and harms specifically for the EAPR context (5 pages) – 6 days
• External brief on the climate benefit of investing in child protection prevention and response systems for the EAPR context (5 pages) – 6 days
• Based on the conceptual framework developed by EAPRO, an external briefing on setting out the concept for and components of a climate resilient child protection systems, including a climate resilient social service workforce (10-15 pages) – 8 days
• Designed two pager summarizing the key points of listed knowledge products – 3 days
• Power point capturing the key points of the listed knowledge products (approx. 12 slides) – 2 days
• Three (3) case studies developed on mitigating the impact of climate change on child protection risks (2 pages per case study) = 6 days

Support resource mobilization efforts of and donor reporting for the Child Protection Section, including for climate change and labour migration:

• Support donor landscape mapping of opportunities for resource mobilisation child protection and the child protection section pillars, in collaboration with the partnerships team
• Support for the development of investment cases on four priority areas on the basis of identified opportunities from the donor landscape mapping
• Coordinate inputs from and support country office child protection sections, as well as the Regional Office Child Protection Section, on the process of developing the proposal for the Green Climate Fund, with a focus on climate smart child protection, legal empowerment, mental health, GBViE and PSEA
• Act as a liaison between the UNICEF regional Climate Section and the EAPRO Child Protection section and child protection sections at country office level and attend relevant consultation meetings for the Green Climate Fund and related proposals
• Provision of support to the KOICA funded COs on the climate change programme for the Child Protection Section
• Support narrative donor reporting, including coordination of country office inputs, including for the Safe Online and UNICEF Australia grants for child online protection, and for the PROTECT – Safe Labour Migration EU funded programme
• Support data and information analysis for the preparation of internal and donor reports.

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

Essential:

• An advanced degree in law, social sciences, or a related or relevant field;
• A minimum of five years’ professional work experience at national and/or international levels in research, editing, information and knowledge management, and/or in the field of child rights, child protection, and/or migration;
• Proven high quality writing skills, with an ability to convey complex ideas in a clear, direct, and accessible style to a range of audiences;
• Fluency in English and excellent proofing and editing skills in English
• Demonstrated ability to work independently;
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and meet tight deadlines; and
• Ability to work flexibly

Source:  https://jobs.unicef.org/cw/en-us/job/570424

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