Re-advertisement: Consultant (Senior 360 Executive and Team Coach), Education Cannot Wait (ECW), Hosted Fund, REMOTE, 12 months Req: 568244

This is a re-advertisement of the same vacancy. All those applicants who applied to the first vacancy do not need to re-apply as their applications will be retained for the ongoing recruitment efforts.

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, OPPORTUNITES 

Education Cannot Wait (ECW) is the first global fund dedicated to education in emergencies and protracted crises. It was established in 2016 during the World Humanitarian Summit by international humanitarian and development aid organizations, along with public and private donors, to help reposition education as a priority on the humanitarian agenda, usher in a more collaborative approach among actors on the ground and foster additional funding to ensure that every crisis-affected child and young person is in school and learning.

Based on the recognition that continuous access to quality learning is a priority for children and families affected by conflicts, natural disasters and displacement and that no programme nor organization can do it alone, ECW comes as a ground-breaking initiative bringing together public and private partners eager to work together differently and mobilize the funding required to deploy immediate and sustainable solutions.

How can you make a difference? 

PURPOSE OF THE CONSULTANCY

A senior professional to work directly with the ECW Director, members of the Senior Management Team and support session for all staff, for example at physical or virtual staff retreats or all staff meetings. The consultant will support through facilitation, coaching and offering advice.

To this end, the consultant will have the responsibility to support the Director in raising ECW’s awareness of its ongoing best practices as well as any opportunities for improvement including specific challenges that inhibit the full potential of the team. The key stakeholders of the initiative will be the senior leadership team and potential individuals within the extended leadership team. The Coach will be working in close strategic coordination with the Director of ECW.

Scope of Work:

1. Support ECW’s staff retreats and all staff meetings as co-planner and facilitator.
   • Help plan up to two staff retreats and up to 2 all staff meetings
   • Participate and facilitate agreed retreats and meetings
   • Support and monitor follow-up actions as agreed at retreats and all staff meetings.
   • Organize and coordinate ongoing communication to ECW team stakeholders to monitor achievement and recognize effort within the team.
   • Produce team-based output documents reflecting work completed and any shifting requirements in the environment as needed
   • Bring positive and forward-looking energy and strategy to the leaders of ECW whenever possible
2. Strategic support and advice to ECW Director and leadership team
   • Provide strategic advice and support to ECW’s Director and leadership team
   • Contribute towards the development of ECW insights on their learning and growth via individual and team coaching process as needed.

DELIVERABLES

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

• An advanced university degree (Master’s or higher) in Human Resources, General Management, Leadership, social sciences, or related fields.
• Official Coaching certification from a recognized institution. 
• A minimum of eight years of relevant professional experience in coaching and facilitating events in international organizations or large corporation settings.
• Must have professional, interpersonal, and intrapersonal skills.
• Strategic vision, strong analytical capabilities, and sound judgement.
• Proven high-level facilitation, networking, coordination, negotiation, consensus-building and organizational skills.
• Advanced communication (spoken and written) skills, including the ability to convey concepts and recommendations to the staff, both orally and in writing, in a clear, concise style.
• Demonstrate ability to draft/edit agendas, reports, presentations, and communication products.
• Availability to travel (to Geneva or New York, and ECW programmes)
• Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency is considered an asset. 
• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset. 

For every Child, you demonstrate… 

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

To view our competency framework, please visit  here. 

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. 

Remarks:  

This is a re-advertisement of the same vacancy. All those applicants who applied to the first vacancy do not need to re-apply as their applications will be retained for the ongoing recruitment efforts.

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.