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UNICEF ROSA has an exciting opportunity for Youth Engagement Officer (Climate), to strengthen meaningful youth and adolescent engagement and participation in climate and environmental actions, strengthen their resilience to the climate crises and support the development of the climate change and adolescent/youth engagement work.
UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.
At UNICEF, we are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job – it is a calling.
UNICEF is a place where careers are built: we offer our staff diverse opportunities for personal and professional development that will help them develop a fulfilling career while delivering on a rewarding mission. We pride ourselves on a culture that helps staff thrive, coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package.
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For every child, a future
UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children and young people. 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. The UNICEF Strategic Plan, 2022-25 recognizes the whole spectrum of young people, including young adults or youth over 18, and includes in its Change Strategies “supporting young people and children as agents of change.”
UNICEF Values on Youth Engagement in Climate Action
The climate crisis is a child rights crisis. In South Asia, children in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Maldives and Pakistan are at extremely high risk of the climate crisis. UNICEF’s Sustainability and Climate Change Action Plan (SCAP) outlines organizational response to this crisis as well as focus areas for action and partnerships – delivering the best results cannot be achieved by UNICEF working alone. Our vision statement calls for UNICEF “to galvanize a global commitment to ensure a sustainable world and to protect the most vulnerable children from the worst impacts of climate change so that every child has an opportunity to survive, grow, and thrive.” UNICEF recognizes that young people have a critical role to play in the transition to a more sustainable future. By taking practical environmental action and developing green and transferable skills, they will benefit themselves and their communities and the planet.
Adolescent and Youth Engagement can be defined as: “The rights-based inclusion of adolescents and youth in areas that affect their lives and their communities, including dialogue, decisions, mechanisms, processes, events, campaigns, actions and programs – across all stages, from identification, analysis and design to implementation, monitoring and evaluation.” The fact that the children’s and adolescents’ rights are the heart of UNICEF’s mandate, combined with this momentum around young people’s issues, has led to adolescent and youth engagement being central to UNICEF’s current and 2022-2025 Strategic Plans.
UNICEF South Asia employs a comprehensive approach to address climate challenges for children and young people, leveraging a wide-ranging network of government, civil society, private sector partners and young people. This includes disaster reduction and climate-resilient programming in key sectors such as water, sanitation, hygiene, health, nutrition, and education. Through youth-led initiatives, UNICEF engages young people as partners in civic and youth engagement, with young people carrying out initiatives in their local communities on issues that are relevant to them. UNICEF works on changing behaviors through community mobilization and engaging key community stakeholders on climate change and environmental issues.
How can you make a difference?
UNICEF South Asia is looking for a motivated professional with experience in youth and adolescent engagement in climate and environmental action.
Under the direct supervision of the Regional Adolescent Advisor, with dotted reporting lines to the Regional Climate Advisor, the purpose of this position is to strengthen meaningful youth and adolescent engagement and participation in climate and environmental actions, strengthen their resilience to the climate crises and support the development of the climate change and adolescent/youth engagement work. The incumbent will be responsible for the development of a South Asia Youth Climate Action and Engagement Strategy. The strategy and action plan should be in line with the new UNICEF Sustainability and Climate Change Action Plan (SCAP) and the Green Rising initiative. Moreover, the focus will be on supporting youth-led advocacy to build public will for concerted action and influence decision makers to shape sustainable public policies. This will include developing evidence-based policy and advocacy guidance and toolkits, supporting partnerships, evidence generation, planning and implementation of advocacy campaigns.
UNICEF supported actions are to align to and inform SDG implementation in the region, South Asia’s participation to COP objectives, as well as the UNICEF Strategic Plan and Core Corporate Commitments for Children in Humanitarian Action. Each component of UNICEF’s work presents opportunities to act on climate, energy and/or the environmental issues to deliver more sustainable results, inherent is to apply both equity and gender equality lenses. Promoting cross sectorial programming is therefore essential.
Summary of key functions/accountabilities:
Strategic programme planning, coordination, and implementation:
Coordinate strategic planning, coordination, and implementation of UNICEF-supported youth-led climate change interventions. Liaise with regional and country teams. Mapping of existing stakeholder and potential partners and interventions relevant to UNICEF’s focused areas on defining pathways for young people to be more effective champions for sustainability, aligned to the SCAP and Green Rising.
Technical support to mainstream and accelerate youth-led climate change and environmental issues across SAR programming:
Evidence generation, policy, and positioning of UNICEF in youth engagement and climate change in South Asia:
Support external partnerships and linkages to regional and global efforts
Capacity Building, Youth-led climate innovation and knowledge management:
Impact of Results
The efficiency and efficacy of support provided by the Youth Engagement Officer (Climate):
If you would like to know more about this position, please review the complete Job Description here:
Minimum requirements:
Education:
Work Experience:
At least two (2) years of progressively responsible and relevant professional work experience in climate change, environmental studies, development studies, social sciences or youth and adolescent development is required.
Experience in development and implementation of youth engagement strategies, with specific, measurable and timebound objectives and performance indicators is preferred.
Prior experience and knowledge of climate policies and activities is an asset.
Experience in communication or advocacy is an asset, including strong network of stakeholders and partners.
Proactive and resourceful, with good communication skills in negotiating and liaising with counterparts and partners.
Knowledge of children’s rights, public policy, international development and humanitarian issues.
Language Requirements:
Desirables:
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
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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.
We offer a wide range of measures to include a more diverse workforce, such as paid parental leave, time off for breastfeeding purposes, and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the use of flexible working arrangements.
UNICEF does not hire candidates who are married to children (persons under 18). 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 is committed to promoting the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. 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.
UNICEF appointments are subject to medical clearance. Issuance of a visa by the host country of the duty station is required for IP positions and will be facilitated by UNICEF. Appointments may also be subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Should you be selected for a position with UNICEF, you either must be inoculated as required or receive a medical exemption from the relevant department of the UN. Otherwise, the selection will be canceled.
Remarks:
As per Article 101, paragraph 3, of the Charter of the United Nations, the paramount consideration in the employment of the staff is the necessity of securing the highest standards of efficiency, competence, and integrity.
UNICEF’s active commitment to diversity and inclusion is critical to deliver the best results for children. For this position, eligible and suitable female candidates are encouraged to apply.
Government employees who are considered for employment with UNICEF are normally required to resign from their government positions 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.
UNICEF does not charge a processing fee at any stage of its recruitment, selection, and hiring processes (i.e., application stage, interview stage, validation stage, or appointment and training). UNICEF will not ask for applicants’ bank account information.
All UNICEF positions are advertised, and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process. An internal candidate performing at the level of the post in the relevant functional area, or an internal/external candidate in the corresponding Talent Group, may be selected, if suitable for the post, without assessment of other candidates.
Additional information about working for UNICEF can be found here.
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