Consultancy: Community Coordinator Consultant - Req.#580888

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For every child, HOPE! Vacancy Announcement: Consultant Consultancy Title: Community Coordinator Consultant Section/Division/Duty Station: Education-ADAP Section/ UNGEI Secretariat, New York HQ  Duration: June 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025 Home/ Office Based: REMOTE About UNICEF  If you are a committed, creative professional and are passionate about making a lasting difference for children, the world's leading children's rights organization would like to hear from you. For 70 years, UNICEF has been working on the ground in 190 countries and territories to promote children's survival, protection and development. UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, good water and sanitation, quality basic education for all boys and girls, and the protection of children from violence, exploitation, and AIDS. UNICEF is funded entirely by the voluntary contributions of individuals, businesses, foundations and governments. UNICEF has over 12,000 staff in more than 145 countries. BACKGROUND Purpose of Activity/Assignment:   UNGEI is a global partnership for gender equality in and through education. Our mandate is to catalyse and galvanize action locally, nationally, regionally and global for girls’ education and gender equality in education. The UNGEI Secretariat is governed by UNICEF policies of employment. We strive to uphold feminist and anti-racist principles in how we work and offer flexible work arrangements.   The Community Coordinator is crucial to the delivery of one of UNGEI’s flagship initiatives, the Feminist Network for Gender Transformative Education (FemNet4GTE). FemNet4GTE will bring together local and global organizations and activists who seek to achieve gender equality in and through education. The UN Girls’ Education Initiative's (UNGEI) goal in developing, curating, and convening this network is to create a strong movement of actors that demand commitment by education leaders to this area of work and provide support to them to fulfil their commitments. In addition to creating a connected group of actors, in 2025 UNGEI will also support in-person gatherings at a regional level, and one global meeting in New York, to take place in September. Scope of Work: Under the supervision of the Communications & Advocacy Manager, and in close collaboration with UNGEI team, the Community Coordinator will support UNGEI by leading on community management and communications with participants of the FemNet4GTE in the run up to, delivery of and wrap-up of the Network meetings This is a deliverable-based contract in 2025. The Community Coordinator is responsible for: 1. Continuous and engaged community liaison ensured with the participants of the Feminist Network for Gender Transformative Education 2. Ensuring FemNet4GTE meetings are convened with quality, feminist, and inclusive content 3. Ensuring knowledge and expertise gained from the FemNet4GTE is consolidated and amplified http://www.ungei.org/ Terms of Reference / Specific Deliverables 1. Continuous and engaged community liaison ensured with the participants of the Feminist Network for Gender Transformative Education Produce and disseminate timeline for 4 regional Network meetings and 1 global meeting Support regional leads and UNGEI team to develop invitee lists for 4 regional and 1 global meeting  Convene & lead up to four virtual participant meetings, including liaison before and after the meeting Write and disseminate all pre-meeting communications with participants, including slides, agendas, meeting minutes Manage a secure online database of participants’ details Develop, disseminate, and support participant and facilitator travel plans as needed Write and disseminate information packs for participants and speakers including all pertinent information on the meetings Support communications and advocacy lead in the convening and leading of planning group meetings, including liaison before and after the meetings 30 September 2025 2. Ensuring FemNet4GTE meetings (4 regional action workshops and 1 global meeting) are convened with quality, feminist, and inclusive content Develop and disseminate safeguarding, inclusion and accessibility strategy in line with UNICEF policies and UNGEI principles, taking action as needed to ensure compliance from all members Convene up to 20 planning meetings with regional leads and UNGEI team to prepare for the meetings  Provide written and verbal feedback on workshop agenda to ensure the meetings meet  participants’ needs and overall strategy Undertake up to 4 international travels to support the regional action workshops 30 September 2025 3. Ensuring knowledge and expertise gained from the FemNet4GTE is consolidated and amplified Create, disseminate, and manage post-event communications including evaluations, digital communication toolkits  Participate in up to 5 internal or external debriefing meetings related to the meetings, sharing relevant insights and reflections Develop a post-event report reflecting the proceedings and outcomes the regional action workshops and the global convenings, including analysis of feedback & evaluation from the participants Support ongoing dissemination and amplification of The World We Want campaign Co-ordination of in-person meeting at G20 to amplify advocacy priorities in The World We Want campaign Lead the production of a creative piece content (e.g. story collection, video collection) from Network members  30 September 2025 Travel:  International Travel:  Five (5) international missions (Nairobi, Mexico City, Nicosia, Bangkok and NYC)   Four (4) days each for four (4) trips plus three (3) days for one (1) trip to NYC. Qualifications (1) Education Bachelor’s degree in Public and/or private sector partnerships, education, communications, marketing, public relations, business administration and management, technology, or social sciences. Knowledge and experience in gender and/or education is a plus. Language Proficiency:  • Fluency in English is mandatory. (2) Knowledge/Expertise/Skills required:  • Bachelor’s degree in relevant field desirable • 3-5 years of experience in working with international organizations, NGOs, CSOs or in development areas, including at least 2 years of experience managing community-level, local or regional partnerships  • Experience in managing international communities/partnerships is desirable • At least 3 years of experience in supporting the planning and organization of campaigns, events, workshops, and meetings at national or international level • Excellent communications skills, in particular with partners including CSOs, NGOs and activists • An understanding of issues related to feminism, gender equality in education and girls’ education is a must Requirements: Completed profile in UNICEF's e-Recruitment system and  - Upload copy of academic credentials  - Financial proposal that will include/ reflect : o the costs per each deliverable and the total lump-sum for the whole assignment (in US$) to undertake the terms of reference. o travel costs and daily subsistence allowance, if internationally recruited or travel is required as per TOR.  o Any other estimated costs: visa, health insurance, and living costs as applicable. o Indicate your availability  - Any emergent / unforeseen duty travel and related expenses will be covered by UNICEF. - At the time the contract is awarded, the selected candidate must have in place current health insurance coverage. - Payment of professional fees will be based on submission of agreed satisfactory deliverables. UNICEF reserves the right to withhold payment in case the deliverables submitted are not up to the required standard or in case of delays in submitting the deliverables on the part of the consultant.  U.S. Visa information: With the exception of the US Citizens, G4 Visa and Green Card holders, should the selected candidate and his/her household members reside in the United States under a different visa, the consultant and his/her household members are required to change their visa status to G4, and the consultant’s household members (spouse) will require an Employment Authorization Card (EAD) to be able to work, even if he/she was authorized to work under the visa held prior to switching to G4.   Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process  For every Child, you demonstrate… UNICEF’s core values of Commitment, Diversity and Integrity and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results. View our competency framework at: Here 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:   Individuals engaged under a consultancy 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. Consultants 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.