• Country: New York, USA
• No of vacancies: N/A
  
• Salary: N/A 
• Organization: UNICEF
• Gender: Both 
• Deadline: 2024-01-06

Summary of key functions/accountabilities: 

1. Advocacy strategy development and implementation with a focus on advancing UNICEF’s sustainability and climate action agenda.
2. Gather, analyze, and utilize strategic and political intelligence in pursuit of climate advocacy goals.
3. Stakeholder engagement and formation of alliances and partnerships with key non-government climate-relevant entities, including philanthropies and other strategic funders of climate advocacy
4. Resource mobilization in support of UNICEF sustainability and climate advocacy and communications needs.
5. Advocacy capacity building with strategically relevant UNICEF regional, country and national committee offices.
6. Support strategic engagement with child and youth climate entities and movements.
7. Carry out additional activities as required.

As part of the global advocacy section, the staff member will design and coordinate effective, integrated advocacy strategies, and support the scale up of our advocacy capacities, through the development, funding, implementation, monitoring and evaluation stages. Key functions will include;

1. Advocacy strategy development and implementation with a focus on advancing UNICEF’s sustainability and climate action agenda

• Develop and execute advocacy strategies – including defining advocacy outcomes, power analysis, and developing a clear theory of change – to advance UNICEF’s advocacy goals.
• Support the development of up-to-date climate advocacy products, such as policy briefs and materials, informed by the latest political, policy and legislative intelligence.
• Work in close collaboration with Headquarters and regional and national focal points.

2. Gather, analyze, and utilize strategic and political intelligence in pursuit of climate advocacy goals.

• Leverage strong understanding of global climate change policy, institutions, actors and processes including the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to monitor, gather and analyze developments in global and regional climate change politics and policy-making..

• • Knowledge of the evolving climate financing landscape including Multilateral Climate Funds (MCFs) and International Financial Institutions (IFIs) an asset.

• Recommend strategies and tactics to leverage these development to advance UNICEF’s advocacy goals

3. Stakeholder engagement and formation of alliances and partnerships with key non-government climate-relevant entities, including philanthropies and other strategic funders of climate advocacy.

• Undertake regular mapping exercises to monitor potential partners, advocacy targets and issues.
• Form and maintain active relationships and partnerships with current and potential climate-relevant partners, governmental, intergovernmental organisations (i.e. IPCC, UNFCCC etc), non-governmental organizations, philanthropies and other strategic funders, private sector partners, institutes and academia.
• Where necessary play a convener role, convening and organizing engagements with entities to advance UNICEF’s sustainability and climate agenda.

4. Resource Mobilization in support of UNICEF sustainability and climate advocacy and communications needs

• Support, collaborate and where needed lead on the development of resource mobilization and funding proposals/ materials designed to secure resource and financial support for UNICEF’s sustainability and climate advocacy, communications and youth engagement.

5. Advocacy Capacity Building with strategically relevant UNICEF Regional, Country and National Committee offices.

• Contribute to building UNICEF regional and national climate advocacy capacities including through coaching, training, sharing of advocacy expertise and direct input into national/ regional strategies to ensure alignment with global plans

6. Support strategic engagement with UNFCCC child and youth constituency (YOUNGO)

• Act as primary focal point within UNICEF for UNFCCC child and youth constituency (YOUNGO), including advising on children’s rights and engagement within the constituency’s working groups.
• Leverage knowledge and skills in child and youth climate engagement mechanisms including Conference of Youth (COY) and Global Youth Statement, to support and advance youth and UNICEF sustainability and climate agenda.
• Where relevant, support and provide guidance regional offices and key country offices on youth engagement in regional climate weeks, RCOYs and LCOYs.
• Work in close collaboration with UNICEF youth engagement section to ensure alignment with youth engagement strategies and whole-organisation approach to youth engagement in climate action.

7. Carry out additional activities as required

The efficiency and efficacy of support provided by the Advocacy Manager:

1. Robust advocacy strategies are developed implemented, monitored and evaluated, with SMART advocacy outcomes and clear theories of change.
2. Measurable change for children and young people through the achievement of defined advocacy outcomes at the global and national level.
3. The Advocacy Section drives the development of global plans and priorities, building partnerships and capacity at all levels to improve advocacy impact.

Achieving these goals will significantly contribute to the well-being of children.

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