- Country: Geneva, Switzerland
- No of vacancies: N/A
- Salary: N/A
- Organization: UNICEF
- Gender: Both
- Deadline: 2024-01-03
PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT
Under the direct supervision of the SWA Programme Specialist, the consultant will provide direct support for partner engagement to develop efficient plans and processes for the engagement of strategic partners, with a particular focus on Heads of State Engagement, High-Level Meetings as well as mobilisation in underrepresented constituencies.
EXPECTED RESULTS
The Consultant is expected to deliver the following results:
- Develop engagement plans for two SWA High Level Meetings, namely the Finance Ministers’ Meetings for Latin America and the Caribbean and for Asia-Pacific, and the follow up process to the Finance Ministers’ Meeting for Africa
- Develop a long list of 22 potential new partners to join different constituencies as specified, develop an outreach plan, correspondence and meetings to solicit their interest to join the SWA partnership, and the integration of new partners into the partnership
- Develop concepts and implementation plans for four online exchanges, four constituency virtual meetings and three trainings
- Develop an engagement plan to ensure the active participation of strategic partners from non-government constituencies, except CSOs, in SWA’s priority countries.
| WORK ASSIGNMENT OVERVIEW | DELIVERABLES / OUTPUT | TIMELINE | ESTIMATED WORKING DAYS |
| Develop engagement plans for two SWA High Level Meetings, namely the Finance Ministers’ Meetings for Latin America and the Caribbean and for Asia-Pacific, and the follow up process to the Finance Ministers’ Meeting for Africa | Develop one engagement plan for the SWA High Level Meetings taking place in April 2024 (Finance Ministers’ Meeting Latin America and Caribbean) and May (Finance Ministers’ Meeting Asia and Pacific) to efficiently reach out to and ensure active engagement of at least 12 strategic SWA non-government partners (external support agencies, research & learning, utilities & regulators and the private sector constituencies) in the preparation, implementation and follow up of each Meeting
Develop 1 plan to mobilise partners from the above constituencies to contribute to and participate in the preparatory processes and at least 4 webinars for the Finance Ministers’ Meetings for Latin America and the Caribbean and Asia and Pacific respectively, and the follow-up to the Finance Ministers’ Meeting for Africa, and ensure resourceful contributions to the Finance Ministers Meeting for Latin America through presence at the meeting by preparing at least 3 briefings and facilitating discussions so constituencies develop common positions to bring into the meetings. |
Jan 2024 (FMM LAC) Feb 2024 (FMM AP)
Jan-Feb 2024(FMM Africa)
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12 Days
30 Days |
| Develop a long list of 22 potential new partners to join different constituencies as specified, develop an outreach plan, correspondence and meetings to solicit their interest to join the SWA partnership, and the integration of new partners into the partnership | Develop at least 12 profiles of potential new SWA partners from private sector (3), external support agencies (3) research and learning (3) and government constituencies (3), develop an outreach plan, correspondence, and meetings to solicit their interest to join the partnership
Identify at least 10 potential new partners in the utilities and regulators constituency, develop an outreach plan, correspondence and meetings, leading to at least 5 of these agencies joining SWA
Induction packages for at least 10 new partners developed and two (2) induction and orientation sessions for new partners delivered |
May-Jul 2024
Jul-Sept 2024
Sept-Dec 2024
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25 days
20 Days
17 Days |
| Develop concepts and implementation plans for four online exchanges, four constituency virtual meetings and three trainings
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Develop concepts and implementation plans for four online exchanges between SWA non-government partners (external support agencies, research & learning, utilities & regulators and the private sector constituencies)
Organise up to four constituency virtual meetings for external support agencies, private sector, research & learning and utilities & regulators constituencies, including preparing concepts, presentations and meeting reports for each meeting.
Organise up to three trainings for utilities & regulators together with the World Bank, including preparing concepts, presentations and reports for sharing with the SWA partnership. |
Jan-Mar 2024
Mar, Jun, Sept, Dec 2024
Apr, Jul, Oct 2024 |
10 Days
12 Days
9 Days |
| Develop an engagement plan to ensure the active participation of strategic partners from non-government constituencies, except CSOs, in SWA’s priority countries | Conduct a preliminary analysis including mapping of partners in 10 SWA priority countries
Mobilise partners to join multistakeholder platforms (MSPs) in at least 4 SWA priority countries, including through one global online meetings with partners in 4 countries, preparation of country-specific briefing materials and invitations to quarterly MSP meeting per country (16 meetings in total)
Conduct a preliminary analysis to identify 1-2 major partners from non-government constituencies (except CSOs) and develop briefings for each partner and correspondence templates to seek their support to the Heads of State Initiatives in at least five countries (up to 25 briefings and correspondence templates) |
Jan-Mar 2024
Mar-Aug 2024
Mar-Dec 2024 |
10 Days
20 Days
25 Days |
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
- An advanced university degree (Master’s or higher) in environmental sciences, foreign relations or equivalent.
- A minimum of five years of relevant professional experience in high-level multilateral and multi-stakeholder platforms and partnerships, incl. international agencies, governmental authorities, private sector or NGOs
- Experience in WASH is not a prerequisite, but a strong asset
- Experience working with national government(s) and their strategic partners in areas related to good governance and policy analysis is strongly desirable
- Excellent inter-personal and communication skills
- Excellent drafting and communication skills.
- Ability to work independently but in collaboration with a variety of stakeholders
- Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency is considered an asset.
- Fluency in English and Spanish is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, or Russian).
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