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For every child, innovation.
Please visit UNICEF Sierra Leone website here: www.unicef.org/sierraleone
How can you make a difference?
Help the Country Office implement scale up solutions focus on digital connectivity, online/remote learning, work, and livelihoods platforms, including as a response to COVID-19. The Country Office, as per Global Guidance, now looks to support convergence between GenU, Giga and Learning Unlimited, to help ensure synergy between the workstreams and enable the availability of digital connectivity and platforms to help build foundational, transferable, digital, entrepreneurial, and job-specific skills. Along with UPSHIFT, “GIGA” has also been launched with ITU. This is a new initiative to connect every school to the internet, and every young person to information, opportunity and choice.
The GenU & Youth Innovation Consultant reports to the Innovation Specialist, P-4, for general guidance and direction. The Consultant supports the Innovation Unit and Education Section in planning, managing and monitoring the GenU programme including but not limited to Learning Unlimited, Giga initiative and UPSHIFT activities supported by UNICEF Sierra Leone.
Work assignment overview :
- Enable the establishment of the GenU Steering Committee in Sierra Leone. Deliverable: GenU Steering Committee established ;
- Draft CO the GenU & Youth Innovation Strategy, based on desk review, stakeholder engagement, RO and HQ input. Deliverable: Draft CO the GenU & Youth Innovation Strategy document ;
- Prepare a partnership and resource mobilization strategy for the GenU & Youth Innovation activities, including standing proposal. Deliverable: Draft partnership and resource mobilization strategy document ;
- Prepare and curate Sierra Leone’s Generation Unlimited Youth Challenge. Deliverable: Generation Unlimited Youth Challenge event ;
- Providing management and monitoring support to UPSHIFT programme facilitating the delivery of results. Deliverable: Ongoing support to UPSHIFT programme ;
- Support the GenU Partnership and programme deployment in Sierra Leone. Deliverable: Ongoing support to GenU Partnership and programme ;
- Support the GenU convergence programme with Learning Unlimited and Project Giga. Deliverable: Ongoing support to GenU convergence programme with Learning Unlimited and Project Giga programme ;
- Develop, draft and share media progress updates on GenU & Youth Innovation work to send bi-monthly and, on an ad-hoc basis, to relevant parties, internal and external. Deliverable: Ongoing support to GenU convergence programme with Learning Unlimited and Project Giga programme.
Please see attached ToR for more information. 
ToR – GenU.pdf
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have
- An advanced university degree (Masters or higher) in Business, Economics, Social Sciences, Social Work, Youth Engagement, International Relations, or another relevant field. A first university degree (Bachelor’s) in a relevant field combined with 2 additional years of professional experience, may be accepted in lieu of an advanced university degree ;
- A minimum of 5 years of professional work experience in a relevant field, such as youth engagement, innovation, social innovation or entrepreneurship ;
- Experience in working on social innovation and social entrepreneurship projects/programmes, including the design, incubation and mentoring processes, including communication, multi-stakeholder engagement including private sector, and managing relations with those stakeholders who support; ecosystem engagement ;
- Experience in deploying digital platforms, tools and approaches ;
- Fluency in English is required, strong written and verbal competency is necessary ;
- Experience working in a developing country required, working in the West African region is considered as an asset
For every Child, you demonstrate…
UNICEF’s values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA) and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.
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UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.
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 :
Consultants and Individual contractors are responsible for paying any taxes derived from the earnings received from UNICEF :
- Application to include financial proposal that will detail your daily/monthly rate (in Leones) to undertake the terms of reference ;
- 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.
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.