Global Governance & Strategic Planning Consultant, GenU (YPA), GPD, NY, USA (Remote) # 592500

Contract Duration: 13 months

Working arrangement: Remote / Home-based

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 for as long as we are needed. 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 professional and personal development that will help them reinforce a sense of purpose while serving children and communities across the world. We welcome everyone who wants to belong and grow in a diverse and passionate culture, coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package.

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Purpose of Assignment:

Under the direct supervision of the Partnership Manager, the consultant will support Generation Unlimited (GenU) in advancing strategic planning and strengthening global governance to advance employability, employment and entrepreneurship for young people.

Scope of work: 

1. Strengthen and further professionalize GenU’s global governance to help scale market-relevant skilling and livelihood opportunities for young people (See TOR for details):
2. Drive Strategic Planning and Alignment (Support operationalization of the GenU Strategy 2026–2029; Lead Annual Work Planning and Mid-Year and End-Year Reviews; Support Strategic Communications)

If you would like to know more about this consultancy's detailed scope of work and expected deliverables, please review the complete Terms of Reference here:  ToR Glob Gov Strat Planning Consultant.pdf

Minimum requirements: (Qualifications/Experience/ Knowledge/Expertise/Skills)

• Education: Master’s Degree in international development, social sciences or related fields.
• Work Experience:
  • A minimum of seven years of experience in strategic planning, coordination, and partnership and event management
  • Excellent written communication skills
  • Organizational, planning and prioritizing skills and ability to meet tight deadlines
  • A solid understanding of programming and partnerships in UNICEF is an added advantage
  • Ability to work effectively with people of different national and cultural backgrounds
  • Fluency in English (written and verbal) is required; knowledge of another UN language (e.g. Spanish, French, Arabic, Russian) is an asset.

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

UNICEF promotes and advocates for the protection of the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything it does and is mandated to support the realization of the rights of every child, including those most disadvantaged, and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, minority, or any other status.

UNICEF encourages applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, nationality, religious or ethnic backgrounds, and from people with disabilities, including neurodivergence. We offer reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. throughout the recruitment process. If you require any accommodation, please submit your request through the accessibility email button on the UNICEF Careers webpage Accessibility | UNICEF. Should you be shortlisted, please get in touch with the recruiter directly to share further details, enabling us to make the necessary arrangements in advance.

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 an