RE-ADVERTISEMENT: Advocacy Specialist (Girls Health & HPV), P-3, Temporary Appointment (11 months), Division of Global Communication and Advocacy, UNICEF NYHQ, Post # 128095

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For every child, an Advocate on HPV & girls' health

The fundamental mission of UNICEF is to promote the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything the organization does — in programmes, in advocacy and in operations. The equity strategy, emphasizing the most disadvantaged and excluded children and families, translates this commitment to children’s rights into action. For UNICEF, equity means that all children have an opportunity to survive, develop and reach their full potential, without discrimination, bias or favoritism. To the degree that any child has an unequal chance in life — in its social, political, economic, civic and cultural dimensions — her or his rights are violated. There is growing evidence that investing in the health, education and protection of a society’s most disadvantaged citizens — addressing inequity — not only will give all children the opportunity to fulfill their potential but also will lead to sustained growth and stability of countries. This is why the focus on equity is so vital. It accelerates progress towards realizing the human rights of all children, which is the universal mandate of UNICEF, as outlined by the Convention on the Rights of the Child, while also supporting the equitable development of nations.

How can you make a difference? 

Goal Area 1 of UNICEF’s Strategic Plan is to ensure every child survives and thrives. Immunization, vaccines and broader health advocacy are critical to this pursuit of this goal.   This is an opportunity to support UNICEF HQ’s Immunization Advocacy Team with the implementation of its global immunization advocacy strategy that aims to ensure that every child everywhere can access life-saving vaccines.

Duties include:

Strategy:

In coordination with key UNICEF colleagues in headquarters, regions, and counties, the HPV & Girls Health Immunization Advocacy Specialist will be responsible for the following:

• Develop & implement a global advocacy strategy for HPV & Girls Health
• Review and update strategy as needed to ensure it has a clear theory of change, is underpinned by a relevant workplan, and has broad buy-in from across the organization.
• Support effective monitoring and evaluation of the strategy, ensuring it is delivering clear results for every child.
• Provide advocacy support to countries and regions so they can develop relevant advocacy strategies nationally and regionally.
• Work with relevant teams in HQ, countries and regions to define advocacy goals, targets, tactics, and messages.
• Ensure that country- and region-specific strategies and plans are consistent with (and contribute to) UNICEF’s Global Immunization Advocacy Strategy + UNICEF’s programme strategies for Immunization & Gender.
• Coordinate with, and align a number of internal teams, including in UNICEF’s programme group, to ensure the advocacy strategies are understood and endorsed by key internal stakeholders.
• Manage relations with external partners and stakeholders involved in HPV and girls’ health.
• Represent UNICEF in inter-agency and partner discussions on HPV and girls’ health advocacy and communications.
• Identify opportunities for national and regional influencing on HPV & Girls Health.
• Guide and support countries in their advocacy and comms workplans.
• Support development of content strategies for multimedia production in countries.
• Act as internal focal point on HPV and girls’ health advocacy for countries and regions.
• Monitor, track and evaluate progress by countries and regions against their strategies.
• Intervene and help troubleshoot when progress towards advocacy outcomes in countries is hampered.

Capacity Building:

• Build the advocacy capacity of key staff in a number of priority UNICEF countries and regions for HPV and girls health, in co