New Consultancy: Junior Data and Research Consultant, Product Innovation Centre, UNICEF Supply Division Copenhagen, On site, 250 days over 13 months

<p>UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential. </p> <p>Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone. </p> <p>And we never give up. </p> <p><strong>For every child, a future</strong> </p> <p><span>Purpose of Activity/Assignment: </span></p> <p>The Innovation Data and Research Consultant will sit within UNICEF’s exciting and dynamic Product Innovation Centre (PIC). This team drives research and development (R&amp;D) and scale of new innovative products to improve the lives of children across the world. This consultancy will support the team with data, research, and knowledge management to scope, validate and drive scale of specified new products as well as to visualize and share the impact of the Centre. The consultant should have a flair for data visualization and dashboards design and a passion for utilizing data to activate decision-making for impact. Please see: <span><a href="https://www.unicef.org/innovation/productinnovation">Product Innovation at UNICEF | UNICEF Office of Innovation.</a></span></p> <p><span>Organizational context:</span></p> <p>The mission of UNICEF is to promote the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything the organization does — in programs, 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 favouritism. 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 fulfil 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.</p> <p><span>UNICEF’s Product Innovation Centre </span></p> <p>The Product Innovation Centre within UNICEF’s Supply Division (SD) works closely with internal and external partners to drive R&amp;D and scale of new innovative products to improve the lives of children. This is done by identifying needs not appropriately met by products currently available and then scanning the market to see if there are products that can meet this need. If yes, we procure and scale the products, if no, we drive R&amp;D utilizing developed product profiles to specify the performance a product has to deliver and incentivize R&amp;D, using our procurement and implementation power. In instances where there are no products in a procurable form on the market, a Product Innovation Project (PIP) is initiated with the ultimate goal of enabling procurement of fit-for-purpose and value-for-money supplies across all UNICEF program areas. In addition, PIC is mandated to push the envelope of the organization in terms of coming up with new innovative concepts to influence R&amp;D of products beyond UNICEF’s procurement, evolve the global thinking around product innovation for development/humanitarian contexts as well as develop new ways of driving scale of products. Key to these ambitions is an aim to ensure the most impact for disadvantaged children for the resources available, always pushing for value for money of products.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>How can you make a difference?</strong> </p> <p>The purpose of this deliverable-based consultancy is to support the PIC with research, data mining and data visualization activities as well as internal knowledge management and community engagement. The consultant will support the scoping phases of Product Innovation Projects using relevant datasets, landscaping, and research activities. This will be for projects across PICs portfolio including Assistive Technology, Nutrition, Emergency and Newborn Health as well as new emerging areas e.g. mental health. They will also support Project Managers to validate new products e.g. though feedback surveys and use data to understand and drive demand for new products. The consultancy will also support on Centre reporting through designing and managing dashboards and visualising results to share PIC impact. They will then enable impactful sharing through excellent knowledge management for PIC projects and ensuring PIC proactively engage in the internal community to build engagement with PIC projects and products. Wor