Consultancy Knowledge Management, Polio Eradication Programme, New York (Home-Based), USA [12 months]

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Polio eradication remains one of UNICEF’s highest organizational priorities, declared a Level 3-like emergency by the Executive Director in 2024. With its Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) partners, UNICEF has produced a considerable amount of knowledge and tools that must be made available and actively shared with internal and external audiences through its knowledge storage platforms. Furthermore, colleagues working in Social and Behaviour Change (SBC) for polio in countries responding to outbreaks and endemic settings must capture and share lessons learned and best practices around new approaches and successful responses to everyday challenges to improve program effectiveness.

The HQ Polio SBC Knowledge Management Strategy was developed in 2020 to build an enabling environment where colleagues at country offices, regional offices, and HQ level learn from and support each other in resolving complex social barriers to reach more children with the polio vaccine. The Polio SBC team seeks an experienced Knowledge Management (KM) Specialist to continue implementing its Knowledge Management Strategy. The KM Specialist will be responsible for various activities related to identifying, managing, capturing, and sharing critical information to advance technical SBC practice and provide colleagues with the tools they need.

How can you make a difference? 

The KM Specialist will be responsible for strengthening the KM Strategy to ensure 1) its activities meet the knowledge generation and sharing needs of the Polio SBC colleagues at HQ, regional, and country level, 2) the strategy is aligned with UNICEF’s Global Knowledge Management Strategy and 3) activities leverage any new approaches or tools available at UNICEF, which involves staying up to date with new approaches in KM, at UNICEF as well as connecting with other KM colleagues and polio SBC colleagues across UNICEF.

Scope of Work:

1. Implementation of NYHQ Polio SBC Strategy for Knowledge Management 

• Ensures that the existing mechanisms for implementation of the Strategy are well understood and properly applied by all programme staff.
• Drives the identification of existing knowledge gaps on polio SBC and prioritizing of actions to close them.
• Provide quarterly monitoring and evaluation updates on the impact and reach of Knowledge Management Strategy implementation. Stay informed of KM activities and offerings across UNICEF, including the recent UNICEF Global KM Strategy.  

1. Knowledge capturing 

• Develops analytical summaries, synthesis, fact sheets, and briefs, based on completed reports by the RO/COs, for use by a broad range of stakeholders in collaboration with the respective regional and country offices. 
• Produce four knowledge products (e.g. best practices, case study or lessons learned) from an actively supported country or regional programme.

1. Knowledge organizing and sharing 

• Manages UNICEF Polio SBC SharePoint sites and public-facing knowledge platform (www.poliokit.org) while timely curating and adding resources and content.  
• Identifies and supports innovative ways and tools to best serve UNICEF's polio SBC knowledge needs through sharing of existing knowledge, specifically through sharing experiences across communities of practice and networks to promote peer learning as well as HQ-RO and CO exchanges. 
• Develops in collaboration with regional offices Polio SBC global newsletter and share it with the global Polio SBC staff and consultants showcasing country, regional and global updates.   
• Coordinates annual update of global mailing lists in Outlook and Mailchimp for all personnel working in Polio Eradication Programme.  
• Supports digital delivery of training events by serving as event host/producer, providing administrative support, managing trainee engagement, and sharing resources. 

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