If you are a passionate and committed professional and want to make a lasting difference for children, the world's leading children's rights organization would like to hear from you.
Purpose:
UNICEF, the world’s leading organization working for the rights of children, seeks a consultant to support the development of an Environmental and Social Standards Policy and corresponding Environmental and Social Standards Screening Procedure.
For more information, see the attached TERMS OF REFERENCE.
Minimum requirements and competencies:
• Advanced university degree in field related to international development, with specific academic background related to social and environmental sustainability.
• A minimum of 10 years’ Senior-level experience related to social and environmental sustainability and impact assessment in an international development/UN context.
• Technical expertise in environmental and social safeguards, including environmental and social impact assessment, human rights, gender and indigenous peoples is required
• Excellent analytical and writing skills, advocacy and presentational skills an asset.
• Demonstrated ability to work harmoniously in a multi-cultural environment and establish harmonious & effective working relationship both within and outside an organization.
• Prior UNICEF/UN experience and familiarity with UNICEF programme, policies and goals preferred.
• Fluency in English required.
• Analyses and integrates diverse and complex quantitative and qualitative data from a wide range of sources.
• Writes high quality documents that are clear, convincing and applicable.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Creates and encourages a climate of team-working and collaboration in a multi-cultural environment.
• Quickly builds rapport with individuals and groups. Actively nurtures good relationships with people across all organizational levels and boundaries, and with government counterparts and non-government stakeholders.
• Negotiates effectively by exploring a range of possibilities.
• Contributes and tries out innovative approaches and insights.
• Highest standards of integrity, discretion and loyalty.
• Experience working under minimum supervision and tight deadlines.
How to Apply:
Application Deadline: 02 July 2015, 5:00pm EST.
Applicants are requested to send their submissions to pdconsultants@unicef.org with subject line: “Environmental and Social Standards Expert, Division for Data, Research and Policy – Consultancy”.
Applications must include:
• Cover letter
• CV
• P-11 form ( http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/files/P11.doc )
• Indicate where you heard about this advertisement
Please indicate your ability, availability and daily/monthly rate (in US$) to undertake the terms of reference above. Applications submitted without a daily/monthly rate will not be considered.
In the selection of its staff, UNICEF is committed to gender balance and diversity without distinction as to race, sex or religion, and without discrimination of persons with disabilities: well qualified candidates are strongly encouraged to apply
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