Knowledge Management Consultant

Knowledge Management Consultant (BMLLs), ECARO, (Home-based, 215 working days between January and December 2025)

Job no: 578334
Contract type: Consultant
Duty Station: Geneva
Level: Consultancy
Location: Switzerland
Categories: Research, Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation

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.

Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.

And we never give up.

For every child, Hope

How can you make a difference?

UNICEF Europe and Central Asia Regional Office (ECARO) will implement Business Model Learning Labs (BMLLs) as part of UNICEF’s Business Model Initiative to propose solutions to pursue results at scale through innovative models.

The BMLLs in ECAR focus on efficient and affordable programmatic and partnership engagement models aiming to enhance further the capacity to leverage resources towards results for children at scale. The BMLLs are built on three major pillars: i. ensuring the country's office-level capacity to leverage resources; ii. pursuing operational efficiencies with a focus on Upper Middle Income Countries, and iii. establishing innovative technical assistance modalities in priority areas. The Business Model Learning Labs are grounded on the region’s experience in leveraging results and financing for children. They are building on regional contextual opportunities, including engagement in EU Member States and EU Accession Countries. Similarly, new business models will be implemented to quickly equip country offices with shared capacities and expertise on innovative financing and public financial management to position and attract financing and funding in new priority areas, such as climate or mental health. Finally, the BM Initiative will focus on programmatic relevance and operational efficiencies with a particular focus on UMIC countries, including a predictable transition planning from UMIC to HIC. The learning from the implementation of the business model is a key component of the initiative. As such, UNICEF ECARO requires the assistance of a knowledge management (KM) consultant to contribute to the implementation of a comprehensive approach to capturing, sharing, and utilizing knowledge emerging from the BMLLs within the organization, ensuring that valuable insights and best practices are systematically documented and accessible.

Scope of Work:

This consultancy aims to support the development of a comprehensive Knowledge Management Plan for the BMLLs initiative in ECAR, ensuring effective information management, knowledge capture, and dissemination. The consultant will maintain a central site for document hosting, facilitate knowledge-sharing sessions, and document key milestones of the process. The consultant will also support the development of graphic materials and provide capacity-building training for staff on KM tools and platforms. Additionally, the consultant will support the coordination of reference group meetings and consolidate information for reporting and global knowledge exchange sessions.

Estimated Duration of the Contract

215 working days between January 2025 and December 2025.

Consultant's Work Place

The Consultant will be remote/home-based.

Estimated Cost of the Consultancy & Payment Schedule

Payment will be made on submission of an invoice and satisfactory completion of the above-mentioned deliverables. UNICEF reserves the right to withhold all or a portion of payment if performance is unsatisfactory, if work/outputs are incomplete, not delivered or for failure to meet deadlines. All materials developed will remain the copyright of UNICEF and UNICEF will be free to adapt and modify them in the future.

Please submit a professional fee (in USD) based on 215 working days to undertake this assignment.

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

• Minimum Bachelor degree in social sciences, or other related field;
• At least 4 years of relevant work experience in the areas and activities pertaining to this consultancy;
• Demonstrated knowledge of web design and data visualization tools;
• Relevant work experience in knowledge management, documenting and production of knowledge products.
• Prior experience in the work environment of an international agency, NGOs, UN, or international institutions would be desirable;
• Strong interest in Human Rights, especially Child Rights, Women’s Rights and the Rights of Children with Disabilities;
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills;
• Excellent written and oral communication in English.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS).

To view our competency framework, please visit here.

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious or ethnic background, and persons with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization. To create a more inclusive workplace, UNICEF offers paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks, and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the use of flexible working arrangements. Click here to learn more about flexible work arrangements, well-being, and benefits.

According to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), persons with disabilities include those who have long-term physical, mental, intellectual, or sensory impairments which, in interaction with various barriers, may hinder their full and effective participation in society on an equal basis with others. In its Disability Inclusion Policy and Strategy 2022-2030, UNICEF has committed to increase the number of employees with disabilities by 2030. At UNICEF, we provide reasonable accommodation for work-related support requirements of candidates and employees with disabilities. Also, UNICEF has launched a Global Accessibility Helpdesk to strengthen physical and digital accessibility. If you are an applicant with a disability who needs digital accessibility support in completing the online application, please submit your request through the accessibility email button on the UNICEF Careers webpage Accessibility | UNICEF.

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 and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination based on gender, nationality, age, race, sexual orientation, religious or ethnic background or disabilities. UNICEF is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check, and selected candidates with disabilities may be requested to submit supporting documentation in relation to their disability confidentially.

Remarks:

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

Individuals engaged under a consultancy or individual contract will not be considered “staff members” under the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s policies and procedures, and will not be entitled to benefits provided therein (such as leave entitlements and medical insurance coverage). Their conditions of service will be governed by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants and Individual Contractors. Consultants and individual contractors are responsible for determining their tax liabilities and for the payment of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with local or other applicable laws.

The selected candidate is solely responsible to ensure that the visa (applicable) and health insurance required to perform the duties of the contract are valid for the entire period of the contract. Selected candidates are subject to confirmation of fully-vaccinated status against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which must be met prior to taking up the assignment. It does not apply to consultants who will work remotely and are not expected to work on or visit UNICEF premises, programme delivery locations or directly interact with communities UNICEF works with, nor to travel to perform functions for UNICEF for the duration of their consultancy contracts.

Advertised: 06 Jan 2025 W. Europe Standard Time
Deadline: 13 Jan 2025 W. Europe Standard Time

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