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Vacancy Announcement: Consultant

Consultancy Title: SWA– Partner Engagement Consultant

Section/Division/Duty Station:, Hosted Funds – Sanitation and Water for All (SWA)/ New York HQ 

Duration: March 13, 2025 to January 30, 2026

Home/ Office Based: NYHQ/ Remote

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BACKGROUND

Purpose of Activity/Assignment:  

Under the direct supervision of the SWA Programme Specialist, Country Engagement, the advisor will present assist for accomplice engagement to develop environment friendly plans and processes for the engagement of three SWA constituencies, with a specific deal with Heads of State Engagement, High-Level Meetings, Mutual Accountability Mechanism, in addition to mobilisation in underrepresented constituencies.

Scope of Work:

• Develop engagement plans, outlining the strategic aims and areas of engagement for the above talked about SWA constituencies to make sure they’ve a stronger voice in SWA, growing their participation and contributions to SWA aims

• Identify the enterprise circumstances and SWA’s affords for the Research and Learning; Private Sector and Utilities and Regulators constituencies.

• Prepare briefing supplies for the engagement of the three constituencies above in SWA flagship applications together with the Heads of State Initiatives, the Sector Ministers Meeting and the Mutual Accountability Mechanism, to allow them to establish their strategic contributions and construct multistakeholder inputs in SWA processes.

• Organise quarterly conferences for the three constituencies to facilitate data stream and enhance cross accomplice participation in SWA.

• Map SWA companions from these constituencies working in SWA precedence nations and mobilise them for engagement at world and nation stage

Terms of Reference / Deliverables

Work Assignment Overview Deliverables/ Outputs – Delivery deadline

Deliverable 1: Develop engagement plans, outlining the strategic aims, areas of concrete alternatives for engagement of companions from the next SWA constituencies – Research and Learning; Private Sector and Utilities and Regulators – to make sure they enhance their participation and contributions to SWA aims together with on political prioritisation and strengthening multistakeholder platforms.

a) Develop 3 plans to mobilise and interact companions from the analysis and studying; non-public sector and utilities and regulators constituencies to contribute to and take part in SWA 2025 workplan – 

28 March 2025

b) Organise 6 conferences with representatives of the Steering Committee from the three constituencies to debate the content material of the plans for the constituencies, search their assist and roll out the plan

13 March 2025 – 30 November 2025

Deliverable 2: Identify enterprise circumstances and SWA’s affords for the Research and Learning; Private Sector and Utilities and Regulators constituencies to maximise their contributions to political prioritization and multistakeholder platforms

a) Prepare three paperwork (1 per constituency) which establish every constituency’s provide to SWA, SWA’s ask to them, in addition to the enterprise case for the constituencies’ becoming a member of SWA.

20 March 2025 – 30 June 2025

b) Organize 1 on-line session with the three constituencies with a purpose to assist the preparation of the above paperwork 

1 April 2025 – 30 August 2025

Deliverable 3: Prepare briefing supplies for, and mobilise companions from three constituencies above to successfully have interaction in SWA flagship applications together with the Heads of State Initiatives, the Sector Ministers Meeting and the Mutual Accountability Mechanism, to allow them to establish their strategic contributions and construct multistakeholder inputs in SWA processes

a) Develop 3 briefing supplies tailor-made to every of the three constituencies – together with a brief phrase doc and accompanying PPT highlighting how the constituencies can contribute to SWA flagship applications and make these out there to constituencies together with via shows to strategic companions

1 April to 30 April 2025

b) Create 3 steering paperwork tailored to every constituency – non-public sector, analysis and studying, utilities and regulators 

13 March 2025 to 30 April 2025

c) Send a minimum of 15 communications to companions in several constituencies, inviting them to take part in SWA SMM webinars and following up on their actions 

15 Mar 2025 to fifteen December  2025

d) Mobilise 6 non-government companions from 3 constituencies to contribute to the SMM preparatory course of and comply with up actions at nation stage, together with requesting companions to achieve out to ministers, making ready letters for companions, and follow-up on their commitments.

1 April  2025 to twenty-eight February  2026

e) Prepare 1 doc outlining the choice standards for companions concerned with taking part within the SMM and work with constituency Steering Committee Representatives to pick the fitting contributors 

1 May  2025 to 30 September 2025

f) Identify a minimum of 3 strategic organisations to suggest and invite to affix SWA from every constituency, and conduct outreach actions

1 July to twenty-eight February 2026 

g) 3 induction packages for new companions up to date and two (2) induction and orientation periods for new companions delivered 1 April to 30 April 2025 

1 July 2025 to 30 January 2026 

Deliverable 4: Identify 4 themes to information the dialogues with the three constituencies and organise quarterly dialogues with the mentioned constituencies to facilitate data stream and enhance cross accomplice participation in SWA processes together with on political prioritisation and multistakeholder partnerships

a) Develop 3 idea notes and agendas for 3 on-line multi-constituency exchanges between SWA non-government companions (analysis & studying, utilities & regulators and the non-public sector constituencies)

1 April 2025 – 31 December 2025

b) Organise as much as 5 constituency digital conferences for non-public sector, analysis & studying and utilities & regulators constituencies, together with making ready ideas, shows and assembly reviews for every assembly. This means as much as 15 conferences, one assembly per quarter, per constituency

20 March 2025 to twenty-eight February 2026

c) Prepare 3 assembly reviews containing suggestions for cross constituency engagement

10 January 2026 to twenty-eight February 2026

Deliverable 5: Map organisations, together with SWA companions, from the three constituencies working in SWA precedence nations and mobilise them for engagement at world and nation stage on Heads of State Initiatives

a) Conduct preliminary evaluation to establish 1-2 main companions from the three constituencies, develop briefing,  attain out to and interact with them bilaterally, to hunt their assist within the Heads of State Initiatives in a minimum of 5 nations. Document the engagement with every one of many organisations.

13 March 2025 to 16 February 2026

b) Mobilise companions to affix multistakeholder platforms (MSPs) in a minimum of 3 SWA precedence nations, together with via one world on-line conferences with companions in 3 nations, preparation of country-specific briefing supplies and invites to related conferences

1 April 2025 – 30 November 2025

c) Provide inputs to 2 conferences of the Latin America Observatory for Water and Sanitation (OLAS) via common strategic companions conferences and supply 2 reviews to the Secretariat

1 May 2025 to twenty-eight February 2026

Qualifications

(1) Education

• Advanced college diploma (grasp’s diploma or equal) in environmental sciences, overseas relations or different related fields.

(2) Knowledge/Expertise/Skills required: 

• A minimal of 5 years of related skilled expertise working in or for in high-level multilateral and multi-stakeholder platforms and partnerships, incl. worldwide businesses, governmental authorities, non-public sector or NGOs

• Experience in WASH isn’t a prerequisite, however a powerful asset 

• Experience working with nationwide authorities(s) and their strategic companions in areas associated to good governance and coverage evaluation is strongly fascinating 

• Excellent inter-personal and communication expertise

• Excellent drafting and communication expertise.

• Ability to work independently however in collaboration with quite a lot of stakeholders

• Fluency in English and Spanish is required. Knowledge of one other official UN language is a powerful asset.

• Flexible

• Detail-oriented and pushed to realize outcomes

• Communicates successfully

• Able to work successfully in a multi-cultural setting 

• Sets excessive ranges of high quality and productiveness for self

Requirements: 

Completed profile in UNICEF’s e-Recruitment system and 

– Upload copy of educational credentials 

– Financial proposal that may embody/ mirror :

o the prices per every deliverable and the overall lump-sum for the entire project (in US$) to undertake the phrases of reference.

o journey prices and day by day subsistence allowance, if internationally recruited or journey is required as per TOR. 

o Any different estimated prices: visa, medical insurance, and residing prices as relevant.

o Indicate your availability 

– Any emergent / unexpected obligation journey and associated bills might be lined by UNICEF.

– At the time the contract is awarded, the chosen candidate should have in place present medical insurance protection.

– Payment {of professional} charges might be primarily based on submission of agreed passable deliverables. UNICEF reserves the fitting to withhold cost in case the deliverables submitted are lower than the required customary or in case of delays in submitting the deliverables on the part of the advisor. 

U.S. Visa data:

With the exception of the US Citizens, G4 Visa and Green Card holders, ought to the chosen candidate and his/her family members reside within the United States below a unique visa, the advisor and his/her family members are required to alter their visa standing to G4, and the advisor’s family members (partner) would require an Employment Authorization Card (EAD) to have the ability to work, even when he/she was approved to work below the visa held previous to switching to G4.  

Only shortlisted candidates might be contacted and advance to the following stage of the choice course of 

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