Background & Rationale
UNGEI is a multi-stakeholder partnership committed to improving the quality and availability of girls’ education and contributing to the empowerment of girls and women through transformative education.
UNGEI is an advocacy-oriented partnership comprising of 24 global and regional partners, 4 regional partnerships and nearly 50 associated country partnerships, as well as a far-reaching global network. UNGEI also hosts an associated network, the Global Working Group to End SRGBV which brings together another 40 partners with outreach to additional gender and child protection communities.
UNGEI strives to promote girls’ education and gender equality through policy advocacy and support to governments and other development actors to deliver on the gender and education-related Sustainable Development Goals. UNGEI promotes the building of evidence and the sharing of good practice in girls’ education, and seeks to strengthen collaboration and partnership in advancing girls’ education and gender equality.
Part of this work is undertaken through UNGEI’s website which includes functions such as a blog to share new research and emerging evidence, outreach to partners, communications and knowledge management that are key to supporting its mandate.
Purpose
This consultancy will contribute to the effective and efficient implementation of UNGEI’s policy advocacy, evidence and research agenda. For UNGEI, this consultant will ensure that UNGEI’s position, plans, partnerships and approaches are based on the latest evidence, research and knowledge of gender and education trends and issues.
The consultant will support UNGEI’s technical leadership to enhance the implementation of UNGEI’s evidence-based policy advocacy agenda. This include ensuring the various specific advocacy initiatives and partnerships included in the workplan (such as the Global Working Group to End SRGBV, the Global Partnership for Education (GPE), the Global Education Monitoring Report (GEMR) respectively contribute to building evidence and sharing best practices in girls’ education and gender equality. S/he will also provide substantive support for the preparation, planning and implementation of key policy advocacy events and opportunities (Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), International Day of the Girl Child (UNGA) that contribute to greater awareness and knowledge of UNGEI.
The consultant will maintain and improve UNGEI’s visual identity – both internally and externally. S/he will be responsible for assisting with and executing online and offline communications strategies developed by UNGEI and its partners, including creating, editing, and posting original and partner content to www.ungei.org and sharing with affiliated campaigns. S/he will also be tasked with maintaining the UNGEI partner database, organizing and disseminating information from partner calls and meetings and assisting with logistics around key events. Working closely with the UNGEI Head of Secretariat, the Communication Specialist for Education and the Advocacy specialist for Education, the consultant will help manage social media content and assist with the development of written content, including talking points, presentations and key messages that will help raise awareness and energize diverse constituencies on issues surrounding girls’ education and gender equality. Finally, the consultant will lead the development of a strategic sustainability plan – identifying current and future financial and technical partners to consolidate UNGEI’s visibility and outreach.
Expected results: (measurable results)
Strengthen UNGEI’s Policy Advocacy, Evidence and Research
Strengthen UNGEI’s Knowledge Management & Communication:
Development of a draft Sustainability plan
Duty Station
NYHQ
Timeframe
Start date: 1 April 2016 End date: 15 October 2016
Deliverables
Duration
(Estimated # of Days)
Deadline
Strengthen UNGEI’s Policy Advocacy, Evidence and Research
· Support UNGEI’s strategic engagement in pre-identified high-level events.
· Leverage UNGEI’s policy advocacy priorities through participation in the large-scale advocacy and communication efforts and campaigns of UNGEI partners.
· Develop policy advocacy and communication materials including monthly blogs (6-10), key messages (3-5) and issue briefs (2-3) that reflect the latest research and thinking in girls’ education and gender quality as well as showcases promising initiatives.
· Assist the development and dissemination of the Gender Review of the annual Global Education Monitoring Report, in collaboration with the Communications and Advocacy Specialist of the Global Education Monitoring Report.
· Strengthen UNGEI’s network through outreach to current and new partners, assessed through web analytics and partner engagement.
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Strengthen UNGEI’s Knowledge Management & Communication:
· Update and improve the UNGEI resource library.
· Facilitate a reinvigorated web presence for the UNGEI website (develop key performance indicators and benchmarks to track progress of the website’s use, outreach, functions, etc.)
· Maintain the UNGEI website, blog site, YouTube, and Flickr photo gallery pages. This includes liaising with UNGEI members and partners and their respective Communications focal point on a monthly basis to identify, revise, and update content.
· Develop and execute UNGEI community growth strategies on various social platforms to optimize activity and engagement.
· Identify and cultivate key influencers within and external to the UNGEI partnership to strengthen UNGEI’s outreach and visibility
· Undertake targeted outreach of UNGEI’s Policy Advocacy Agenda through social media platforms and monitor and analyse the outreach data.
· Define KPIs and benchmarks to measure and optimize social content, campaigns and community features and function
· Monitor and analyze statistics related to social media and web content and provide regular statistics, to ensure effective communication strategies, planning and advocacy
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Development of a draft Sustainability plan
In coordination with the UNGEI Head of Secretariat and with inputs from various in-house experts (donor engagement, private sector engagement, etc.), as well as the UNGEI Steering Committee, develop a strategic sustainability plan which:
· Identifies potential financial contributors to support UNGEI and technical partners to consolidate visibility and outreach
· Provides a mapping of key opportunities to strengthen UNGEI’s Policy Advocacy Agenda for 2016 and 2017
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total
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Note consultant will work remotely on 6 July and 12 September when the un is closed.
Key competences, technical background, and experience required Deadline
How to Apply
Applicants are requested to send their submissions to pdconsultants@unicef.org with subject line:
“Advocacy, Communications and Knowledge Management Consultancy - UNGEI” by 11th March 2016, 5:00pm EST.
Applications must include:
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.
NOTE: Files should not exceed 5.0MB limit
UNICEF is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence.
[1] P 11 form can be downloaded from our website at http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/files/P11.doc
