Policy Specialist – CEED (P-4), PG WASH

Policy Specialist – CEED (P-4), PG WASH – CEED

Under the close supervision and guidance of the supervisor, the Policy Specialist shall have the following responsibilities: 1. Providing policy guidance to ensure that children’s issues, needs, and perspectives are represented in climate and environmental policies; 2. Enhancing UNICEF’s climate and sustainability programming and advocacy capacity and outputs at all levels; and 3. Engaging with key UNICEF partnerships and networks, with a focus on advancing work on climate action and sustainability.

Key Responsibilities

Provide policy guidance

Evaluate the impacts of UNICEF policies and programmes, identifying pathways for improvement and providing lessons learned to guide future policy creation and advocacy.
Review and consult on ongoing policy initiatives to assess their alignment with UNICEF’s SCAP and potential areas for collaboration.
Develop recommendations for new and existing policies to prioritize the perspectives and vulnerabilities of children and young people.
Co-ordinate policy plans and programmes with stakeholders, including children and young people, governments, UNICEF offices, and the private sector.
Consolidate and present evidence from climate and sustainability action integration in policy endeavors to inform stakeholders and explore avenues for collaboration.

Enhance programming and advocacy capacity

Develop advocacy materials to build the capacity of staff and disseminate the importance of climate and sustainability action throughout programming.
Develop and implement research to ground and contextualize policy recommendations and further the inclusion of children and young people across climate, environmental, disaster risk reduction, sustainability, and related sectoral policies
Identify potential partnerships to further UNICEF’s climate and sustainability advocacy reach.
Create and execute engagement sessions (workshops, trainings, etc.) to increase the capacity and skills for internal and external audiences.

Engage with key climate and sustainability partnerships and networks

Design and host child and youth engagement opportunities to elicit youth-centred policy proposal feedback and ideas.
Create and support capacity- and skills-building opportunities for children and young people on climate, environmental, disaster risk reduction, sustainability, and related sectoral policies
Prepare climate and sustainability policy content, updates, and advocacy materials for internal and external audiences.
Identify and support internal and external advocacy efforts.
Liaise with UNICEF strategic partnerships.

Qualifications

An advanced university degree in climate change, environmental science, engineering, disaster management, International Development, International Relations, Government, Public Administration, Public Policy, Social Policy or other relevant disciplines is required.
A minimum of 8 years of relevant work experience in areas related to sustainability, international development, disaster management, environmental issues, public policy, social policy, and children’s health and wellbeing is required
Specific experience in policy formulation, implementation, monitoring, review and evaluation related to climate change, environment or disaster risk reduction is required preferably in a developing country context
Knowledge on climate, environment, and DRR impacts, assessments, and adaptation solutions required
Familiarity with children’s rights in the context of climate change, environmental degradation and disaster risk reduction
Expertise in staff capacity building, developing tools, and providing training, particularly as part of a global/regional role in support of other country offices will be considered an asset.
Experience working on CEED issues within UNICEF or other international development agencies is considered an asset..
Fluency in English (written and verbal) is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, Russian, French or Spanish) is an asset.