Climate Resilience Capacity and Programme Support Consultant

The consultant will support UNICEF's climate resilience efforts by strengthening capacity, managing knowledge, and providing technical assistance on climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction. The role involves coordinating training initiatives, supporting internal communications, and aiding programme development to enhance climate-resilient social services for children.

Responsibilities

• Support the development, delivery and coordination of UNICEF’s global capacity-strengthening initiative on sustainability and climate action, including planning, implementation, monitoring and documentation.
• Coordinate with external partners and UNICEF teams to organize training sessions, workshops and other learning activities, tracking timelines, inputs and follow-up actions.
• Support institutionalizing training and expanding access by adapting materials into practical, self-paced learning resources accessible globally.
• Develop integrated learning packages connecting climate resilience with UNICEF’s work across sectors such as WASH, health, education, nutrition, child protection and social protection.
• Review and consolidate existing training materials, tools and guidance to identify gaps, reduce duplication and ensure consistency with UNICEF’s strategic priorities and technical guidance.
• Maintain and update the Climate and Environment Learning Hub on UNICEF’s SharePoint, ensuring materials are organized, published and accessible.
• Track participation, feedback and follow-up actions and contribute to reporting on the initiative’s reach, quality and results.
• Maintain and update a database of programme examples, good practices, lessons learned and results from climate- and disaster-resilient programming across UNICEF sectors and regions.
• Liaise with various UNICEF offices to identify, verify and document programme examples for internal learning, senior management engagements, donor communications and external visibility.
• Draft concise, audience-specific materials including talking points, briefing notes, presentations, key messages and background materials.
• Track requests from the Office of the Executive Director and support preparation and clearance of background briefs and supporting materials.
• Support internal knowledge-sharing activities including webinars, presentations and dissemination of guidance, tools and programme examples.
• Provide technical assistance on climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction to country offices and priority projects.
• Review programme documents, strategies, concept notes, proposals, investment cases, assessments and guidance materials and provide practical technical inputs.
• Support country offices in integrating climate and disaster resilience into sector programmes, focusing on climate-resilient social services and children’s needs.
• Contribute to resource mobilization efforts including drafting and reviewing concept notes, investment cases, funding proposals and partner engagement materials.
• Support documentation and dissemination of technical lessons and good practices from assistance provided to country offices.
• Support coordination and roll-out of the joint UNDP–UNICEF global campaign on nature-positive careers, including planning, adapting materials, liaising with offices and tracking progress.
• Travel may be required based on programme needs with prior approval and separate budget.

Requirements

• An advanced university degree (Master's or equivalent) in Climate Change, Environmental Sciences, Disaster Risk Reduction, Sustainable Development, International Development, Education or Learning and Development, Social Sciences, or another relevant field.
• A minimum of three years of relevant professional experience in climate resilience, disaster risk reduction, capacity strengthening, learning and development, knowledge management, or related areas.
• Demonstrated experience in developing, adapting or delivering training programmes, learning packages or capacity-strengthening initiatives, including online or self paced learning resources.
• Experience in coordinating learning activities involving multiple internal and external stakeholders and in tracking participation, feedback and results.
• Good technical understanding of climate change adaptation, disaster risk reduction and/or anticipatory action, including their integration into sector programmes and social services.
• Experience reviewing programme documents, strategies, concept notes, proposals, assessments or technical guidance and providing clear, practical inputs.
• Demonstrated experience in knowledge management, including documenting programme results, good practices and lessons learned and organizing information for different audiences.
• Strong writing and communication skills, with experience preparing briefing notes, presentations, talking points, reports, learning materials or other communication products.
• Experience working with UN agencies, international organizations, governments or development partners in multicultural and multidisciplinary environments.
• Experience supporting proposal development, resource mobilization, donor mapping or climate-finance processes is an asset.
• Experience with SharePoint or similar knowledge management and online learning platforms is an asset.
• Experience supporting campaigns or initiatives involving children and young people, particularly in relation to climate action, green skills or nature-positive careers, is an asset.
• Fluency in written and spoken English is required. Knowledge of another UN language is an asset.

Skills

• Climate Resilience
• Disaster Risk Reduction
• Capacity Strengthening
• Learning and Development
• Knowledge Management
• Training Program Development
• Online Learning Resources
• Stakeholder Coordination
• Climate Change Adaptation
• Anticipatory Action
• Programme Document Review
• Technical Guidance
• Report Writing
• Briefing Note Preparation
• Presentation Development
• Proposal Development
• Resource Mobilization
• Donor Mapping
• SharePoint Development
• Climate-Finance Processes

Languages

English