Consultant, Community Alliance for Child Rights

Organization Overview

UNICEF USA (“UUSA” or “We”) relentlessly pursues a more equitable world for every child, upholding the rights of all children and empowering every child, everywhere. We also support the fundamental belief that children should have a voice and role in shaping their futures and the futures of their communities.

Over eight decades, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has built an unprecedented global support system for the world’s children, and has boldly taken on the biggest, seemingly impossible challenges facing children. UNICEF relentlessly works day in and day out to deliver the essentials that give every child an equitable chance in life: health care and immunizations, safe water and sanitation, nutrition, education, emergency relief and more. UNICEF USA advances the global mission of UNICEF by rallying the American public to support the world’s most vulnerable children.

We know that sustainable change is attainable, but it can’t be achieved alone. It takes a committed team – individuals, governments, corporations, volunteers and staff – who demonstrate a relentless commitment to working tirelessly, day in and day out in some of the toughest, hardest to reach places. Big problems need big solutions, and we harness our collective, global voice and energy to do more good, in more places for children. We will never stop supporting UNICEF to develop smarter, more cost-effective solutions; scaling up proven, data-driven programs; and harnessing new technologies to create measurable change for children.

UUSA is organized under the laws of New York State as a not-for-profit corporation. As such, UUSA is a tax-exempt organization as defined under Section 501C(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and is governed by an independent, non-salaried Board of Directors.

Post Title: Consultant, Community Alliance for Child Rights

Location: Remote

Duration: 8 – 12 weeks

Objective: To design a suite of 30–40-minute group activities, aligned to UNICEF USA’s thematic framework of Healthy, Educated, Protected and Respected that UNICEF USA Club leaders and UUSA staff can facilitate with clubs during weekly meetings. The activities should fall into four areas of activation:

Educate: activities that educate students about UNICEF’s core areas of focus under each thematic pillar in participatory, fun and dynamic ways.

Advocate: participatory activities that clubs can do together to influence and advocate around key policy issues that UNICEF USA is activating around under each thematic pillar at the local, state and federal levels.

Fundraise: participatory group fundraising activities that clubs can plan and execute in their school or community, aligned with youth fundraising trends, to raise money for UNICEF’s programs.

Build Community – participatory group activities that clubs can do to build community as a group, within their school or through service in their local community, aligned to each of UNICEF USA’s thematic pillars.

The consultant will utilize UNICEF and UNICEF USA research, reports, briefings, programs, stories, etc. to inform the design of the activities. Activities should target Gen Z/Gen Alpha, be aligned to cultural trends and be highly participatory, engaging and easy for young people to facilitate. Activities should be more aligned to experiential, project-based, out of school time learning vs. curriculum content that is delivered in an academic setting. For some activities there may be differentiation to accommodate high school vs college club audiences.

The activities should bridge global issues with local action.

Deliverables

Develop a suite of 20 activities, 30-40 minutes in length that 14-22 year olds can facilitate in group settings with their UNICEF Clubs.

• Each of the four thematic pillars will have a suite of 5 activities and include the following:
• One activity that educates young people on the topic.
• One activity that guides young people through a group advocacy action aligned to the topic.
• One fundraising activity aligned to the topic.
• One activity that promotes community building within the group, school or community and can relate to service.
• One activity that educates on the topic, goes a bit deeper, and can be a special offering that UUSA Community Engagement Associates deliver virtually or in-person.

• Thematic pillars and focus areas include:
• Healthy – nutrition
• Educated – access to quality education and global citizenship
• Protected – Mental Health
• Respected – Youth voice and participation
  
  

Scope Of Work, Expected Outputs And Timeline

The consultant will begin working in early July and focus on the following activities:

• Weekly meetings between the consultant and UUSA Staff (ongoing)
• Review of UNICEF and UUSA thematic documents, reports, campaign, stories and content to inform activity design. (Week 1 & 2 and as needed throughout the consultancy)
• Review of UUSA’s current youth activities and youth club landscape analysis to inform activity design. (Week 1)
• Consult UUSA interns and Youth Leaders for input and feedback on proposed activities. (Week 3)
• Develop a first draft of 4 youth-focused, participatory activities designed to support UUSA Clubs to educate, advocate, fundraise and build community in the area of educated. (Week 3 &4)
• Engage in feedback sessions with UUSA on drafts and make necessary revisions. (Week 4)
• Develop a first draft of the remining 12 activities in the areas of healthy, protected and respected. (Weeks 5, 6, 7)
• Engage in feedback sessions with UUSA on drafts and make necessary revisions. (Week 7)
• Develop a first draft of 4 youth-focused, participatory activities that further educate youth clubs on the topics of healthy, educated, protected and respected that UUSA staff can facilitate virtually or in-person. (Week 8)
• Engage in feedback sessions with UUSA on drafts and make necessary revisions. (Week 9)
• Finalize all activities (Week 10)
• Finalize any accompanying resources for the activities (PPT, kahoot, visuals, etc.) (Week 11)
  
  

Once final drafts are submitted the activities will go through formal design and editing by UUSA’s MarComms team and will then be housed in the Club Resource Hub on the UUSA website to be accessed and used by clubs throughout the academic year. UUSA will promote the activities through quarterly campaigns. Club leaders will use the activities to engage their members on a weekly/monthly basis and may also slightly modify the activities to meet their needs and meeting schedules.

UUSA staff will use the special suite of activities to offer opportunities for deeper, facilitated learning on the thematic pillars.

Required Expertise And Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree (Master’s degree preferred) and a minimum of two years of experience in youth development, out of school time learning, education or similar fields.
• Experience creating fun, participatory activities for groups of young people.
• Experience in facilitation delivery and creating facilitation guides for high school and college age groups.
• Experience working with high school and college age young people on global issues is an asset.
• Experience working in international development, humanitarian aid, or youth development is an asset.
• Excellent communication, oral, and written skills.
• Ability to adhere to tight deadlines and manage multiple projects simultaneously with independence; ability to exercise discretion and maintain confidentiality required.
  
  

Selection process: candidates that are invited to the interview stage will be asked to provide samples of previous work that are similar in scope as well as a proposed budget.

Schedule of Payments: Payment will be divided into two parts with the first issued at the midway point of the consultancy and the second issued upon completion and submission of all deliverables.

Must possess current and valid US Work Authorization and be eligible to work for any US employer without sponsorship.

Due to the high volume of applications received, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. UNICEF USA is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer

We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state, and local law. UUSA is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at [email protected] .