Individual Consultancy - Youth Network Coordinator, Global Education Practice

The consultancy supports the design and implementation of an inter-agency Youth Network Group focusing on forcibly displaced and vulnerable adolescents and young people in PROSPECTS countries and the MENA region, facilitating engagement and exchange with Eastern and Southern Africa. The role involves consultations, recruitment, capacity strengthening, coordination of youth engagement, and advocacy.

Responsibilities

• Consultations and design of the Youth Network Group.
• Recruitment, selection and onboarding of youth network members.
• Development of roadmap, workplan and capacity strengthening activities.
• Coordination of meaningful youth engagement across regions.
• Advocacy, learning and knowledge management related to youth engagement.

Requirements

• Bachelor's in Communication, Public Relations, Advocacy, Development Studies, Human Rights, Child Rights, and other related fields
• 3 to 5 years relevant professional work experience related to international development, advocacy, knowledge management, youth engagement or related programme support.
• Demonstrated experience managing consultancy assignments independently, including coordinating stakeholders, developing content, documenting activities and delivering agreed outputs.
• Demonstrated experience engaging adolescents and young people through consultations, workshops, participatory processes or youth Network groups.
• Experience developing communication and advocacy materials, such as briefing notes, key messages, presentations, reports, knowledge products and digital content.
• Good understanding of UNICEF’s mandate and relevant guidance on advocacy, communication, youth engagement, safeguarding and ethical participation.
• Experience working with UNICEF, another United Nations agency or an international development organization, particularly in the MENA region, is highly desirable.
• Good understanding of the MENA context and the issues affecting adolescents and young people, particularly in PROSPECTS countries.
• English, Arabic, French
• Knowledge of another UN language is an asset

Skills

• Youth Engagement
• Advocacy Material Development
• Stakeholder Coordination
• Content Development
• Consultative Meeting Facilitation
• Workshop Facilitation
• Knowledge Management
• Communication Strategy
• Program Support
• Digital Content Creation
• Report Writing
• Capacity Strengthening
• Project Coordination
• Youth Network Management
• International Development
• Ethical Participation
• Safeguarding
• UNICEF Mandate Knowledge
• Bilingual Communication

Languages

English, Arabic, French