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UNICEF: Remote Work (CEED) Policy Consultant Vacancy in New York for 2025. Apply Today!

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Policy Consultant Details

Position(s): Climate, Energy, Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction (CEED) Policy Consultant
Organization: UNICEF
Job no: 577936
Contract type: Consultant
Duty Station: New York
Home/ Office Based: NYHQ / Remote
Level: Consultancy
Categories: Programme Management
Consultancy Title: Climate, Energy, Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction (CEED) Policy Consultant
Section/Division/Duty Station: Climate Environment Energy & Disaster, Programme Group, UNICEF NYHQ
Duration: 10 February 2025 to 6 February 2026
Deadline: Dec 31, 2024

Scope of Work

UNICEF: Remote Work (CEED) Policy Consultant Vacancy in New York for 2025. The consultant will work under the supervision of the CEED Programme Officer and in close collaboration with relevant staff within the CEED team, and across Programmes (PG), Division of Global Communications and Advocacy (GCA) and Public Partnerships Division (PPD) as required. The CEED Policy Consultant will report to the CEED Programme Officer by supporting deliverables under three workstreams:

Climate Change Adaptation, Loss and Damage and Disaster Risk Reduction Policy

Provide in-house synchronization support and technical expertise to adaptation-relevant work of UNICEF vis-à-vis UNFCCC workstreams and Constituted Bodies to ensure focus on children and adaptive essential services.
Support technical submissions, analysis of Party positions/submissions and engagement to secure key priorities in the UNFCCC negotiations, including integration of child-responsive language/provisions.
Assist in the development of internal and external guidelines and trainings on child-responsive policies, in collaboration with the UNFCCC secretariat and/or other key partners.

Climate Finance Policy

Support development around knowledge products such as a child marker for climate finance or other avenues for enhancing tracking of child-responsive climate finance.
Explore and support integration of child-tagging in domestic climate budgets, feeding back good practice to policy positions.
Support engagement with – and influence the policies of – key actors in the climate finance space including Multilateral Climate Funds and other International Financial Institutions

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CEED Policy Unit Support

Support information management and knowledge sharing for the CEED policy unit and relevant UNICEF stakeholders.
Support the signing processes between UNICEF and the Declaration on Children, Youth and Climate Action
Support the successful development, implementation, and monitoring, learning and evaluation of child- and youth-responsive CEED policies and plans.
Provide quality inputs to the senior management on briefings, talking points, speeches, analytical/strategic documents, etc.

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Terms of Reference / Key Deliverables

Provide in-house synchronization support and technical expertise to adaptation-relevant work of UNICEF vis-à-vis UNFCCC workstreams and Constituted Bodies to ensure focus on children and adaptive essential services.

1x in-house clinic on the Global Goal on Adaptation (1 March 2025)
7 monthly meeting notes from the Global Goal on Adaptation taskforce submitted (1 page) highlighting progress made (7x meetings) (30 March 2025, 30 April 2025,30 May 2025, 30 June 2025, 30 September 2025, 30 October 2025, 30 November 2025)

Support technical submissions, analysis of Party positions/submissions and engagement to secure key priorities in the UNFCCC negotiations, including integration of child-responsive language.

Four briefings (1 page) submitted summarizing the support to UNFCCC constituted bodies and workstreams in their requests for input (Q1: 25 April 2025, Q2: 25 July 2025, Q3: 25 October 2025, Q4: 15 December 2025)

Assist in the development of supplementary guidelines and trainings on child-responsive policies, in collaboration with the UNFCCC secretariat and/or other key partners.

1x policy brief on child-sensitive adaptation indicators (10 pages) (1 July 2025)

Support the delivery and dissemination of the UNICEF Adaptation Policy Guide. (Complementary research, reviews, copyediting, launch)

1x Policy Adaptation Guide (10 pages) (1 July 2025)

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Explore and support integration of child-tagging in domestic climate budgets, feeding back good practice to policy positions.

1x Options Paper on child-sensitive climate finance (1 July 2025)
2x in-house meetings on child-responsive climate finance (1 December 2025)

Support development around knowledge products such as a child marker for climate finance or other avenues for enhancing tracking of child-responsive climate finance.

1x training or webinar on mainstreaming children in climate finance. This event may be in partnership with financial institutions (1 September 2025)

Provide support to event engagements in UN fora (including COP) with a focus on strategic in-house synchronization, side events, speaking engagements, etc.

2x Position Papers for the meeting of subsidiary bodies (COP Policy Brief/UNICEF position paper) (Q2: 1 June 2025, Q4: 1 November 2025)

Support information management and knowledge sharing for the CEED policy unit and relevant UNICEF stakeholders.

1x restructuring of files and content within UNICEF SharePoint (based on consultations and interviews with CEED staff) (1 December 2025)

Support the successful development, implementation and monitoring, learning and evaluation of child- and youth-responsive CEED policies and plans.

Provide 5 key recommendations for addressing bottlenecks and prioritizing priority areas for internal capacity building (6 February 2026)

Support the signing processes between UNICEF and the Declaration on Children, Youth and Climate Action

Deliver 1x documentation via the UNICEF.org with the new signatories of the Declaration on Children, Youth and Climate Action (6 February 2026)

Provide quality inputs to the senior management on briefings, talking points, speeches, analytical/strategic documents, etc.

3x Briefing Notes/Talking Points on CEED Policy related topics (6 February 2026)

Requirements

Education:

Advanced university degree (Bachelors) in the area of in a STEM field, science policy and international relations, or related fields is required.

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Work experience:

Knowledge/Expertise/Skills required :

A minimum of 2 years of relevant professional experience in international development with a specialized focus on associated fields (environment and climate change, human rights/child rights, international development etc.) is required.
Experience of conducting policy-relevant research, assessment and analysis in fields of children’s environmental and climate change rights is required.
Previous experience engaging with the UNFCCC Adaptation workstreams and constituted bodies such as the Adaptation Committee, the Nairobi Work Programme or the Least Developed Countries Expert Group is required.
Sound knowledge of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change is preferred.
Previous experience with UNICEF or a children’s environmental rights organization is preferred.
Knowledge and experience of engaging with the Declaration on Children, Youth and Climate Action is desired.
Excellent written and verbal communication in English.
Good judgment, initiative, high sense of responsibility, tact and discretion.
Demonstrated cultural sensitivity and ability to establish harmonious working relations in a multicultural environment.

Requirements:

Completed profile in UNICEF’s e-Recruitment system and

– Upload copy of academic credentials

– Financial proposal that will include/ reflect :

the costs per each deliverable and the total lump-sum for the whole assignment (in US$) to undertake the terms of reference.
travel costs and daily subsistence allowance, if internationally recruited or travel is required as per TOR.
Any other estimated costs: visa, health insurance, and living costs as applicable.
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