[Hiring] Consultancy - Young People in Humanitarian-Peacebuilding Consultant @AGORA

Role Description

UNICEF is committed to ensuring that adolescents and youth have the skills, opportunities, and support to thrive, participate meaningfully, and contribute to more peaceful, cohesive, and resilient societies. This is particularly critical in contexts affected by conflict, displacement, and humanitarian crises, where young people face heightened barriers but are also essential partners in humanitarian action, disaster risk reduction, peacebuilding, and recovery.

• Strengthening young people’s skills, leadership, and agency.
• Advancing their meaningful participation and equal partnership in shaping the programmes, policies, and decisions that affect their lives and communities.
• Providing technical assistance and capacity strengthening to UNICEF country and regional offices, youth-led organizations, and partners.
• Supporting UNICEF’s leadership and coordination within key inter-agency mechanisms.
• Knowledge management, research, and reporting on UNICEF’s work with adolescents and youth.

Qualifications

• Advanced university degree – Master’s degree or PhD in International relations, peace and conflict studies, community development, humanitarian emergencies, DRR, or youth development.
• Ten or more years of relevant professional experience in adolescent and youth programming across humanitarian action, peacebuilding, disaster risk reduction (DRR), resilience, and/or fragile and conflict-affected contexts.
• Demonstrated experience providing technical assistance and capacity strengthening.
• Demonstrated experience in inter-agency coordination and partnerships.
• Demonstrated research and analytical expertise.
• Demonstrated experience in knowledge management and the development and dissemination of digital content.
• Fluency in English is required.

Requirements

• Comprehensive knowledge of policies, frameworks, and guidance related to adolescents and youth across humanitarian action, peacebuilding, and DRR.
• Strong knowledge of current research and evidence on young people’s meaningful participation and leadership.
• Advanced research and analytical skills.
• Strong facilitation and capacity-strengthening skills.
• Strong digital skills, including proficiency in Microsoft Office, Drupal, Zoom, and other relevant platforms.
• A master’s degree in a relevant field is required; a PhD is highly desirable.

Benefits

• Diverse opportunities for professional and personal development.
• Attractive compensation and benefits package.