[Hiring] Interagency People-Centered Humanitarian Action Consultant @AGORA

Role Description

This assignment aims to support interagency efforts to strengthen people-centred and locally led humanitarian action by analyzing how humanitarian agencies have advanced localization, accountability to affected populations, participation, inclusion, and community engagement following recent humanitarian reform initiatives. The consultant will:

• Conduct stocktaking and analysis of agency and country-level approaches.
• Identify gaps and good practices.
• Develop knowledge products and recommendations.
• Facilitate learning and dialogue across interagency platforms to promote more accountable, inclusive, and responsive humanitarian action.

Qualifications

• Advance University Degree in relevant fields such as humanitarian affairs, international development, social sciences, public policy, communication for development, human rights, protection, gender, disability inclusion, monitoring and evaluation, organizational development, or programme management.

Requirements

• Minimum 10 years of relevant professional experience in humanitarian action, Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP), community engagement, participation, localization, inclusion, protection, safeguarding, or programme quality.
• Demonstrated experience reviewing and building on prior interagency policy, reform or working-group processes, and documenting, analyzing or synthesizing good practices, lessons learned and evidence from humanitarian programmes or interagency initiatives.
• Experience working with IASC or comparable interagency coordination mechanisms, humanitarian clusters, collective accountability initiatives, or country-level humanitarian coordination structures.
• Experience developing knowledge products, learning briefs, case studies, synthesis reports or strategic recommendations for humanitarian audiences.
• Fluency in English is required; knowledge of another United Nations language is considered an asset.

Skills

• Strong understanding of people-centred, locally led and accountable humanitarian action, including how AAP, community engagement, localization, inclusion and safeguarding intersect in humanitarian coordination and programming.
• Familiarity with the Humanitarian Reset and evolving interagency architecture.
• Excellent analytical, writing, facilitation and communication skills.

Desirables

• Experience facilitating consultations, webinars, communities of practice, technical exchanges or multi-stakeholder learning processes.
• Experience working with UNICEF, another United Nations agency, an international NGO, or an interagency humanitarian platform.

Application Process

• Qualified candidates are invited to submit the following documents via the online recruitment portal, TMS (Talent Management System):
• An up-to-date TMS profile and curriculum vitae (CV).
• Cover letter.
• A separate financial proposal.
• Technical proposal requirement: Candidates must submit an updated CV and a cover letter outlining their relevant experience and suitability for the assignment.

Remarks

• UNICEF does not charge a processing fee at any stage of its recruitment, selection, and hiring processes.
• All UNICEF positions are advertised, and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.