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The International Consultant will provide technical support to UNICEF Ghana to deepen collaboration with key stakeholders and provide an interface for environmental scanning, knowledge exchange, resource mobilization leverage, and to influence the actions of private sector and other potential donors on addressing child labour in various sectors in Ghana, particularly in cocoa, mining and fishery sectors. Besides UNICEF in Ghana, the consultant will be working in collaboration with staff in UNICEF headquarters offices, UNICEF National Committees, as well as the International Cocoa Initiative, the Swiss Platform of Cocoa Initiative (SWISSCO), the World Bank, and appropriate authorities, private sector, donors and other key stakeholders working in Ghana.
The consultant will be responsible of the following key tasks:
- Scan the external partnership environment on child labour and child protection for opportunities and risks, document and share information in a timely fashion with relevant UNICEF staff.
- Identify and support partnerships, develop resource mobilization agreements across public and private sectors (including cocoa, mining sector and fisheries) to expand and scale child labour and child protection initiatives supported by UNICEF.
- Support the co-creation, resourcing and establishment of a multi-donor, pooled funding mechanism to prevent and address child labour in Ghana, tackling its root causes.
- Develop and maintain deep knowledge and familiarity with current and prospective partners and relevant stakeholders, contributing to a database of key partnerships and resource mobilization for child labour, and child protection in general.
- Contribute to strategies for engagement and the development of products to enhance UNICEF’s visibility and influence with existing and prospective partners and key stakeholders, by providing analysis of the current environment and trends and formulating recommendations for strategy approaches and message development.
- Support the management of reputational risk to UNICEF from private sector engagement, and identify and implement mitigating measures for any risks associated with a specific collaboration and communication around any partnerships.
- Support dissemination and uptake of Child Rights and Business Principles and related practices with the private sector.
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To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
- An advanced university degree (Master’s or higher) in one of the following fields: International Development, Business Management, Political Science, Economics, Communication, and External Relations.
- A minimum of eight years of relevant professional experience in resource mobilization of other relevant areas.
- Excellent communications skills, verbal and written
- Diplomatic negotiation skills to establish and maintain trusted partnerships and effective working relationships with diverse stakeholders
- Authoritative knowledge of development issues, strategies, programming policies and procedures in international development cooperation
- Authoritative knowledge of practices in partnership development and resource mobilization
- Demonstrated ability to identify new opportunities and formulate new approaches in respect of resources management and outreach- related activities
- Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of French will be an asset.
