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For every child, the right to hope

How can you make a difference?

The purpose of the consultancy is to provide technical leadership and programme guidance to operationalize the Clean Air for Healthy Children agenda by delivering air-quality monitoring and data expertise, exposure and health-impact assessment, a maintained global knowledge library, direct Country Office support, and coordination of cross UN reporting.

Under the supervision of the global lead and based on the review/inputs of stakeholders, the consultant will support the following over the time-period:

1.Technical leadership & Centre of Excellence functions: Provide sustained technical leadership from UNICEF’s Bangkok Centre of Excellence to standardize methods, ensure scientific quality, and provide rapid authoritative inputs to programmes, proposals and interagency products.

2.Country Office support & operationalization: Translate global standards into locally appropriate monitoring and programmatic approaches; prioritize and deliver direct technical support to Country Offices.

3.Monitoring, data management, modelling & health impact assessment: Provide expertise on monitoring strategy, sensor QA/QC, data governance, emissions inventories, source attribution and exposure/health impact assessment.

4.Partnerships, academic brokerage & cross‑UN coordination: Broker specialist inputs from universities and technical partners, and act as UNICEF’s primary focal point for cross‑UN agency report generation on air pollution and child health.

5.Knowledge management & capacity building: Maintain and expand a global knowledge library, produce accessible technical resources, and deliver targeted capacity building for COs and partners.

If you would like to know more about this consultancy on the detailed deliverables and expected outcomes, please review the complete Terms of Reference here: Download File TMC0003973 ToR.pdf

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have:

Minimum requirements:

Education: Master's university degree in engineering, environmental management, environmental health, technology, sciences or economics, or a related area.
Work Experience: •Minimum 8 years of progressively responsible and relevant work experience entailing technical assistance to governments.
Proven experience in drafting programmes and strategies, research and policy advocacy
Skills:Technical expertise on air pollution, including air quality monitoring; emissions inventory; modelling; source attribution; and policy/regulatory action
Demonstrated ability to produce clear, accessible and concise scientific and technical reports for policymakers
Understanding of global partnerships on air pollution
Ability to organize and plan work independently, and be a team player

Language Requirements: Excellent communication skills(oral and written) in English
Desirables:
Previous experience of working with UNICEF/UN
Previous experience of working in low- and middle-income countries.

For every Child, you demonstrate...

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values

UNICEF promotes and advocates for the protection of the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything it does and is mandated to support the realization of the rights of every child, including those most disadvantaged, and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, minority, or any other status.

UNICEF encourages applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, nationality, religious or ethnic backgrounds, and from people with disabilities, including neurodivergence. We offer reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities throughout the recruitment process. If you require any accommodation, please submit your request through the accessibility email button on the UNICEF Careers webpage Accessibility | UNICEF. Should you be shortlisted, please get in touch with the recruiter directly to share further details, enabling us to make the necessary arrangements in advance.

UNICEF does not hire candidates who are married to children (persons under 18). UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination based on gender, nationality, age, race, sexual orientation, religious or ethnic background or disabilities. UNICEF is committed to promoting the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. Background checks will include verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check, and selected candidates with disabilities may be requested to submit supporting documentation in relation to their disability confidentially.

Qualified candidates are invited to submit the following documents via the online recruitment portal (Talent Management System):

An up-to-date TMS profile and curriculum vitae (CV)
Cover letter
A separate financial proposal TMC0003973 Financial proposal.docx

Remarks: If the TOR or financial proposal documents are not visible on certain recruitment platforms, please visit our official page Vacancies | UNICEF Careers

UNICEF does not charge a processing fee at any stage of its recruitment, selection, and hiring processes (i.e., application stage, interview stage, validation stage, or appointment and training). UNICEF will not ask for applicants’ bank account information.

All UNICEF positions are advertised, and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

Additional information about working for UNICEF can be found here.

Consultant, Clean Air – HEHC programme, GPD, Climate and Environment CoE, 15 months, Bangkok, Thailand, Office based, #594380