Youth Trainer (Green Skills & Climate Innovation), National Consultant, Greece, 10 months, (Home-based) # 569270

UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential. 

Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone. 

And we never give up. 

For every child, a champion

UNICEF became operational in Greece in early 2016 as an outposted team from the Regional Office of Europe and Central Asia (ECARO) to respond to the significant influx of refugee and migrant children and their families at that time. Following several years of engagement with national stakeholders, UNICEF and the Government of Greece made a decision in January 2020 to formalize the agency’s presence in the country as a full-fledged Country Office. The office falls under the auspices of the UNICEF Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia located in Geneva, which supports the work of 22 Country Offices within its geographical scope, reporting in turn to global headquarters in New York. Within the framework of a mandate for all children in Greece, UNICEF and Greece are now working to address the needs of all vulnerable, marginalized and left-behind children in the country.

How can you make a difference? 

Under the supervision of the Youth & Adolescent Development Officer and the Climate, Energy, Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction Focal Point, the Youth Trainer (Green Skills & Climate Innovation) is expected to:

– Facilitate Climate Innovation Labs for youth 14-24 years old using the UPSHIFT Bootcamp methodology and produce reports summarizing the solutions put forward by young participants.

– Deliver face-to-face trainings to youth 14-24 years old on green skills using the FunDoo Green-PAL module. Trainings shall be delivered in formal education schools, vocational education and apprenticeship schools operated by DYPA, as well as in ad hoc events organized by UNICEF Greece Country Office and its partners. Travel around Greece may be required to deliver trainings outside of Attica region.

– Organize and deliver online and/or offline trainings/webinars to education professionals on how to use the FunDoo Green-PAL module to build green skills for their students.

 ToR Youth Trainer (Green Skills & Climate Innovation).pdf

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

• A minimum 3 years of professional experience in green skills training, environmental education, career coaching, 21st century skills training and/or facilitation is required.
• At least 2 years of experience in designing and delivering training for youth audiences and/or facilitation of trainings or events for young people is required.
• Experience in designing and delivering training for youth audiences and/or facilitation of trainings or events for young people is required.
• Experience in working on skills development for young people is required.
• Professional experience or knowledge of environmental and climate change adaptation and mitigation is desirable.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, high level of professionalism, flexibility to respond to changes and demonstrated ability to meet deadlines and work under pressure.
• Knowledge of child safeguarding and ethics of working with children and youth.
• Relevant experience in a UN system agency, international organization or civil society organization is an asset.
• Relevant experience teaching in DYPA apprenticeship schools, lifelong learning centres or high schools is an asset.
• Knowledge of the FunDoo tool and/or the UPSHIFT Bootcamp methodology is an asset.
• Fluency in English and Greek is required. Knowledge of French, Arabic, Farsi and/or Urdu is an asset.

HOW TO APPLY

Applicants are invited to:

a. Complete their UNICEF profile

b. Attach relevant academic degrees, latest CV and motivation letter

c. Indicate a lump-sum amount quoted in Euro for the whole assignment. The amount should be provided per deliverable by completing the consultancy financial proposal table which can be assessed through this link:  Consultancy Financial Offer.xlsx

PLEASE NOTE THAT APPLICATIONS FROM CANDIDATES WHO DO NOT SUBMIT A FINANCIAL PROPOSAL TABLE WILL BE CONSIDERED INCOMPLETE AND WILL NOT BE FURTHER REVIEWED.

For every Child, you demonstrate… 

UNICEF’s values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS). 

To view our competency framework, please visit  here. 

UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic.

UNICEF offers reasonable accommodation for consultants/individual contractors with disabilities. This may include, for example, accessible software, travel assistance for missions or personal attendants. We encourage you to disclose your disability during your application in case you need reasonable accommodation during the selection process and afterwards in your assignment. 

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. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check. 

Remarks:  

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process. 

Individuals engaged under a consultancy or individual contract will not be considered “staff members” under the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s policies and procedures, and will not be entitled to benefits provided therein (such as leave entitlements and medical insurance coverage). Their conditions of service will be governed by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants and Individual Contractors. Consultants and individual contractors are responsible for determining their tax liabilities and for the payment of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with local or other applicable laws. 

The selected candidate is solely responsible to ensure that the visa (applicable) and health insurance required to perform the duties of the contract are valid for the entire period of the contract. Selected candidates are subject to confirmation of fully-vaccinated status against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which must be met prior to taking up the assignment. It does not apply to consultants who will work remotely and are not expected to work on or visit UNICEF premises, programme delivery locations or directly interact with communities UNICEF works with, nor to travel to perform functions for UNICEF for the duration of their consultancy contracts. 

UNICEF offers reasonable accommodation for consultants with disabilities. This may include, for example, accessible software, travel assistance for missions or personal attendants. We encourage you to disclose your disability during your application in case you need reasonable accommodation during the selection process and afterwards in your assignment.

Consultants must have their own equipment, tools and materials needed to perform their services.

They will use their own laptops/computers, any application or system needed to complete the assignment. This applies to facilitators as well, that may need flipcharts, facilitation cards, any printed material, etc. They need to provide the full service without using UNICEF resources.

The access to UNICEF email and system is restricted to UNICEF staff therefore consultants should not be granted access unless it is imperative to complete the assignment.