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|Job title=Sustainable Energy Consultant (KM, Advocacy, Policy)
|Organisation=UNICEF
|City=New York
|Country=United States of America
|Region=North America
|Type of job=consultancy contract
|Duration (in months)=13 months
|Sector=Renewable Energy
|Application deadline=2025/09/25
|URL=https://jobs.unicef.org/en-us/job/583965/sustainable-energy-consultant-km-advocacy-policy-pg-ceed-nyhq-remote-req-583965
|Language of description=English
|Job description=Scope of Work

Under the supervision and guidance of the CEED programme specialist, this consultant will work in collaboration with country offices, and headquarters to advocate for increased sustainable energy commitments in policy, as well as childsensitive commitments in energy policies. The consultant will have the following responsibilities:

1. Knowledge Management: Maintain and update a comprehensive repository of sustainable energy resources, including best practices, case studies, and technical guidelines. Ensure easy access and dissemination of this knowledge to UNICEF staff and partners.
*Support the development of UNICEF internal and external knowledge products and platforms demonstrating the organizations approach to sustainable energy for children and young people.
*Organize and update content on sustainable energy on a quarterly basis, for internal and external audiences (brochures, Sharepoint site)
*Develop and update a results tracker for global energy implementation, policy advocacy, systems strengthening and training which will include COAR and RAM data.

2. Advocacy Support: Implement and refine an ongoing advocacy strategy to promote sustainable energy policies. This includes engaging with stakeholders, organizing events, and producing advocacy materials to support UNICEF’s mission. •Present evidence from UNICEF data aggregation (including but not limited to market assessments) to inform relevant stakeholders and explore avenues for collaboration, for example for energy and SDG 4 (education).
*Support research and knowledge generation efforts, including dissemination of findings and key insights market assessments and other sustainable energy implementation at the global and regional scales.
*Engage with public and private sector partners on sustainability issues and opportunities for UNICEF’s sustainable energy work.
*Consult on and support child and youth engagement opportunities
*Prepare sustainable energy updates and advocacy materials for internal and external audiences and events.

3. Policy Support: Provide continuous support for policy development and implementation. This involves analyzing current policies, recommending improvements, and ensuring alignment with global sustainable energy goals.
*Review and consult on communications and knowledge products to assess their inclusion of child-sensitive sustainable energy commitments
*Evaluate the impacts of existing multisectoral policies, programmes, and advocacy efforts and identify communications opportunities to elevate these impacts for UNICEF and partner implementation.

4. Capacity Building: Support internal workshops to build capacity among UNICEF staff on sustainable energy programming, with key inputs including knowledge, tools, resources, and advocacy.
*Develop calculations on children and young people beneficiaries for different energy solutions to be used in investment cases, trainings, and other fundraising or results tracking material.
*Consolidate UNICEF’s efforts, reference materials and guidance on financing mechanisms such as renewable energy certificates and carbon credits, including supporting country offices to roll out carbon credits calculation tools through trainings and workshops.
*Summarize and disseminate findings from UNICEF feasibility studies for renewable energy certificates, blended finance, and carbon credits (including developing FAQs or guidance documents).
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