Nashville Public Radio is hiring: Climate Resilience for Children -Knowledge & C

Overview

UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence. UNICEF is committed to career development, diverse opportunities, and a supportive culture, with a competitive compensation and benefits package. Visit UNICEF’s website to learn more.

Consultancy Title

Climate Resilience for Children - Knowledge & Communication Consultant

Division/Duty Station

PG CEED

Duration

01 Jan 2026 – 15 Dec 2026

Home/Office Based

Remote

Background

Purpose of activity/assignment: UNICEF is scaling up action to protect children from the growing impacts of climate change, environmental degradation, and disasters. Through the Sustainability and Climate Change Action Plan (SCAP) 2023–2030, UNICEF works across sectors to build climate resilience, reduce risks, and promote sustainable development for every child.

The Climate Resilience Centre of Excellence for Children will serve as UNICEF’s global hub for policy, programming, technical assistance, and knowledge generation to strengthen climate resilience across social sectors. A dedicated transition phase will ensure knowledge management (KM) systems are in place to support CoE functions, including policy reform, programme design, climate finance, workforce development, humanitarian and resilience programming, equity and demand generation, and programme scale-up.

Effective KM is critical to the Centre’s success. It ensures evidence, results, lessons learned, and promising practices are accessible, well-packaged, and used to inform decisions, strengthen programming, and inspire action at scale. This consultancy will manage the Centre’s day-to-day KM functions during the transition, helping to design, organise, and operationalise systems that capture, store, and share knowledge across all functional areas. The consultant will work with the Strategic Content Consultant and thematic leads to identify, curate, and package high-value content for global reporting, knowledge products, advocacy, and resource mobilisation. By connecting with KM focal points across divisions, satellite teams, and country offices, the consultant will ensure a steady flow of high-quality, accessible knowledge products that position UNICEF as a global leader in child-sensitive climate resilience and enable replication and scaling of interventions.

Scope of Work

Under the supervision of the Programme Specialist in the Climate Resilience Centre of Excellence for Children, the consultant will:

Objective 1 – Support the transition to a fully operational CoE and establish integrated KM systems

• Support the design and establishment of a comprehensive KM architecture for the CoE that serves all functional areas and satellite teams.
• Develop and document KM workflows, content standards, and tagging systems to ensure consistency across all CoE functions.
• Align the KM system with UNICEF’s global platforms to enable smooth information exchange between HQ, regional, and country teams.
• Create a transition plan to migrate relevant CEED knowledge assets into the new CoE systems without loss of institutional memory.

Objective 2 – Strengthen the Centre’s KM systems and repositories

• Maintain and regularly update the CoE’s SharePoint workspace, SCAP activity databases, and other repositories to ensure content is current and organized.
• Conduct quarterly reviews of key platforms to keep materials relevant and accessible.
• Establish and maintain a structured repository of best practices, lessons learned, and case studies for policy engagement, programming, advocacy, and capacity-building.
• Ensure content generated by the Strategic Content Consultant is archived, tagged, and retrievable.

Objective 3 – Identify and curate high-value content from UNICEF’s global network

• Review and extract strong climate resilience examples from country office annual reports and other reporting for use in global results reports and advocacy.
• Identify promising initiatives, innovations, and success stories that demonstrate policy impact, financing leverage, and resilience-building outcomes.
• Maintain a pipeline of “feature-ready” content for use in the Centre’s knowledge products, global events, and donor engagement.

Objective 4 – Package and share knowledge for internal and external audiences

• Collaborate with the Strategic Content Consultant to transform lessons learned and results into compelling products—case studies, newsletters, presentations, and online stories.
• Update the technical knowledge hub and related external platforms with high-quality SCAP-related content, ensuring visibility across UNICEF and with partners.
• Produce the bi-monthly “What’s New” newsletter with contributions from satellite teams, regional advisors, and technical specialists.
• Support the packaging of stories, images, and data for global events such as Earth Day, World Environment Day, International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, and COP.
• Objective 5 – Support knowledge exchange and learning
• Provide technical coordination for CoE-led webinars, including setup, content packaging, and archiving.
• Maintain the CoE’s global climate resilience photo and multimedia database for storytelling and advocacy.
• Share new tools, resources, and examples through the CoE’s communication channels to support continuous learning.

Terms of Reference / Key Deliverables

Work Assignment Overview/Deliverables/Delivery deadlines:

• Objective 1 – Transition & KM System Establishment
  • Deliverable 1 – CoE KM System Blueprint: Detailed KM architecture, workflows, and tagging standards; transition plan for legacy assets.
  • 30 June 2026
• Objective 2 – Strengthen KM systems
  • Deliverable 2 – Updated Knowledge Repositories: Quarterly updates to SharePoint, SCAP databases, and technical hubs.
  • 31 Mar 2026; 30 Jun 2026; 30 Sept 2026; 15 Dec 2026
• Deliverable 3 – Best Practices & Lessons Learned Database: At least 50 tagged and searchable entries on SCAP-related topics.
• 30 Sept 2026
• Objective 3 – Curate high-value content
  • Deliverable 4 – Annual Reporting Content Capture: At least 30 high-quality examples packed for reports and advocacy.
  • 15 Dec 2026
• Objective 4 – Package and share knowledge
  • Deliverable 5 – Knowledge Products & Updates: Four “What’s New” newsletters; 40+ new products on the technical hub.
  • 15 Dec 2026
• Objective 5 – Support knowledge exchange
  • Deliverable 6 – Webinar & Event KM Support: At least 10 webinars, 5 global event content packages, all archived.
  • 15 Dec 2026

Qualifications

Education: Advanced Degree in Communication, Environmental Studies, International Affairs, or a closely related field.

Knowledge/Expertise/Skills required:

• Minimum of 3 years of demonstrated experience in knowledge management, communication, or a related field.
• Strong familiarity with Climate, Energy, Environment, and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) topics.
• Proven experience managing large datasets and knowledge repositories and creating content for both internal and external audiences.
• Expertise in developing newsletters, organizing webinars, and producing multimedia content for high-profile events.
• Excellent writing, presentation, and communication skills.
• Proven ability to collaborate effectively with individuals from diverse cultural and national backgrounds.
• Prior experience with a UN agency is highly desirable.

Requirements

Completed profile in UNICEF's e-Recruitment system and:

• Upload copy of academic credentials
• Financial proposal that includes costs per deliverable and total lump-sum (in US$) to undertake the terms of reference, travel costs and daily subsistence allowance if required, other estimated costs (visa, health insurance, living costs), and indicate availability.
• Any emergent/unforeseen duty travel and related expenses will be covered by UNICEF.
• At contract award, the selected candidate must have current health insurance coverage.
• Payment will be based on agreed deliverables; UNICEF may withhold payment for substandard or late deliverables.

U.S. Visa Information: Outside of US Citizens, G4 Visa, and Green Card holders, visa requirements may apply depending on residence and travel. The consultant and household members may need to change visa status as applicable.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. For every child, UNICEF demonstrates core values of Commitment, Diversity and Integrity, with competencies in Communication, Working with People, and Drive for Results. See our competency framework at UNICEF’s site.

UNICEF offers reasonable accommodation for consultants/individual contractors with disabilities. This may include accessible software, travel assistance, or personal attendants. Disclosure of disability is encouraged if accommodations are needed during selection or assignment.

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct incompatible with UN/UNICEF aims, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. Background checks will verify academic credentials and employment history. Additional information may be requested to conduct background checks.

Remarks: Consultants are not staff members and are not entitled to staff benefits. Conditions of service are governed by the contract and General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants. Consultants are responsible for tax liabilities.

The selected candidate must ensure visa and health insurance are valid for the contract duration and may be required to be fully vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) per WHO-endorsed guidelines, unless remote work excludes on-site requirements.