Consultancy - Oky Country Partnerships Lead & Girls Digital Literacy Senior Consultant,Digital Impact Division (DID),Valencia, Spain ,19 Months (Remote)

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TERMS OF REFERENCE

Purpose of Activity/Assignment:

Oky is a digital public good (DPG): an open-source mobile menstruation education and period tracking application co-created with and for adolescent girls of all abilities in low- and middle-income countries. Available across mobile, tablet, desktop, SMS, IVR, radio and peer sessions, Oky delivers safe, evidence-based, and girl-centered information on menstruation and adolescent health, addressing stigma, misinformation, and the gender digital divide. Designed around girls' digital realities, including constraints related to connectivity, device access, literacy, safeguarding, privacy, and data protection, Oky is now scaling globally through a growing network of localized country deployments alongside a maintained global version.

As Oky grows across 13+ countries, country teams and local partners need a consistent, well-coordinated relationship with and support from the Unicef Oky core team. Each deployment moves through localization, launch and ongoing operations at its own pace, with its own needs, tech adaptation requirements, technical support and capacity development needs (across technology, disability inclusion, MEL, etc), donor commitments and opportunities. A single point of contact for Oky franchise partnerships ensures deployment teams and partners receive the right expertise at the right time, that progress is visible across all deployments, and that what countries learn and build flows back into the global Oky community and ecosystem.

Oky is also a real entry point into digital literacy and digital participation for adolescent girls. Girls co-create Oky, shape its features, and build digital skills and confidence along the way. Over the past years, girls have also become contributors to Oky’s code, designs and outreach. Combining these responsibilities in one role means the consultant who designs the girls’ digital literacy pathway also holds the country partner relationships through which it is adopted, and sits where technology decisions are made, so girls’ contributions reach the roadmap and the released product.

UNICEF DCOE is therefore seeking a Senior Consultant to lead Oky’s country partnerships and advance girls’ digital literacy and contributions across the Oky network, bringing country realities and girls’ perspectives into Oky’s technology direction.

How can you make a difference?

If you would like to know more about this position, please review the Terms of Reference here: ToROky Country Partnerships Lead & Girls Digital Literacy Senior Consultant MS text.pdf

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

Minimum requirements:

Education: Master’s degree in in Engineering, ICT, Social Sciences, Gender Studies, International Development, or other relevant discipline

Work Experience:

• At least ten years of progressively responsible professional experience in digital development and digital inclusion, with demonstrated experience leading or advising on girls’ digital literacy, digital skills or digital participation in low- and middle-income countries.
• Demonstrated experience designing, delivering or providing quality assurance for digital products and services for women and girls, preferably adolescents, including co-creation and user-centered design with girls.
• Demonstrated experience managing multi-country partner networks or portfolios, including coordinating technical support across country teams, technology vendors and specialist advisers, and tracking progress against donor commitments.
• Experience contributing to product or technology decision-making, including privacy, data protection, safeguarding and accessibility considerations.
• Experience developing practical toolkits, guidance or knowledge products, and representing programs in international forums.
• Experience with low-tech and low-connectivity digital delivery (SMS, IVR) is an asset.
• Familiarity with AI literacy or responsible AI approaches for young users is an asset.
• Experience with GitHub and open-source technology, communities and approaches is an asset.

Language Requirements:

• Fluency in English; working knowledge of French or other languages of Oky deployment countries is an asset.

Knowledge/Expertise/Skills:

• Familiarity with adolescent health, SRHR or menstrual health is a strong asset. Prior experience with Oky is an asset.
• Proven communication, networking, negotiation and strategic thinking skills across diverse cultural and institutional contexts, and ability to work independently and collaboratively.

For every Child, you demonstrate Care

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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 promote 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 the 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 (max. 2 pages) describing relevant experience.
• A separate financial proposal Financial proposal Oky Country Partnerships Lead & Girls Digital Literacy Senior Consultant.docx

Remarks:

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