Consultant – Strategy and Stakeholders Engagement Expert

Job title: Consultant – Strategy and Stakeholders Engagement Expert

Company: United Nations


Job description: The assignment will be carried out under the direct supervision of the Project Coordinator and in cooperation with the GLO.ACT National Project Officers. In line with the GLO.ACT’s Communications and Visibility Plan and working with the GLO.ACT Project Team at HQ and the GLO.ACT National Project Officers, the consultant will perform the following specific tasks: • Lead consultations and work to establish a GLO.ACT Women’s Network chapter for South Asia, ensuring the involvement and engagement of key stakeholders. • Develop GLO.ACT’s results-based narrative report, aligned with monitoring, evaluation, and learning outcomes, and embed it into key communication outputs such as Country Overviews, Country Reports, and Annual Reports. • Lead the development of concept notes and project documents for resource mobilization, including ad hoc initiatives and as identified in the HTMSS pipeline. • Liaise with partner countries and other donor entities on resource mobilization; work closely with UNODC field offices and GLO.ACT field experts on implementation arrangements, potential partnerships, and detailed project specifications. • Develop technical publications, concept notes, and background papers on trafficking in persons and smuggling of migrants for selected countries in Central Asia and South Asia. • Lead the organization of regional and national workshops (including online), namely, GLO.ACT Women’s Network seminars, Advisory Board Meeting, Project Steering Committee, and Expert Group Meetings. • Develop stakeholder engagement strategy for GLO.ACT partner countries and manage key relationships alongside national teams. • Serve as the Master of Ceremonies (MC) for high-level workshops by leading the event, guiding the flow, facilitating discussions to ensure active participation, and effectively communicating key messages and objectives to ensure they are understood and retained by participants. • Develop communication and visibility inputs for relevant meetings, including Project Steering Committee (PSC) meetings, Project Coordination Meetings, Focal Point Meetings, side events, and other activities to effectively disseminate project results. • Review external communications deliverables (social media outputs, webpages, reports, publications) from the GLO.ACT team by providing technical expertise to ensure adherence to donor requirements and priorities, as well with UN quality standards. • Collaborate with the HTMSS Communications Officer and the UNODC Advocacy Section to manage outreach opportunities at events and locations, utilizing available communication tools, including multimedia.Work LocationHome BasedExpected duration30 Jun – 31 Dec 2025Duties and ResponsibilitiesUNODC’s Global Action against Trafficking in Persons and the Smuggling of Migrants (GLO.ACT), implemented under the global programme UNODC Action against Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling (GLOTS3), is an initiative funded by the European Union that has been supporting partner Member States enhance their response to trafficking in persons (TIP) and the smuggling of migrants (SOM) since 2015. This position is located in the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling Section (HTMSS), Organized Crime and Illicit Trafficking Branch (OCB), Division for Treaty Affairs (DTA), in Vienna, Austria. The consultant will work with the Global Action to Prevent and Address Trafficking in Persons and the Smuggling of Migrants (GLO.ACT) team, under the supervision of the GLO.ACT Project Coordinator or Officer in Charge and the overall substantive guidance of the Chief of the Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling Section of the Organized Crime and Illicit Trafficking Branch. The purpose of the assignment is to provide strategic advisory and stakeholder engagement expertise to support the effective implementation of the GLO.ACT project. The consultant will work closely with internal and external partners to foster collaboration, enhance project visibility, and strengthen partnerships.Qualifications/special skillsAn advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in international relations, communication, political science, law, social science, or other related fields is required. A first-level university degree in the aforementioned fields in combination with two (2) additional years of qualifying work experience, may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree. A minimum of 10 years of relevant professional experience at the national and/or international level in communications, media engagement, or public relations is required; Experience on the implementation of programmes or projects to prevent and combat trafficking in persons and smuggling of migrants is required; Experience in the usage of social media tools and understanding of the print and audio-visual media is required; Experience in supporting the management and organization of professional networks, particularly those aimed at supporting women, is desirable; Experience working with countries across Central Asia and South Asia is desirable; Experience working for the United Nations or other international organizations is desired;LanguagesEnglish and French are the working languages of the UN Secretariat. For this position, fluency in English and French (i.e. oral and written proficiency and excellent drafting skills) are required. Knowledge of other official UN languages is an asset.Additional InformationNot available.No FeeTHE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING). THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CONCERN ITSELF WITH INFORMATION ON APPLICANTS’ BANK ACCOUNTS.

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Location: Wien

Job date: Wed, 05 Mar 2025 03:49:56 GMT

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