Internal Displacement and Durable Solutions Consultant
Organizational Context
UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential. At UNICEF, we are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do for as long as we are needed. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job – it is a calling.
Job Purpose
The purpose of this consultancy is to provide time-bound technical and coordination support to strengthen UNICEF’s institutional approach to internal displacement and its advocacy and programming for child-sensitive durable solutions. The consultant will support a structured review and revision of UNICEF’s Institutional Action Plan on Internal Displacement and deliver priority internal-displacement workstreams managed by the Migration and Displacement Hub. The assignment will help ensure that UNICEF’s global priorities reflect current evidence, organizational learning and country-level realities, and clearly position UNICEF’s contribution to preventing and addressing internal displacement, protecting the rights of internally displaced children and supporting durable solutions. The consultancy has a global remit and will support MDH’s engagement with country offices, regional offices, headquarters divisions and relevant global teams.
Responsibilities
The consultant will support a structured review and revision of UNICEF’s Institutional Action Plan on Internal Displacement. They will deliver priority internal-displacement workstreams managed by the Migration and Displacement Hub. The assignment will ensure UNICEF’s global priorities reflect current evidence, organizational learning, and country-level realities. The consultant will clearly position UNICEF’s contribution to preventing and addressing internal displacement, protecting the rights of internally displaced children, and supporting durable solutions. The consultancy has a global remit and will support the Migration and Displacement Hub’s engagement with country offices, regional offices, headquarters divisions, and relevant global teams. This includes providing technical and coordination support to strengthen UNICEF’s institutional approach to internal displacement and its advocacy and programming for child-sensitive durable solutions.
Work Experience
At least 8 years of progressively responsible professional experience in internal displacement, forced displacement, durable solutions, child rights, humanitarian development programming, policy, advocacy or a closely related field.
Skills
Internal displacement, Durable solutions frameworks, Institutional strategies, Action plans development, Child rights, Humanitarian development programming, Policy development, Advocacy, Coordination, Technical support, Review and revision, Organizational learning