Long Term Agreement (LTA) for Engagement of Individual Consultants as Senior Climate Experts (Category 1: Senior Climate Finance and Resource Mobilization Expert; Category 2: Senior Climate Adaptation Partnerships and Advocacy Expert), Geneva

## Long Term Agreement (LTA) for Engagement of Individual Consultants as Senior Climate Experts (Category 1: Senior Climate Finance and Resource Mobilization Expert; Category 2: Senior Climate Adaptation Partnerships and Advocacy Expert), Geneva - Organization:UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund Long Term Agreement (LTA) for Engagement of Individual Consultants as Senior Climate Experts (Category 1: Senior Climate Finance and Resource Mobilization Expert; Category 2: Senior Climate Adaptation Partnerships and Advocacy Expert) Position type:Consultant Location:Switzerland, Italy Division/Equivalent:Partnerships School/Unit:Geneva, Switzerland Department/Office:Private Fund Raising and Partnerships Categories:Communication, Partnerships, Fund Raising 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. 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. UNICEF is a place where careers are built. We offer our staff diverse opportunities for professional and personal development that will help them reinforce a sense of purpose while serving children and communities across the world. We welcome everyone who wants to belong and grow in a diverse and passionate culture., coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package. Visit our website to learn more about what we do at UNICEF. For every child,the right to hope UNICEF works towards the realization of the rights of every child as enshrined in the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Under UNICEF's Strategic Plan 2026-2029, a new organizational ambition has been established through Impact Goal 5: to ensure that 500 million children are better protected from disasters and climate and environmental risks. To contribute to this goal, the Climate Partnerships team within the Private Fundraising and Partnerships Division (PFP) is working to leverage the partnerships, resources, and financing mechanisms required to mobilize significantly greater investment for children within the climate finance ecosystem. This includes supporting UNICEF's efforts to strengthen its positioning as a credible and influential actor in climate finance, develop compelling value propositions and financing models that unlock new sources of climate capital, strengthen relationships with key financial partners, and translate strategic engagement into tangible funding opportunities. The team also seeks to strategically position UNICEF and its partners across UNFCCC processes, COPs, and other influential global platforms, while maximizing the opportunities presented by high-value events and engagements through 2027 and beyond to enhance visibility, strategic representation, knowledge exchange, and intelligence gathering. As the climate finance landscape continues to evolve and become increasingly competitive, access to capital depends not only on the quality of programmes, but also on the strength of partnerships, investment propositions, institutional credibility, and strategic engagement with key stakeholders. To effectively deliver on these ambitions and respond to emerging opportunities, UNICEF requires access to highly specialized expertise that may not always be available through existing staff capacity. Such expertise may be needed to support climate finance mobilization, partnership development, strategic positioning, proposal development, donor and investor engagement, intelligence gathering, policy analysis, strategic communications, advocacy, capacity building, and participation in major climate-related events and processes. To ensure timely access to this specialized expertise and enable the rapid mobilization of qualified experts as needs arise, UNICEF seeks to establish a Long-Term Agreement (LTA) with individual consultants possessing the necessary expertise and experience in climate finance, climate partnerships, fundraising and resource mobilization, climate adaptation, advocacy and climate-related events. This support would enable UNICEF to strengthen its ability to influence the climate finance agenda, attract strategic partners, mobilize substantially greater resources for children, and contribute to the achievement of Strategic Plan Impact Goal 5. How can you make a difference? PURPOSE OF ASSIGNMENT The purpose of this Long-Term Agreement is to identify pre-qualified senior climate partnerships experts who can be engaged by UNICEF on an as-needed basis to provide strategic, technical, advisory, analytical, facilitation, and capacity-building support related to climate finance, climate partnerships, fundraising and resource mobilization, climate adaptation, advocacy and climate-related events. The overall objective is to establish a Long-Term Agreement that will facilitate and expedite UNICEF's access to high-calibre climate partnerships expertise required to: - Advance UNICEF's climate partnerships strategy and positioning. - Strengthen UNICEF's engagement with private and public sector donors, climate funds, development banks, philanthropists, corporations, foundations, investors, and other strategic partners. - Support the development of climate finance mechanisms and resource mobilization approaches. - Enhance UNICEF's positioning on climate adaptation, resilience, and child-centered climate action. - Strengthen UNICEF's contribution to international climate policy processes and climate-related advocacy efforts. - Support participation and exploration of major opportunities in key climate-related events and convenings. - Build internal capacity across UNICEF offices and teams to engage effectively on climate partnerships and climate finance opportunities. - Produce high-quality strategic, technical, and analytical products that inform organizational decision-making and partnership development. MAJOR TASKS TO BE ACCOMPLISHED Successful respondents may be requested to undertake one or more of the following assignments under the LTA. Specific deliverables and timelines will be defined through individual contracts issued under the LTA. Tasks include, but may not be limited to: i. Provide strategic advisory support on climate partnerships and resource mobilization, climate finance and major climate and advocacy engagements. ii. Contribute to the development of partnership opportunities, financing approaches and investment cases. iii. Conduct research, analysis, reporting and synthesis of information to inform decision-making and strategic priorities. iv. Identify climate policy engagement opportunities, technical consultations and strategic dialogue processes. v. Review, edit, revise and develop strategic documents, guidance materials and knowledge products. vi. Develop briefing materials, presentations, reports and communication products. vii. Facilitate presentations, learning, capacity-building and knowledge-sharing initiatives. viii. Produce, adapt and disseminate tools, guidance, emerging practices and other supporting resources. ix. Support internal coordination, stakeholder engagement and alignment across UNICEF entities and partnership channels. Responsibilities of the Consultant: i. The consultant will use their own equipment; laptops, microphones, software and other accessories that may be required for this task. ii. The consultant will not give the content/material or any part thereof, to any third party without the written permission of UNICEF. All components will be a property of UNICEF, and the consultant will not share the same with anyone else. iii. The consultant will not put their own name or logo/emblem on the content / final product. The only organization branding will be UNICEF, if required. Responsibilities of UNICEF: i. UNICEF will provide all details pertaining to the activity and the requirements ii. UNICEF will orient the consultant on UN