International or National Consultancy - Capacity Building on Climate Change, East and Southern Africa Regional Office at UNICEF

Goal and objective:

The objective of the training package is as follows:

• Staff members gain an understanding for climate fundamentals, including the basics of climate science and climate-related programming.
• Staff members have an increased awareness of climate-related impacts and climate change projections for ESAR / their country office.
• Staff members can describe why and in what ways children are disproportionately vulnerable to climate change.
• Staff members are able to clarify the role of UNICEF in the climate space and know of the most important climate-related frameworks at global, regional, and national level, such as the SCAP and the Climate Collaboration For Children (CC4C).
• Staff members can identify how climate change affects the work of their section and they are empowered to integrate climate resilience into their ongoing and future work.
• Staff members have a basic understanding about climate finance sources and are able to identify opportunities for their section and draft a climate narrative for their area of work.
• Staff will be provided with case studies and practical guidelines to incorporate climate considerations into different sectors (e.g., education, health, WASH). Tools and resources will also be provided to support staff in applying what they’ve learned.
• The consultant will have to go through existing training and capacity building material to ensure synergies and avoid duplication, and to ensure that existing materials are synthesized in a manner which is digestible to the audience, where relevant. This includes existing courses on AGORA and material on the SCAP, available on UNICEF’s SharePoint intranet.

Activities and Tasks:

The consultant will carry out the flowing specific activities and tasks:

• Review relevant UNICEF documents and strategies related to climate change as well as current training materials on climate change to develop the draft outline of the ESARO climate training, including segmenting content into 4-8 different modules.
• Incorporate local case studies and examples, engaging local experts to provide insights on
•  regional climate issues. Incorporate modules that address common challenges faced by country offices across the region.
• Develop a training package for each of the modules. The package should include presentation slides, talking points for the speaker, discussion questions and participatory exercises.
• Design the training to include interactive and participatory methods, such as group discussions, role-playing, scenario analysis, polls, quizzes, and breakout sessions. Encourage participants to develop and present their own climate mainstreaming plans and ideas. 
• Implement pre- and post-training surveys to measure learning of participants and assess the effectiveness of the training, which should be included in the final report.
• Facilitate all modules of the climate training three times: One time in-person in Nairobi (with options to participate online), as well as two timeslots for country office participants or alternative participation. There should also be one recorded version of the training which may be converted (in parts) for an online training course such as on Agora.
• Provide a final report which summarizes the result and effectiveness of trainings, overall learnings, and recommendations, as well as recommendations to ensure long-term training impact and ongoing integration of climate awareness across sections.

Desired competencies, technical background, and experience

Education:

• Advanced university degree in adult education, continued education, adult learning, knowledge management systems or another relevant area, ideally in combination with education on climate change and the environment. A first University Degree in a relevant field combined with 2 additional years of professional experience may be accepted in lieu of an Advanced University Degree.

Work experience and skills.

• Minimum of 5 years of demonstrated work experience and competency in the area of adult education and training.
• Demonstrated experience in designing professional training programmes for developing specific skills and capacities in organizational settings.
• Demonstrated experience as workshop host and facilitator.
• Knowledge and experience of working with environmental topics, climate change, energy and climate resilience is strongly preferred.
• Technical knowledge regarding child rights is welcomed.
• Familiarity with UNICEF structure, processes considered an asset.