Consultant – Coordinator Global Initiative to Support Parents at World Health Organization (WHO)

Job Title: Consultant – Coordinator Global Initiative to Support Parents

Purpose of consultancy

• To contribute to coordination, advocacy and accountability efforts of the Global Initiative to Support Parents.

Background

• The Global Initiative to Support Parents (GISP) aims to increase access to parenting and caregiver support so that every child can receive the support they need during the first two decades of life and across the life course. GISP works with governments, civil society partners, researchers, donors, and other partners to ensure all parents everywhere get the support they need when they need it.
• GISP is coordinated by UNICEF, the World Health Organization (WHO), the Early Childhood Development Action Network (ECDAN), Parenting for Lifelong Health at the University of Oxford, and the International Rescue Committee (IRC). GISP works with partners to scale parenting support worldwide through taking the following collective actions:
• Scale: Invest in proven, cost-effective parenting interventions while building capacity to sustain delivery of the services.
• Innovate: Design new digital and hybrid approaches that leverage technology to lower costs, increase uptake and reach underserved populations.
• Generate Evidence: Test innovation through real-world trials, optimization studies on core components, and implementation research across contexts at scale.
• Advocate: Investing in advocacy for the uptake of parenting interventions through policy advocacy and public and private financing. 
• GISP consists of multiple working groups of the coordinating agencies (including technical, advocacy, communications, and senior management groups), regional organizing teams, and a Donor Advisory Group. GISP is coordinated by a Global Coordinator on behalf of all agencies to support GISP’s ongoing maintenance and platform. With coordinating partners’ grants continuing into future years, there is need for a sustained GISP coordinator through the end of 2025 to ensure continuity and sustainability of GISP.

Deliverables
The consultant will be responsible for the following key tasks:

• Facilitate coordination of inter-agency core partners through scheduling meetings, note taking, agenda development, and follow-up on decision points and action points.
• Facilitate coordination of the GISP Donor Advisory Group, including overall membership, quarterly meetings, and communications between coordinating partners and donors.
• Facilitate coordination of GISP’s learning initiatives, including webinars.
• Facilitate coordination of global events and support with coordination of regional events and country-level events where needed.
• Maintain GISP’s internal knowledge management system and coordinate maintenance of GISP’s website and external knowledge platform.
• Develop, track, and report on key metrics to monitor and track GISP’s activities. Lead on drafting narrative reports on GISP’s progress and coordinate partners’ inputs into reports.
• Facilitate the collection, curation, and organization of parenting related resources and information from partners for the knowledge platform.
• Establish and maintains relationships with GISP partners, including global, regional, national, and cross-sectoral stakeholders.
• Contribute to new business development for joint activities with partners by coordinating proposal development processes. 
• Contribute to the development of communications products and actively disseminates outputs from GISP’s collaborative efforts, ensuring that GISP’s partners and members are well informed and are given opportunities to actively engage in deepening these collaborative efforts.
• Coordinate joint advocacy efforts with partners, identifying opportunities for joint webinars, joint calls to action, joint advocacy efforts at high level meetings, and other relevant opportunities.

Qualifications, experience, skills and languages
Educational Qualifications:
Essential:

• First university degree especially related to parenting or a similar field.

Desirable:

• Advanced university degree especially related to parenting or a similar field.

Experience:
Essential:

• 3 to 5 years of work experience in a similar role, including partner coordination and working at global level.

Desirable:

• Experience in building and managing partnerships to advance collaboration strategies.

Skills/Knowledge:
Essential:

• Good negotiation skills and ability to build consensus and manage conflict of interest
• Strong conceptual/analytical skills with the ability to analyze data and information and produce coherent reports and frameworks
• Exceptional writing and verbal skills for communicating with broad and diverse stakeholders
• Project management and organizational skills and ability to multi-task
• Knowledge and experience with international organizations and/or global partnerships
• Ability to work autonomously combined with experience working remotely and in support of programs abroad
• Proven ability to maintain a high level of attention to detail when working to tight deadlines
• Passion for WHO’s mission to end all forms of violence against children.

Languages and level required:
Essential:

• Expert knowledge of English.

Desirable:

• Intermediate knowledge of French, Spanish, Portuguese or Arabic.

Remuneration

• Band level A: USD 3,955 – 6,980 per month
• Living expenses (A living expense is payable to on-site consultants who are internationally recruited).

Application Instructions

The application deadline is 27th January, 2025. Therefore, qualified and interested candidates can “CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT APPLICATION” It is important to visit the official website (link found below) for detailed information on how to apply successfully for this vacancy.

Website:

Official Job Website: https://www.who.int/