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Identity Management Interagency Collaboration Consultant, GPD, Economic &Social Policy, 4 months, Geneva, Switzerland (Remote) # 593254

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Contract type: Consultant
Duty Station: Geneva
Level: Consultancy
Location: Switzerland
Categories: Social Policy

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.

How can you make a difference?  

The Secretary-General’s report Shifting Paradigms: United to Deliver (18 September 2025) calls on UNICEF, WFP, UNHCR, and IOM to clarify roles, reduce duplication, and strengthen impact in the management of beneficiary data. Together, these agencies maintain nearly 200 million individual identity records across 150 countries, which underpin the delivery of humanitarian assistance.
Under Action #24 (https://un80actions.un.org/?action=24) of the new Humanitarian Compact and the mandate of the UN80 Quint Working Group an Identity Management and Beneficiary Data Interoperability working group was established to implement the milestone foreseen under action 24.:” Benefits of federated, standards-based beneficiary data exchange demonstrated in priority contexts to inform scale-up”. This group will be hereafter referred as the UN80 identity management group.
To achieve this milestone a workplan has been developed. One the areas of work involves the creation of a “Starter Kit” for country offices with the objective to (i) inform agencies’ colleagues about the UN80 identity management initiative and its implication at country level (ii) provide guidance on the available resources at global level to foster personal beneficiary data collaboration (interoperability and data sharing) (iii) present applicable tools from country best practices to deduplicate assistance packages for examples from Ukraine and State of Palestine.
The content of the starter kits should focus on the following areas of work: (i) Data Sharing and Interoperability – this part should map available technological and legal frameworks enabling the exchange of beneficiary personal data across agencies (ii) Deduplication of identities and assistance packages – this part should focus on available technologies and best practice enabling agencies to duplicate identities and assistance package (iii) Joint Identity Assurance Frameworks – this part will gather available guidance on identity assurance framework by different agencies to ensure a risk informed approach to identity management.
The starter kit is expected to be actionable and operational. Available identity data standard across agencies and interoperability use cases will be presented in an actionable manner. The starter kit different chapters should be complemented by lessons learnt on best practices documented during the key informant interviews and desk review.
The consultant will also support the drafting of UN80 milestone completion report for action 24.

If you would like to know more about this consultancy, please review the complete Terms of Reference here: Download File ToRTMC0002334.pdf

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have… 

Minimum requirements:

  • Education: Advanced university degree (Master’s or higher) in social policy, public policy, economics, climate adaptation/DRR, or related fields.
  • Work Experience: Experience of leading the delivery of programmes in emergency settings, with expertise in operational processes and tools related to beneficiary personal data (e.g.: cash assistance). 
  • Knowledge of Interagency Standing Committee Frameworks 
  • Familiarity with the work of the United Nations, and experience with UNICEF HOPE is considered an asset. 
  • Excellent interpersonal skills and flexible attitude 
  • Ability to work under minimum supervision and to focus on timely delivery of results.
  • Language Requirements: Good analytical, communication and writing skills in English

 For every Child, you demonstrate...

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values

UNICEF promotes and advocates for the protection of the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything it does and is mandated to support the realization of the rights of every child, including those most disadvantaged, and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, minority, or any other status.

UNICEF encourages applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, nationality, religious or ethnic backgrounds, and from people with disabilities, including neurodivergence. We offer reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. throughout the recruitment process. If you require any accommodation, please submit your request through the accessibility email button on the UNICEF Careers webpage Accessibility | UNICEF. Should you be shortlisted, please get in touch with the recruiter directly to share further details, enabling us to make the necessary arrangements in advance.

UNICEF does not hire candidates who are married to children (persons under 18). UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination based on gender, nationality, age, race, sexual orientation, religious or ethnic background or disabilities. UNICEF is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check, and selected candidates with disabilities may be requested to submit supporting documentation in relation to their disability confidentially.

Qualified candidates are invited to submit the following documents via the online recruitment portal, TMS (Talent Management System):

Remarks:  If the TOR or financial proposal documents are not visible on certain recruitment platforms, please visit our official page Vacancies | UNICEF Careers.

UNICEF does not charge a processing fee at any stage of its recruitment, selection, and hiring processes (i.e., application stage, interview stage, validation stage, or appointment and training). UNICEF will not ask for applicants’ bank account information.

All UNICEF positions are advertised, and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

Additional information about working for UNICEF can be found here.

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