National Consultancy: Youth Consultant - Libya

UNFPA is the lead UN agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person's potential is fulfilled.  UNFPA’s strategic plan (2022-2025), reaffirms the relevance of the current strategic direction of UNFPA and focuses on three transformative results: to end preventable maternal deaths; end unmet need for family planning; and end gender-based violence and harmful practices. These results capture our strategic commitments on accelerating progress towards realizing the ICPD and SDGs in the Decade of Action leading up to 2030. Our strategic plan calls upon UN Member States, organizations and individuals to “build forward better”, while addressing the negative impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on women’s and girls’ access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights, recover lost gains and realize our goals

In a world where fundamental human rights are at risk, we need principled and ethical staff, who embody these international norms and standards, and who will defend them courageously and with full conviction.

UNFPA is seeking candidates that transform, inspire and deliver high impact and sustained results; we need staff who are transparent, exceptional in how they manage the resources entrusted to them and who commit to deliver excellence in programme results.
 

The consultant will work up to 20 days a month. Some deliverables are below (Which will be reported on a monthly basis)
Deliverable 1: Inception package- Inception note, detailed work plan, stakeholder engagement plan, and initial mapping of youthled/ youth-focused actors and coordination platforms in priority areas.
Deliverable 2: Youth integration support package :Practical checklist and recommendations for integrating youth-responsive approaches across
health, protection, outreach and partner work plans, including initial technical review of relevant programme materials.
Deliverable 3: Field and coordination brief - Briefing note summarizing contextual developments affecting youth engagement, service delivery and protection risks, with documented inputs from youth actors and sub-national stakeholders.
Deliverable 4: National Youth Strategy support package - Technical inputs to the Ministry of Youth/NESDB process, meeting notes, action tracker, and proposed six-month implementation roadmap linking policy priorities to practical programme entry points for the National Youth Strategy
Deliverable 5: Final report and handover package: Final report covering achievements, challenges, lessons learned, recommended next steps, updated stakeholder directory, youth engagement documentation, and priority actions for
UNFPA Libya.
Deliverable 6 (Concurring every month): Acting as the secretariat for the YWG and supporting the Representative in leading the YWG

Secondary Education (High School or Equivalent) with Six Years of Experience or First Level or Advanced  in social sciences, development studies, public health, youth development, gender studies, protection, population studies, political science, international relations, public policy or a related field is desirable.
· Minimum 3:6 years of progressively responsible professional experience in youth programming, health, protection, community engagement, social development, humanitarian/development programming or integrated service delivery contexts.
· Demonstrated experience working with young people, youth-led civil society organizations, community networks, local authorities or national institutions.
· Experience supporting programme implementation, coordination, monitoring, reporting and stakeholder engagement in Libya or comparable contexts.
· Experience in reproductive health, prevention and response, adolescent/youth programming, social cohesion, youth participation, or humanitarian-development nexus programming is an asset.
· Experience working with UN agencies, international organizations, NGOs, civil society organizations or government institutions is an asset.
· Experience in drafting briefing notes, meeting minutes, analytical updates, donor inputs, concept notes or programme reports is desirable.

Ability to draft clear, concise and professional documents in English is required. Ability to prepare stakeholder-facing notes in Arabic is highly desirable.
Technical skills
· Strong understanding of meaningful youth engagement, youth participation and youthresponsive programming.
· Ability to connect youth programming with health, protection, data and field delivery considerations.
· Good knowledge of the Libyan institutional, civil society and sub-national context, including sensitivity to regional dynamics.
· Strong analytical, coordination and interpersonal skills, with ability to engage government, civil society, youth actors, UN agencies and implementing partners.
· Ability to use age- and sex-disaggregated data, field observations and partner reports to inform practical programme recommendations.
· Strong computer skills, including MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, email and online collaboration tools.
 

• Fluency in Arabic and English, written and spoken, is required.

• Exemplifying integrity, 
• Demonstrating commitment to UNFPA and the UN system, 
• Embracing cultural diversity, 
• Embracing change

• Achieving results,
• Being accountable,
• Developing and applying professional expertise/business acumen,
• Thinking analytically and strategically,
• Working in teams/managing ourselves and our relationships
   

• Results-based programme development, implementation and monitoring.
  · Youth participation, community engagement and inclusive outreach.
  · Partnership building and stakeholder coordination.
  · Evidence-based advocacy and policy-oriented analysis.
  · Protection-sensitive, gender-responsive and do-no-harm programming.
  · Resource mobilization and reporting support.

• Ethical standards, safeguarding and confidentiality:The consultant must uphold the values and ethical standards of the United Nations and UNFPA, including integrity, professionalism, respect for diversity and zero tolerance for sexual exploitation and abuse, harassment, discrimination and abuse of authority.
  · All engagement with young people, adolescents, women, girls and vulnerable groups must be conducted in line with safeguarding, informed consent, confidentiality, protection-sensitive communication and do-no-harm principles.
  · The consultant shall treat all non-public information obtained during the assignment as confidential and may not use or disclose such information without prior authorization from UNFPA.
  · All materials, reports, datasets, notes and products developed under this consultancy will remain the property of UNFPA.

● UNFPA will provide the consultant with a desk, and office stationery.
● The consultant is required to have his/ her own computer with the required technology to perform his/ her tasks.