UNITED NATION CHILDREN`S FUND has floated a tender for Consultancy: Portfolio Strategist, Office of Innovation. The project location is USA and the tender is closing on 25 Jul 2019. The tender notice number is , while the TOT Ref Number is 34633823. Bidders can have further information about the Tender and can request the complete Tender document by Registering on the site.

Expired Tender

Procurement Summary

Country : USA

Summary : Consultancy: Portfolio Strategist, Office of Innovation

Deadline : 25 Jul 2019

Other Information

Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 34633823

Document Ref. No. :

Competition : ICB

Financier : United Nations Secretariat

Purchaser Ownership : -

Tender Value : Refer Document

Purchaser's Detail

Purchaser : UNITED NATION CHILDREN`S FUND
3 United Nations Plaza 44th Street between 1st and 2nd Avenues New York, Country code 1 City code 212 Tel: 326.7000 - Switchboard UNICEF House Facsimile: 887.7465 - Primary/ 887.7454 - Secondary
USA
URL :www.unicef.org

Tender Details

Tenders are invited for Consultancy: Portfolio Strategist, Office of Innovation, New York, USA, 11.5 months.

UNICEF works in some of the world-s toughest places, to reach the world-s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.

Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.

And we never give up.

For every child, innovate...

UNICEF has a 70-year history of innovating for children. We believe that new approaches, partnerships and technologies that support realizing children-s rights are critical to improving their lives.

The Office of Innovation is a creative, interactive, and agile team in UNICEF. We sit at a unique intersection, where an organization that works on huge global issues meets the startup thinking, the technology, and the partners that turn this energy into scalable solutions.UNICEF`s Office of Innovation creates opportunities for the world`s children by focusing on where new markets can meet their vital needs. We do this by:

Connecting youth communities (or more broadly -- anyone disconnected or under-served) to decision-makers, and to each other, to deliver informed, relevant and sustained programmes that build better, stronger futures for children.
Provoking change for children through an entrepreneurial approach -- in a traditionally risk-averse field -- to harness rapidly moving innovations and apply them to serve the needs of all children.
Creating new models of partnership that leverage core business values across the public, private and academic sectors in order to deliver fast, and lasting results for children.
The Office of Innovation specifically looks to form partnerships around frontier technologies (like drones and UAVs, blockchain, 21st century skills, urban technologies, new banking tools, wearables and sensors, or 3D-Printing) that exist at the intersection of $100 billion business markets and 1 billion person needs - and to identify how they can grow and scale profitably and inclusively.

How can you make a difference?

The UNICEF Innovation Fund has been specifically designed to finance early stage, open-source technology that can benefit children. The core motivation of the Innovation Fund is to identify "clusters" or portfolios of initiatives around emerging technology - so that UNICEF can both shape markets and also learn about and guide these technologies to benefit children. We invest in solutions that can impact the lives of the most vulnerable children. We find these solutions clustered around $100 billion industries in frontier technology spaces, such as: blockchain, UAVs, virtual and augmented reality, artificial intelligence, nano-satellites and human dynamics.

With $20M raised to date, the Innovation Fund is continuing to scale its investment portfolio with the aim of investing in 20 start-ups every year. The current portfolio of 33 companies consists of several cohorts of companies developing and piloting solutions in virtual and augmented reality, in data science and artificial intelligence, blockchain, and in assistive technology. This particular role will bring strategic guidance and management to maximise the Fund-s return on investment. This role will develop and implement strategy to assess the portfolio-s needs, manage technical assistance, identify opportunities and guide cohorts and technical collaboration between companies.

Your main responsibilities will be:

Continuously monitoring and implementing overall portfolio management strategy, including necessary systems, partnerships and technical assistance
Implementing of portfolio management systems and processes, including for tracking of milestones and companies- performance through metrics
Portfolio management of the companies: Implementing the technical assistance strategy, including external partnerships, a network of mentors, engagement of technical leads, and coordination of supporting consultants
Identifying and managing exit strategies for portfolio companies
Focal point for a Gulf/MENA-focused strategy, aimed at building and leveraging networks and support for the Venture Fund and portfolio solutions- growth with a particular focus on collaborations around a larger growth fund and digital public goods
To qualify as an advocate for every child, you will have…

An advanced university degree (Master-s or higher) infinance, entrepreneurship, business administration or other relevant field.A first university degree in a relevant field, combined with 10 years of professional experience, may be accepted in lieu of an advanced university degree.
A minimum of8 years of relevant professional experience in portfolio management and partnerships
Demonstrated management-level experience in managing portfolios of investments ideally in venture capital required
Demonstrated experience in developing and negotiating partnership and entrepreneurial strategies
Experience in coordinating and monitoring complex projects, product development, business growth and using ROI metrics
Experience in coordinating teams to achieve ambitious goals
Strong verbal and written communication skills required, including external representation and presentations, facilitation of networks and communities
Experience in managing networks and portfolios of consultants and technical advisors to deliver against agreed objectives required
Understanding of different contexts and experience working in developing countries
Knowledge of international development, technology for development and key challenges affecting children in developing countries
Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency is considered an asset.
Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) is an asset.
Payment details and further considerations

Monthly payment, based on monthly tasks and progress reports, approved upon monthly review with supervisor.
Consultant is responsible for his/her own health and travel insurance
Consultant is eligible for standard DSA for all work-related travel
For every child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF-s core values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.

The functional competencies required for this post are:

Communication (Level 3)
Drive for results (Level 2)
Planning and organizing (Level 2)
View our competency framework at:

http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/files/UNICEF_Competencies.pdf

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.

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. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles.

Remarks:

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

Duty Station: New York

Duration: 11.5 months

How to apply:
UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages qualified female and male candidates from all national, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of our organization. To apply, click on the following link http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/?job=523824

Documents

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