Overview
Asociado(a) Participación y Empoderamiento para la Acción Climática will provide technical assistance, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of development programs focused on skills development, participation, education, and climate action.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide technical assistance to the UNICEF team, implementing partners, local authorities, and other relevant actors to ensure the participation, leadership, and empowerment of adolescents and youth in climate action, environmental education, and biodiversity.
- Facilitate learning spaces for adolescents and youth to strengthen their socio-environmental skills and leadership.
- Promote the participation of adolescents and youth in decision-making spaces at the territorial and national levels related to education and climate action.
- Identify and map alliances with governmental entities, grassroots organizations, and the private sector to strengthen youth participation in climate action, ensuring the scalability and sustainability of these initiatives.
- Promote community empowerment, as well as that of adolescents and youth, around the right to participation, leadership protection, and climate action.
- Support capacity-building activities in socio-environmental skills, climate action, participation, and empowerment through the preparation of materials and support in their implementation.
- Support the monitoring and tracking of indicators and goals of the project “Generation Green: Educating and Empowering Youth for a Sustainable Colombia”.
- Verify compliance with indicators, objectives, and activities, and report promptly on risks or deviations for their management.
- Support the development of programmatic cooperation agreements (PCA) by providing inputs and contributing to the drafting of relevant sections.
- Prepare monitoring inputs and reports on performance indicators for the supervisor and the team, promoting efficient management and accountability.
Required Experience
- 1 month relevant experience.
- Experience in direct work with communities and adolescents.
- Experience in projects and programs for the rights of children, adolescents, and communities.
- Experience in facilitating non-formal education processes with children, adolescents, and/or youth.
- Experience in participation strategies, climate action, and/or education at the local or national level, in coordination with local authorities, civil society organizations, and other partners.
- Knowledge in approaches to participation, climate action, and environmental education.
- Classroom experience in official educational institutions is desirable.
- Experience working with a gender perspective and prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse is desirable.
- Previous experience in the United Nations System is desirable.
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in basic education, social sciences, human sciences, and/or environmental sciences.
