Project Coordinator

UNICEF works in the world's toughest places to reach the most disadvantaged children and adolescents – and to protect the rights of every child, everywhere. Since 1964, child rights have been at the heart of the strong partnership between the Government of Malaysia and UNICEF. UNICEF's work in Malaysia is driven by the ultimate aim of ensuring that every child, especially the most vulnerable, has a fair, equitable start in life. This means that all girls and boys – regardless of location, migration status, family income or disability – ought to enjoy equal access to quality services and an equal chance of developing to their full potential. The fundamental mission of UNICEF is to promote the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything the organization does — in programmes, in advocacy and in operations. The equity strategy, emphasizing the most disadvantaged and excluded children and families, translates this commitment to children's rights into action. For UNICEF, equity means that all children have an opportunity to survive, develop and reach their full potential, without discrimination, bias or favoritism. Equity accelerates progress towards realizing the human rights of all children, which is the universal mandate of UNICEF, as outlined by the Convention on the Rights of the Child, while also supporting the equitable development of nations. UNICEF Malaysia is a unique country office in that it is an upper middle-income country, but with significant remaining disparities and inequalities where both advocacy and programming approaches are required. UNICEF is committed to advocating for businesses to consider respect to children's rights, beyond the issue of child labour. Children in Malaysia are often among those most affected by adverse business impacts, yet sustainability practices for children is very limited and focused primarily on child labour – neglecting to address multiple adverse impacts that businesses can have on the full range of children's rights at the workplace, at the marketplace, in communities and the environment.

UNICEF Malaysia is a unique country office in that it is an upper middle-income country, but with significant remaining disparities and inequalities where both advocacy and programming approaches are required. UNICEF is committed to advocating for businesses to consider respect to children's rights, beyond the issue of child labour. Children in Malaysia are often among those most affected by adverse business impacts, yet sustainability practices for children is very limited and focused primarily on child labour – neglecting to address multiple adverse impacts that businesses can have on the full range of children's rights at the workplace, at the marketplace, in communities and the environment. Hence, we are seeking a dynamic and creative individual to join us as UNV Project Coordinator to lead innovative projects and ambitious initiatives to accelerate business action for children, beyond child labour. You will have the opportunity to work with stakeholders in business, government, civil society, academia, and young people representatives in projects to guide and accelerate business action to respect, protect, and support children. Join UNICEF's mission to make a meaningful impact for children and work alongside business leaders and visionaries who are shaping a brighter future for all children in Malaysia.

Under the general supervision of the Corporate Alliance Officer, the UNV will be the driving force behind ambitious projects at the intersection of business sustainability, public policy and children's rights through programme management. Your responsibilities will include: Facilitation: Lead in coordinating meetings by scheduling, preparing agenda and materials, making logistical arrangements, facilitating, and managing key action items. Other areas include serving as the primary point of contact to facilitate coordination between senior business leaders, senior management, and other stakeholders; as well as document, monitor, track, and report progress on workplans. Events and sessions with business leaders: Organize dialogue and awareness raising sessions aimed at strengthening understanding in child rights and business of key partners, including the senior business leaders, UNICEF staff, and civil society partners. Media and publicity: Assisting in workshops, events, launches, and other vital communication activities. Project planning and execution: Supporting the planning, coordination, execution, and monitoring, of projects to guide and accelerate business action for children. Key priorities would include business and human rights, child digital rights and protection, family-friendly workplaces, healthier food retail environment, child labour risks and protective factors, environment sustainability, and other upcoming areas of work. Research and proposal writing: Supporting research for the development of innovative proposals to gain support, commitment to action, and resource mobilization to accelerate business action to respect, protect, and support children. Reporting and Documentation: Capturing success stories and lessons learned from projects to support knowledge management including the development of compelling project documentation such as progress narratives and reports, donor reports, human-interest stories for social media, blog articles, and other materials as needed. Undertaking any other related tasks as required or assigned by the supervisor. Furthermore, UN Volunteers are encouraged to integrate the UN Volunteers programme mandate within their assignment and promote voluntary action through engagement with communities in the course of their work. As such, UN Volunteers should dedicate a part of their working time to some of the following suggested activities: Strengthen their knowledge and understanding of the concept of volunteerism by reading relevant UNV and external publications and take an active part in UNV activities (for instance in events that mark International Volunteer Day); Be acquainted with and build on traditional and/or local forms of volunteerism in the host country; Provide annual and end of assignment self-reports on UN Volunteer actions, results, and opportunities. Contribute articles/write-ups on field experiences and submit them for UNV publications/websites, newsletters, press releases, etc. Assist with the UNV Buddy Programme for newly arrived UN Volunteers. Promote or advise local groups in the use of online volunteering or encourage relevant local individuals and organizations to use the UNV Online Volunteering service whenever technically possible. Results/Expected outputs: As an active UNICEF Malaysia Child Protection team member, efficient, timely, responsive, and high-quality support rendered to the team and its beneficiaries in the performance of her/his functions, including: Efficient, timely, responsive, client-friendly and high-quality support rendered to Strategic Communications and Partnerships results carried out by UNICEF. Increased programme visibility within UNICEF community and amongst UNICEF partners, and increased integration within programmatic areas related to communication. Developed joint communication strategies. A final statement of achievements towards volunteerism for development during the assignment, such as reporting on the number of volunteers mobilized, activities participated in, and capacities developed.