![]() ![]() Managing the process of sourcing, entry and exit of projects from the portfolio.This will include designing tools, frameworks, and templates for efficient knowledge management Developing and maintaining portfolio management systems and processes, including tracking of milestones and ventures performance through metrics.Ensuring strategic framing of problem statements in close collaboration with P4 Education Manager (Innovation) and Digital Education Team.Executing the overall portfolio management strategy through pipeline, pilot, accelerate and scale-up stages.Portfolio Management of the Blue Unicorn Farm Working closely with Venture Fund team to design and build structured pathways between Venture Fund investments and the Learning Innovation Portfolio.Managing the transition from learning innovation portfolio as it currently stands towards the vision of the Blue Unicorn Farm.This will include defining investment thesis, due diligence, investment criteria, sourcing process, portfolio funnel stage gates and KPIs aligned to maximize return on investment + impact. Supporting the Head of Learning Innovation Hub in co-designing the Blue Unicorn Farm investment strategy and plan with inputs from various stakeholders.Setting up the Blue Unicorn Farm Learning Innovation Portfolio Under the direction of the Head of Learning Innovation Hub you will identify and support a portfolio of learning innovations, acting as advisor and broker with the aim of supporting innovations to positively impact the lives of millions of children and young people in the global south. Key functions, accountabilities and related duties/tasks: This role is one of the first to be recruited to the Learning Innovation Hub, so will be required to undertake a range of different areas of strategic support to the Hub and the Office of Innovation, as the Hub is operationalized. Brokering and working together with the Ventures, Partnership and Comms team to provide support to individual solutions within the portfolio, as well as the overall portfolio.Supporting the scale up of the Blue Unicorn Farm projects by providing technical expertise in business model design, product market fit best practices and growth strategies to ensure equitable access for all children.Designing and implementing sourcing strategies to attract, select and grow game changing digital learning solutions that leverage cutting edge technologies to accelerate learning outcomes.Managing the investment process and investment decisions while contributing with strategic guidance to maximize the Blue Unicorn Farm return on impact and investment.Setting up and managing the Blue Unicorn Farm (learning innovation portfolio) through pipeline, pilot, accelerate and scale-up stages.You will work in close collaboration with other members of the Learning Innovation hub and liaise with other thematic Portfolio Managers. You will follow best practice and work closely in partnership with the P4 Innovation Manager (Governance, innovation portfolios), #OOI21009, who leads on the global strategy, guidance, and governance around UNICEF’s innovation pipeline. You will be responsible for leading the development and management of the “Blue Unicorn Farm”: UNICEF portfolio for innovation in digital learning focused acceleration to scale of edtech tools and programmes that have potential to reach millions of children. You will work under the direction of the Head of Learning Innovation Hub and be a founding member of the Learning Innovation Hub team. At the same time, it will create a safe playground for disruption, inviting UNICEF and the learning community to look for solutions outside the traditional sphere. The UNICEF Learning Innovation Hub, established in Helsinki and supported by the Government of Finland, will support the Reimagine Education initiative through accelerating equitable access to world class digital learning solutions hand in hand with UNICEF Country Offices. The Office of Innovation (OoI) works to catalyse UNICEF's and all its partners’ expertise and resources to solve key challenges for children, with a view to continuously ideate and scale the most effective solutions with transformational potential at scale to achive the child-related SDGs. Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone. UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. ![]()
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