Country: Ethiopia
Closing date: 15 May 2017
If you are a committed, creative professional and are passionate about making a lasting difference for children, the world's leading children's rights organization would like to hear from you.
For 70 years, UNICEF has been working on the ground in 190 countries and territories to promote children's survival, protection and development. The world's largest provider of vaccines for developing countries, UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, good water and sanitation, quality basic education for all boys and girls, and the protection of children from violence, exploitation, and AIDS. UNICEF is funded entirely by the voluntary contributions of individuals, businesses, foundations and governments.
Purpose of the Assignment:
Assess/evaluate the implementation of the Integrated Community Based Participatory Planning (ICBPP) programme. Produce a comprehensive programme document and tools for systematic integration of children issues and child and/or adolescent participation in local level planning process in the Ethiopian context.
Assignment Tasks:
The specific tasks to be performed include but are not limited to the following:
3. Produce a comprehensive report of the rapid assessment not more than 40-45 pages in length and a PowerPoint presentation for a review and validation meeting.
4. Engage with the principal actors working on child and adolesent participation including but not limited to the Ministry of Finance and Economic Cooperation (MoFEC), Ministry of Women and Children (MoWCA), the Ethiopian Institute of Ombudsman, United Nations agencies, non-governmental organizations, etc. to inform the development of UNICEF's programme on child participation.
5. Produce a comprehensive programme document for systematic integration of issues of children and implementation on child and/or adolescent participation in the planning process that will be developed in the Ethiopian context taking into account the variations across different regions.
6. Conduct a desk review of the existing tools on community participation and revise these tools to make sure a child and/or adolescent participation component is incorporated.
7. Produce a summary brief and a PowerPoint presentation on the mainstreaming of child issues within ICBPP and the child participation programme document.
8. Provide brief status updates on all activities to UNICEF SPESI.
The consultant shall liaise with all relevant sections in UNICEF, government offices and non-governmental organizations to undertake the assignment.
Expected Deliverables
Qualifications of Successful Candidate
Education
The national consultant should have:
Academic qualifications – advanced degree in human rights, social work, sociology, law or in any related social science.
Years of relevant experience
Competencies of Successful Candidate
A solid knowledge of Ethiopia's community level actors and local governance structures, as well as the ability to link various actors and relevant structures that pertain to child participation across different sectors.
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Please indicate your ability, availability and daily/monthly rate (in US$) to undertake the terms of reference above (including travel and daily subsistence allowance, if applicable). Applications submitted without a daily/monthly rate will not be considered.
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 organisation.
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=504392