International Consultant to Develop Second Decade Strategy for UNICEF Bhutan – UNICEF Thimphu
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Background and Country Context:
Purpose of Assignment:
The main purpose of the assignment is to develop a comprehensive intersectoral Second Decade Strategy for UNICEF Bhutan based on the systemic review and sectoral priorities and opportunities for convergence with Education, WASH, Health, Child Protection, and Social Policy, Technology for Development, and other areas as relevant. Based on a systematic review of UNICEF’s current engagement on adolescent and youth programming, provide strategic recommendations for strengthening;
- Programme interventions and its alignment to government’s priority for adolescent and youth in 13th fiveyear plan.
- Coordination within UNICEF as well as with other UN agencies to ensure enhanced results for adolescents and youth.
Approaches and Methodology
The assignment will be carried out by the international consultant using the most current information/data available on adolescent and youth’s programme. Data and information gathering could be both primary and secondary methods. Primary through key informant interviews including with young people, focus group discussions, stakeholders’ consultation, and secondary through literature review, desk review of the global documents related to adolescents, relevant studies conducted in South Asia, previous UNICEF Bhutan’s Country Programme Document (CP20192023 and the new CPD for 20242028, United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDC20242028 and other relevant programme reports and documents on adolescent programme.
The overall duration for the assignment is 27 days out of which, consultant will be in Bhutan for five (5) working days excluding travel days to conduct interviews, focus group discussions and consultation with UNICEF staff, other UN agencies, national partners, and young people.
Scope of Assignment
The consultant is expected to develop a concise and comprehensive Second Decade Strategy that provides direction for convergent planning and programming on adolescents and youth including distinct strategies for accelerating progress for adolescent girls in line with the Adolescent Girls’ Framework for South Asia 2022The consultant is expected to seek input from all programme and crosssectoral teams including young people, partners, and other UN agencies to make the strategy relevant and provide strategic vision for programming. Additionally, the strategy is expected to cover recommendations for funding and resourcing strategies, evidence generation/data, monitoring and evaluation and office wide accountability mechanisms.
Main tasks:
- Desk review;
- Global and regional literature related to adolescents and youth including from a disability lens.
- All relevant research on adolescents and youth in Bhutan.
- Available inclusive policy and legislative provisions for adolescents and youth.
- UN and UNICEF Country Programme related documents, annual reviews/reports etc.
- Existing programme information (programme mappinfrom UNICEF, UN, RGoB and nongovernmental partner organizations
- Develop a methodology and workplan to facilitate analysis of cross sectoral priorities and develop a comprehensive Second Decade Strategy (see some of the reference documents for desk revie[1].
- Interview with adolescent and youth, national partners, UNICEF programme staff including other UN agencies and identify constraints and opportunities for enhancing holistic adolescent programming for BCO.
- Research institutional and programmatic support available for adolescent and youth development especially in thematic areas including education, skilling leading to employment, water sanitation and hygiene, child protection, social protection, nutrition, health, climate change, entrepreneurship, civic engagement, and social norms including efforts on deconstructing gender values.
- Identify concrete opportunities and gap for programmatic convergence with existing cross sectoral initiatives and approaches for adolescents’ meaningful civic engagement and participation as one crosscutting priority across all programmes.
- Suggest a coordination and accountability mechanism that suits the needs of UNICEF Bhutan for effective implementation of the identified programme priorities.
- Suggest medium to long term partnerships (across sectorsgovernment, development partners, CSOs/NGOs, and the private sectoto work on diverse issues related to adolescents in a crosssectoral approach.
- Recommend methodology and tools for monitoring and evaluation for enhanced accountability and finalize strategy.
Key Assignment, Deliverables and Timelines:
- Draft detailed methodology and plan of implementation, and submit inception report – 3 days
- Conduct desk review of the existing literature, official documents /publications /strategies, and mapping of relevant stakeholders for interviews and question guide (and submission of the analysis of desk review and workplan, and list of stakeholders to be consulted for strategy development – 7 days
- Conduct interviews and meetings with relevant external and internal cross sectoral partners as per the agreed methodology and workplan, and transcription and analysis as a document – 5 days excluding travel days
- Draft final comprehensive Second Decade Strategy with clearly defined strategic priorities for UNICEF Bhutan and set of overarching activities that need to be undertaken. Submit the following final reports with gap analysis and required outputs as outlined in the terms of reference, as well as outlined in the workplan prepared in consultation with UNICEF. – 8 days
- Comprehensive Second Decade Strategy
- Report with data visualisation and clearly articulated key findings.
- PowerPointA visually compelling presentation for dissemination with internal and external stakeholders.
- Review and incorporate revisions and submit Final Comprehensive Second Decade Strategy4 days
Payment Schedule:
- Completion of deliverable 110%
- Completion of deliverable 220%
- Completion of deliverable 330%
- Completion of deliverable 430%
- Completion of deliverable 510%
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
Minimum Qualification:
- Advanced university degree (Master’s or abovin one of the following fields is required: Social Sciences, Education, International Affairs, Economics, Public Policy, or similar field.
- *A first University Degree (Bachelorin a relevant field combined with 2 additional years of professional experience may be accepted in lieu of an Advanced University Degree.
- Extensive experience in quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis, strategy development and report writing with ability to write in a clear and concise manner is required.
- Previous experience of working on development of institutional strategy is required.
- A minimum of 6 years of professional experience of working on issues related to young people’s (1024 yeardevelopmental, empowerment and participation needs.
- Ability to work independently and to a clear work plan being directly accountable.
- Experience in interacting with and collecting relevant data from different levels of stakeholders.
- Knowledge of children with disabilities and relevant guidelines and standards, disability inclusive education, human rights/child rights, gender equality and child protection.
- Availability and willingness to provide high quality deliverables and going through various revisions for incorporating feedback and comments
- Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of the local language of the duty station is considered as an asset.
For every Child, you demonstrate…
UNICEF’s values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITA.
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Remarks:
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