Under the guidance of the Chief Child Protection, and in coordination with other relevant focal points, and under the leadership of key actors across the Government of Fiji, including the Climate Change Division and the Fijian Taskforce for Relocation and Displacement, the Children and Climate-Induced Relocation Specialist Consultant will develop a checklist that will guide the government staff to ensure that the rights and wellbeing of the children are considered, protected and fulfilled in the planned relocations before, during and after it happens.

The Checklist will be based on a synthesis of the existing SOP and an identification of needs and standards relevant for child [protection, child safeguarding, gender equality, social inclusion, and public participation (with special attention to children and adolescent participation). Material will be developed to be useful for overall coordination staff as well as sectoral staff working at division and province level including Government as well as Non-Governmental and Civil Society.

ACTIVITY

• Collect and review relevant literature, including regional and international child-focused climate migration and relocation frameworks, tools and experiences, identifying useful lessons learned and good practices to inform the checklist.
• Use expertise and technical knowledge to develop the checklist for technicians to identify, protect and fulfil the rights and needs of the children when planned relocations are designed and executed. Focus will be put in children safeguarding, gender equality, social inclusion, and public participation.
• Adjust and finalized the checklist based on the feedback from UNICEF, CCD and other relevant partners.
• Present the checklist in a meeting with UNICEF, CCD and other partners if requested.

Please refer to the ToR ( TOR Climate-Induced Planned Relocation.pdf for further information on the deliverables and the timelines.

GUIDANCE FOR APPLICANTS

Please submit a separate financial offer along with your application. The financial proposal should be a lump sum amount for all the deliverables and should show a break down for the following:

• • Monthly / Daily fees’ based on the deliverables in the Terms of Reference above.
  • Miscellaneous fees to cover communications

There is no travel required for this assignment. It is homebased of the expected 3-month duration.

Requirements: 

EDUCATION

• An Advanced University degree in international development, human rights, psychology, sociology, economics, international law, and other social science fields is required.

EXPERIENCE AND COMPETENCIES

• A minimum of 5 years of professional experience in social development planning and management in child protection and/or other related areas at the international level, some of which preferably were served in a developing country, is required.
• Relevant experience in child protection, gender equality, social inclusion, program/project development, and management is an asset.
• Experience in migration and forced displacement is an asset.
• Experience in both development and humanitarian contexts is an added advantage.
• Experience working in the UN system agency or UN organization is and asset.

LANGUAGE

• Fluency in written and spoken English.