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In 2009, the Government of Tanzania under the then Ministry of Community Development, Gender and Children led the implementation of a National Violence Against Children and Youth Survey (VACS) in both Mainland Tanzania and Zanzibar, with support from UNICEF, Catapult/Chime for Change, and the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The research was guided by a Multi-Sector Task Force and the survey findings were shared in the 2011 Tanzania VACS report.

The 2011 VACS report was followed by a one-year plan 2012-2013 and a costed three-year National Plan of Action to Prevent and Respond to Violence Against Children 2013-2016. Following consolidation of eight different action plans addressing Violence Against Women and Children (VAWC), a five-year plan called the National Plan of Action to End Violence Against Women and Children (NPA-VAWC 2017/18 – 2021/22) was developed to create a single comprehensive plan to eradicate violence against women and children in the country. In 2024, the Government of Tanzania began implementing a second VACS in mainland Tanzania and Zanzibar, which will inform the mid-term review of the NPA-VAWC II.

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Scope of Work:
To support the release of the VACS 2024 findings, the government, UNICEF, CDC and Together for Girls, in collaboration with study partners, will conduct a situational analysis to document how the 2009 VACS data were used to strengthen child protection and violence prevention and response policies and programming in Tanzania, as well as gaps that hinder their implementation.

The individual consultant hired under UNICEF contract will provide a support role to the qualitative study that Together for Girls will lead using separate funding arrangements. Results from the situational analysis will provide a foundation for the VACS ‘data to action’ process, which will utilize results from the VACS24 to establish priorities and future directions for preventing violence against children in mainland Tanzania and Zanzibar.

The consultant is expected to implement the following specific tasks:
1. Organize an inception meeting with UNICEF, CDC, Together for Girls and the MoCDGWSG to discuss and agree on the methodology and expectations of the assignment.

2. Identify data sources, including policy documents and VAC reports, programmes and interventions currently being implemented to address VAC.

3. A populated template (to be provided) of current policies and programmes to address VAWC and their links to the INSPIRE technical package.

4. Develop a list of key stakeholders that can be used for key informant interviews to prepare a landscape analysis of national and local programmes, policies and activities to prevent VAC, and link to strategies and approaches in the INSPIRE technical package in order to identify gaps hindering progress.

5. Support the organization of meetings and key informant interviews with stakeholders for the qualitative study led by Together for Girls.

6. Support the organization of a stakeholder meeting on behalf of Together for Girls to discuss the key findings of the qualitative study and the draft VAC situational analysis report.

7. Support the organization of a stakeholder meeting on behalf of Together for Girls to validate the final VAC situational analysis report

Deliverables/Outputs:

 METHODOLOGY:

The individual consultant will work under the VACS D2A Technical Support Group to support the following:

Data gathering:

Collect and compile a list of key documents and data sources, such as policy documents, national action plans, the NPA-VAWC I evaluation, programme reports and other relevant resources that can be used to inform the desk review for a qualitative study, led by Together for Girls, to examine the key factors contributing to the changes in children’s experiences of violence between 2009 and 2024.

Stakeholder identification:

Identify key stakeholders at the national and subnational levels to be interviewed as key informants in the broader qualitative study, led by Together for Girls. Stakeholders should be able to provide information on one or more of the following:

How the 2009 VACS results were used by different stakeholders and sectors to support the development of the initial NPA-VAC, NPA-VAWC and other programmes/policies; how progress made against the NPA-VAWC was measured; and whether there was evidence of progress.

1) What key changes were made to the NPA-VAWC II.

2) What the main barriers were in implementing the previous national plans and NPA-VAWC

particularly.

3) What the facilitators of success were in implementing the NPA-VAWC.

4) How the NPA-VAWC generated policy recommendations or contributed to specific policy interventions. For example, banning corporal punishment; banning or limiting child and early marriage. In what ways did the 2009 VACS results inform these policy interventions?

5) What limitations were faced when using the 2009 VACS data to implement policies, plans, or programmes or in updating the NPA-VAWC.

This consultancy will focus on gathering information at the national level and for 2-3 focus regions (to be

identified) and Zanzibar.

Support for the qualitative study:

Provide support for implementation of the qualitative study led by Together for Girls, including engagement with key partners and stakeholders, and organization of stakeholder meetings to discuss the study findings and present/validate the final study report.

PAYMENT SCHEDULE: UNICEF reserves the right to withhold all or portion of payment if performance is unsatisfactory if work/output is incomplete, not delivered or for failure to meet deadlines.

ASSESSMENT / SELECTION PROCESS AND METHODS: Evaluations: The applicant should submit both technical and financial proposals which stipulate how the work will be conducted. The Financial Proposal should include all costs of this assignment including fees, travel costs, and accommodation as UNICEF will not pay any DSA.
Proposals will be both technically and financially evaluated. The technical part will carry a weight of 75%, in which the consultant will put clear his/her technical approach to ensure the quality attainment of each deliverable and the consultancy in totality. The financial part will take 25% showing the proposed budget breakdown of consultancy cost for each deliverable (fees, travel and accommodation) and eventual total consultancy cost.

TRAVEL: Two trips to Dodoma for meetings with government officials.

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

• An advanced university degree in social work, sociology, international relations, development studies, law, child psychology or relevant field.
• A minimum of five years of professional experience in conducting research and assessments, preferably in the field of child protection with a specific focus on violence against children.
• Previous experience in supporting similar assessments for established development organisations, particularly the UN and other multi-national agencies.
• Experience compiling documents and data for research purposes.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to engage with various stakeholders.
• Fluency in written and spoken English.
• Knowledge of Kiswahili essential.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF’s values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS).

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UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic.

UNICEF offers reasonable accommodation for consultants/individual contractors with disabilities. This may include, for example, accessible software, travel assistance for missions or personal attendants. We encourage you to disclose your disability during your application in case you need reasonable accommodation during the selection process and afterwards in your assignment.

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.

Remarks: 

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

Individuals engaged under a consultancy or individual contract will not be considered “staff members” under the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s policies and procedures, and will not be entitled to benefits provided therein (such as leave entitlements and medical insurance coverage). Their conditions of service will be governed by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants and Individual Contractors. Consultants and individual contractors are responsible for determining their tax liabilities and for the payment of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with local or other applicable laws.

The selected candidate is solely responsible to ensure that the visa (applicable) and health insurance required to perform the duties of the contract are valid for the entire period of the contract. Selected candidates are subject to confirmation of fully-vaccinated status against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which must be met prior to taking up the assignment. It does not apply to consultants who will work remotely and are not expected to work on or visit UNICEF premises, programme delivery locations or directly interact with communities UNICEF works with, nor to travel to perform functions for UNICEF for the duration of their consultancy contracts.