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Consultancy Title: Fieldbased Consultant in Minsk – Expert support for monitoring and reporting on programme implementation in the Minsk city (National, Belaru
Section/Division/Duty Station: Child Protection section, UNICEF Belarus CO
Duration: October 2024October 2025 (about 12 month
Home/ office Based: Remote/Homebased
About UNICEF
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. Over 75 years, UNICEF has been working on the ground in 190 countries and territories to promote children’s survival, protection and development. 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 abuse. UNICEF is funded entirely by the voluntary contributions of individuals, businesses, foundations, and governments.
BACKGROUND
Safe and Enabling Environment at School. The purpose of this consultancy is to coordinate implementation of UNICEF projects on promotion of safe environment in schools (SEEand in prevention of violence against children (VAin digital space. VAC prevention is one of the global priorities for UNICEF and a crucial part of programme intervention in Belarus (including Country Development Programme for 20212025, National Plan of actions in child protection, State programme on health, etc.).
In Belarus, as in other countries, peer violence in schools, institutions and communities is widespread. In a 2017 UNICEF survey[1], bullying by peers or older children was reported by 1% of 5th7th graders from secondary schools and 1% of 5th7th graders from residential care institutions. Furthermore, children, from all age groups and in every setting, lack knowledge on what constitutes violence against them, including but not limited to physical, psychological/emotional, sexual abuse and child neglect.
The nature of bullying has changed too with extensive use of the internet. According to a UNICEF 2018 online safety survey[2], every third (30%) child and adolescent have been insulted or humiliated on the Internet, of them more than half (54%) did not discuss it with their parents.
UNICEF has partnered with key stakeholders to strengthen system responses and introduced “Safe and Enabling Environments in Schools” Programme that contributes to reduction of VAC, especially peer violence in 40 Belarusian schools located across the country. The SEES model envisages the engagement of parents and creation of enabling environments in the local communities where schools are located.
Online consultation platform for victims of cyberviolence, Kidspomogut.by
To address VAC in digital space in 2024 UNICEF together with the Minsk City Executive Committee relaunched a specialized website www. kidspomogut.by, a core component of which is online counselling service for childrenvictims and witnesses of online sexual exploitation or cyberviolence.
Considering that violence threatens not only children’s survival and health, but also their emotional wellbeing and future prospects, UNICEF Belarus supports the Government to develop comprehensive responses that focus on prevention of VAC and strengthening support services for child victims of violence and abuse.
Purpose of Activity/Assignment:
The consultant will provide technical support for the implementation of projects’ activities within contracts concluded with the Belarusian State Pedagogical University (BSPand facilitate discussions on cybersafety.
Scope of Work:
Support Child Protection team in implementing the projects aimed to strengthen VAC prevention mechanisms and promote psychological wellbeing in school settings and in a cyber space.
Supervision and collaboration with other sections:
The consultant will be working under direct supervision of Child Protection Specialist.
Travel Requirements:
Travel to regions for program visits and monitoring is expected at least 2 to 7 working days per month. Monthly travel plan will be discussed and agreed with the supervisor and relevant sections.
Support and Training:
It is expected that consultant will undergo orientation sessions with Child Protection and Communications Teams, as well as obliged to familiarize and know well such documents as Core Commitments for Children in Emergencies, Guidance on Social Media Use, Methodological Note on SBC Indicators
Terms of Reference / Key Deliverables / Delivery Deadline:
Work Assignment Overview | Deliverables/ Outputs | Delivery deadline |
Provide technical expertise into design and implementation of piloting for SEES | ||
Technical support to the project management on development of strategic documents | Expert inputs to the strategic documents (2) for further scaling up of SEES model (for the innovative platform | 14 October 2025 |
Expert support in development of a concept (1) of a clusteroriented model of SEES implementation and participation in 2 regional meetings to introduce it to the local community | 30 April 2025 | |
Expert contribution to the structuring of methodological materials for the SEES project | Proposals (3) of technical support with content and structuring the online platforms (website for SEES schools and webpage on UPlatforfor methodological materials on the SEES project, incorporating feedback from UNICEF staff and key stakeholders | 1 April 2025 |
Technical support with revision of the content of developed materials within the project (3):
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14 October 2025 | |
Expert support with monitoring the project implementation (collect data, check indicators, identify challenges in implementatio | Participation in twelve (12), monthly meetings with implementing partners to monitor the implementation and collect data of participating schools’ experiences | 14 October 2025 |
Development of twelve (12) monthly reports with recommendations on main indicators, defining progress and identifying challenges in implementation | 30 November 202414 October 2025 | |
Expert support in facilitating integration of SEES model in communities | Participation in 8 (eighmeetings with cluster stakeholder on localizing the model | 14 October 2025 |
Participation in the integration of AAP mechanisms into the SEES project:
adolescent participation in the development and testing of the intervention mechanisms Monitor against VAC in schools |
Google feedback form for adolescents, teachers, and mentors is analyzed | 14 October 2025 |
Development summary report on quarterly feedback from adolescents, mentors, pedagogues, and community regarding SEES project, with recommendations for ways to integrate feedback into further programme implementation | 14 October 2025 | |
Support organization of events (2) | Support with the organization of a oneday event for adolescent leaders by UNICEF (proposals for concept note, agenda development, support with the organizatio | 30 March 2025 |
Support with the organization of a final project conference by the Institute of Psychology (concept note revision, agenda revision, support with the organizatio | 30 May 2025 | |
Monitoring | Participation in monitoring visits to (7) schools and seven (7) written reports | 30 May 2025 |
Support in preparing programme and donor reports, and other reporting requirements | Written inputs to the donor report (data, human interest storie | 30 May 2025 |
Provide support for promotion of and capacity building for kidspomogut.by | Technical support in organization (development of a concept, agenda, feedback formand facilitation of two (2) trainings for specialists, providing online consultations via kidspomogut.by | 14 October 2025 |
Participation in monthly meetings with partners on further promotion and development of the resource | 14 October 2025 | |
6 (simonitoring reports regarding the effectiveness/ coverage of the information campaign to promote the site at the republican level | 14 October 2025 | |
VAC prevention application | Technical support in structuring mobile application of VAC preventions | 14 October 2025 |
Travel (if required as per TO:
Local travels within Belarus are expected within this TOR
Qualifications
Education:
Work experience/Knowledge/Expertise/Skills required:
Competency:
Requirements:
Completed profile in UNICEF’s eRecruitment system and
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.
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Remarks:
Individuals engaged under a consultancy 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 coverag. Their conditions of service will be governed by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants. Consultants 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 (applicabland 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 fullyvaccinated status against SARSCoV2 (Covid19) with a World Health Organization (WHendorsed 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.