National Consultant for the legal analysis – impact of law 100/2024 on normative framework relevant to protection and promotion of child rights (Home Based) October2024-Feb2025, Bucharest, Romania
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Location:
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Salary:negotiable / YEAR
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Job type:CONTRACTOR
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Posted:2 months ago
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Category:Legal Affairs, Social and Inclusive Development, Youth and Adolescence
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Deadline:13/10/2024
JOB DESCRIPTION
UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.
Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.
And we never give up.
For every child, support.
How can you make a difference?
Scope of Work:
Based on accumulated experience and evidence, as a results of concentrated efforts and political commitment for a paradigm shift in the social assistance system reform, a new legislation package was approved in April 2024 – Law 100 for the modification and completion of some normative acts in the field of social assistance, as well as for the completion of Law no. 78/2014 regarding the regulation of voluntarism in Romania and for the amendment of Law no. 272/2004 on the protection and promotion of the rights of the Child. This new package of legislation includes specific amendments of several laws relevant for social assistance: Law 197/2012 regarding quality assurance in the field of social services; GEO 82/2016 for the approval of the Special Statute of the specific public function of social inspector; Social assistance law 292/2011; Law 17/2000 on social assistance for the elderly; Law 78/2014 on volunteering, and promote changes affecting planning, organization, functioning, financing, monitoring and evaluation of social services at local level. For effective implementation of these new provisions, specific secondary legislation (ie. standards, methodologies, guidelines, etc.) are to be developed in the next weeks and months. In fact, the Ministry of Labor and Social Solidarity and the Ministry of Family, Youth and Equal Opportunities need to prepare the appropriate amendments and additions to the normative acts in force in the field of social assistance, within 2 years from the date of entry into force of the provisions of the Law 100/
While work on some specific secondary legislation already started, there is a need to better understand and address as soon as possible, the impact this new legislation package has on special laws such as the ones for promotion and protection of child rights, for the rights of people with disabilities, for social assistance for elderly, etc.
The scope of this consultancy is to perform a legal analysis with regards to the impact of the law 100/2024, particularly of the Law 292/2011 on social assistance and Law 197/2012 on quality of social services, but also of other laws part of the package if appreciated relevant, on the special law and extended normative framework relevant for the protection and promotion of child rights. This analysis not only needs to spot and explain impact, including possible consequences, but also develop and prioritise recommendations with regards to development and/or amendment of secondary legislation (methodologies, guidelines, protocols, etc.).
Work Assignment Overview
| Task | Deliverables | Timeline |
| Legal analysis with regards to the impact of the law 100/2024 on the special law and extended normative framework relevant for the protection and promotion of child rights | Draft report of the impact of the law 100/2024, particularly of the Law 292/2011 on social assistance on the special law and extended normative framework relevant for the protection and promotion of child rights (word doc of max 25 pages, including recommendations prioritized by stakeholders and by urgenc | 30 days |
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Draft report of the impact of the law 100/2024, particularly Law 197/2012 on quality of social services, on the special law and extended normative framework relevant for the protection and promotion of child rights (word doc of max 15 pages, including
recommendations prioritized by stakeholders and by urgenc.
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15 days | |
| Draft report of the impact of the law 100/2024, expecting Law 292/20211 and Law 197/2012, on the special law and extended normative framework relevant for the protection and promotion of child rights (word doc of max 5 pages, including recommendations prioritized by stakeholders and by urgenc. | 10 days | |
| 1 consultation with key stakeholders organized and feedback collected and included in the final report of this consultancy. | 7 days | |
| Final report of the impact of the law 100/2024, on the special law and extended normative framework relevant for the protection and promotion of child rights (word doc of max 50 pages, including recommendations prioritized by stakeholders and by urgenc | 8 days |
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
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- An advanced university degree (Masterin law, Public Administration, Public Policy.
Knowledge/Expertise/Skills required:
ꟷAt least 7 years of experience working in the development (including legislative techniquand analysis of national policies and legislation
ꟷPrevious experience in contributing to the development of legislation
- in finance, public administration – 1 person and
- in social services (including child/social protection, health and educatio– 1 person
ꟷPrevious experience in working with various structures of the Government and/or the Parliament of Romania
For every Child, you demonstrate…
UNICEF’s values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITA.
To view our competency framework, please visit here.
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, socioeconomic 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.
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UNICEF has a zerotolerance 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(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 coverag. 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 (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 fully vaccinated 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.
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