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Ethiopia is situated in the Horn of Africa and is the second most populous country on the continent with an estimated population of 115 million. It borders six African countries: Djibouti, Eritrea, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, and Sudan, and covers 1,104,300 square kilometers. Approximately 85 percent of the population lives in rural areas. Ethiopia represents a melting pot of ancient cultures with Middle Eastern and African cultures evident in the religious, ethnic, and language composition of its people.
Over the past two years, children and their families across Ethiopia faced multiple and complex emergencies, such as the conflict in the northern Ethiopia and the drought, which resulted in millions of people in need of urgent humanitarian assistance. UNICEF has programmes in Child Protection, WASH, Health, Nutrition, Social Policy, and Education and serves over 15 million children in Ethiopia. Join UNICEF Ethiopia to contribute to improving the lives of children and women
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Purpose of Activity/Assignment:
UNICEF Ethiopia actively engages in fiscal policy and social sector financing analysis to inform policy advocacy for improved public investments in children and human capital development and requires support from a junior economist to produce analysis on nutrition budget analyses, nutrition costing and financing, and nutrition budget tagging including social sector and fiscal analysis at the federal and regional level. In addition, the Ministry of Finance also requires capacity support to implement the nutritiontransformative budgeting approach which UNICEF Ethiopia is committed to provide.
Against this background, UNICEF seeks a consultant economist to support these commitments to promote improved public investments for children and human capital development at the national and subnational levels.
Scope of Work:
Based on the findings of the analyses, support the Social Policy and Nutrition sections’ engagement with the federal government and regional bureaus on policy advocacy for improved investments on childsensitive social sectors.
Tasks/Milestone: | Deliverables/Outputs: | Timeline |
Prepare a work plan to outline the inputs and tasks required to achieve the deliverables in this consultancy. | A work plan that is approved by UNICEF is produced. | 2 weeks
(10 day |
Support nutrition budget tagging activities and analyses. | Nutrition budget tagging activities and analyses are undertaken. | 7 weeks
(35 day |
Produce a draft report on improved financing for nutrition. | A draft report on improved financing for nutrition is produced. | 4 weeks
(20 day |
Produce a final report on improved financing for nutrition. | A final report on improved financing for nutrition is produced. | 6 weeks
(30 day |
Collect budget and expenditure data for subnational regions. | Budget and expenditure data for subnational regions are available. | 2 weeks
(10 day |
Produce draft budget and expenditure analysis reports for the overall regional level budget and expenditure analysis. | Draft overall regional level budget and expenditure reports are produced. | 2 weeks
(10 day |
Produce final budget and expenditure analysis reports for the overall regional level budget and expenditure analysis. | Final overall regional level budget and expenditure reports are produced. | 1 week
(5 day |
Produce draft budget and expenditure analysis reports for the regional sectoral level budget and expenditure analyses. | Draft sectoral level budget and expenditure regional reports are produced. | 3 weeks Advertisement
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Produce final budget and expenditure analysis reports for the regional sectoral level budget and expenditure analyses. | Final sectoral level budget and expenditure regional reports are produced. | 3 weeks
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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.
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