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Vacancy Announcement: Consultant
Consultancy Title: Consultant to prepare the Quality review of 2024 Country Programme Planning processes (CPPand Country Programme Documents (CPD
Section/Division/Duty Station: Division of Analysis Planning and Monitoring , NYHQ
Duration: 1 November 2024 to 31 May 2025
Home/ Office Based: NYHQ / Remote
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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. For 70 years, UNICEF has been working on the ground in 190 countries and territories to promote children’s survival, protection and development. The world’s largest provider of vaccines for developing countries, 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 AIDS. UNICEF is funded entirely by the voluntary contributions of individuals, businesses, foundations and governments. UNICEF has over 12,000 staff in more than 145 countries.
BACKGROUND
Purpose of Activity/ Assignment:
UNICEF’s annual Quality Review of Country Programme Planning processes (CPPand Documents (CPDprovides the organisation with a robust external assessment of the quality of the design processes and of the final documents that best articulate the goals, results, and logic of Country Programmes (CP. Each year, the exercise assesses all CPDs submitted to the Executive Board, using a standard approach.
Scope of Work:
The main objective of the Quality Review is to provide an evidence base on the quality of the CPDs submitted in 2024 and to determine the extent to which they:
The main objective of the review of the Country Programme Planning is to determine the extent to which the Country Offices:
Terms of Reference / Key Deliverables:
Work Assignment Overview Tasks/Milestone:, Deliverables/Outputs:, Timeline
Phase 1: Inception (October – November 2024)
Inception Report, including a chronogram of key dates and working arrangements for the contract and the risk management strategy. – By 1 Nov 2024
Updated CPD Review Framework with scoring criteria, comparing changes between 2022 and 2024 CPP Process Review Framework, tools and methods – By 22 December 2024
Methodology Paper (including the results of pilot testing the framewordrafted concisely and acting as an Annex to the final report.
Sharepoint repository of all the CPP documents – By 22 December 2024
Phase 2: CPD and CPP Review (23 November 2024 – 26 January 2025)
Database with completed CPD/country sheets and preliminary analysis tabs – By 26 Jan 2025
Presentation of preliminary results for discussion with DAPM. – By 26 Jan 2025
Phase 3: Elaboration of the Synthesis Report and Annexes (29 January – 29 March 2025)
The Compendium takes notes of where CPDs and CPPs met and/or exceeded quality criteria.
Synthesis Report, no more than 35 pages (including recommendations and an analysis of key findings by quality component (Qand quality review category (QR).
Annexes:
Compendium of Good Practices Database Methodology Paper
Phase 4: Presentation of Results and Finalisation (April 2024)
Webinars to present the findings (Following the first review of the Synthesis Report, the Consultant will prepare to present the findings in two global webinar. The webinars will be approximately 2 hours each and will include a 35minute presentation given by the Consultant.
After the final validation exercise, all documents should be finalized and shared in an archive for upload to UNICEF SharePoint
Presentation Deck, summarizing the key findings of the quality reviews
Onepage recommendations to DAPM for the 2024 Quality Review By 1 April 2025
After the final validation exercise, all documents should be finalized and shared in an archive for upload to UNICEF SharePoint.
Final project archive of finalized reports and annexes. – By 15 April 2025
Qualifications
Education:
Master’s degree in the social sciences or a relevant field
Work experience:
Knowledge/Expertise/Skills required *:
At least 10 years of professional experience with a specific track record of conducting evaluations, assessments and/or reviews for international organizations or major development actors
Record of excellence facilitating crosssectional processes
Familiarity with the organization’s commitment to resultsbased management and its approach to strategic planning and preparation of new country programmes is mandatory
Prior work experience with UNICEF* or the United Nations is an asset but familiarity with UNICEF’s child rights mandate, foundational norms and programming principles is essential
Requirements:
Completed profile in UNICEF’s eRecruitment system and
Upload copy of academic credentials
Financial proposal that will include/ reflect :
Any emergent / unforeseen duty travel and related expenses will be covered by UNICEF.
At the time the contract is awarded, the selected candidate must have in place current health insurance coverage.
Payment of professional fees will be based on submission of agreed satisfactory deliverables. UNICEF reserves the right to withhold payment in case the deliverables submitted are not up to the required standard or in case of delays in submitting the deliverables on the part of the consultant.
U.S. Visa information:
With the exception of the US Citizens, G4 Visa and Green Card holders, should the selected candidate and his/her household members reside in the United States under a different visa, the consultant and his/her household members are required to change their visa status to G4, and the consultant’s household members (spouswill require an Employment Authorization Card (EAto be able to work, even if he/she was authorized to work under the visa held prior to switching to G
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process
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UNICEF’s core values of Commitment, Diversity and Integrity and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results. View our competency framework at: Here
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 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:
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.
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