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Objectives

The CO is looking for a consultant for a period of 6 months, from 1 October 2024 – 31 March 2025. The GBViE Consultant will report to Child Protection Officer NOB (Children on the move) at UNICEF Country Office, for guidance and general supervision, with technical support from the GBV Risk Mitigation and PSEA Specialist at the Regional Office. S/He will focus on strengthening GBV responses in existing Child Protection, including FGM and integrating efforts to address GBV and SEA in all of UNICEF’s work in Child Protection in the refugee response and UNICEF operation in the country.

Specific Objectives

1. Provide strategic and technical support to Child Protection team to strengthen and expand GBV programming within the current programming for migrants, refugees and asylum seekers response to meet the needs of women and children. This objective focuses on integrating GBV programming to better meet the needs of survivors and ensure child protection available services are enhanced, well-coordinated, and aligned with standards, such as UNICEF’s Operational Guide on Gender-Based Violence in Emergencies. Advise on how to develop a GBV emergency preparedness plan, including FGM.
2. Work with the child protection team to ensure GBV risk mitigation is adequately integrated in child protection programming to reduce risks of GBV. This objective ensures child protection programming inherently reduces the risks of GBV by integrating these considerations into every aspect of the programme’s design and implementation.
3. Build and enhance the capacity of service providers (NGOs and refugee-led organizations) in developing and implementing effective GBV prevention and response services. Focus on providing these organizations with the tools and knowledge necessary to address the specific needs of Sudanese migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers.
4. Equip frontliners with the skills and knowledge required to protect and mitigate GBV risks for children, especially Sudanese female refugees, and migrants. This will include tailored training on GBV awareness, response protocols, and service pathways.

Key Activities

1. Strategic and technical support:

• Review UNICEF’s existing Child Protection programming in Egypt and provide technical guidance to mainstream GBV responses among existing child protection in emergencies services.
• Provide technical guidance on integration of FGM and child marriage in humanitarian assessments and interventions.
• In locations hosting refugees, migrants, and asylum seekers, strengthen existing child protection in emergencies services providers capacity to provide specialized GBV services for women, boys and girls, including FGM.
• Work with existing coordination mechanisms to strengthen referrals between health, GBV and Child Protection providers in locations hosting refugees.
• Provide technical support to make necessary adaptations to Child Protection services based on identified needs.

2. GBV Risk Mitigation

• Review UNICEF’s child protection interventions and provide guidance to strengthen GBV/SEA integration across key pillars.
• In collaboration with UNICEF Child Protection Officer and GBV FP, work closely with the child protection team to orient the team on GBV risk mitigation and develop plans to integrate key GBV/SEA risk mitigation measures for implementation.
• Adapt safety audit tools for use at all service delivery points to identify GBV risks so that they are safe for women, boys and girls.
• Support Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) team and Child Protection section to integrate GBV/SEA prevention and risk mitigation messages in ongoing RCCE interventions.

3. Capacity of Service Providers:

• Needs Assessment: Conduct a needs assessment through key informant interviews with at least three implementing NGOs to evaluate their staff’s current level of GBV awareness and capacity. This assessment should identify gaps in knowledge, resources, and service delivery. Further, it should include both project management staff as well as frontliners.
• Conduct Focus Group discussions with affected communities to identify perceived challenges and perceptions in relation to SGBV.
• Work with new and existing partners to ensure that all programming is implemented in line with the CCCs under Child Protection to:
  • Ensure quality, coordinated, survivor-centred and age-appropriate response services are timely, available, and used by survivors of GBV (including FGM).
  • Ensure GBV prevention programmes are implemented.
  • Ensure FGM prevention programmes are launched and implemented as part of the GBV interventions.
• Ensure child protection programmes implement actions that address and reduce risks of GBV (including FGM).
• Social and behavioural change strategy: Develop a comprehensive SBC strategy, tailored for Sudanese communities in Egypt. This plan should include culturally sensitive strategies to engage communities, raise awareness, and alter perceptions of SGBV.

4. Frontliners:

• Put together a basic training package for frontline workers/first responders, building on existing trainings, for existing and potential implementing partners on understanding GBV, legal frameworks, identifying signs of GBV and referral of GBV cases, and survivor-centred approaches. Further, it should cover psychological first aid, PSEA and FGM, social and behavioural change.
• Conduct ToT on training package.
• Provide evaluation reports on training outcomes.
• Train those engaged on RCCE, such as community-based groups, local women’s groups, community mobilisers, and volunteers, on GBV, FGM and PSEA core concepts and guiding principles, safe and ethical consultations, and GBV referral pathways.

Scope of Work

The Consultant will be responsible for providing Egypt CO with technical guidance and assistance to enhance GBViE prevention, risk mitigation and responses within CP programming. This should include application of UNICEF’s Key Considerations for Addressing GBV in emergencies that are adapted to the context as well as the adaptation of the Female Genital Mutilation and the Humanitarian Development Nexus Tool to the Egyptian context. As part of this, support will also be provided to improve efforts to address PSEA including strengthening SEA reporting channels and CBCMs, implementing priorities in the Egypt refugee response in line with UNICEF PSEA emergency procedures. This consultancy is open to Arabic speakers, including Egyptians and non-Egyptians.

Methodology

This extensive project will necessitate a mix of methodologies, including Focus Group Discussions, Key Information Interviews, and a Training of Trainers.

-Focus Group Discussion: Facilitate Focus Group Discussion (FGDs) with the UNICEF Child Protection team to assess the current approach of GBV prevention and response in emergencies and entry points for integration of FGM in the prevention and response. These discussions should gather insights on existing challenges and potential strategies for improvement. In addition, conduct FGDs with the affected population to gain firsthand insights into their experiences, needs, and perceptions regarding GBV prevention and response services, particularly concerning FGM in emergency settings.

-Knowledge, Attitude and Perception Questionnaires: KAP) questionnaires with partners to assess their understanding, attitudes, and perceptions regarding Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV). This will help identify areas where further training and capacity building are needed to enhance the effectiveness of SGBV prevention and response efforts.

-Key Informant Interviews (KIIs): Conduct a round of KIIs with existing partners to assess their perception and knowledge and capacity in GBV prevention and response.  Training of Trainers: Conduct a Training of Trainers (ToT) using the developed manual. This training should target selected frontliners from NGOs, government entities, and community leaders, equipping them with the knowledge and skills necessary to train others in their organizations.

Duration of the assignment

The consultancy will be conducted over a six-month period, with the entire project expected to be completed within 90 days of active work. This timeline includes time for review and feedback from UNICEF and its partners, ensuring that all deliverables meet the required quality standards.

Conditions of work:

The consultant will be using their own office, equipment and resources. Missions to the selected governorates will be necessary. These are planned by the consultant, in accordance with UNICEF policies, and daily subsistence allowances during field missions.

Periodic discussions with UNICEF will take place and comments will be incorporated into the products. The submission of products will be done electronically and according to the schedule indicated above.

In close collaboration with UNICEF, the Consultant will be responsible for the overall management of the assessment. UNICEF will:

-Oversee the organization and facilitation of all meetings with UNICEF.

-Undertake quality assurance of all tools, documents, including deliverables and preliminary products before the submission of the final report. Quality Control will be carried out through a review of the TOR (Terms of Reference), methodology and reports.

-Manage the assessment from a technical point of view.

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

-A master’s degree in anthropology, development studies, social sciences or equivalent.

-A minimum of 10 years of experience in research and or project management in GBV and child protection.

-Proven track record in evaluating/assessing similar national programmes of donors, UN agencies or INGOs.

-Strong analytical and conceptual skills, as well as ability to process qualitative and quantitative data.

-In-depth understanding of issues in child rights and protection, equity, and gender sensitive analysis, specifically related to harmful practices.

-Demonstrated ability to network with national governmental and civil society stakeholders.

-Familiarity with UN systems and procedures, management and monitoring tools is desirable; and

-Fluent in English and Arabic.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

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

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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.