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Location: Remote – Remote with travel to Barbados
Duration: 20 working days over 1 month
Start Date: 15 November 2024
End Date: 15 December 2024
Supervisor: Planning Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist
BACKGROUND:
UNICEF Office for the Eastern Caribbean (ECA) is conducting its 2024 end-of-annual review for a multi-country programme, covering 12 countries and territories from 27 – 29 November, based in Barbados. The review will follow the PPPx guidelines and will emphasize the connection between programme results, lessons learned, and actionable planning for the next year. The review process is a critical opportunity to ensure that country offices and territories align their annual planning with programme priorities, funding streams, and joint programmes.
The primary objective of this end-of-year review is to evaluate programme performance, identify lessons learned, and—most importantly—create clear, streamlined linkages between programme outcomes and forward-looking annual planning. This includes aligning planning with results-based frameworks, indicators, and funding mechanisms, ensuring that joint programming and collaborative opportunities are fully leveraged across the 12 countries and territories. As part of the review and planning process, UNICEF ECA is streamlining reporting and planning processes to improve overall resource management and results efficiency and is looking for an experienced facilitator to guide and facilitate the process.
The Consultant will support a results-driven process that leads to the creation of 12 integrated country-specific implementation plans. Each plan will link to multi-country goals, identify opportunities for joint programmes, and ensure funding streams and programme results are efficiently aligned. UNICEF and country offices in using review insights to develop these actionable, results-based plans.
PURPOSE/SCOPE OF ASSIGNMENT:
Goal and Objective: Under the supervision of the PME Specialist, the Consultant will support UNICEF ECA in conducting a focused and results-driven end-of-annual review, emphasizing how programme results and lessons learned directly inform future planning. This includes ensuring that country-specific plans are aligned with multi-country goals, that funding streams are efficiently utilized, and that opportunities for joint programmes are maximized.
Key areas of focus include:
The Consultant will lead discussions, organize key findings, and help formulate plans and strategies that will guide annual planning at the country level, for a multi-country context.
METHODOLOGY:
The facilitator will employ a methodology that ensures the review process is tightly linked to future planning, funding, and programme implementation. The process will emphasize the translation of review findings into practical, actionable steps for the upcoming year, with a particular focus on creating synergy between country and multi-country plans, joint programming, and resource allocation.
Key Components of the Methodology:
2025-2026 Planning: Presentation of Final Plan: The consultant will support the 2025-2026 plans, ensuring integrating the review recommendations; and with the new business model initiative spirit of improving overall efficiently and effectiveness of UNICEF’s programmes.
DELIVERABLES:
WORK ASSIGNMENT:
See full details in ToR attached: Individual Consultant TOR – Annual Review.pdf
TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS:
This assignment will require travel outside ECA Duty Station to Barbados.
The consultant is responsible for arranging his/her own travel, including bearing the costs visas and travel insurance. Accommodation, meals and incidentals costs must not exceed the UN daily subsistence allowance rates. The costs for approved travels will be reimbursed by the UNICEF ECA upon submission of receipts and based on applicable UN DSA rates. All approved travels to be conducted in accordance with UNICEF travel rules and regulations.
PAYMENT SCHEDULE:
Payment of professional fees will be based on submission of agreed deliverables which receive satisfactory quality review. In general, individual contracts shall not allow for fee advances. However, a maximum of 30 per cent of the total contract value may be authorized by the Approving Authority in cases where advance purchases, for example for supplies or travel, may be necessary.
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EVALUATION CRITERIA:
CONDITIONS OF SERVICE:
Before commencing work, a consultant or individual contractor shall submit a statement of good health and take full responsibility for the accuracy of that statement, including confirmation that he or she has been informed of the inoculations required for the country or countries to which travel is authorized. Consultants and individual contractors shall assume all costs that may occur in relation to the statement of good health. Consultants and individual contractors are required to certify that they are covered by medical/health insurance.
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.
RECOURSE:
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. Performance indicators against which the satisfactory conclusion of this contract will be assessed include timeliness/quality of submission and responsiveness to UNICEF and counterpart feedback.
TITLE RIGHTS:
All materials created by the Contractor which bears a direct relation to, or is made in order to perform, this contract and any intellectual property rights thereof, including but not limited to patents, copyright and trademarks, shall be jointly owned by UNICEF and the Contractor. At the request of UNICEF, the Contractor shall assist in securing such property rights and transferring them to UNICEF in compliance with the requirements of the law governing such rights. Any third-party usage shall require written permission from both parties.
TRAININGS:
Consultants and Individual contractors, even those working from home, must complete the following online courses prior to signature of contract. All certificates should be presented as part of the contract:
Consultants and Individual Contractors must complete the following course before commencement of any travel on behalf of UNICEF.
Any consultant or individual contractor who is issued a UNICEF email address must complete the following courses no later than 30 days after signature of contract.
HOW TO APPLY:
Prospective consultants should apply through UNICEF jobs website using the following link Insert link (HR) No later than Insert date. The application package should include the following:
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UNICEF does not hire candidates who are married to children (persons under 18). UNICEF has a zero-tolerance 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 based on gender, nationality, age, race, sexual orientation, religious or ethnic background or disabilities. UNICEF is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check, and selected candidates with disabilities may be requested to submit supporting documentation in relation to their disability confidentially
UNICEF does not hire candidates who are married to children (persons under 18). UNICEF has a zero-tolerance 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 based on gender, nationality, age, race, sexual orientation, religious or ethnic background or disabilities. UNICEF is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check, and selected candidates with disabilities may be requested to submit supporting documentation in relation to their disability confidentially.
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.