An International Consultant to Develop a Costed Plan of Action for Child Rights in Yemen, 3 Months, Aden, Yemen

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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, Dignity

In the 1970s UNICEF established presence in Yemen to respond to the urgent needs of children in the poorest country in the Middle East. In 1991, Yemen ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child and it was enacted immediately. Since then the country has been making steady progress for children until it plunged into a brutal conflict in 2015 but even before that, Yemen needed large amounts of humanitarian assistance.

In collaboration with local authorities, non-governmental organizations and community partners, UNICEF is working in all the governorates in Yemen to respond to the needs of children throughout the country with a continuum of services to help children survive and grow to their full potential through the following programmes: Health, Nutrition, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, Basic Education, and Child protection.

For more on our work in Yemen, please visit our website: https://www.unicef.org/yemen/

How can you make a difference?

As an experienced international consultant, you will develop a costed plan of Action to Reduce Violence Against Children and other child rights vulnerabilities in Yemen .

To make a difference in the lives of children, you will be responsible for the following key functions:

• Submit an inception report
• Prepare a Desk review of the current child protection risks
• Identify and analyse the main issues of child protection risks based on the existing data/ reports.
• Map-out and assess the elements of the current Child Protection System in southern governorates.
• Develop a Plan of Action with cost-estimates for the next two years (2021 – 2022) realistic; including outcomes, outputs, indicators, activities, budget, timeframe, and responsible person based on the results of the mapping and assessment exercise.
• Conduct a Presentation of the costed Plan of Action of Child Protection incorporating comments of the joint inter-ministerial committee

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

• An advanced degree in Social Science or related fields such as sociology, social work, law etc.
• Strong Expertise in social services
• Experience in development of costed Plan of Action on child protection and M&E framework
• High proficiency in English and Arabic
• Proven experience in Child Protection/CRC principles in general, core commitment for children, SDG, UNICEF strategic note on child protection, Inspire strategy to eliminate violence against children, mapping and assessment of child protection system.
• Experience in facilitating workshop and coordination mechanism with a wide range of stakeholders.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF’s core values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and core competencies Builds & Maintains Partnership; Demonstrates Self-Awareness & Ethical Awareness; Drive to Achieve Results for Impact; Innovates and Embraces Change; Manages Ambiguity and Complexity; Thinks and Acts Strategically and Works Collaboratively with Others.

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UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization. Female candidates are especially encouraged to apply. Please see entitlements for females by double-clicking this link: Female Entitlements Edited2.jpg

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. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles.

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.