Consultancy - Child-Centered Disaster Risk Reduction (remote working), Beijing, China

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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, Care

At the global level, UNICEF has integrated DRR into the Core Commitments for Children in Humanitarian Action (CCC). UNICEF recognizes its crucial responsibility to integrate DRR across its work. Our presence before, during and after a disaster also means that it is ideally placed to address disaster risk and to undertake risk reduction measures. UNICEF also recognises the importance of gender in disaster risk reduction – and that ignoring the different capacities of girls and boys means undermining those of the community as a whole to address disaster risk and cope with disasters.

In China, UNICEF, in its previous Country Programme (2016-2020) , has worked closely with government counterparts towards the goal of increasing national and local capacities in DRR and resilience to prevent loss of life and minimize negative social and economic impacts on vulnerable children and communities in the event of future disasters. The experience of DRR programming, together with some innovative actions and evidence in China and the East Asia Pacific region, is in line with the recently released National Plan of Action (NPA) for children, emphasizes the importance in coordinating among responsible line ministries and considering the special needs of children when formulating emergency plans.

In response to this need, UNICEF China Country Office, together with East Asia and Pacific Regional Office propose to initiate a paper on the Child-centered DRR in education system: practices in China and the East Asia and Pacific Region.

How can you make a difference?

Major tasks and deliverables overview:

  1. Review, consolidate and conduct a stock take analysis of existing policies and current practices on child-centered DRR within China’s education system. Area of focus should be at both national and subnational level with the aim of understanding whether DRR forms an integral part of school preparedness measures both within the curricular and also as part of safety, security and preventative measures of schools and education bodies.
  2. Reflect on the 3 pillars of the comprehensive school safety framework to contribute towards the analysis. An understanding of the impact this has on surrounding/ host communities will also add value to the analysis. This will also help make the case for the importance and relevance of mainstreaming DRR into education and the role of other sectors such as emergency management and health in creating a safe learning environment, with reduced disaster risks, for children.
  3. Provide comparative insights between the China model and good practices from other countries within the region to highlight areas for potential future knowledge sharing engagement with both an inward looking and outward sharing perspective that can potentially support an internal audience such as the Ministry of Emergency Management in DRR knowledge exchange forums.
  4. Provide recommendations on improvement of mainstreaming the child-centered DRR in education system, as well as suggestions on capacity building for relevant stakeholders in China.
  5. Consider the elements of children, adolescents and youth as active stakeholder of DRR in the analysis. Include examples of young people contributing/ engaging in DRR from a school-based/ education perspective. Cite examples from other countries that has relevance for the China context, and vice-versa as part of knowledge sharing.

For more details, please view the TOR TOR - Child-centered DRR Consultant 09122021 F.pdf

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

  • At least an advanced university degree (Master’s degree) in disaster risk reduction, emergency management, public policy, international development, or related fields.
  • A minimum of five years of relevant professional experience in research on human rights, disaster risk reduction, humanitarian assistance, emergency management.
  • A strong research background is required.
  • Applicants must have a proven record of excellent writing and analytical skills in both English and Chinese.
  • Developing country work experience is considered an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA).

To view our competency framework, please visit here.

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.

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 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(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.

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.

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