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Consultancy Title: Consultancy for development of a maturity model and assessment tools for harmful practices policies based on the public policy management approach

Section/Division/Duty Station: Child Protection, NYHQ (Home-Based)

Duration: 1 June 2022 - 30 September 2022 (73 working days)

Home/ office Based: Remote

About UNICEF

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

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals set a target of eliminating harmful practices such as child marriage and female genital mutilation by 2030. To keep the elimination target of harmful practices on the global agenda and to accelerate and amplify the pace of change, UNFPA and UNICEF have been implementing the Global Programme to End Child Marriage (GPECM), the Joint Programme to Eliminate Female Genital Mutilation (JPFGM) and the Spotlight Initiative Africa Regional Programme (SIARP). UNFPA and UNICEF are working collaboratively at the highest levels to support governments to strengthen legal and other policy frameworks to support adolescent rights. UNFPA and UNICEF have prioritized high-level work in convening stakeholders at every level and supporting government commitment to and ownership of the harmful practices’ agenda with a view of harmonizing interventions to contribute to national or state action plans and/or strategies to elimination of harmful practices.

The JPFGM Phase III and GPECM Phase I independent evaluations have highlighted the significant contributions by UNFPA and UNICEF in developing and strengthening policies to support the elimination of harmful practices such as FGM and ending child marriage. Despite the achievements, both independent evaluations highlighted the existing challenges with implementation of the policies. Among the factors contributing to the challenges of policy implementation include: - evidence base (a lack of sufficient, accurate and timely data and information); accountability (decision-makers unable to fulfill commitments); policy governance (lack of consistency in delivery at subnational level); and collaboration and coordination (weaknesses in intersectoral collaboration and coordination).

Through the Spotlight Initiative Africa Regional Programme and in partnership with the African Union Commission, UNFPA and UNICEF has jointly developed the African Union accountability framework on the elimination of harmful practices that should set in place good governance measurement and monitoring practices to ensure governments deliver on legislative, policy and financial commitments.

Purpose of Activity/ Assignment:

The purpose of this consultancy is to provide technical support towards the development of a maturity model and assessment tools for harmful practices policies with well-articulated benchmarks to measure and monitor changes by phases in the public policy management and provide a roadmap for improvement towards the achievement of the elimination target by 2030.

Scope of Work:

The focus of this consultancy is to have a comprehensive, straightforward insight into public policy management to identify, analyze, manage, and monitor harmful practices’ policies in the context of systems, processes, services, and roles. The consultancy should equip stakeholders with the ability to continuously monitor changes and capture changes in public policy management by phases. As a result, stakeholders should assess the current state and plan toward accelerated action to achieve the SDG target 5.3 on the elimination of harmful practices by 2030.

Terms of Reference / Key Deliverables

  • Develop a maturity model or framework for harmful practices’ policies with well-articulated benchmarks that provides an integrated strategy, processes, systems, services and information to consistently measure and monitor changes by phases based on the public policy management approach.
  • Develop assessment tools to undertake a ‘rapid assessment’ of the maturity of public policy management.
  • The assessment tools should build on the Girls Not Brides checklist for national strategies to end child marriage in defining characteristics of public policies for elimination of harmful practices, the UNICEF-led Child Marriage Monitoring Mechanism, and the Rapid Country Assessment, Analysis, and Action Planning (RAAAP) tool on Orphans and Other Vulnerable Children. The assessment tools should help understand the current policies and guidelines and situation of public policy management in relation to the level of integration of strategic approaches, processes, systems and information.
  • Based on the draft maturity model and assessment tools, conduct a rapid assessment among selected 12 countries of the maturity of their public policy management on harmful practices. The rapid assessment should draw on data collected through the desk reviews.
  • Based on the findings from the rapid assessments through the desk reviews and basing on the lessons learned from RAAAP on OVCs, develop tools to support the analysis and action planning process including an interactive dashboard that visualizes key findings and actions disaggregated by levels of interest.
  • Develop country specific action plans and recommendations for activities to prioritize to move up the maturity model by 2030 including one-pager report for high-level discussion for each of the 12 assessed countries.
  • Convene meeting(s) with key stakeholders – UN Agencies (UNICEF, UNFPA, UN Women HQ, Region and Country Offices), African Union Commission, Girls Not Brides, regional and national CSOs/NGOs etc. to verify and validate the maturity model and assessment tools, and final review of the desk review findings and action plans.
  • Develop a user-guide for all the completed tools that also includes steps to guide the identification and prioritization of actions to move up the maturity model by 2030.

Methodology

The methodology for this assignment is to be developed by the consultant during the proposal submission but should take into account the following steps needed to guide the process:

  • Maturity model and Assessment tools. Basing on the public policy management approach, elaborate the maturity process of the harmful practices’ policies considering the integrated strategies, processes, systems, and information including milestones or benchmarks at each phase of development or maturity level that can be used by stakeholders to hold government accountable. Develop assessment tools to undertake a ‘rapid assessment’ of the current harmful practices’ policies based on the maturity model developed. These should serve as baseline data for future in-country assessments.
  • Maturity assessment/Desk reviews. Use the assessment tools to collect data through desk reviews. The rapid ‘desk review’ assessment should help understand the current policies and guidelines, the situation of public policy management in relation to the level of integration of strategic approaches, processes, systems and information, and the baseline maturity level.
  • Action planning. Use the rapid assessment findings to identify and prioritize actions to move up the maturity model by 2030, populate the maturity model and develop an interactive dashboard to visualizes key findings and actions.
  • Meetings with key stakeholders – UN Agencies (UNICEF, UNFPA, UN Women HQ, Region and Country Offices), African Union Commission, Girls Not Brides, regional and national CSOs/NGOs etc. to verify and validate the maturity model and assessment tools, and final review of the desk review findings and action plans.
  • Finalize the public policy management maturity model and related toolkits including one-pager report for high-level discussion for each of the 12 assessed countries and submit for approval.

Qualifications

Education:

  • Advanced university degree in social sciences or other related field, preferably with some specialized training in development studies.

Work experience:

  • At least 10 years of solid responsible professional work experience in a relevant field.
  • Previous work experience with UNICEF or UNFPA an asset, in particular, producing Annual Results/Global Thematic Reports.
  • Previous experience in copy-editing and fact-checking.
  • High level proficiency in standard computer software, in particular, Microsoft word.
  • Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines.
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills in English, of publication standard.
  • Persistence in follow up, tact and diplomacy to work with international personnel.

Requirements****:

Submission of proposal:

Interested candidates should include in their proposals the following:

Part A: Technical

  1. Background information that includes an interpretation and understanding of the terms of reference.
  2. Methodology and approach outlining a clear conceptual and analytical framework for the work
  3. Proposed work plan outlining clear timeframe and logical steps in conducting the assignment
  4. Expectations of UNICEF in terms of logistical, technical, and other forms of support for the work
  5. Name and brief background of the vendor, including existing experience and expertise that will be of benefit to the proposed assignment.
  6. Names and contact information of referees for the 3 most recent and relevant projects.

Part B: Financial

  1. An itemized budget divided into professional fees and direct cost of activities in United States Dollars.

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 (spouse) will require an Employment Authorization Card (EAD) to be able to work, even if he/she was authorized to work under the visa held prior to switching to G4.

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 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, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles.

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