Consultancy for Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse Training, Gaborone, Botswana

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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, protection

How can you make a difference?

Background

UNICEF is fully committed to improving protection from sexual exploitation and abuse (PSEA) and takes a leadership role in addressing challenges. UNICEF’s approach to PSEA focuses on three primary programmatic outcome areas: (i) safe and accessible reporting mechanisms, (ii) quality, survivor-centered support, and (iii) accountability for every child and adult survivor in all humanitarian responses. Delivering on these commitments involves ensuring UNICEF and its partners have adequate safeguards and take appropriate action to tackle sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA).

In February 2020 UNICEF rolled out a requirement to conduct PSEA Assessments for all CSO partners, together with a PSEA Toolkit. The objective of the PSEA Assessment and the PSEA Toolkit is to facilitate a sustained improvement in SEA prevention measures and a reduction of SEA risks in programme implementation across the development sector. The PSEA Assessment is required for all CSO partners and valid for 5 years. It rates organizational capacities to prevent SEA and provides organizations a baseline for tracking the progress. As per the procedure, UNICEF cannot continue to work with a Partner with a High SEA risk or High SEA risk assumed rating for more than twelve months. Partnerships still at High SEA risk or High SEA risk assumed rating after 12 months will be terminated. To this end, UNICEF Offices around the world are organizing PSEA trainings for staff and partners and conducting PSEA risk assessments, and thereafter working with partners to jointly strengthen prevention of and response to sexual exploitation and abuse through strengthening prevention, reporting, referral and investigation capacities. Through these measures, UNICEF together with partners aims to create a safer and more protective environment for every child.

Purpose of Activity/Assignment:

To strengthen the capacities of UNICEF partners in fulfilling their responsibilities to prevent and respond to SEA. The training specifically aims to help partners:

I. Understand UNICEF’s expectations regarding PSEA, and II. Understand how to use the PSEA Toolkit to: • Assess their organization’s strengths and areas for improvement, • Identify strategies for addressing the gaps

Scope of Work: I. Conduct a virtual training for UNICEF staff and Implementing Partners on PSEA using available PSEA Toolkit training package and other available products; II. Complete a report for the training, including list of participants with relevant details of their organization, position, and contact details. III. Develop a compendium of FAQs from the training and share together with responses and links to relevant reference materials.

Work Assignment Overview

Tasks/Milestone:

Deliverables/Outputs:

Timeline

Deliver a virtual PSEA training for UNICEF staff

1-day virtual training conducted

1 day

Deliver a virtual PSEA training for UNICEF partners (5 partners, with 2 representatives from each)

1-day virtual training conducted

1 day

Compile training report

2 approved training report with a list of participants with relevant details of their organisation, position, and contact details.

3 days

Develop a compendium of FAQs from the trainings

Approved FAQs document

1 day

Administrative issues:

1. Payment of professional fees will be based on submission of agreed 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. 2. 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 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. 3. The Consultant will be required to complete online courses related to Ethics, Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse and Security related trainings prior to taking up the assignment and/or travel. 4. The Consultant will be required to sign the Health Statement for consultants/individual contractor prior to taking up the assignment, and to document that they have appropriate health insurance, including Medical Evacuation.

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

• An advanced university degree (Masters and above) in one of the following areas is required: international development, human rights, psychology, sociology, international law, or another relevant social science field
• A minimum of 5 years of relevant professional work experience in child protection, or prevention or protection against sexual exploitation and abuse, or gender-based violence is required, including very good knowledge of the technical area.
• Experience in conducting trainings is an asset. Experience working in multi-cultural settings is an asset. Experience in capacity building and systems strengthening is an asset.
• Very good organizational and facilitation skills required.
• Proficiency in English is required.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA) and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.

Click here to learn more about UNICEF’s values and competencies.

HOW TO APPLY

Qualified candidates are requested to complete an application including profile to the respective advertisement online. Please indicate your ability, availability, and financial proposal/quote to complete the terms of reference above.

Rates must include all expenses related to the assignment (e.g. consultancy fee), quoted in USD

Applications submitted without a fee/ rate will not be considered.

Remarks:

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.

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.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process. If you have not been contacted within 2 months of the closing date, please accept that your application was unsuccessful. Regret emails will be sent only to shortlisted/contacted candidates.