Consultancy: Preparation of Report for “Addressing the gaps: inequality of children in Thailand” based on Thailand MICS 6 data, UNICEF Thailand, Bangkok

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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 fulfilling their potential.

Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.

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UNICEF works to ensure the rights of all children in the East Asia and Pacific Region. This means the rights of every child living in this country, irrespective of their nationality, gender, religion or ethnicity, to:

• survival – to basic healthcare, peace and security;
• development – to a good education, a loving home and adequate nutrition;
• protection – from abuse, neglect, trafficking, child labour and other forms of exploitation; and
• participation – to express opinions, be listened to and take part in making any decisions that affect them

How can you make a difference?

The Social Policy section, UNICEF Thailand Country Office (TCO) is seeking an individual consultant to support the drafting of the report on Addressing the Gaps: Inequality of children in Thailand based on MICS 6 data in Thai and English to raise awareness on policy issues that UNICEF advocates for.

Background:

The Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) is an international household survey programme developed and supported by UNICEF. MICS is designed to collect estimates of key indicators that are used to assess the situation of children and women. Over the past 20 years, MICS has evolved to respond to changing data needs, expanding from 28 indicators in the first round to more than 200 indicators in the current sixth round, and becoming a key source of data on child protection, early childhood education, and a major source of data on child health and nutrition. In addition to being a data collection tool to generate data for monitoring the progress towards national goals and global commitments for promoting the welfare of children, MICS provided valuable data for Millennium Development Goals (MDG) monitoring as a major source of data for the UN Secretary General’s Final MDG Report. Since the inception of MICS in the 1990s, over 300 surveys have been carried out in more than 100 countries. As part of the global effort to further develop national capacities to generate and analyse high quality and disaggregated data, UNICEF launched the sixth round of MICS in October 2016, with results of first surveys expected to be available by the end of 2017. This new round is in accordance with the list of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) indicators endorsed by the UN Statistical Commission in 2016, following the global adoption of the 17 SDGs and 169 targets of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The final SDG indicator framework currently includes 230 global indicators, of which around 30 per cent are household survey-based.

UNICEF-Thailand has been continuously offering technical support to National Statistical Office (NSO) for the implementation of the survey. As the data compilation and reporting is being finalized, UNICEF aims to support the NSO in effective dissemination of the results, as well as the key policy messages based on the sectoral expertise.

Objectives:

The consultant will develop a draft short report of MICS that captures the key findings from MICS 6 on “Addressing the gaps – Inequality of children in Thailand”, which highlights the importance of the issue, key indicators, inequality and main policy recommendations. Previous versions of UNICEF publications could serve as inputs to the draft while they need to still be updated based on most recent MICS 6 data.

Work Assignment:

1. Using previous MICS publications as a guideline, draft the sections on the importance of the selected issues and the policy recommendations for each issue
2. Insert the updated key figures and indicators based on MICS 6 and previous MICS results
3. Prepare the complete draft in both English and Thai

Work Schedule: The report on Addressing the gaps in Thai and English should be submitted by 16 October 2020.

Estimated Duration of Contract: 15 working days during 25 September 2020 – 16 October 2020

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

• University degree in social science or relevant areas. Advanced degree will be considered as an asset.
• Familiarity of Thailand MICS 6 or previous rounds of MICS is considered as strong asset.
• Experience in data interpretation and analysis is considered as strong asset.
• Experience working with UNICEF, other UN agencies, or National Statistical Office will be considered as an asset.
• Strong writing skills in English and Thai.
• Thai Nationality.

Interested candidates are requested to submit CV or P-11, full contact information of minimum 3 references, availability, and proposed daily professional fee in THB by 21 September 2020.

FORM P11.doc

For every Child, you demonstrate…

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

View our competency framework at

http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/files/UNICEF_Competencies.pdf

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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.

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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