Consultancy: Team Building Facilitator, Kenya Country Office, Nairobi

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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.

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TERMS OF REFERENCE

Background:

The Communication, Advocacy, and Partnership (CAP) section at UNICEF Kenya country office comprises of External Communication Unit in charge of external communication, advocacy, and partnerships, and the Social and Behavior Change Unit.

Given the increasing focus on the drought response and frequent disease outbreaks, it is a critical moment for the section to take stock of the achievement to date, gather lessons learned and propose strategies for the area of collaboration. The retreat will therefore be an important first step to renewing the team spirit and envisioning future work.

Objectives:

The objectives of the retreat are:

1. to bring the team members closer for better cohesion, morale, and performance. This should be through i) fun activities, preferably outdoors, and ii) getting to know each other’s work style through personality analytic tools.
2. to review the collaboration to date (what worked well and what can be improved)
3. to build a vision for CAP contribution in the current country programme, taking into account the worsening drought situation and increasing disease outbreaks.

The retreat will be in three parts as per the objectives above. It will be conducted in person with protocols in place to mitigate the risks of COVID-19. This should be outdoors where possible, e.g. for meals and snacks. If indoors, this should be in a large, well-ventilated space.

Work Assignment Overview:

Tasks/Milestone:

Deliverables/Outputs:

Timeline

Estimate Budget

Short (30 min) conversation with the two chiefs and propose approach for facilitation

Late March

1/2 day

Development of online survey, tools and slides for the retreat

Online survey, tools, materials and slides

Mid April

1 day

Retreat facilitation

10-11 May

2 days

Retreat reporting

Final report

31 May

1/2 day

Estimated Consultancy fee

Travel International (if applicable)

N/A

Travel Local (please include travel plan)

Travel within Nairobi at own expenses to reach the retreat venue

DSA (if applicable)

N/A

Minimum Qualifications and Competencies

• Bachelor’s degree in social and behavioral science, sociology, anthropology, psychology, education, communication, or another relevant technical field.

knowledge/ experience

• At least 10 years of hands-on experience in team coaching, team building and retreat facilitation.
• Accredited coach by International Coaching Federation
• Experience in working with UN agency an asset

How to Apply

Interested candidates should apply online using the button below. As part of their application, candidates should provide: 1. A cover letter that specifies how you meet the desired competencies, technical background, and experience (no more than 2 pages) 2. A short CV (no more than 4 pages) 3. Interested candidates to indicate availability and daily rate expressed in USD to undertake the terms of reference. Applications submitted without a fee/rate will not be considered. 4. Three (3) Referees.

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UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic.

UNICEF offers reasonable accommodation for consultants/individual contractors with disabilities. This may include, for example, accessible software, travel assistance for missions or personal attendants. We encourage you to disclose your disability during your application in case you need reasonable accommodation during the selection process and afterwards in your assignment.

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.

The selected candidate is solely responsible to ensure that the visa (applicable) and health insurance required to perform the duties of the contract are valid for the entire period of the contract. Selected candidates are subject to confirmation of fully-vaccinated status against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which must be met prior to taking up the assignment. It does not apply to consultants who will work remotely and are not expected to work on or visit UNICEF premises, programme delivery locations or directly interact with communities UNICEF works with, nor to travel to perform functions for UNICEF for the duration of their consultancy contracts.