Consultancy Title: Education Reporting Consultancy ( 4 Months)

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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, Knowledge

Under the overall supervision and guidance of the Education Manager (P4), this consultancy is required to provide UNICEF Jordan Education section with support in knowledge management by orchestrating the drafting of quality-on-time donor reports and concept notes for resource mobilization and donor accountability.

OBJECTIVE: This consultancy is required in order to support the Education section in the area of donor reporting.

The consultancy will primarily contribute to major milestones during the period by:

• Quality reporting for resource mobilization and donor accountability: Collaborating with the Donor Relations and Education sections, plan, develop, compile, draft and edit reports to be used for donors (including: Consolidated Emergency Reports (CERs), progress and final reports for donors, and ad-hoc donor updates as required).

• Regular reporting: Develops and edits COVID-19 and regular sitreps, presentations, and annual reports as required

• Partnership building: Compiles inputs, edits, drafts and produces inputs for quality concept notes, proposals and other information material required for CO programme advocacy, including COVID-19 resource mobilization

• Innovation and knowledge management: Support the section in recording, drafting and publishing best practices, lessons learned and documenting UNICEF’s response to COVID-19 and the Syria crisis.

KEY DELIVERABLES:

1. Quality reporting for resource mobilization and donor accountability: Up to 20 Consolidated Emergency Reports – Due from February to March 2021. Up to 10 progress and final donor reports – Due from January until April 2021

2. Regular reporting: Drafting and editing qualitative COVID-19 and regular quarterly sitreps – COVID-19 due monthly (1 x 4 months), 1 regular quarterly sitrep due in March, 2021.

3. Partnership building: Supporting programme managers in editing and copywriting an estimated 1-2 concept notes or proposals per month

4. Innovation and knowledge management: Providing editing and copywriting required to support programme managers in the development of two pagers and other knowledge management briefs. Estimated to include up to 4 two pagers and 2 knowledge management briefs during four-month period.

PAYMENT SCHEDULE:

PROPOSED PAYMENT SCHEDULE

Monthly Payments: Lump sum payment will be made monthly, inclusive of all professional fees, daily allowances, living allowances, and other administrative costs as follows:

Month 1 – 20 per cent

Month 2 – 20 per cent

Month 3 – 20 per cent

Month 4 – 40 per cent

Overtime, weekend and official holidays will not be compensated, nor will any holiday/leave time be granted.

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have

1.Education: Bachelor’s degree (required) or Master’s degree (desired) in Education, International Relations, or relevant field.

2.Work experience: A minimum of five years of professional experience in one or more of the following areas is required: donor relations, reporting, education.

3.Technical knowledge: Prior experience writing donor reports is required. Experience in working within UN system (I.e. UNICEF), result-based reporting, and drafting Consolidated Emergency Reports would be a plus.

4.Language: Fluency in English (written and spoken) 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.

The functional competencies required for this post are...

View our competency framework at

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

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.