Consultancy: Training Package Development on Community Engagement in Humanitarian Action Toolkit (CHAT) and CCCs - Req

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Consultancy Title: Consultancy for Training Package Development on Community Engagement in Humanitarian Action Toolkit (CHAT) and CCCs

Section/Division/Duty Station: Social and Behavior Change Section, Programme Group – NYHQ (Remote)

Duration: 15 September 2022 to 31 December 2022 (77 days)

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

Purpose of Activity/Assignment:

The Core Commitments for Children in Humanitarian Action – the CCCs – are UNICEF’s central policy to uphold the rights of children affected by humanitarian crisis. The CCCs promote predictable, effective and timely collective humanitarian action, and clearly outline the areas in which UNICEF can best contribute to results. The CCCs reaffirm that advocacy to protect the rights of children and women is an integral part of humanitarian action. They guide UNICEF’s work with partners not only in humanitarian response, but also emphasizing reliable preparedness and early recovery.

UNICEF has just launched the CCCs Rollout Strategy 2021 that builds on lessons learnt from the rollout initiated in Q4 2020, targeting all UNICEF personnel, governments, all UNICEF partners, external stakeholders and affected populations. The strategy builds on strategic priorities: 1) promotion of the CCCs (internal and external); 2) Capacity development of UNICEF personnel and partners and 3) organizational Change through Leadership engagement, Accountabilities, and Systems. CHAT will be critical in operationalizing these commitments and benchmarks by providing relevant guidance and tools. The NYHQ and Regional SBC teams are committed to mainstream CE, SBC commitments and benchmarks across programs through the toolkit through capacity building efforts with the following objectives:

1. Build the level of understanding around changes in revised CCCs related to CE, SBC at various levels;
2. Develop minimum skills level in SBC and non-SBC staff in all regions on CHAT operationalization and its linkage with CCCs commitments in various emergencies;
3. Build M&E capacities of SBC staff and orientation of CCCs indicators guidance.

The purpose of this contract is to support UNICEF CE, SBC humanitarian work in the elaboration of high-quality knowledge and capacity-building products by creating capacity-building packages through ideas that are effective, creative, practical, and applicable in CE, SBC work at country and regional levels. These packages will be tested and finalized through a consultative process by a global technical team and regional/country teams and also create master trainers at the Regional levels in both humanitarian and development contexts.

[1]https://corecommitments.unicef.org/

[1] interactive eLearning Training

Scope of Work:

The total duration of assignment will be 3.5 months and the scope of work will include coordinating and consulting within SBC Humanitarian Expert, EMOPs Humanitarian Learning Team and AGORA team. The consultant will also be conducting interactive sessions with regions and countries.

1) CHAT Orientation and Training Materials (to complement online courses)

1.1 Develop a set of orientation packages to orient different audiences to CHAT: (includes consultation with SME).

· Orientation Package for UNICEF senior management (suggested: PPT and one-pager/factsheet) - Approx. duration- 30 minutes;

· Orientation Package for different sectors (suggested: PPT, two-pager/factsheet and short video- Approx. duration - 30 minutes;

· Orientation Package for SBC partners (suggested: PPT, one-pager/factsheet, and short video)- Approx. duration - 30 minutes;

1.2 Training package to train all staff and partners in the practical integration of ‘community engagement’: plus, TOT and debriefing

· Training audience: SBC and emergency teams, SBC partners and other sector partners;

· Training duration and model: 3 days (2.5-day workshop-workplace project-return for ½ day debrief of workplace application);

· Training methods and materials: PPTs, session plans, interactive learning materials, workplace projects;

· Facilitators Guide: A facilitator’s guide to prepare Master Trainers to continue to deliver the training;

· Deliver a TOT: prepare materials and deliver a 2-day virtual TOT training workshop for 20 Masters trainers.

2) CCC Orientation and Training Materials (to complement online courses)

2.1 Develop a set of orientation packages to orient different audiences to the CCCs: (includes consultation with SME).

· Orientation Package for UNICEF senior management (suggested: PPT and one-pager/factsheet ) – Approx. duration-30 minutes;

· Orientation Package for different sectors (suggested: PPT, two-pager/factsheet and short video) – Approx. duration-30 minutes;

· Orientation Package for SBC partners (suggested: PPT, one-pager/factsheet, and short video)- Approx. duration-30 minutes;

· Orientation Package for CCC M&E/Indicator guidance tool for C4D/SBC practitioners (suggested: PPT) – Approx. duration 30 minutes.

2.2 Training package to train all staff and partners in the practical integration of the CCC commitments into their workflows:

· Training audience: SBC and emergency teams, SBC partners and other sector partners;

· Training duration and model: 1.5 days (1 day workshop-workplace project-return for ½ day debrief of workplace application);

· Training methods and materials: PPTs, session plans, interactive learning materials, workplace projects;

· Facilitators Guide: A facilitator’s guide to prepare Master Trainers to continue to deliver the training;

· Deliver a TOT: prepare materials and deliver a 1-day virtual TOT training workshop for 20 Masters trainers.

Terms of Reference / Deliverables

• Conduct a desk review of all existing training materials, reports, & documents. Develop an inception report and workplan with appropriate timeline.

Establish a knowledge base needed to inform strategy development. - 30 Sept. 2022

• Set of orientation packages to orient different audiences to CHAT (includes consultation with SME).

Made available for all staff and partners in the practical integration of ‘community engagement’. - 4 Nov. 2022

• Training package to train all staff and partners in the practical integration of ‘community engagement’, plus TOT and debriefing.

Orientation and Training Materials serve to complement online courses and support participatory / interactive learning. - 2 Dec. 2022

• Set of orientation packages to orient different audiences to the CCCs (includes consultation with SME).

Orientation and Training Materials serve to complement online courses and support participatory/interactive learning - 15 Dec.2022

• Test the CCCs and CHAT capacity building packages with technical team and selected regional teams and make changes based on the lessons learned

Pre-deployment assessment and evaluation may improve efficiency and outcomes from learning modules & playlists. - 20 Dec. 2022

• Design webinar materials, including promotional materials for social media platforms such as LinkedIn, Facebook, twitter, work sessions and/or trainings / templates for ROs and COs-on CCCs-CHAT

Main focus on commitments of CE, SBC across sectors in collaboration with EMOPS, CERP and EFPs. - 24 Dec. 2022

• Hand-over assets in accessible formats

Equitable access to resources that can easily be adapted by countries. - 31 Dec. 2022

Qualifications

(1) Education

• A bachelor's degree in instructional design, organizational development, industrial psychology, education in technology, communications, international development, social sciences, Human Resources, or another relevant technical field.
• A minimum of three (3) years of professional experience in 3 or more of the following areas is required: experience working in humanitarian contexts; instructional design; experience designing and delivering TOT programmes; experiencing delivering of interactive training in 3 or more of the content areas relevant to humanitarian action (community engagement, C4D, social and behaviour change).
• Fluency in English (verbal and written) is required. Knowledge of an additional UN Language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish) or a local language is considered an asset.

2) Work experience

• Experience in capacity building and skills development of regional and country offices, in emergency contexts is preferable
• Hands-on experience in adult learning, distance and computer-based training and learning including specifically learning activities relating to humanitarian action in emergencies is considered a strong asset

3) Competencies

• Analyzing
• Deciding and Initiating Action
• Persuading and Influencing
• Applying Technical Expertise
• Planning and Organizing
• Adapting and Responding Change
• Coping with Pressure and Setbacks

Requirements****:

• Completed profile in UNICEF's e-Recruitment system and provide Personal History Form (P11) Upload copy of academic credentials
• Financial proposal that will include:
• your daily/monthly rate (in US$) to undertake the terms of reference (can be downloaded here: https://www.unicef.org/about/employ/index_consultancy_assignments.html
  • travel costs and daily subsistence allowance, if internationally recruited or travel is required as per TOR.
  • Any other estimated costs: visa, health insurance, and living costs as applicable.
  • Indicate your availability
• Any emergent / unforeseen duty travel and related expenses will be covered by UNICEF.
• At the time the contract is awarded, the selected candidate must have in place current health insurance coverage.
• 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 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, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles.

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