Consultant on Child Friendly City (CFC) Programme (Office based), Beijing, China

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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, #CARE#

The overall purpose of UNICEF China’s Social Policy programming is to ensure that fewer children in China are subject to multidimensional poverty, through being better able to access affordable social protection mechanisms and quality social services. This will allow children’s rights to be protected – particularly the most vulnerable and those lagging behind - to better achieve their educational potential, be guaranteed of improved health outcomes, and assume their role as productive members of their society, community and family in the rapidly transforming environment in China.

How can you make a difference?

The Social Policy Section of UNICEF China has been long working with Government of China (GoC) particularly the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) to uphold child rights in the delivery and uptake of the essential social services. In recent years, the two sides have broadened the scope of collaboration and joined hands in an emerging area-child friendly cities (CFC). GoC’s commitment to CFC has been factored into the 14th Five-Year Social and Economic Development Plan (FYP) in March 2021, in which building CFC has been articulated as an essential service for children. In line with the 14th FYP and the Guiding Opinion of Promoting the Building of CFC, not only will UNICEF continue but also expand the partnership with more diverse government counterparts and other stakeholders on:

• Generating evidence to improve the policy and technical frameworks of China’s CFC development
• Introducing global good practice and developing technical tools to provide pragmatic support to local actions
• Mainstreaming child participation and children’s perspective into spatial planning and development
• Establishing capacity building framework on CFC to empower, guide and support sub-national stakeholders’ actions of moving toward CFC
• Developing platforms to strengthen and harness the technical support and advising capacity of experts and other technical players.
• Organizing public advocacy, communication, and public engagement activities to raise awareness and facilitate public participation on CFC
• Facilitating international exchange and collaboration on CFC, in particular actively supporting China’s global sharing of CFC knowledge and experience

For more details, pls see below the Terms of Reference (TOR) in details

TOR for consultant on CFC programme.docx

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

Minimum Academic Qualifications:

• University degree to graduate and postgraduate level in sustainable development, international development, urban development, public policies, child development or a related field

• Knowledge/Experience/Expertise/Skills required:

• At least two years' work experiences, preferably at national and sub-national level in the areas of policy research, child development, capacity building, sustainable cities, community development, etc.;

• Good knowledge of key issues in international development and child rights, in relation to one or all of the following: urbanization, urban governance, sustainable cities, stakeholder engagement via capacity building, government policies and programmes related to child well-being in China, etc;

Good track record of engagement experiences with government partners, civil society, technical players and/or think tanks;

• Experience of working directly with communities, children and families is an asset;

• Fluency in written and spoken English and Chinese;

• Previous experience in/with the UN, including knowledge of UN/UNICEF programmes and operations, policies and procedures is an asset; and

• Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office software

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS).

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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.