Coordination Consultant, Bratislava, Slovakia, 5.5 months, consultancy

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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, a future.

The main purpose of the assignment is to provide technical support to UNICEF in its coordination activities with UN and other partners in Slovakia. This includes especially inter-agency coordination (as part of the Refugee Response Plan) and liaison with national and sub-national partners (as required and in support of relevant programme leads) as well as coordination of contingency planning and preparedness in the context of the Ukraine crisis response under the Refugee Response Plan.

How can you make a difference?

Scope of Work:

1. Interagency Coordination as part of the Refugee Response Plan

• Coordinate UNICEF participation in and contributions to inter-agency working groups (WGs) and sectoral and/or sub- working groups (SWGs) under the Refugee Response Plan and Refugee Coordination Forum in line with common coordination principles and methodologies
• Provide support to the organization of WGs/SWGs which UNICEF co-chairs (including support with documentation and filing of minutes) and when necessary, in coordination with sectoral colleagues co-chairing the WGs and SWGs, ensure technical coordination and liaison with the representatives of line ministries, INGOs, local NGOs and/or (for example Education Working Group).
• Ensure the flow of information within UNICEF on the results of WG/SWG meetings by sharing key action points of common interest across working groups, documents and coordination issues with the respective members of the UNICEF team; support complementarity between WG/SWG activities and joint/harmonized approaches (joint missions, assessments, capacity building), including identifying common issues across WG meetings to enhance synergies and possible joint action.

2. Contingency Planning and Preparedness

• Coordinate the drafting and regular reviews of the UNICEF Slovakia Contingency Plan and support sections with the operationalization of partnerships to ensure that preparedness activities are in place
• Support internal and external coordination to ensure that UNICEF’s contingency planning and preparedness activities are updated and are consistent with national and international efforts in the context of the Refugee Response Plan

3. Engagement and liaison with local actors in support of emergency programme activities

• Support UNICEF’s engagement and, based on asks determined by Programme team, liaison with local actors - ministries and CSOs in support of UNICEF’s programme sections as required and ensure that the engagement is well documented and coordinated with the team. Support UNICEF engagement and, based on asks determined by Programme team, liaison with municipalities in support of UNICEF’s programme team as required and ensure that the engagement is well documented. Attend meetings with key section counterparts and document discussion and action points as required. Provides support in implementation of the Workplans with partner municipalities, provides support to the reporting and monitoring of activities and coordination of local actors.
• Provide overall support to Health and Nutrition program in the implementation of activities, as well as cross sectoral activities (ECD, ECE, CP, SP) and support periodical assessment of the situation of children and mothers (immunization status, disability). Support partners in organization and implementation of health promotion activities. Perform periodical assessment of the needs and propose change or additional activities.
• Based on priorities and asks determined by Social Protection and Child Protection teams seek entry points to engage in social and child protection reforming activities in cooperation with Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Family and Central Labour Offices; related to social and child protection work and workforce (organization of work and workforce capacitation) and assessing and advancing management information systems.
• Support programme visits and field monitoring efforts by various sectors, as needed.

Work Assignments Overview

Deliverables/Outputs

Delivery deadline

Estimated Budget

1. Interagency Coordination as part of the Refugee Response Plan

Support the coordination of the interagency Education Working Group

Agenda and minutes for 12 meetings/sub-meetings.

12 days

Support the coordination of Child Protection Sub Working Group

Agenda and minutes for 6 meetings

6 days

2. Contingency Planning and Preparedness

Review contingency plan and liaise with key national counterparts re contingency plan

2 updates of the contingency plan

30/09/2023 (2 days)

4 days

31/12/2023 (2 days)

3. Engagement and liaison with local actors in support of emergency programme activites

Overall coordination and contribution to Health and Nutrition program and cross-sectoral activities

Monthly report on the progress of health and nutrition program coordination activities, Stakeholder and partner meeting minutes with existing partners and stakeholders (5 per month),

Monthly

4 days per month (total of 20 days)

Review of reports sent by national authorities on the situation of children and mothers (immunization status, disability)

Bimonthly Children and Mothers report reviewed, with recommended measures and activities

At the end of every second month

5 days bimonthly (total of 15 days )

Support to organization and implementation of health promotion activities

3 health promotion activities (workshops, meetings or other events) organised and documented (2 days for each activity)

31/12/2023

6 days

Support UNICEF engagement with municipalities, and other potential partners for networking and partnership building with national and regional authorities, academia, CSOs based on requirements from programme teams.

Minutes produced on initial and subsequent status meetings on negotiations regarding engagement (min 12 meetings)

Weekly

1,75 day per week, total

Lliaison with city of Nitra and Trnava and other municipalities under supervision of Program Specialist

8 Program Visit/Field Monitoring (PV/FM) visits conducted and FM report prepared (how many days for those two activities?

42 days

Communication with focal points at the municipality to support the engagement discussions.

4 coordination meetings on school enrollment at municipal level organized and meeting minutes prepared

Based on priorities and asks determined by Social Protection and Child Protection teams, seek entry points to engage in social and child protection reform activities in cooperation with Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Family and Central Labour Offices; related to social and child protection work and workforce (organization of work and workforce capacitation), and assessing and advancing management information systems.

- 2 Email updates provided on relevant reform initiatives, legislation and ministerial plans and interest (Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Family)

30/09/2023

4 days

31/12/2023

- Internal brief on MoLSAF and Labour Offices functions, lines of responsibility (i.e. organigram) and management information system capacities by 15 September 2023.

15/09/2023

TOTAL

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109 days

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

• An advanced university degree (Master’s or higher) in Social Science, Social Work, Psychology, Law, other relevant field, Programme management.
• At 5 years of experience in working with international organisations or government agencies
• Strong coordination skills (Experience with coordinating projects, programs and interagency activities)
• Experience in working within an emergency
• Good reporting skills (Reporting experience)
• Excellent written and spoken English
• Excellent written and spoken Slovak
• Understanding of the Slovakia context (experience working with stakeholders in Slovakia)
• Responsible, attentive to details
• Ability to network and maintaining good relations
• Experience working with UNICEF or the UN is desirable.
• Experience with UN inter-agency coordination is desirable
• Experience with the Ukraine emergency is desirable

For every Child, you demonstrate…

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

To view our competency framework, please visit here.

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.

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