EMERGENCY ROSTER: Cluster Coordinators (National and International Consultancies)

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Malawi's new Country Programme (2024-2028) includes three components: (1) child survival and development; (2) learning, skills development and protection; and (3) social policy. All components are supported by the programme and operational effectiveness and efficiency imperatives. All UNICEF programmes focus on risk-informed programming across the humanitarian and development nexus in all the above three outcome areas. Risk-informed programming across the humanitarian and development nexus in all three outcome areas will contribute to strengthened disaster preparedness, enhanced climate adaptation/mitigation and response, and increased resilience capacity of institutions, communities, and young people. Programming aligns with UNICEF Core Commitments for Children (CCC) in Humanitarian Action and the Inter-Agency Standing Committee's Transformative Agenda.

Malawi is ranked fifth in the 2021 Global Climate Risk Index2. According to the Children's Climate Risk Index (UNICEF, 2021), Malawi is among the top forty countries with high climate risk for children and the most vulnerable communities. Malawi is highly susceptible to climate and environmental shocks, including flooding, drought, cyclones, and extreme heat. Such shocks have recently increased in frequency and magnitude and are among Malawi's children's greatest threats. As per UNICEF, ‘Climate Landscape Analysis for Children in Malawi’ report (CLAP) 2022 climate-related hazards have resulted in the loss of life, displaced thousands of people, and damaged or disrupted roads, health facilities, schools, and power supplies across the country. Malawi also faces frequent outbreaks of cholera, endemic malaria, and the re-emergence of vaccine-preventable diseases such as polio, contributing to a need for a programme response fully responsive to an increased poly-crisis environment.

The UNICEF Malawi Country Office (MCO) is strengthening and scaling up multi sectoral component in response to the emergency. Oversight to ensure adherence to the CCCs for Humanitarian Action by the country office is a critical function during an emergency response. UNICEF Malawi has been supporting the activation of a cluster approach and plays a key role in co-leading the following four clusters during the emergency crisis in the country, with relevant Government Ministries leading the clusters and a UN agency. As follows:

• Nutrition Cluster – Lead: Ministry of Health; Co-Lead: UNICEF
• Education Cluster – Lead: Ministry of Education; Co-Lead: UNICEF
• WASH Cluster – Lead: Ministry of Water; Co-Lead: UNICEF
• Protection Cluster – Lead: Ministry of Gender; Co-Lead: UNICEF

In addition, overall coordination from the Government side is ensured by the Department of Disaster Management (DODMA) and from UN side – by the UN Resident Coordination Office. There is no OCHA presence in the country.

The clusters will be activated as per the need and function at the national and district (sub national) level as required. All key clusters have developed relevant mulity hazard preparedness and contingency plans consolidated under a National contingency plan led by DoDMA. The cluster plans however need further improvements as per the ongoing situation change and type of emergencies that the country might face.

This roster is aimed to support UNICEF’s emergency preparedness action in order to respond to the humanitarian crisis on a timely and coordinated manner with the skilled and pre-identified human resource capacities.

How can you make a difference?

The performance of work will be evaluated based on the following indicators:

• Completion of tasks specified in TOR and Quality of work.
• Compliance with the established deadlines for submission of deliverables.
• Demonstrating high standards in cooperation and communication with UNICEF and counterparts.
• Satisfactory quality completion of each deliverable.
• Adherence to UNICEF’s child safeguarding policy.

Please refer to the attached full Terms of Reference Protection Cluster Coordinator.pdf Education Cluster Coordinator.pdf Nutrition Cluster Coordinator.pdf WASH Cluster Coordinator.pdf for more details on the consultancy and requirements.

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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.

HOW TO APPLY...

Interested consultants should provide the following:

1. Cover letter:

• Clearly indicating which technical consultancy assignment, the candidate is applying for (e.g., Health Cluster Coordination or any other)
• Describing the candidate’s relevant experience with similar type of assignments (max 300 words)

2. Updated Curriculum Vitae (not more than 4 pages)
3. Two latest performance appraisals and/or recommendations letters from recent assignments including reference contact details (phone numbers and email addresses)

4. When a need arises, the office will invite pre-selected roster candidates to provide their financial proposal (all-inclusive fee) for the specific assignment as well as to confirm their availability and interest at the time of the deployment need.

5. Include with your application relevant samples from similar work (web links also can be provided).

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.