Field Coordinator for Dawwie Community Engagement - Nationals only (12 months)

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Objective:

The purpose of the assignment is to support the scaling up of Dawwie community engagement package in targeted governorates based on a national scale – up plan to cover all 27 governorates.

Under the supervision of the SBC Specialist, the consultant will be working closely with CSOs, FBOs, and relevant national partners such as NCW, NCCM and others.

ACTIVITIES, DELIVERABLES, AND TIMELINES, PLUS BUDGET PER DELIVERABLE:

Over the next 12 months, the field coordinator will be supporting in

• Organizing, and facilitating capacity building sessions for official counterparts, civil society organizations and relevant stakeholders and development partners,
• Mobilizing grass-root civil society organizations in local communities to join Dawwie through identifying capacity needs and facilitating capacity building,
• Support the implementation of on-ground community engagement activities based on the Dawwie engagement package,
• Monitoring, documenting and reporting activities in different governorates including identifying human interest stories,
• Support in facilitating engagement with the Dawwie digital platforms (website, mobile application, and social media channels) while providing support in enhancing user experience and user-generated content,
• Support the identification of potential children, adolescents and youth candidates from Dawwie program beneficiaries to create cadre of Dawwie ambassadors to engage in local, regional and global representation of the Dawwie Initiative
• Any other related requests by the supervisor within the framework of this consultancy.

Deliverables (all in English)

Estimated Duration to complete

(of working days)

PAYMENT

1. Capacity building

1.1 At least 30 workshops of at least 2 days each on how to use the Dawwie community engagement Toolkit (60 days) (30 workshops held) including:

· utilization and hands on implementation of community engagement activities

· engagement on Dawwie platforms for partners including, Dawwie dashboard, Dawwie mobile application and Facebook page and completion of Dawwie digital literacy training,

1.2 At least 20 one day sessions to relevant stakeholders on alignment with child safeguarding methods and first-aid psychosocial support (20 days) (20, one day sessions implemented)

1.3 Support the capacity, implementation, and coordination of at least 30 Dawwie camps in selected governorates (77 days) as per the AWP and RWP with targeted stakeholders (30 Dawwie camps implemented)

157 days

Based on monthly report documenting daily activity

2. Field coordination

2.1 Mobilizing at least 20 grass-root civil society organizations in local communities to join Dawwie through identifying capacity needs and facilitating capacity building (21 days) (Mapping, identifying and recruiting 20 grassroot CSOs)

2.2 facilitating, coordinating, and strengthening community based grassroot mechanisms/networks for collating efforts at the community level through -but not limited to community based events, community dialogues, etc. (21 days) (2 grassroot networks created on community level)

2.3 Support the identification of potential children, adolescents, and youth candidates from Dawwie program to create cadre of Dawwie ambassadors to engage in local, regional and global representation of the Dawwie Initiative based on UNCIEF standards and procedures, including facilitating production of human-interest stories, high level field visits, participation of boys and girls in public events supported by UNICEF (21 days) (15 human and significant change stories identified and published)

2.4 tracking, M&E reporting, and documentation of on ground activities with partners and organic expansions on monthly basis (21 days) (reports finalized in due time)

84

3. Support Dawwie digital platforms content production

4.1 Support in actively managing Dawwie Facebook page, Instagram, website and mobile application in coordination with UNICEF and other relevant partners (21 days) (response rate on social media 80%, and 15% increase on online engagement)

21

TOTAL

262

CONDITIONS OF WORK:

The project coordinator will work within the framework of the Social and Behavioral Change/Community Engagement (SBC/CE) Section.

Consultancy will include frequent field visits to the projects’ sites including Upper, Lower and Urban Governorates according to a set plan.

Monthly reports with progress, challenges, and recommendations are essential part of the deliverables and request for payments.

The consultant will be mandated to follow UNICEF codes of conducts.

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

The consultant should be a resident of Egypt and is expected to possess the following qualifications:

University degree in development or social sciences or any related field

Minimum 5 years of community mobilization experience in Egypt, preferably in the selected governorates.

Minimum 5 years of experience in field work, preferably in rural areas

Excellent command of Arabic (reading and writing) is a must

Strong understanding of UNICEF’s social and behavioral change/community engagement is a must

Experience to work with government counterparts and international organizations.

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.