Home-based Consultancy: E-learning Junior Consultant (58 working days between July and Dec 2023) - Europe and Central Asia Regional Office (ECARO), Italy

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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 champion

Purpose of Activity/Assignment

UNICEF mandate is to ensure that children’s life, wellbeing, and rights are protected and supported. UNICEF works worldwide to strengthen institutional and governmental systems protecting children and adolescents, promoting their rights and supporting their development in a safe and conducive environment. UNICEF promotes community-based actions and programming to empower families and communities in attaining their needs fulfilled and caring for the most vulnerable groups. In a great variety of settings, from war-torn countries to disaster-affected areas, from low- to middle- and high-income countries, UNICEF commitment is to ensure that special attention is given to the most vulnerable children and adolescents so that their fullest potential can be achieved. In Italy an outposted team from UNICEF ECARO Regional Office is operational since 2016 to respond to the unique needs of migrant and refugee children, providing technical assistance to national authorities and civil societies and direct services when needed.

Since the beginning of the migrant and refugee influx, UNICEF is responding to the unique needs of children and women who are seeking asylum in Europe, on the move, stranded or pushed back. UNICEF-supported interventions in Italy continue also to focus on strengthening the protection system through capacity development of frontline workers and key stakeholders on gender-based violence (GBV), adolescent development and participation (ADAP), child protection (CP), and mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) standards and core concepts, working closely with ministries, universities, civil society organizations and more.

In this context, the UNICEF response team in Europe is looking for a junior consultant to support the development, testing and publication of e-learning products. This consultancy reports to the UNICEF Child Protection Specialist and is under the technical guidance of the UNICEF E-learning Specialist, supporting them to develop contents using authoring tools, supervise audiovisual contents and manage the Learning Managing System.

Scope of Work

The purpose of this consultancy is to support the GBV, CP, and ADAP teams through the development of e-learning products, in coordination with the Distance and E-learning Specialist. Key responsibilities of the E-learning Junior Consultant include:

• Development and re-adjustment of interactive materials using authoring tools, mainly, Articulate 360 and H5P.
• Preparation and review of scripts for audiovisual materials, mainly videos.
• Support graphic designers and video producers for the development of graphic elements for interactive images or videos.
• Supervision of videos production, according to the feedback received by the team.
• Coordination with the graphic designer and the audiovisual firm to develop graphic content.
• Publication of e-learning modules on the authoring tool.
• Managing of the Learning Passport Platform (Microsoft Azzure).
• Development and publication of the courses on the Learning Passport.
• Supporting partners and participants on the utilization of the platform.
• Drafting monthly reports which monitor the analytics of the courses uploaded in the Learning Passport.
• Providing support and clarifications to partners and team members on the use of authoring tools, if requested.
• Support the Distance and E-Learning Specialist to coordinate with other UNICEF team’s members and partners to design, develop and implement e-learning courses, following the e-learning project cycle.

Work Assignment Overview

Tasks / Milestone******Deliverables / Outputs******Timeline / DeadlineMonitoring the performance of the courses uploaded in the Learning Passport and updating the database of the courses1 database on the performance of the courses of the Learning Passport is updated5 working days;

By August 2023

4 monthly reports are drafted to present the updates on the performances of 8 e-learning courses5 working days;

By December 2023

Finalizing e-learning courses’ contents –by providing quality assurance and feedback on the videos produced by the audiovisual company and on the graphics produced by the graphic designer and, when necessary, by supporting with direct finalization of graphics and triggers using authoring tools, - and uploading of the final contents into the learning management system (LMS).Interactive content (graphics, videos, and images) and scripts are finalised and uploaded into the Learning Management System for:

- course on Cultural-Linguistic Mediators

12 working days;

By October 2023

Interactive content (graphics, videos, and images) and scripts are finalised and uploaded into the Learning Management System for:

- course on Gender-Based Violence Risk Mitigation

13 working days;

By December 2023

Interactive content (graphics, videos, and images) and scripts are finalised and uploaded into the Learning Management System for:

- course on Adolescence and transitioning to adulthood

13 working days;

By December 2023

Managing problems that the users might have when using the Learning Passport.5 meetings with UNICEF staff members and the E-learning Specialist to coordinate the design, development and implementation of the online courses are conducted4 working days;

By November 2023

1 report on the key challenges faced by UNICEF staff, partners and other uses on the authoring tools and on the solutions is delivered6 working days;

By December 2023

Estimated Duration of the Contract

58 working days (between July and December 2023)

Consultant's Work Place and Official Travel

The assignment will be home-based.

Estimated Cost of the Consultancy & Payment Schedule

Payment will be made on submission of an invoice and satisfactory completion of the above-mentioned deliverables. Please submit a financial proposal (in EUR) based on 58 working days to undertake this assignment. Consultants 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.

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

• Bachelor's in computer science, graphic design, design, education, or social sciences.
• Proficiency in Italian and English.
• At least 1 year of experience using Articulate 360 and H5P.
• At least 1 year of experience designing and developing on-line courses

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF’s core values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS), and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.

To view our competency framework, please visit 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 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:

Please include a full CV and Financial Proposal in your application. Additionally, indicate your availability and professional fee (in EUR) to undertake the terms of reference above. Applications submitted without a professional fee will not be considered. 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.

UNICEF offers reasonable accommodation for consultants 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.