Home-based Consultancy: Skills Building and Job Orientation Consultant (230 working days), ECARO- O/P Rome, Italy

Consultant Programme & Policy

Overview

Support implementation of skills training and job orientation for youth refugees

You have:

• Bachelor's degree in social sciences, international development, education or related field
• Minimum 2 years of relevant professional experience, with 1 in project management
• Excellent planning & organizational skills
• Strong communication skills - both oral and written
• Fluency in Italian and English
• Experience in working in support to migrants and refugees
• Previous experience with UNICEF and/or the UN
• Experience in design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of skills building programmes

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For every child, Protection

Italy remains one of the main entry points into Europe for refugees and migrants fleeing conflicts, situations of violence and deprivation. Between 2016 and 2021, more than 71,000 unaccompanied and separated children (UASC) arrived in Italy by sea, 90 per cent of whom were between 15 and 17 years old. The continued significant presence of UASC (around 15.595 in reception centres in June 2022) and the growing number of UASC who have turned 18 are a cause for concern.

A key challenge is that many have limited access to guidance on education, training paths, job orientation and skills-building opportunities that are available to them. A lack of self-motivation and self-esteem, relational difficulties upon arrival, made worse by the trauma experienced during the journey, can make the difference in the choices made to continue or abandon education and training paths, essential to enter the labour market. UASC and young refugees and migrants arrive in Italy with varying degrees of literacy and skills sets, and many have missed months, sometimes years, of school. Most are eager to enter the Italian labour market to make money and support their families back home. To find decent employment in Italy, they need to master the Italian language, obtain compulsory lower secondary school certification and acquire relevant technical skills needed to enter the labour market. However, due to their age upon arrival in Italy, UASC have a limited window of time to equip themselves with the necessary tools for their social inclusion and successful transition into adulthood.

UNICEF is operating in Italy based on formal agreements with national authorities aimed at providing technical support for the protection and social inclusion of refugee and migrant children, including those arriving as a consequence of the crisis in Ukraine.

A two-pronged approach combines humanitarian service delivery with capacity building, policy reform and technical assistance with partner organizations and governments. Skills building and job orientation is a key intervention for the early integration and social inclusion of adolescent refugees and migrants and those transitioning to adulthood for which UNICEF has developed, tested and rolled out a package of interventions in reception centres and catch-up schools. The interventions focus on ensuring access to information and job orientation, increasing knowledge on education/ training paths, and providing opportunities to develop skills and competencies.

The package combines life skills through roll out of the UNICEF Adolescent kit for expression and innovation and employability skills and job orientation through roll out of the UNICEF Handbook for Job orientation published in June 2022. The UNICEF Adolescent kit for expression and innovation helps UASC cope with stressful circumstances, develop their self-esteem and self-confidence and boost their motivation. The employability skills building & job orientation course aims at providing them with self-awareness and essential knowledge on skills needed to access the job market. For this purpose the Job Orientation handbook provides a step-by-step guide to completion of language learning, education and training paths and to internship and job opportunities available, as well self-assessment tools, and guidance on CV completion and how to conduct a job interview.

Scope of Work

Under the direct supervision of the Youth and Adolescent Development Specialist, P4, in Rome, Italy, the Skills Building and Job Orientation Consultant is primarily responsible for supporting the implementation of XXI century skills building and job orientation interventions for refugee and migrant adolescents and those transitioning to adulthood.

PROJECT MANAGEMENT • Support the management, oversight, and coordination of partnerships and related contracts with UNICEF Implementing Partners and service providers responsible for the implementation of XXI century skills building and job orientation interventions through formal and non-formal education within reception facilities and catch-up schools, and the provision of training for teachers, educators, and social workers; • Support the planning, implementation, and evaluation of the comprehensive and innovative basic skills building & job orientation course (roll out of the UNICEF Adolescent Kit for Expression and Innovation; roll-out of the employability skills and job orientation package and the Handbook for Job orientation); • Develop/adapt and translate workshop and handbook materials into e-learning modules and review of uploaded material on to an e-learning platform dedicated to the social workers, educators and teachers within reception facilities and catch-up schools; • Support to the feedback mechanism to unaccompanied minors and young migrants and refugees enrolled on the U-Report On The Move platform, through the Here4U service, responding to support requests regarding skills building and job orientation.

MONITORING AND REPORTING: • Support the review of monthly reports of implementing partners and support to programmatic reviews and visits; • Support to drafting of monthly and quarterly reports, annual planning, mid-year and annual reviews of the Migrant and Refugee Response.

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT: • Create, update a XXI century skills building folder in the internal shared drive containing documents, tools, creative assets and sharing both internally via the shared drive and externally with partners and stakeholders via email and other shared platforms; • Attend weekly coordination calls and other meetings, conferences and webinars, trainings and assist in preparing background material and taking minutes, as needed. • Synthesis of available evidence (reports, reviews etc.) and drafting of briefs, articles and other related documentation for internal use and external dissemination

How can you make a difference?

Work assignment overviewDeliverables/ Outputs# of working daysTimeline/Deadline1) Development/adaptation and translation of workshop and handbook materials into e-learning modules to be registered on a digital platform Detailed draft design is developed, KPIs and visual identity are defined in coordination with the e-learning expert10by the end of July 2023 Texts are drafted in coordination with the e-learning expert10by the end of August 2023 Texts are finalized in coordination with the e-learning expert5by the end of September 2023 Slides are drafted in coordination with the e-learning expert5by the end of September 2023 Slides are finalized in coordination with the e-learning expert5by the end of October 2023 Practical and evaluation activities are drafted in coordination with the e-learning expert 5by the end of October 2023 Practical and evaluation activities are finalized in coordination with the e-learning expert 5by the end of November 2023 First part of the scripts is drafted in coordination with the e-learning expert5by the end of November 2023 Second part of the scripts is drafted in coordination with the e-learning expert5by the end of December 2023 Scripts are finalized in coordination with the e-learning expert5by the end of January 2023 Dissemination material is finalized5by the end of January 2023 Launch of the e-learning course is prepared5by the end of February 2024 Launch of the e-learning course is finalized10by the end of March 20242)Participation in coordination meetings with UNICEF Implementing Partners and service providersMinutes of coordination meetings are drafted23by the end of each month (2 days per month)3) Support in the conduction of programmatic visits with Implementing Partners and service providersProgrammatic visit 1 report is finalized3by the end of October 2023 (2,5 days of travel+0,5 day of report) Programmatic visit 2 report is finalized3by the end of March 2024 (2,5 days of travel+0,5 day of report) Programmatic visit 3 report is finalized3by the end of June 2024 (2,5 days of travel+0,5 day of report)4) Support in the conduction of partnership reviews with Implementing Partners and service providersPartnership review report is finalized4every 6 months (2 days per report)5) Quality assurance of monthly Implementing Partner reports on the Skills Building and Job Orientation interventionsMonthly IP reports on the Skills Building and Job Orientation interventions are reviewed and finalized22by the end of each month (2 days per month)6) Quality assurance of workshop materials for skills building activitiesworkshop materials are reviewed11by the end of June 2024 (1 day per month)7) Quality assurance of project monitoring tools (surveys to participants, teachers, educators) and evaluation reportsProject monitoring tools are reviewed11by the end of June 2024 (1 day per month)8) Quality assurance of workshop rolloutField activities and visits are carried out18by the end of June 2024 (3 days each)9) Knowledge development and sharingMaterial for internal knowledge development and sharing is drafted and uploaded in sharepoint and other shared drives16by the end of June 2024 (1,5 days per month)10) Support to Here4U service on skills building and job orientationHere4You reports on job orientation consultancy are delivered23by the end of each month (2 days per month)11) Drafting of quarterly reportQuarterly report is drafted2Every quarter (0,5 day* 4 reports)12) Drafting of monthly status report documenting progress, bottlenecks, challenges and actions taken in relation to the planning, implementation, and evaluation of the skills building & job orientation packageMonthly status report is finalized5by the end of each month (0,5 day per month)13) Drafting of briefs, articles2 briefs and 4 articles are finalized6by the end of June 2024 (1 day every 2 months)Total working days 230 To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

• A Bachelor's degree in social sciences, international development, education or related field
• A minimum of 2 years of relevant professional experience of which 1 is in project management
• Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency is considered an asset.
• Excellent planning & organizational skills
• Strong communication skills - both oral and written;
• Fluency in Italian and English are required.
• Experience in working in support to migrants and refugees is required
• Previous experience with UNICEF and or the UN is desired
• Experience in design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of skills building programmes is desired

For every Child, you demonstrate…

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

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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.

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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