Home-Based Consultancy to Develop Gender in Emergencies Strategy, Safety Audit tool and deliver GBV Risk Mitigation Training (60 working days between August 2022 and July 2023) - Regional Of

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Purpose of the assignment

This assignment is part of the multi-year, USAID/BHA - funded “Strengthening Local and National Capacities for Emergency Preparedness and Response in High Earthquake Risk and Natural Hazard Prone Countries of Central Asia regional program that was designed as a country-level, multi-year partnership, specifically coordinated, enabled and supported by IFRC and UNICEF regional offices, concentrating on earthquake-informed emergency preparedness and early-action through building the capacities of local Red Crescent National Societies, implemented in most disaster-prone counties in Central Asia. As disasters can exacerbates the existing inequalities and risk of women, girls and boys face, a specific attention was given on how to mitigate the risks that will be increased during an emergency. In this context and as part of this partnership, training on Gender-sensitive Emergency Preparedness and Response Remote Training was organized between September-October 2020, covering 5 countries: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. The training focused on key aspects of gender informed emergency preparedness and response, and how to mitigate the gender-based violence risks during emergencies1, focusing on earthquakes. As a follow up of this training, country specific action plans were developed by those 5 countries, suggesting concrete actions to be implemented at the country level by UNICEF and National Societies together, to mitigate the risks of GBV in the national emergency preparedness and response plans.

As a continuation of this partnership, a new agreement has been signed for FY 2022-23 and anticipated results include: (1) strengthened community-based and child-centered emergency preparedness and response, (2) enhanced school safety and preparedness of children and their community for possible disasters to reduce their impact through DRR interventions and (3) engage young volunteers, adolescent girls and boys in disaster risk-prone areas in community disaster preparedness and comprehensive school safety.

To ensure gender and GBV is well integrated in the disaster preparedness and response component, UNICEF and IFRC will collaborate to develop a Gender in emergency strategy, development and adaptation of a safety audit tool and deliver training to select Red Crescent Societies and UNICEF Country Offices staff in Central Asia on Gender in Emergencies and GBV risk mitigation, including the elements of Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA), standards, principles, methodology and tools to apply in the emergency preparedness and response within the partnership between IFRC and UNICEF, in the context of Strengthening disaster and climate resilience of children, households and communities through enhanced preparedness in most-at risk areas in Central Asia.

Scope of Work

Objectives of the consultancy include:

1. To ensure a standardized understanding of gender in emergencies/humanitarian settings and its application through the development of a practical Gender in Emergencies Strategy Note for Central Asia.
2. To enhance GBV and safety risk assessments and monitoring through the development/adaptation of a Safety Audit Tool as per IASC GBV guidelines; and deliver the roll out of this tool as part of a training.
3. To deliver a training series to develop participants’ skills on understanding the impact of gender and GBV in disasters, with a specific contextual focus on earthquake and how to effectively identify and mitigate GBV risks within Emergency Preparedness Planning/EPP, in line with IFRC and UNICEF guidelines.
4. To ensure the trainings, and strategy note identifies and helps participants to learn the strategies of gender integration in emergency programs; case studies, meaningful engagement of women and girls to reduce risk and improve safety in EPP.
5. To review and follow up the country specific GBV risk mitigation action plans prepared post 2020 training, consult with country participants to update when necessary.
6. To follow up and support the implementation of country specific GBV risk mitigation action plans, including the adaptation of global safety audit tools to the country context to mitigate GBV risks (including in WASH facilities) for all the five Central Asian countries.
7. To incorporate the internal accountability policies including PSEA and practical examples developed jointly with National Society and UNICEF actions plans for follow-up to the training

The consultant is expected to deliver the training remotely, by using adult learning techniques and mixed methods such as pre-readings, offline assignments, group work, online presentation, and discussion etc. The training will be delivered mostly in Russian; however, the consultant is expected to communicate in both Russian and English languages fluently.

Work Assignment Overview

Working in close collaboration with AAP/CEA focal points in the 5 countries (UNICEF COs and RCNS), UNICEF Regional Emergency and Social and Behaviour Change teams, IFRC’s Community Engagement and Accountability focal points, and liaising with relevant stakeholders, the consultant will be responsible for the following deliverables:

Tasks / Milestone******Deliverables / Outputs******Timeline / DeadlineDesk review of available materials; Interviews with UNICEF and IFRC regional leads, understanding the background of partnership, reviewing the materials from the first training and country action plans, including any recent update from countriesCompleted desk review3 working days;

by 30 August 2022

Development of a Gender in Emergencies Strategy Note for Central AsiaGender in Emergencies Strategy Note for Central Asia6 working days;

by 20 September 2022

Development/adaptation of a Safety Audit Tool as per IASC GBV guidelinesCompleted Safety Audit Tool10 working days;

by 15 October 2022

Country specific support for the roll out of the Strategy Note and Safety Audit- Develop slides for the webinar and training held to roll this out to 5 countries (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan)Webinar and training to 5 countries6 working days;

by 30 November 2022

Development of training materials, incorporating the available materials from the first training and other UNICEF and IFRC guidelinesCompleted training materials7 working days;

by 30 January 2023

Delivery of the training (approximately 6 sessions); including webinars (2-3 hours) and pre and post work for each session. This will also include any adjustment to the training content, as per the feedback of participants (if needed)6 training sessions17 working days;

sessions from Feb-June 2023

Country specific support for the update/implementation of GBV risk mitigation action plans. (5 countries: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan)Drafted GBV risk mitigation action plans10 working days;

by 30 July 2023

Final reporting/closureCompleted final report10 working days;

by 30 July 2023

Estimated Duration of the Contract

60 working days (between August 2022 and July 2023)

Consultant’s Work Place and Official Travel

The Consultant will be home-based, but some travel possible.

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 indicate a daily fee based on 60 working days to undertake this assignment.

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

• Master's degree in public health, social work, law, gender studies, sociology, international development or related degree.
• A minimum of 7 years’ working experience in program design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation in an emergency context with increasingly responsible professional experience in the area of gender-based violence specialist programming and risk mitigation (essential).
• Demonstrated experience in developing and delivering workshops and training in GBV in emergencies, risk mitigation and integration of gender equality.
• Strong facilitation, presentation, analytical and writing skills in English and Russian.
• Teamwork and inter-personal communication.
• Fluency in English and Russian (written & verbal) is required.
• Good knowledge of the gender and social context of the Central Asia region is an asset
• Experience with UNICEF and Knowledge of the UN and UNICEF’s system's policies and procedures, including humanitarian response mechanisms is an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

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

View our competency framework at http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/files/UNICEF_Competencies.pdf

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, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles.

Remarks:

Please include a full CV and Financial Proposal in your application by indicating your availability and daily rate (in US$) to undertake the terms of reference above. Applications submitted without a daily rate 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.