Individual Consultancy: Senior Consultant with the Child Protection Section, 76 days within 6 months (Home-based)

Consultant Programme & Policy

Overview

Develop inter-ministerial referral pathways for child protection cases.

You have:

• An advanced university degree (Master’s or higher) in Child Protection, Social Work, Humanities, or similar field
• A minimum of 8 years’ experience in Child Protection, Social Work – strong knowledge of GBV considered an asset
• Strong Knowledge of the public sector (governing laws, organizational decrees of ministries, etc)
• Advance knowledge of child protection case management – experience in implementing the National SOPs for the Protection of Juveniles in Lebanon considered an asset; experience in GBV case management is also an asset
• Excellent analytical, conceptual, and writing skills
• Strong writing and communication skills in Arabic, good English or French communication skills
• Ability to analyze complex information

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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.

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For every child, protection

UNICEF is seeking an individual consultant to develop inter-ministerial referral pathways for the safe identification, and timely referral and management of child protection cases including the cases of adolescent girls at risk of GBV , under the leadership of MOSA and in collaboration and partnership, as a priority, with the Ministries of Education and Higher Education (MEHE), Public Health (MOPH), Ministry of Labor (MOL), and Agriculture (MOA). The referral pathways aim at ensuring complementarity of services provided by line ministries concerned and avoid fragmentation. During the inception phase, additional ministries may be considered for inclusion in this exercise.

The pathways should draw on similar efforts already completed or underway with each ministry as relevant and should be developed through a thorough consultative process with the stakeholders concerned including Ministries, UN Agencies, and NGOs. The pathways should also build on the community-based pathways already active in response to the Syria Crisis under the Lebanese Syrian Crises Response Plan (LCRP).

Referral pathways should reflect processes at both national and deconcentrated and more importantly the decentralized level, while proposing the needed institutional arrangements to ensure commitment of different line stakeholders the implementation at national and field level

How can you make a difference?

Work Assignment Expected Results

Tasks/Milestone:Deliverables/Outputs:Timeline1. Inception Phase:

Meeting with MOSA to set the scope and agree on methodology and approachesDel. 1: Inception Report including detailed workplan and timeline (for task 1& 2)

Weeks 1

(2 days)2. Desk Review and initial consultations:

2.a Desk Review:

• Available literature at national and international level. Attention to experience of other countries operating referral pathways at inter-ministerial level. Look at referral pathways operated by sectors in Lebanon.
• Legal documents, applicable laws of relevant ministries, policies, procedures and SOPs (law, organizational decrees, existing draft internal referral pathways with relevant ministries, administrative circulars and decisions)
• Reviewing the internal referral pathways of MoSA, MEHE and MOPH and other relevant documents

2.b Consultations and Development of Detailed Action Plan

• Discussion with MOJ, MEHE, MOPH, MOL, MOA, MOT, ISF
• Develop detailed action plan with clear timeline

• Share inception report and detailed action plan with MOSA and UNICEF for feedback

  Weeks 2-5

(15 days)3. Consultation workshops with MOSA and other relevant stakeholders:

• Facilitate internal workshop/s within MOSA to define the scope of MOSA’s case management services in relation to the types of services it will manage internally fully and what will be referred to other service providers
• Consultation Workshops with relevant stakeholders at the national and field level to define the parameters of the referral pathways including MoSA internal referral pathway
• Common workshop among different ministries concerned to define core concepts, principles and vision of referral pathways.
• Consultation meetings with stakeholders at local level (teachers, social workers, labor inspectors).

Del. 2 Report detailing findings and recommendations from all the workshopsWeeks 6-12

(24 days)4. Finalize internal referral pathways for MOSA

5. Develop one draft inter-ministerial pathways at national and deconcentrated level and relevant operational SOPs, guidelines and documentsDel. 3 Draft pathways submitted to UNICEF and MOSAWeeks 13-14

(8 days)6. Facilitate and attend bilateral meetings with relevant ministries under MOSA’s leadership to review pathways and collect feedback – this could involve different staff at different levels of ministries.Del. 4 Final Version of Pathways submitted to UNICEF, MOSA and other relevant ministries (for tasks 6,7,8,9 & 10)Week 15-17

(5 days)7. Finalize pathways in Arabic based on consultations.

8. Organize final validation workshop with relevant Ministries to present the pathways

9. Suggest draft proposition of institutional arrangements needed for the implementation of the referral pathways (signature of MoUs / exchange of letters between ministries ..)

Week 18

(5 days) for task 7

Week 19-20

(10 days) for tasks 8 & 9

10. Prepare dissemination plan for the pathways, advise on possible ways of testing/piloting Week 21-22

(10 days)To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

• An advanced university degree (Master’s or higher) in Child Protection, Social Work, Humanities, or similar field
• A minimum of 8 years’ experience in Child Protection, Social Work – strong knowledge of GBV considered an asset.
• Strong Knowledge of the public sector (governing laws, organizational decrees of ministries, etc)
• Advance knowledge of child protection case management – experience in implementing the National SOPs for the Protection of Juveniles in Lebanon considered an asset; experience in GBV case management is also an asset.
• Excellent analytical, conceptual, and writing skills
• Strong writing and communication skills in Arabic, good English or French communication skills.
• Ability to analyze complex information

For every Child, you demonstrate…

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

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:

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.

Payment of professional fees will be based on submission of agreed deliverables. UNICEF reserves the right to withhold payment in case the deliverables submitted are not up to the required standard or in case of delays in submitting the deliverables on the part of the consultant

UNICEF will not provide the consultant any IT and communication equipment.

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