Individual Contractor to Provide Technical Support for Public Finance for Children and Development (Beijing, China)

Consultant Programme & Policy

Overview

Provide technical support for public finance for children initiatives.

You have:

• Postgraduate level in economics, econometrics, public policy, public finance studies, or a related field.
• At least three years' relevant work experiences, preferably at the international or national level in the areas of public policy analysis and advocacy, and implementation and monitoring of development projects.
• Good knowledge of key issues in international development and child rights, particularly in relation to public sector governance, public financial management, and child rights (preferably with a particular focus on China).
• Excellent track record of engagement experiences with government partners, civil society and/or think tanks.
• Fluency in written and spoken English, and native in Chinese.
• Previous experience in/with the UN, including knowledge of UN/UNICEF programmes and operations, policies and procedures is an asset.
• Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office software.

Contract

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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, #care & Public Financing for Children#

UNICEF has been long working with the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and Ministry of Finance (MoF) to build national capacity to uphold child rights in the delivery and uptake of the essential social services. In line with the 14th Five-Year Social and Economic Development Plan (FYP) and by 2025, UNICEF specifically aims to ensure:

• National and selected subnational authorities have enhanced capacities to provide essential social services for children to enable them to grow up in a child-friendly environment;
• National and selected subnational authorities have enhanced capacities to increase quality outcomes for children, particularly by using evidence related to public financial investment.

To achieve these outputs above, UNICEF will continue to strengthen its partnership with the government counterparts and other partners on:

• Generating evidence on the equity and efficiency of public spending on essential social services;
• Developing fully costed, comprehensive service delivery models, and funding models of essential social service provision across the regions and rural and urban areas that are both sustainable and compatible with China’s highly decentralized governance;
• Consolidating the evidence generated and convene the international and national dialogues on the equity implications of fiscal and macroeconomic policies.

How can you make a difference?

1. Technical support to the evidence-generation and capacity building projects related to PF4C by working with the government and think tanks;

• Coordination with partners for the completion of the reports
• Joining the field research with the teams and providing relevant technical inputs
• Technical review of submitted draft and 2 rounds of comments for the technical improvement of the mid and final reports
• Contributing technical discussions and validation of findings with partners
• Inputs for the UNICEF mid-year and end-year reporting
• Advocacy materials prepared, such as documentation of projects, etc

2. Technical support for the social budget brief development of social assistance, healthcare, child welfare, etc.;

• Social budget briefs across different social sectors e.g., social assistance, healthcare, child welfare.

3. Socio-economic analysis for the preparation of UNICEF annual reports, country program document and public reports;

• Supporting for regular and ad-hoc macroeconomic, social policy analytics
• Supporting for consolidation of policy papers

4. Support for mapping the combination of social policy and stakeholders.

• Conducting desk research to lay out stakeholders (official institutions, academic institutions, professional associations, embassies, national and international NGOs, private companies, etc.) and networks in the sphere of social policy, including social assistance, child poverty, basic public service, medical insurance, public finance for children, etc.

For more details, please visit the TOR- TOR Social Policy (PF4C).pdf

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

• Minimum Academic Qualifications required and disciplines:
  • Postgraduate level in economics, econometrics, public policy, public finance studies, or a related field.

• Minimum Academic Qualifications required and disciplines

• • At least three years' relevant work experiences, preferably at the international or national level in the areas of public policy analysis and advocacy, and implementation and monitoring of development projects. Specific research experiences related to public finance, public budget/expenditure policy analysis and/or macroeconomics is preferred.
  • Good knowledge of key issues in international development and child rights, in relation to one or all of the following: public sector governance, public financial management, child rights (preferably with a particular focus on China);
  • Excellent track record of engagement experiences with government partners, civil society and/or think tanks;
  • Fluency in written and spoken English, and native in Chinese;
  • Previous experience in/with the UN, including knowledge of UN/UNICEF programmes and operations, policies and procedures is an asset; and
  • Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office software

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:

Mobility is a condition of international professional employment with UNICEF and an underlying premise of the international civil service.

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.

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