International Consultancy - Migration Reporting and Data Individual Consultant in Eastern and Southern Africa Region

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TERMS OF REFERENCE

Title of Assignment

Migration Reporting and Data Individual Consultant

Section

Child Protection

Location

Remote / home-based with possibility to travel to programme countries

Duration

9 months

Start/End date

From:1-Aug-23

To: 30-Apr-24

Background and Justification

Children make up a significant part of the large-scale and complex population movements. Children move to

escape persecution, armed conflict, violence, forced recruitment, natural disasters and climate change, inequality, and poverty – and to pursue opportunities for education and jobs. Children also move to avoid forced marriages, violence, including gender-based violence (GBV), and female genital mutilation. In many cases, children and young people are moving away from vulnerabilities, either in terms of security or economic reasons, and therefore movement is a core coping strategy. Mobility can be an enabler for children to develop to their full potential. This is especially true when access to safe, orderly and regular migration is ensured, and displaced and migrant children have access to services and opportunities.

Children on the move are at risk of some of the worst forms of abuse and harm. On long and hazardous journeys, children face various risks, especially children who move through irregular means, or those that are unaccompanied, or separated from their families. These children are at heightened risk of abuse, trafficking, unsafe means of transport and kidnapping, at the same time as they often lack access to essential services such as health care, clean water, shelter, and education. Many children on the move lack identity documents which increases their risk of detention, deportation, and violence. At their destination, children on the move experience significant challenges in accessing essential services due to their migration or displacement status and lack of documentation. As a result, many unaccompanied children remain undetected, which increases their risk of statelessness, abuse, neglect, and under-development owing to lack of access to education and health services.

UNICEF’s Strategic Plan (2022-2025) recognizes the impact of migration and displacement on children. The Strategic Plan renews the commitment to combat xenophobia and discrimination; ensure access to basic services without discrimination based on a child’s migration status; prevent and mitigate harmful practices like child immigration detention and family separation; and ensure that migrant and displaced children are engaged and empowered to reach their potential. UNICEF’s Child Protection Strategy (2021 – 2030) also recognizes the focus on strengthening gender-sensitive national child protection systems that promote continuity of care for children throughout their migration journey, including in the country of origin, transit, and destination. In line with the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), UNICEF’s Child Protection Strategy reaffirms that the principle of the best interests of the child is a guiding principle for all child protection interventions.

To address the protection needs of children on the move in the region, UNICEF ESAR has focused its advocacy and programmatic interventions on strengthening the inclusion of children on the move in national child protection systems, which includes child protection case management and cross-border coordination. In this regard, UNICEF ESARO - together with UNHCR, IOM and Save the Children International - supported the organization of the EAC and IGAD1 workshop on strengthening national child protection systems and cross border collaboration in November 2019. The outcome of the workshop: The EAC - IGAD roadmap on Strengthening National Child Protection Systems and Cross Border Collaboration to respond to the needs of migrant and refugee children in East and Horn of Africa’ (also referred to as the Nairobi Roadmap) outlined four key pillars: enabling environment, technical skills for frontline workers, cross-border collaboration, and child participation.

UNICEF is also implementing a programme entitled as ‘The EU Global Promotion of Best Practices for Children in Migration programme’, funded by the European Union (EU), and co-funded and implemented by a partnership between the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). The overall objective of the programme is to contribute to the effective protection of children on the move and the realization of their rights through child protection systems that provide quality integrated services, alternative care and mental health and psychosocial support. The programme seeks to document and share lessons learnt and best practices towards the use of alternative care options to replace immigration detention. The programme focuses on two regions and four countries: El Salvador and Mexico in Latin America and the Caribbean Region (LACR); and South Africa and Zambia in Eastern and Southern Africa Region (ESAR).

As part of its ongoing cooperation frameworks with IOM and UNHCR, UNICEF ESARO also plans to join forces with both agencies to map out and sustainably enhance the collection, analysis and use of high-quality, timely and disaggregated data in the area of child-specific data on migration and displacement. The proposed work contributes to and builds on initiatives in the framework of ‘Blueprint for Joint Action in the PROSPECTS partnership countries.

UNICEF ESARO is thus seeking a Migration Reporting and Data Consultant who will lead the development of the final reporting on programme implementation of the EU Global Promotion of Best Practices for Children in Migration programme, as well as the management response to the final evaluation of the programme, and lead a data project in the region.

Scope of Work

1. Goal and Objective: Under the supervision of the Child Protection Specialist (Systems), the consultant will lead the final reporting on programme implementation and documentation of good practices and a product library of the EU Global Promotion of Best Practices for Children in Migration programme. Further, the consultant will lead the development of a regional analysis of data collection and reporting on migrant and forcibly displaced children in the Eastern and Southern Africa region, and the development of a related data brief.
2. Provide details/reference to AWP areas covered: This activity contributes to Output 2 of the Child Protection Work Plan: Enhanced country office capacity to design, implement and monitor at-scale quality and evidence-informed programmes for prevention and response to violence against children, and provision of care and legal protection in development and humanitarian contexts.

3. Activities and Tasks:

   1. Final reporting on programme implementation of the EU Global Promotion of Best Practices for Children in Migration programme
   2. Documentation of good practices and development of product library of the EU Global Promotion of Best Practices for Children in Migration programme
   3. Management response to final evaluation of the EU Global Promotion of Best Practices for Children in Migration programme
   4. Review of data collection and reporting on migrant and forcibly displaced children in the Eastern and Southern Africa region
   5. Data brief on migrant and forcibly displaced children in the Eastern and Southern Africa region
5. Work relationships: In regard to the deliverables under the EU Global Promotion of Best Practices for Children in Migration programme, the consultant will engage with the programme counterparts in the four programme countries and with Child Protection and other sections (notably Knowledge Management Specialist, Monitoring Specialist, and Evaluation Specialist) at the regional level. In regard to the deliverables on data collection and reporting on migrant and forcibly displaced children in the Eastern and Southern Africa region, the consultant will engage with regional IOM and UNHCR focal points.

Outputs/Deliverables:

Output 1: Final report on the EU Global Promotion of Best Practices for Children in Migration programme

• Develop final narrative report of the EU Global Promotion of Best Practices for Children in Migration programme
• Develop final logframe of the EU Global Promotion of Best Practices for Children in Migration programme
• Develop final infographics on key indicator achievements of the EU Global Promotion of Best Practices for Children in Migration programme

Output 2: Documentation of good practices and development of product library of the EU Global Promotion of Best Practices for Children in Migration programme

• Develop compendium of good practices of the EU Global Promotion of Best Practices for Children in Migration programme
• Develop product library of the EU Global Promotion of Best Practices for Children in Migration programme

Output 3: Management Response to Final Evaluation of the EU Global Promotion of Best Practices for Children in Migration programme

• Lead consultations with relevant UNICEF and UNHCR teams at CO, RO and HQ levels
• Develop management response to the final evaluation of the EU Global Promotion of Best Practices for Children in Migration programme

Output 4: Review of data collection and reporting on migrant and forcibly displaced children in the Eastern and Southern Africa region

• Develop desk review on data collection and reporting on migrant and forcibly displaced children in the Eastern and Southern Africa region
• Develop work plan to enhance existing data collection, analysis, sharing and reporting structures, on migrant and forcibly displaced children in the Eastern and Southern Africa region, between UNICEF, IOM and UNHCR

Output 5: Data brief on migrant and forcibly displaced children in the Eastern and Southern Africa region

• Develop data brief on migrant and forcibly displaced children developed together with IOM and UNHCR for the region

Payment Schedule

Number

Deliverables

Payment

Deadline

1

Draft desk review on data collection and reporting on migrant and forcibly displaced children in the Eastern and Southern Africa region & draft work plan to enhance existing data collection, analysis, sharing and reporting structures, on migrant and forcibly displaced children in the Eastern and Southern Africa region, between UNICEF, IOM and UNHCR

10%

15 September 2023

2

Final desk review on data collection and reporting on migrant and forcibly displaced children in the Eastern and Southern Africa region

10%

15 October 2023

3

Final work plan to enhance existing data collection, analysis, sharing and reporting structures, on migrant and forcibly displaced children in the Eastern and Southern Africa region, between UNICEF, IOM and UNHCR

15 October 2023

4

Draft final narrative report

10%

31 October 2023

5

Draft final logframe & draft infographics on key indicator achievements

31 October 2023

6

Draft management response to final evaluation of the EU Global Promotion of Best Practices for Children in Migration programme

10%

31 October 2023

7

Draft compendium of good practices & product library of the EU Global Promotion of Best Practices for Children in Migration programme

10%

15 November 2023

8

Final copy of final narrative report

10%

15 December 2023

9

Final copy of logframe & infographics on key indicator achievements

15 December 2023

10

Final compendium of good practices & product library of the EU Global Promotion of Best Practices for Children in Migration programme

10%

15 December 2023

11

Final management response to final evaluation of the EU Global Promotion of Best Practices for Children in Migration programme

10%

15 December 2023

12

Draft data brief on migrant and forcibly displaced children developed together with IOM and UNHCR for the region

10%

31 January 2024

13

Final data brief on migrant and forcibly displaced children developed together with IOM and UNHCR for the region

10%

30 April 2024

Desired competencies, technical background, and experience

1. Education:
   • A Master’s degree (or equivalent experience) in International Development, Business Administration, Economics, Development Studies, Anthropology, Sociology, Social Work, Social Science, Statistics, or other relevant field. *A first University Degree in a relevant field combined with 2 additional years of professional experience may be accepted in lieu of an Advanced University Degree.
2. Work experience and skills:
   • At least five years of relevant work experience in areas of child protection programme development & quality.
   • Extensive experience in a monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning (MEAL) related role in UN Agency / INGO environment.
   • Excellent analytical, documentation and report writing skills.
   • Minimum two years' experience in research and statistics on migration/forced displacement.
   • Proven experience in developing analytical works in the field of migration or related domains.
   • Excellent knowledge of migration data sources at global, regional and national levels is required.
3. Must exhibit the UNICEF Core Values of
   • Care
   • Respect
   • Integrity
   • Trust
   • Accountability
   • Sustainability
4. Competencies
   • Builds and maintains partnerships
   • Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness
   • Drive to achieve results for impact
   • Innovates and embraces change
   • Manages ambiguity and complexity
   • Thinks and acts strategically
   • Works collaboratively with others
5. Language

• Fluency in English (verbal and written)

Administrative Issues

The consultant is expected to be home (or Nairobi) based with potential travel to up to five programme countries in the Eastern and Southern Africa Region (South Africa, Zambia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda), and to Brussels, Belgium for which the UNICEF office would cover DSA and travel costs. Travel will likely entail three days per country. Travel will be in economy class. If the consultant is required to quarantine while traveling, UNICEF will pay for the quarantine if not organized by the host country.

Regular remote meeting (frequency to be defined with the supervisor) will be organized to provide updates. The consultant will use his/her own office equipment. As most of the work will be done remotely, the consultant must have high internet connectivity and should be available/reachable online, from 8:30– 17:30 East African Time.

Conditions

As per UNICEF DFAM policy, payment is made against approved deliverables. No advance payment is allowed unless in exceptional circumstances against bank guarantee, subject to a maximum of 30 per cent of the total contract value in cases where advance purchases, for example for supplies or travel, may be necessary.

The candidate selected will be governed by and subject to UNICEF’s General Terms and Conditions for individual contracts.

Risks

Some of the deliverables could require travel and this may be impacted by COVID-19 restrictions. The consultant will explore alternative and feasible platforms to organize remote lessons learned workshops, as needs be.

How to Apply Interested and qualified candidates should apply online using the button below. As part of their application, candidates should provide:

1. A cover letter that specifies how you meet the desired competencies, technical background and experience (no more than 2 pages) 2. A short CV (no more than 4 pages) 3. A financial proposal that should include the daily rate and total fees in USD for the assignment. (Any application without a financial proposal will not be considered) 4. 3 Referees

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Added 10 months ago - Updated 10 months ago - Source: unicef.org