International consultant - Educate a Child (EAC)-Programme Implementation, Mogadishu, Somalia, 5 months

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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, education

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How can you make a difference?

Scope of work:

The consultant will be based in Mogadishu and expected to support the Educate a Child programme planning process and initial programme implementation in the Federal Member States (FMS) of Somalia, including Puntland, as well as in Somaliland for a period of approximately five months. The consultant will work closely with ministries of education and relevant line ministries, strategic and implementing partners, UNCEF staff, and other relevant stakeholders to achieve the out-of-school children (OOSC) EAC enrolment targets established for the 2023/24 academic year. This will require development and utilization of necessary planning, implementation, monitoring protocols/tools; federal and state level budgeted workplans; coordination and reporting mechanisms and processes.

The consultant will also collaborate closely with the UNICEF Output managers to ensure that the necessary data and information is available to inform technical inputs and secure partnership agreements required for success of the EAC programme. The consultant will also be expected to contribute to and/or produce quality reports as well as communication and advocacy products for internal/external consumption.

The expected result from the consultancy is that the EAC programme has fully functional structures and processes by the middle of the 2023/24 academic (Dec. 2023) to ensure continued success of the programme through to its completion in 2026.

Work Assignment overview

Tasks/Milestones

Deliverable/Outputs

Timeline

Implementation strategies developed and operationalized for Somaliland, Puntland, and FGS/FMS

1) Beneficiary targets/locations and timelines developed and endorsed by competent authority

2) Budgeted Workplans and supply plans created for selected EAC districts in Somaliland/FMS

3) Partnerships against relevant outcomes and outputs developed for review and approval

Aug/Sept 2023

Supporting coordination structure(s) and mechanism(s) established and operationalized

1) Federal Steering Committee and state-level coordination ToRs finalized and endorsed

2) State level coordination committees established and operationalized 3) Regular monthly meeting reports compiled for review and follow up action(s)

Sept/Oct 2023

Monitoring tools and process to track progress against Performance Framework developed/improved and successfully piloted

1) Monitoring tools and protocols developed and/or improved to track progress against Performance Framework

2) Tools and protocols piloted and evaluation report with recommendations completed

3) Monitoring reports developed/compiled on a regular timeline to inform programme reporting and coordination

Oct/Nov 2023

High quality EAC-related reporting, communication, advocacy, and quality assurance products available for internal and external use on timely basis

1) Relevant donor reports contributed to/developed 2) Development/refinement of EAC communication strategy with relevant sections 3) Support Comms activities and product production 4) Required inputs integrated into 2023 RAM/COAR

Sept/Jan 2024

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

• Advanced university degree in social sciences and/or international development, education, international education or human development or another relevant technical field.
• A minimum of 8 years of professional experience at the national and/or international levels in education programme planning, management, monitoring, and evaluation.
• Practical experience in project management and/or in managing large grants particularly those involving significant government engagement (e.g., Educate a Child, Global Partnership for Education, etc.)
• Experience in working with UNICEF or any other UN Agencies
• Ability to work independently as well as part of a team
• Excellent analytical, communication, writing skills in English language.
• Prior experience in emergency context

For every Child, you demonstrate…

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

To view our competency framework, please visit here.

UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic.

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:

Kindly include an all-inclusive technical and financial proposal with your application.

UNICEF only considers Higher education qualifications obtained from an institution accredited/recognized in the World Higher Education Database (WHED), a list updated by the International Association of Universities (IAU), United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The list can be accessed at http://www.whed.net.

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.

*Kindly note that health insurance with medical evacuation coverage is procured at the expense of the consultant.