International Consultant: Strengthening the Knowledge Management Coordination System in UNICEF Indonesia (home-based)

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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, a fair chance

A steadily growing economy isn't benefiting all. Half the population still lives in poverty and children's changes can vary dramatically depending on their families’ wealth or where they live.

For more information, visit the UNICEF Indonesia Country Office website: https://www.unicef.org/indonesia/

Title: International Consultant: Strengthening the Knowledge Management Coordination System in UNICEF Indonesia

Type of Contract: Individual Consultant

Duration: April – 31 July 2022 (40 working days)

Duty Station: Home-based

How can you make a difference?

BACKGROUND:

Evidence generation, policy dialogue and advocacy are core strategies and comparative advantages of UNICEF’s engagement in Indonesia. UNICEF focuses on building and leveraging an evidence base to inform the Office’s policy dialogue and advocacy activities with key stakeholders, drawing from its vast global network to share relevant knowledge for the Indonesian context. UNICEF-supported research, evaluation and studies are intended to provide strategically relevant information and evidence to inform decision-making and to influence policy makers on child rights, particularly with regards to key areas of strategic interest to the Country Programme. They are also essential to promote corporate learning and accountability. In terms of evidence uptake, it is also important to enhance the tracking and assessment of the extent to which the evidence products influence policy and programmatic decisions. Tracking the influence of evidence products on policy and programming decisions is an area that UNICEF Indonesia is keen to strengthen.

To ensure that research, evaluation and studies commissioned by the UNICEF Indonesia Country Office (ICO) are planned well, effectively managed, adequately funded, timely executed, and that they produce credible, relevant and useful evidence products, ICO has deemed it necessary to support the development of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for research, evaluation and studies and knowledge management activities. UNICEF Indonesia seeks to establish a systematic approach to prioritization, generation, packaging, dissemination, and monitoring the use of high-quality evidence by optimizing the available resources.

SCOPE OF WORK:

The development of the SOPs is expected to be conducted through an international consultancy assignment. The main objectives of the assignment are to:

1. Develop practical Standard Operating Procedures for the Indonesia Country Office that sets out how evidence-generation, quality assurance mechanisms, ethics considerations for research, evaluation and studies, and knowledge management activities will be managed, and their impacts and uptake monitored.

2. Generate clear and practical recommendations on how the SOPs will be communicated, implemented and monitored.

3. Disseminate the SOPs and deliver two training seminars to share and socialize the final SOPs and on research management and ethics to UNICEF staff in Jakarta and the field offices in accordance with and reflecting on relevant research and in line with UNICEF Policies and Procedures.

4. Maximize the opportunity to foster the internal discussion over evidence generation and research during the SOPs development process.

It is important for the SOPs to be well integrated and have clear linkages with other existing structures, processes, and strategies (for example, Publication and Materials Review Committee (PMRC), Data Strategy, Country Programme Document, etc.).

Scope and aims of the proposed SOPs

The proposed Indonesia Country Office SOPs are expected to:

a) Set out a governance structure and key roles and accountabilities to strengthen the strategic oversight and guidance to the evidence-generation activities in a decentralized country office context.

b) Establish a systematic process for planning, prioritizing, generating, packaging, communicating and use of evidence products.

c) Set out an approach for documenting and monitoring the uptake of evidence and knowledge products.

Please refer to the Term of Reference attached for detail breakdowns of key tasks and deliverables.

TOR Strengthening the KM Coordination System-TMS.pdf

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

a. Education: A university degree in social sciences, knowledge management, development communications, or other relevant fields (preferably post‐graduate).

b. Years of experience: Minimum 8 years’ experience in knowledge management and communications, and its application in development programs and projects, experience working for the UN system is preferred.

c. Specialist skills/Training:

- Possess a strong background and working experience in tools development and toolkit production, learning product design (i.e., SOPs, manuals, guidebooks, toolkits, brochures, etc.).

- Possess transferable skills in the use of research methods (qualitative and quantitative), ethical standards and considerations in research, knowledge documentation, use and regeneration.

d. Competencies: An ability to work independently and take the initiative in a cross‐cultural environment.

e. Languages required: Excellent command in written and spoken English language.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

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

• 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

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.

This position is not considered an elevated risk role. However, UNICEF reserves the right to conduct further vetting/ assessment within the scope of child safeguarding as appropriate.

Closing date: 23 March 2022

Remarks: The screening of your application will be conducted based on the information in your profile. Before applying, we strongly suggest that you review your profile to ensure accuracy and completeness. 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.