International Consultant to conduct a Gap Assessment (INCHR); Develop Operation and Partnership Framework; Plan of Action to Monitor Child Rights and Violence against Children, Monrovia, Lib

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Background:

The UNICEF country programme is aligned with pillars 1 to 3 of the United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) and supports Liberia in achieving the child-related goals of the Government’s Pro-Poor Agenda for Peace and Development (PAPD).

The UNICEF Child Protection Programme aims to prevent and respond to child protection vulnerabilities and violence. It supports the Government to establish systems for the delivery of accessible and quality child protection services at the national and county levels. The programme also contributes to the prevention and elimination of human rights abuses and violations including gender-based violence, child marriage, female genital mutilation, child labor, etc and promotes gender-responsive adolescent health and education services as well as supports the drafting and or review of gender-responsive legislation and policies.

To achieve this, UNICEF continues to work with government and its functionaries as well as other partners to increase and strengthen the capacities of national rule of law, justice and human rights institutions, personnel and other actors to effectively deliver basic protection and justice services to children and to report on the country’s human rights treaties obligations.

In 2005, an Act of Legislature established the Independent National Commission on Human Rights of Liberia (INCHR) as an independent and non-political human rights institution with the mandate to promote and protect human rights within the Republic of Liberia as well as contribute to the preparation of reports which the Republic of Liberia is required to submit to the relevant United Nations treaty bodies and committees and to regional institutions pursuant to the state’s treaty obligations. Additionally, the Commission is mandated to monitor and report on human rights violations and abuses against all persons, including children and other vulnerable groups. The Commission comprised of five commissioners with different portfolios and a secretariat which runs the daily operations of the Commission.

The Commission faces multiple constraints and challenges and as such, the Commission is yet to establish and operationalize all portfolios and other relevant units such as a gender unit, a unit on child rights/protection, etc. Gender and child rights monitoring remains a priority for protecting and promoting the rights of women and children amidst the growing rate of violence and abuse against women and children during the ongoing Covid 19 pandemic. The work of the Commission is key to substantiating the achievements and gains that the government makes in terms of the country’s human rights mechanisms reporting and other international instruments and conventions including the CRC, CEDAW, etc.

As part of efforts to strengthen the capacity of the Commission and to contribute to the prevention and elimination of human rights violations and the promotion and protection of human rights including and with emphasis, the rights of children, UNICEF in partnership with the Independent National Commission on Human Rights, seek the service of an international expert to conduct a gap assessment of the commission and develop a framework for empowering and strengthening the capacity of the Commission to enable it monitor and report on child’s rights and violence against children.

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Purpose of the Consultancy:

The overall objective of the consultancy is to conduct a comprehensive gap assessment of the Commission that will inform on the kind and level of intervention and support needed to enhance the capacity of the commission to monitor child rights and violence against children as part of its mandate. Specific objectives include:

• To determine the existing structural gaps and challenges within the commission relating to child rights monitoring and violence against children.
• To determine the administrative, operational and personnel gaps and challenges that exist within the commission relating to child rights monitoring and violence against children.
• To develop a comprehensive operation and partnership framework and plan of action to inform interventions including partnership interventions that will address and or mitigate the gaps and challenges to improve child rights monitoring and violence against children.

Scope of the Consultancy:

The consultant will work closely with the Commission for the duration of the consultancy to conduct a comprehensive gap assessment to determine the existing structural, administrative, operational, personnel and partnership gaps and challenges that relate to child rights monitoring and violence against children and develop a comprehensive operation and partnership framework and plan of action for the commission to address the gaps and challenges. The consultant will also conduct a workshop for stakeholders, partners and actors to validate the framework and approve the plan of action; and submit a report of the gap assessment and final copy of the framework and plan of action to the Commission and UNICEF.

Tasks and Deliverables:

The consultant is expected to complete the following deliverables:

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Deliverables

# of days

Location

1.

Conduct gap assessment

20 days

Liberia

2.

Develop operation and partnership framework and plan of action

5 days

Liberia

3.

Conduct validation workshop for stakeholders, partners and other human rights actors

1 day

Liberia

4.

Submit report of the assessment and final copy of the operation and partnership framework and plan of action to the Independent National Commission on Human Rights (INCHR) and UNICEF

4 days

Home/Liberia

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Qualification:

Education:

• An advanced university degree (Master’s Degree) in Law or Human Rights or another relevant discipline.

Working Experience:

• A minimum of seven (7) years’ experience in child justice, conducting assessments, working with human rights institutions, rule of law institutions, civil society institutions, women groups, advocacy in women’s and children’s rights, gender advocacy; programme/project/events planning, facilitating meetings and workshops., etc. Experience in working on child rights issue in Liberia and also with INCHR is desirable an added advantage.

Language:

• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.

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

The UNICEF competencies required for this post are...

• Builds and maintains partnership (II)
• Demonstrate self-awareness and ethical awareness (II)
• Innovates and embrace change (II)
• Drive to achieve result for impact (II)
• Manages ambiguity and complexity, (II)
• Thinks and act strategically (II)
• Works collaboratively with others (II)

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.

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