International consultant to support government reporting in line with the Convention on the Rights of the Child and its principles, Prishtina, Kosovo, Child Rights Monitoring, 11 months 35 d

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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.

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For every child, protection

Despite the efforts to strengthen national data systems, Kosovo still lacks quality and reliable data and statistics to inform progress monitoring and quality reporting on the situation of children’s rights in Kosovo. Key challenges resulting in the poor quality of data and reporting are the lack of a standardized approach to data collection, methodologies, coordination and reporting in line with international requirements and standards.

The Office of Good Governance within the Office of the Prime Minister (OGG/OPM) in close collaboration with the Kosovo Agency of Statistics (KAS), line ministries and other relevant institutions is currently working on establishing a child rights monitoring system through the harmonization and digitalization of child related indicators within KAS, as well as, streamlining the reporting processes on children’s rights through the development of a reporting platform within the Office of Prime Minister’s webpage. To ensure a standardized reporting process for children’s rights, the OGG/OPM is planning to build on the work around the establishment of the child rights monitoring and reporting system and compile a Kosovo report based on the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) treaty-specific guidelines regarding the form, content, principles and reporting requirements. To ensure a standardized reporting process for children’s

rights, the OGG/OPM is planning to build on the work around the establishment of the child rights monitoring and reporting system and compile a Kosovo report based on the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) treaty-specific guidelines regarding the form, content, principles and reporting requirements. The reporting on the convention of children’s rights is supported by UNMIK/OHCHR that will facilitate interactions with the CRC in relation to the expected report.

To this end, and in line with the priorities outlined in UNICEF Kosovo Programme 2021-2025, and within the broader framework of collaboration with the Kosovo institutions, UNICEF is providing technical assistance to the OGG/OPM to support the process and ompilation of a report on the situation of children’s rights based on the CRC requirements and process. A specific focus will be placed on strengthening institutional capacities for future reporting on human and child rights related international instruments.

How can you make a difference?

Under the overall supervision of the Child Rights Monitoring Specialist and under close monitoring and supervision of the Senior Child Rights Officer from the OGG/OPM, the International Consultant will lead the development of a situation report on children’s rights in Kosovo in line with the CRC requirements for reporting.

Within the scope of the work, the below key expected outputs are to be achieved by this consultancy:

  • Develop a detailed workflow process and timeline: the detailed workflow and timeframe process should be developed based on the requirements of CRC reporting which should include specific activities, timelines, responsible and participating institutions / stakeholders; timeframe and templates.
  • Compilation of available data and information on the situation of children: desk review and compilation of available data and information on the situation of children in Kosovo that will also build on the ongoing collaboration and initiative between OGG/OPM and KAS on establishment of child rights monitoring system. The desk review will also inform the development of the data collection tools and protocols for consultations with stakeholders and duty barriers.
  • Capacity building of relevant stakeholders: training of relevant government institutions and partners from relevant civil society organizations on the process and requirements for CRC reporting with focus on understanding of concepts, requirements/process, templates, quality measures, different types of reporting (main and shadow/alternative reporting), content and others as relevant and agreed at the design stage.
  • Consultation with stakeholders and duty barriers: facilitate the design and implementation of a consultation processes with stakeholders that should include government institutions, civil society organizations and relevant duty barriers such as children and others as relevant and agreed at the design stage.
  • Compilation of the report: based on the data collected and the consultation process, the report should be based on the CRC treaty specific report convention and requirements and include all the relevant articles and information on children’s rights. The report will be shared for review and comments and will be validated with the relevant stakeholders prior to its finalization.
  • Presentation of the report and findings: jointly with OGG/OPM, facilitate the presentation of the report and findings to all stakeholders and the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Children’s Rights.

Ethical considerations:

For any form of data collection and/or engaging children in consultation processes, the international and regional ethical guidelines need to be strictly followed and the necessary standards and mitigation measures need to be put in place to ensure no harm principle is ensured. The key ethical guidelines that need to be followed include UNICEF Procedures for Ethical Standards in Research, Evaluation, Data Collection and Analysis; UNICEF Strategic Guidance Note on Institutionalizing

Ethical Practice for UNICEF Research; General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), a regional law of the

European Union (EU).

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

Minimum Qualifications required:

Masters and University degree in Law, Social Sciences, Social Work, International Relations, Government, Public Administration, or other relevant disciplines

Knowledge/Expertise/Skills required:

  • Advanced academic degree in child rights related issues, law, human rights, social sciences, social development, management, or another relevant field.
  • Extensive knowledge and a minimum of 5-years expertise in the field of children’s rights, with specific focus on the monitoring and reporting on the situation of children
  • Proven knowledge and expertise in conducting research and studies related to children’s rights issues or relevant /themes that tackle child rights issues.
  • Demonstrated knowledge on CRC reporting requirements, tools and processes and prior experience in supporting and facilitating

    governments to develop and draft CRC treaty specific reporting, including capacity building

  • Working experience with the governments, UN and international agencies, CSO’s, Human and Children’s Rights
  • Excellent inter-personal relations and consulting skills.
  • Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team and establish harmonious and effective working relationships. Fluent in English language

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:

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.

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