Local Consultancy: Consultant – Climate Landscape Analysis for Children (CLAC) - 40 Days over 3 Months

Consultant Crisis & Emergency Response

Overview

Lead the Climate Landscape Analysis for children in the Philippines.

You have:

• Advanced University Degree (minimum Master’s level, Ph.D. level an asset) from a reputable institution economics, international development, public policy, or other social science field is required.
• Master's degree in geography, environmental science, natural resource management, meteorology, social and economic development, or related areas.
• At least 8 years of relevant professional experience in conducting equity-focused research, socio-economic and human rights-based analysis, and technical assistance to governments and organizations, in the areas of child rights as well as climate and environmental analysis/research.
• Proven expertise and experience in international development, public policy, child rights, climate, energy, and environment issues, and/or related social science field.
• Fluency in English, both in oral and written communication, and knowledge of the relevant local language is an asset.

Contract

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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, Sustainable Sanitation

Job organizational context:

The consultant will lead the production of CLAC and provide direction and support to the country office to programme its recommendations.

The consultant will be responsible for collecting, compiling, and reviewing key resources, gathering in-country information, and undertaking a key stakeholder analysis. In addition, the consultant will work closely with the Country Office (CO) management and technical staff in relevant sections within the CO to identify and develop programming options and recommendations for the successful integration of climate, energy, and environment, and DRR (CEED) issues in the country programme cycle.

The consultant will liaise with the climate, energy and environment, and DRR teams in UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Regional Office and Headquarters for support, feedback, and coordination.

Scope of Work:

Under the direct supervision of the WASH Chief and with the guidance of the Deputy Representative for Programme and Chief of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (PME), and support from the DRR Programme Officer, the consultant shall do the following:

• Inception Phase
  • Conduct in-country inception meetings and key informant interviews
  • Review global guidance materials and previous CLACs prepared by UNICEF Philippines and other UNICEF offices
  • Propose any changes needed to accommodate the national context and UNICEF Philippines priorities
  • Conduct a stakeholders’ mapping and analysis
  • Develop proposed methodology and timeline
• Desk Review
  • Compile and systematize literature related to climate, energy, environment, and DRR-issues affecting children in the Philippines, including but not limited to the following:
  1. National Climate Change Action Plan, National Adaptation Plan, Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Plan, etc.
  2. Climate change-related research, studies or analysis covering the country, including climate-related projections
  3. Past, ongoing, and planned climate change initiatives and programmes from public, private, and social sectors.
  • Compile and systematize key policy documents related to climate, energy, environment, and DRR and UNICEF’s corporate priorities
  • Identify and compile information on ongoing programmes and active stakeholders related to climate, energy, environment, and DRR in the Philippines
  • Collect information and reports from different sections in UNICEF Philippines about the office’s work and linkages to climate, energy, environment, and DRR
  • Collect available information and reports from development partners
  • Identify and collect data and information gaps related to children, climate, energy, environment, and DRR issues to be filled through interviews and/or in subsequent studies
  • Based on the compiled documents, conduct an analysis of the CEE issues (including projected changes), stakeholders and policies in the country, and progress achieved by the Government
  • Conduct additional research to fill data gaps and answer specific questions as needed
  • Provide a brief synthesis, and general implications for the country’s sustainable development, with a focus on issues as they relate to UNICEF’s mandate
• Stakeholder Interviews and Consultation
  • Draft questions and presentations needed for the conduct of interviews and meetings with stakeholders
  • Conduct interviews with UNICEF sections, external partners, and stakeholders (national government, subnational government, private sector, civil society, bilateral and multilateral institutions, media, etc.) on CEED issues affecting children
  • Conduct at least 2 consultation workshops with children and youth on CEED issues affecting them
  • Provide an overview of the child-CEED nexus, including analysis of implications for child rights (i.e., Health, WASH, Child Protection, Nutrition, Education, DRR)
  • With reference to climate finance mechanisms, bilateral funding and/ or Government budgets, identify funding and partnership opportunities to support CEED-child nexus activities
  • Identify appropriate CEED-child rights linkages and evaluate relevance for potential UNICEF programming options and identify new CEED-Child nexus issues/ themes for CO consideration
  • Conduct a validation workshop and present a summary presentation of findings for CO and relevant Government and development partners
• Analysis and Recommendations
  • Validate the report with stakeholders in a one-day workshop.
  • With CO sections and Management, develop and define priority areas for UNICEF engagement in CEED
  • Propose options for prioritization of issues and entry points and facilitate the decision-making process
  • In coordination with the PME section, support the integration of CEED in the development of the new country programme

The key questions to be answered in the CLAC include, but are not limited to, the following:

• What are the main climate, environment, energy and DRR issues affecting the country?
• What risk analysis exists (climate change, natural hazards, environmental, economic, conflict, etc.)? What is the likelihood of these risks? Are there risks resulting from the combination of threats or dangers and vulnerabilities at different levels, to which children and young people are exposed? Are the risk analyses child sensitive and aim to protect the rights of children and young people? Does the analysis go down to the subnational and local levels? Has the analysis been used to inform any action to date? How is the severity of these risks and how is the capacity of children and young people to cope with risks?
• What are the main factors related to climate change in the country that would most affect livelihoods, capacities and opportunities for children and young people? Which groups of children and young people are particularly vulnerable? What are the gendered differences? What will be the impact on children (especially the most vulnerable) if the risks of the above factors are not mitigated at associated timelines?
• What are the government policies and strategies/priorities on climate change issues? What are the budgetary commitments? Which are the partners / counterparts involved and do they work together (e.g., DENR, CCC, NDRRMC, NYC, DepEd, private sector, etc.)?
• Do government or sector policies and strategies/priorities on climate change areas consider children’s rights? Do children’s right strategies/priorities take in account climate change? What are the bottlenecks and barriers that affect compliance with the rights of children and young people?
• Who are the main actors in climate change initiatives? What are the ongoing climate change initiatives and programmes, including UNICEF Philippines if relevant? Do ongoing climate change initiatives and programmes benefit children?
• How do the climate change issues identify affect UNICEF’s current and planned initiatives and programmes?
• How are children and young people engaged, consulted in climate change initiatives? Have any results been achieved through their meaningful engagement? What are children and young people’s perceptions and expectations for action on climate change?
• What are the capacities that exist at the national and provincial levels to reduce the risk associated with climate change?
• What are the opportunities and gaps in the design of climate change plans and strategies to protect the rights of children and young people?
• What are the knowledge gaps on climate change issues and recommended actions to fulfil the gaps?
• How to strengthen government efforts to address identified climate change risks in a way that ensures children's and adolescent rights, increases their resilience, and enables the full development of their potential.
• How to inform and improve policy, strategies and plans, legal and regulatory frameworks, as well as budgeting to ensure better preparedness and response to climate change risks on children and young people.
• How best to inform child-centred updates to the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), National Adaptation Plan (NAP), and other national strategies.
• What are the key messages for UNICEF to increase awareness and action for adaptation, mitigation, and resilience to climate change.
• How to build resilience of vulnerable communities and populations climate change, with reflections on individuals’ daily lives and behaviours.
• How adolescent and young people can be engaged to strengthen their adaptation and resilience to identified risks?
• What is UNICEF's comparative advantage, strategic partnerships and intervention platforms.
• What are the opportunities and entry points for programming on child-centred climate change action.
• How can UNICEF address gaps in climate change programming to benefit children?
• Which donors are most likely to fund UNICEF climate change initiatives and programmes.

CLAC Reference Group

A Reference Group comprising the key Section Climate focal points from the UNICEF Philippines, Regional Climate Advisor, and government counterparts (including but not limited to Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Climate Change Commission, National Youth Commission, Council for the Welfare of Children, Department of Education) will be established to provide the overall oversight and guidance/technical inputs to the development of the CLAC including guidance in the document mapping, stakeholders consultation, and overall methodology. The reference group will also quality assure all the deliverables (from a technical point of view) which include the inception report, draft report, and final report.

Ethical Considerations

The development of CLAC will be consistent with the existing UN Evaluation Group (UNEG) and UNICEF norms and standards on research, evaluation, and data collection. These include the UNEG Ethical Guidelines, UNEG Code of Conduct and the UNICEF Procedure on Ethical Standards in Research, Evaluation, and Data Collection and Analysis.

The Consultant will ensure:

• Respect for rights of individuals and institutions: the participants will be accorded the opportunity to participate voluntarily while maintaining their anonymity, and to make and independent decision to participation without pressure or fear of penalty (informed consent/assent). Also, the interviewer will assure respondents that information would be confidential, and that reports would be written such that responses/contributions would not be traced back to them.
• Respect for cultural identities and sensitivities: variances in ethnicities, culture, religious beliefs, gender, disability, age will be respected.
• Professional responsibilities and obligations of the consultant: the consultant will exercise independent judgment and operate in an impartial and unbiased manner. During data collection, any sensitive issues and concerns will be addressed through the appropriate mechanisms and referral pathways.
• The technical proposal must include a section identifying the anticipated or actual ethical issues throughout the process as well as the measures and methods to be considered for addressing or mitigating against the issues.

Tasks:

Tasks/Milestone:

- Inception Phase: Inception Meetings with UNICEF Reference Group

- Review of existing literature/desk review: Desk-based review of relevant documents; Interviews with key informants

- Stakeholder Interview and Consultations: Facilitation of internal UNICEF meetings, workshops for consensus building as needed; Facilitation of external meetings/roundtables, presentations

Final Report and Summary Briefing Note: Revised & formatted final report, incorporated comments

Deliverables/Outputs:

- Inception Report, including analytical framework, proposed methodology and workplan (i.e., list of proposed meeting partners, resource persons, etc.)

- Desk Review Report, including an analysis and highlights of relevant data, research, studies and evaluations and a mapping of stakeholders engaging in climate change action in the Philippines

- Draft CLAC document with the following key content: (a) overview of the CEED situation in the Philippines; (b) government responses and priorities on CEED; (c) impact of CEED issues on children (including equity and gender analysis); (d) child-inclusive CEE policies, strategies, and programming; (e) funding landscape; (f) UNICEF country programme and linkages to CEED; (g) recommendations

- Draft recommendations and options for prioritization

- Presentation material on key findings and recommendation (including 2-3 pager decision maker-friendly summary and PowerPoint presentation

- Summary of Interviews conducted

- Consultation reports

- Final Report addressing comments from the Reference Group

- Summary Briefing Note

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

Education:

• Advanced University Degree (minimum Master’s level, Ph.D. level an asset) from a reputable institution economics, international development, public policy, or other social science field is required.
• Master's degree in geography, environmental science, natural resource management, meteorology, social and economic development, or related areas.

Work Experience/****Knowledge/Expertise/Skills required:

• At least 8 years of relevant professional experience in conducting equity-focused research, socio-economic and human rights-based analysis, and technical assistance to governments and organizations, in the areas of child rights as well as climate and environmental analysis/research.
• Proven expertise and experience in international development, public policy, child rights, climate climate, energy, and environment issues, and/or related social science field.
• Proven track record in conducting assessments, research in climate, energy, and environment.
• Proven expertise working collaboratively with international, governmental, and non-governmental institutions
• Knowledge and expertise in quantitative and/or qualitative research methods as well as demonstrated experience with research and participatory methods.
• Proven ability in coordination of research, dialogue, and synthesis of complex information in strategic reports.
• Experience facilitating consultations with children is an asset.
• Excellent writing skills required as well as strong communication skills in English and Filipino.

Language:

• Fluency in English, both in oral and written communication, and knowledge of the relevant local language is an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

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

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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.

HOW TO APPLY

Qualified candidates are requested to complete an online candidate profile in http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/ by 25 October 2023. Only applications sent through the e-recruitment portal under Job Number: 566526 will be considered.

All candidates are requested to submit a COVER LETTER, and the duly filled P11 Form which can be downloaded from our website at P11 Form.docx (sharepoint.com) indicating three (3) previous supervisors. Please indicate your professional fees and the soonest availability to take on the post based on the above terms of reference.

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:

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. The candidate may also be subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid).

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