Local Consultant: Gender Specialist (3 Months) - Application Deadline: 13 January 2023

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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.

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UNICEF has been an active partner of the Government of the Philippines and civil society in realizing the rights of every Filipino child, in line with priorities to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. UNICEF efforts have been focused on the most vulnerable regions identified by the Government of the Philippines Development Plan, particularly in the regions of Visayas and Mindanao. To ensure that interventions are sustainable and scaled up, UNICEF will support primarily local government units (LGUs) as the main instruments of delivering services and building systems. The level of engagement with government institutions will take into account capacities, economies of scale and sector issues.

It has a field office in Cotabato City, the second largest city in Mindanao, southern Philippines, with some 300,000 population. The city is the regional administrative centre of the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao and over 80 percent of the population is Muslim. Mindanao is both conflict-affected and prone to frequent earthquakes and typhoon storms.

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Scope of Work/Tasks:

The Consultant will develop a gender implementation strategy plan (which will include, and mainstream risks associated with sexual, exploitation and abuse) on all outcomes and outputs for the Building Community Resilience and Delivery of Essential Services for Post Conflict Recovery in Lanao del Sur / Marawi. The analysis and recommendations would be aligned with the overall gender priorities that will emerge from the Gender Programmatic Review.

Specifically, the following are expected from the consultant:

1. In collaboration with sectoral colleagues, identify the areas of focus for gender programming/projects with the greatest potential for impact and scale, in alignment with the GAP and the country/regional priorities.

2. Conduct a gender analysis (including risk analysis that relates to sexual exploitation and abuse/SEA) for UNICEF sectors (i.e., child protection, education, governance, health, nutrition, social and behavior change, social policy, monitoring and evaluation, WASH) in Lanao del Sur using existing tools and frameworks (e.g. CARE Gender Marker, Five Domains Gender Analysis Matrix, etc.).

3. Assessment of SEA risks linked to the project and incorporation of SEA risk mitigation measures in the project design).

4. Based on the Gender Action Plan Theory of Change Framework, develop change strategies and results framework that includes measurable results consistent with the country office indicators.

5. Develop a monitoring and evaluation plan for the EU-funded programs with at least one gender-integrated and gender-sensitive indicator for inputs, activities, outputs, outcomes, and impact per sector (child protection, education, governance, health, nutrition, social and behavior change, social policy, monitoring and evaluation, WASH).

Deliverables:

• Agreed areas of focus for gender programming per sector.

• Draft report (provincial profile outlining the context, strategies, and interventions) and documentation of current UNICEF programming in Lanao del Sur (health (immunization), nutrition, WASH, adolescents, child protection, social protection,

  governance, social and behavior change).

• Report on the gender analysis of UNICEF programs in Lanao del Sur.
• Sexual exploitation and abuse risks assessed and linked to the project and SEA risk mitigation measures incorporated in the project design.
• Change strategies and results framework presented and finalized.
• Monitoring and evaluation plan finalized with the PM&E Team, with at least one gender-integrated and gender-sensitive indicator for inputs, activities, outputs, outcomes, and impact per sector (child protection, education, governance, health, nutrition, social and behavior change, social policy, monitoring and evaluation, WASH).
• Submit a final and approved gender implementation strategy plan on all outcomes and outputs for the EU-partnership (2022-2025).

Qualifications and Competencies of Successful Consultant

• Advanced University degree in one of the disciplines relevant to the following areas: social sciences (i.e. sociology, demography, psychology, political science, social policy or economics), public health, public policy, public administration, international development, or in area relevant to UNICEF’s sectoral work (e.g. Health, Nutrition, WASH, Education, Child Protection, Social

  Inclusion, HIV/AIDS, etc).

• Academic credentials in gender are an asset.

Work Experience/Knowledge/Expertise/Skills required:

• Familiarity with UNICEF work is desired/an

  advantage.

• Minimum of 5 years of professional work experience at the national and/or international levels in programme/project development,

  planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, and administration.

• Experience in designing, implementing, managing and delivering results-based programmes on gender and development, or any other cross-cutting programme, especially at the country/field level, experience in emergency response is an asset.
• Good understanding of development and humanitarian work highly desirable.

Languages:

• Fluency in English and Filipino languages required.
• Preferably knowledgeable in BARMM context (language and culture).

HOW TO APPLY

Qualified candidates are requested to complete an online candidate profile in http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/ by 09 December 2022. Only applications sent through the e-recruitment portal under Job Number: 557603 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 ability, availability and daily/monthly rate to undertake the terms of reference above. Applications submitted without a daily/monthly rate will not be considered.

Only shortlisted consultants will be contacted.

Remarks:

Terms of reference may be shared upon request.

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"UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles."