Local Consultants: Strengthening Shock Responsive Social Protection, ECT payout in BARMM - 1.5 Months (Deadline for Submission Extended)

Consultant Crisis & Emergency Response Programme & Policy

Overview

Develop a case study and document lessons learned from Emergency Cash Transfer implementation.

You have:

• Advanced degree in Development Studies, Peace Building, Social Work, Community Development or other relevant field.
• Familiarity with UNICEF work is desired/an advantage.
• 5 years of development work in social protection and/or disaster management.
• Experience in conducting research and case study.
• Fluency in English and Filipino, both oral and written.

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, a fair chance

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.

Visit this link for more information on Philippine Country Office: https://www.unicef.org/philippines/

How can you make a difference?

UNICEF will hire one (1) local consultant to develop a case study (from Lanao Del Sur ECT only) and document lessons learned from implementation of Emergency Cash Transfer in the context of Covid-19 through an After-Action Review and make key recommendations to the Ministry of Social Services and UNICEF for improving system and process for implementation of similar intervention in the future.

Scope of Work:

1. Inception Phase. Inception report and travel plan for field Visits, KII and FGDs to be carried out with sampling of randomly selected families corresponding to at least 10% of the targeted families in SPMS box municipalities in Maguindanao (Shariff Aguak, Pagatin (Datu Saudi Ampatuan), Mamasapano, and Shariff Saydona) and in four municipalities of Tubaran, Picong, Kapatagan and Calanogas in Lanao Del Sur province for the Case Study.

2. Conduct of Consultation Meetings. Consultation meetings will be conducted with UNICEF, MSSD BARMM and/or key stakeholders in the development of data gathering instruments and to identify key informant for conducting key informant interviews and case study in Lanao Del Sur.

3. Data collection, analysis and write-up. Document a Case Study in Lanao Del Sur, document good practices, challenges and lessons learned from ECT implementation from targeting, profiling of beneficiaries, ECT payouts, use of cash by recipients and contribution to peacebuilding principles in BARMM.

4. Presentation to UNICEF, MSSD BARMM Representatives & other stakeholders. Prior to the finalisation of the Case Study and After Action Review, the results will first be presented to UNICEF team and key officials of concerned MSSD BARMM, for their inputs and recommendations.

5. Finalization of Report and Case Study. The After Action Review report and Case Study shall be finalized based on the inputs from UNICEF and MSSD BARMM. User of Outputs (Case Study and After Action Review): UNICEF, BARMM Ministries, End of Programme Evaluation Team.

Tasks:

- Inception Phase.

- Desk review.

- Conduct of Consultation Meeting for Case Study.

- Development of Data Collection Tool.

- Conduct of field visits to ECT targeted areas in Lanao Del Sur province and SPMS Box in Maguindanao to conduct series of KIIs and FGDs with families who were recipient of cash, MSSD team involved in targeting, registration, payouts and monitoring of the process as well as key staff from Rural Health Units (RHUs) and Barangays.

- Draft Case Study Report.

- Conduct validation workshop of Lanao del Sur case study report with UNICEF and MSSD.

- Finalize the case study report based on comments from MSSD and UNICEF and submission of the final case study report.

- Conduct After Action Review - Document good practices, challenges and lessons learned from ECT implementation from targeting, profiling of beneficiaries, ECT payouts, use of cash by recipients and contribution to peacebuilding principles in BARMM and submission of draft AfterAction Review report to MSSD and UNICEF.

- Presentation of Findings and Finalization a. Present findings to UNICEF and MSSD in a virtual meeting.

- Finalize the After Action Review report (incorporating the final case study report in item #5) based on comments from MSSD and UNICEF and submission of the final AAR report.

Deliverables:

- Inception Report.

- Itinerary.

- Documentation of Consultation Meeting.

- Data Collection Tool (FGD/KII).

- Presentation Slides.

- Draft report of Case Study.

- Documentation of Validation Workshop.

- Final Lanao del Sur Case Study Report accepted by MSSD and UNICEF.

- After Action review Programme.

- Presentation Slides Documentation of Meeting.

- Final AAR report accepted by MSSD and UNICEF.

Qualifications and Competencies of Successful Consultant

• Advanced degree in Development Studies, Peace Building, Social Work, Community Development or other relevant field.

Work Experience:

• Familiarity with UNICEF work is desired/an advantage.
• 5 years of development work in social protection and/or disaster management.
• Experience in conducting research and case study.

Languages:

• Fluency in English and Filipino, both oral and written.

HOW TO APPLY

Qualified candidates are requested to complete an online candidate profile in http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/ by 09 February 2022. Only applications sent through the e-recruitment portal under Job Number: 548154 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 area of assignment, 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."

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