Long Term Agreement (LTA) for Individual Consultants service on Information Management Support (3 years; Home-based with travel as needed) Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia (ECARO)

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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 champion

There is an ongoing requirement for information management support to provide regional and country teams support in developing and rolling out data collection and management systems and developing data visualization products (including maps) to inform evidence-based decision-making. All this support is needed to inform evidence-based programming and decision-making at the county and regional levels.

How can you make a difference?

UNICEF would like to engage the services of consultants with the skillset needed to provide information management support to ensure timely availability of data and quality data visualization products to inform decision making and programming at different levels.

Objective

The overall objective is to set up a Long-Term Agreement to facilitate and expedite the process by which UNICEF European and Central Asia Regional office and the country offices in the region will be able to contract Information management consultants to meet their needs in these areas.

Responsibilities and Tasks of successful candidates:

1. Design and implement robust information management systems and databases to store and organize project-related data and documents.

2. Regularly update and maintain the information repository to ensure accurate and up-to-date information is timely available.

3. Develop and manage data collection and reporting mechanisms to monitor and track project progress and impact.

4. Produce data visualization products (maps, infographics, dashboards), as needed.

   Responsibilities of the Consultant:

5. The consultant will use their own equipment; laptops, microphones, software and other accessories that may be required for this task.

6. The consultant will not give the content/material or any part thereof, to any third party without the written permission of UNICEF. All components will be the property of UNICEF, and the consultant will not share the same with anyone else.

7. The consultant will not put their own name or logo/emblem on the content / final product. The only organization branding will be UNICEF, if required.

Responsibilities of UNICEF:

i. UNICEF will provide all details pertaining to the activity and the requirements

ii. UNICEF will orient the consultant on UNICEF’s branding guidelines

Deliverables and deadlines

Deliverable

Specific delivery date/deadline for completion of deliverable

Estimated travel required for completion of deliverable

1. Design and implement robust information management systems and databases to store and organize project-related data and documents.

2. Regularly update and maintain the information repository to ensure accurate and up-to-date information is timely available.

3. Develop and manage data collection and reporting mechanisms to monitor and track project progress and impact.

4. Provide technical support in setting up and rolling out data collection system using ODK data collection tools.

5. Produce data visualization products (maps, infographics, dashboards, as needed).

As and when requested by

UNICEF

Nil

Duty Station

Anywhere in Europe or elsewhere as projects will be completed from home. Ideally in a time zone of Geneva, Switzerland or +/- 3 hours.

Travel

No travel envisaged for this consultancy; however, consultant might be required to travel outside their duty station for specific events (e.g. if in-person training or documentation missions or meetings are required by UNICEF, government or partners) in which case payment of travel costs including tickets, lodging, etc. should be agreed upon, between the supervisor and the consultant prior to travel and will be reimbursed on actuals.

Estimated Duration of LTA

The Long-Term Agreement will be for a duration of three years. The services of the consultants selected under the LTA would also be made available to all the Country Offices and the Refugee Response Offices in the Europe and Central Asia region.

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

• A minimum of bachelor’s in social or Computer Science, Geospatial Information System with 7 years of experience Information Management, Knowledge Management, or Monitoring and Evaluation or a Master’s degree in the same area with at least 4 years of experience in the same fields, is mandatory.
• Experience in using ODK data collection tools is required.
• Experience in using Microsoft tools such as SharePoint, Lists, PowerBI, etc is required.
• An excellent track record, along with experience in producing IM products (maps, dashboards, infographics).
• Ability to analyze data and present them to different audiences
• Experience in working in IM capacity within the UN system or NGOs is desirable.
• Experience working on humanitarian response within the UN system and NGOs is an asset.

Language

• Fluency in oral and written English is required
• Knowledge of at least another UN Official language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) is an asset
• Knowledge of any language spoken in the region will be considered an asset.

HOW TO APPLY

The application to be submitted through the online portal should contain 4 separate attachments:

I. A Cover letter explaining the motivation for applying and explaining how the qualifications and skillset of the candidate (to be uploaded online under “Cover letter” Tab)

II. Curriculum Vitae (CV) (to be uploaded online under “Resume” Tab)

III. Minimum of 2 work samples containing IM products designed and produced by you

IV. Financial Proposal - IM Support LTA.docx

Important Note: Please do not indicate financials anywhere else in the online application form, please mark "n/a or 00", under the fee related questions in the online application form.

Without all the above 4 documents, your application will be considered incomplete and invalid and will not be considered further.

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:

• Any attempt to unduly influence UNICEF’s selection process will lead to automatic disqualification of the applicant.

• Joint applications of two or more individuals are not accepted.

• Please note, UNICEF does not charge any fee during any stage of the process.

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.