National Consultancy: Social Protection Capacity Building Consultant, Sana'a & Aden - Yemen, 4 Months

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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, Protection

In the 1970s UNICEF established presence in Yemen to respond to the urgent needs of children in the poorest country in the Middle East. In 1991, Yemen ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child and it was enacted immediately. Since then the country has been making steady progress for children until it plunged into a brutal conflict in 2015 but even before that, Yemen needed large amounts of humanitarian assistance. In collaboration with local authorities, non-governmental organizations and community partners, UNICEF is working in all the governorates in Yemen to respond to the needs of children throughout the country with a continuum of services to help children survive and grow to their full potential through the following programmes: Health, Nutrition, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, Basic Education, and Child protection. For more on our work in Yemen, please visit our website: https://www.unicef.org/yemen/ How can you make a difference? The main objective of this consultancy is to enhance the capacity of the Social Protection Consultative Committee (SPCC) members on shock responsive social protection from right-based and life-cycle approach. Some of the broad aspects that need to be covered during the consultancy contract period would be, but not limited to, the following:  - Setting up a capacity building plan to enhance SPCC members knowledge and skills on shock responsive social protection systems in relation to policy, program design and implementation. - Empowering SPCC members with profound knowledge of the SRSP framework including conceptualized factors informing decision making and how to build on existing frameworks and plan for uncertainty. - Enhancing SPCC knowledge and skills to adapt and deploy the social protection criteria (coverage, adequacy, and comprehensiveness, timeliness, cost-effectiveness, accountability, predictability, ownership and sustainability) to better meet people’s needs using a better approach; and  - Providing hands-on training on the SRSP analytical tools and framework.

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To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have… • Education: A university degree in Economics, Public Policy, Social Sciences, International Relations, Political Science, or other relevant disciplines is required. • Minimum of seven years of relevant professional work experience is required. • Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency is considered a strong asset. • Demonstrates previous experience in coordinating similar platforms for at least 2 years • Strong understanding of the social protection context in Yemen. Previous work in the field social protection policy and programming is highly desired • Previous experience in capacity building and training is required. • Native Arabic speaker with professional fluency skills in English language • Excellent communication skills • Excellent working with people skills • Excellent Planning & Organizing skills • Drive for results • Very good analytical skills

For every Child, you demonstrate… UNICEF’s core values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability. To view our competency framework, please visit here. While UNICEF seeks to recruit the best talent in the Yemeni labor market to be able to deliver the best possible services for the children in Yemen, we would like to make it clear that we never use any third party in any of the recruitment processes for all junior and senior positions advertised. All received applications are treated with high level of transparency and professionalism. Only applicants whose profiles meet the advertised job requirements are considered and only within the announced deadline.

في حين تسعى اليونيسف لإستقطاب أفضل الكوادر في السوق اليمنية لتتمكن من تقديم أفضل خدمة للأطفال في اليمن، تود التنويه إلى أنها لا تستعين بأي شخص أو جهة (قد يقدم نفسهـ/ـا) كوسيط أو طرف ثالث في أي من عمليات التوظيف وفيما يخص جميع الوظائف، باستثناء الإعلان عبر وسائل الإعلام والمواقع الإليكترونية. إن اليونيسف، منظمة الطفولة، تعمل بمستوى عال من الشفافية والمهنية. ولا يتم التواصل إلا مع المتقدمين الذين توافقت مؤهلاتهم وخبراتهم مع الوظائف المعلن عنها والتي تقدموا لها في الموعد المعلن.

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. Female candidates are especially encouraged to apply – see our entitlements and benefits for our female staff: Female Entitlements Edited.jpg 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, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles.

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.