National Consultant on Social Policy, Planning and Monitoring & Evaluation, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau

Contract

This is a NO-3 contract. This kind of contract is known as National Professional Officers. It is normally only for nationals. It's a staff contract. More about NO-3 contracts.

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Scope:

Under the general guidance of the Deputy Representative, the incumbent is responsible for providing technical support to the Government of Guinea-Bissau for the implementation, monitoring, and reporting of some of the ongoing interventions under social protection, public finance , child poverty, Planning Monitoring and Evaluation components of the social policy planning Monitoring and Evaluation programme .

How can you make a difference?

The key duties and responsibilities include, but not limited to the following:

1. Supporting the implementation of the GPE COVID-19 emergency cash transfer programme

• Manage and coordinate technical support to ensure that the ongoing GPE COVID-19 emergency cash transfer intervention is implemented and monitored in a timely fashion, following the design of the intervention.

• Monitor cash disbursement and liquidation related to emergency interventions.

• Guide the UNICEF Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist as well as the cash transfer consultant in realizing M&E activities planned under the cash transfer programme

• Organize the programme lessons learnt workshop

• Draft all the reports and implement the visibility plan for the cash transfer programme

2. Supporting national capacities on social protection

• Facilitate the cash transfer Steering committee meetings and use this platform for capacity building of national counterparts

• Coordinate the cash working group activities with UN Agencies and other donors.

• Finalize the SDGs fund proposal for the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) with other UN agencies with a strong component on financing mechanisms for social protection

• Technically contribute to the UNSDCF elaboration process on the social protection output

3. Supporting public finance for children interventions

• Provide feedbacks to the CSO on the social accountability activities implemented

• Capacity building for CSO and government actors on child friendly budgeting

4. Supporting interventions on child poverty

• Supervise the finalization of the multidimensional poverty analysis using MODA and MPI

• Sustain the partnership establish with the WB and UNDP on the multidimensional poverty analysis using MODA and MPI

• Organize the launching of the multidimensional poverty analysis

• Supervise the dissemination of the multidimensional poverty analysis. Payments will be made upon presentation of deliverables and monthly report.

Work assignment overview:

Tasks/Milestone:Deliverables/Outputs:TimelineSupport the implementation of the GPE COVID-19 emergency cash transfer programmeCash disbursements are made to beneficiaries until the end of the programme and liquidation performed

M&E activities planned under the CT programme realized as well as a lessons learnt workshop

All the reports are finalized and the visibility plan for the CT programme implemented

July-October 2021Support national capacities on social protectionThe joint proposal on SDG Call SIDs finalized

Cash working group activities organized

August

July-October

Support public finance for children interventionsProvide feedbacks on CSO on the social accountability activities implementedJuly-OctoberSupport interventions on child povertyMODA-MPI analysis finalized and disseminatedSeptemberSupport activities in planning and M&E AWP reviews organized, multi country evaluation on CH with CAR and Chad finalizedJuly-OctoberTo qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

Education:

Advanced University degree in Social Sciences, International Relations, Political Science, International Finance, Economics, or other relevant disciplines

Experience:

• A minimum of eight (8) years of relevant professional work experience is required.
• Experience working in a developing country is considered as a strong asset.
• Background and/or familiarity with emergency is considered as a strong asset.

Language Requirements:

• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of Portuguese/Spanish is considered as an asset

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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:

Mobility is a condition of international professional employment with UNICEF and an underlying premise of the international civil service.

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.