National Consultant Palm Oil Advocacy for Indonesian only

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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, an advocate

The palm oil sector is one of the most significant contributors to Indonesia’s economy. While the global supply chain actors and stakeholder push for a better and improved compliance against human rights standards by this sector. It provides millions of people jobs and economic dependency. UNICEF study in 2016 estimate 4millions children is impacted directly from this country most valuable commodity.

A growing interest and commitment are now raising from business aggregators and government to understand further how Indonesia can adopt these child rights and business principles into industry compliance and regulations. As a result, UNICEF experiences increased requests for technical support, provision of expertise, and overall guidance on children’s rights, which reach the limits of our capacity.

UNICEF is therefore contracting a consultant to promote UNICEF’s advocacy agenda, ensure that lessons learned from the work with global palm oil supply chain is disseminated to and adopted by national stakeholders and business aggregators, including government of Indonesia. The consultant will work under the supervision of UNICEF Indonesia’s Children’s Rights and Business Officer.

How can you make a difference?

1. Promote the adoption of policies respecting child rights and the Children’s Rights and Business Principles among the Palm Oil Supply Chain and Aggregators.

• Build dialogue and raise awareness among key business aggregators and stakeholders including key strategic associations, bodies, palm oil focused CSO, sustainability consultants and training providers.
• Develop an advocacy strategy to improve national palm oil standards and compliance through existing framework.

2. Family Friendly Farming Model (WIGATRA) Pilot Advocacy.

• Develop a strategy to integrate the Family Friendly Farming model into the current Child Friendly Village agenda.
• Assist relevant and key stakeholder to develop framework on how to pilot WIGATRA.
• Identify and engage with relevant stakeholders to promote WIGATRA.
• In collaboration with supply chain actors, train smallholder facilitators (ToT) on how to use WIGATRA module to improve child rights realization in village level.

3. Analyze insights from UNICEF’s global palm oil advocacy and develop pathways towards national level adoption in Indonesia.

• Assess national vs global indicators and recommend how to address gaps.
• Promote UNICEF evidence and guidance/tools at national events, especially in the palm oil sector.
• Provide technical assistance to targeted stakeholders and business aggregators to create additional evidence on child rights, develop strategies to address adverse impacts, and to find innovative solutions.
• Explore potential partnership or collaborative action with national stakeholders from the business sector, associations, or donors.

WORK ASSIGNMENTS & OUTPUTS:

Promoting Beyond Child Labour priorities and Children Rights and Business Principle to Palm Oil Supply Chain and Aggregators.

1. Recommendation to the relevant Government on how to improve child rights standards are in place/ ready. Including recommendation for sub-national action plan on sustainable palm oil.
2. Advocacy brief to current Public Private Partnership platform on children rights in Agriculture.
3. UNICEF successfully assist Council for Palm Oil Producing Countries (CPOPC) to complete their study on how palm oil sector impacting children rights, and updated UNICEF 2016 palm oil study.

Family Friendly Farming Model (WIGATRA) Pilot Advocacy

1. UNICEF successfully develop module for smallholder training on Family Friendly Farming and advocacy strategy on how it can be integrated into Child Friendly Village agenda and national sustainable palm oil certification framework.
2. ToT for smallholder facilitators of RSPO and ISPO is completed

Administration & Reporting (Result Story & Reporting) in both Indonesia and English

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

• Master (S2) degree in Social Science, Business Administration, Environmental Engineering, Agriculture with experience more than 3 years in at least three of these fields: strategic management, project management, CSR, human rights, child rights, community development, supply chain, business improvement, and solid experiences in sector of: palm oil, plantation, agriculture. Bachelor degree (S1) with 5 years related experience would also be considered.
• Able to conduct and having experience in both quantitative and qualitative study.
• Have a basic knowledge on gender equity.
• Have proven experience on development of strategic document for corporation/ business, SOPs or code of conduct.
• Have knowledge and experience related to the national and global palm oil supply chain, its challenges and opportunities for Indonesia.
• Experience working with various stakeholders including state and non-state actors; private sector, business association, experts, academia and CSOs.
• Have the ability to communicate with both written and speaking proficient English.
• Have the ability to work independently without secretarial support and experience in supporting government programme, government initiative and agenda.
• Knowledgeable on the latest development issues and national policy on SDGs.
• Knowledge and understanding on Children Rights and Business is preferred.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA) and core competencies:

• Builds and maintains partnerships • Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness • Drive to achieve results for impact • Innovates and embraces change • Manages ambiguity and complexity • Thinks and acts strategically • Works collaboratively with others

ToR Palm Oil Advocacy Consultant TMS.docx

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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.

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.

This position is not considered an elevated risk role. However, UNICEF reserves the right to conduct further vetting/ assessment within the scope of child safeguarding as appropriate.

Remarks:

The screening of your application will be conducted based on the information in your profile. Before applying, we strongly suggest that you review your profile to ensure accuracy and completeness. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process. This vacancy is open for Indonesians only.

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.