National Consultant to conduct Climate Landscape Analysis for Children in Bulgaria with a focus on Social Protection, Sofia, Bulgaria, 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, commitment.

Climate change is leading to widespread adverse impacts and related losses and damages to nature and humans. It is resulting in an increase in the number of extreme events, altered ecosystems, severe water scarcity, food insecurity, and displacement (IPCC, 2023The climate crisis is already threatening children’s rights and their well-being. Almost every child in the world is exposed to major climate and environmental hazards, and 4 out of 5 children face at least one extreme climate event per year.

A social protection system that is designed to better anticipate and respond to shocks, in coordination with other sectors, can play an important role for children and their families to better prepare for and cope with the impacts of stresses and shocks. Social protection supports both mitigation of and adaptation to climate change, and helps households manage climate-induced loss and damage. It prepares vulnerable children and families to handle climate change-related risks.

How can you make a difference?

To assess the impact of this situation on children and adolescents, the UNICEF Office in Bulgaria intends to conduct a “light” Climate Landscape Analysis for Children (CLAC) that will examine the overall climate, environment, and energy (CEE) landscape in Bulgaria in terms of data, policy, programming, gaps, stakeholders and how it relates to children. It will look at:

• What are the main CEE issues affecting Bulgarian children?
• What are the government priorities on CEE?
• What are the ongoing initiatives on CEE?
• Who are the main actors and stakeholders?
• How are responsibilities divided at national and sub-national level?
• Do government strategies/priorities on CEE take into account children’s needs?
• Do sector strategies (i.e., health, education, and social protection) incorporate CEE issues?

Considering the role of social protection in responding to shocks, the CLAC will have a special focus on the national social protection system. It will look at how social protection has responded to recent shock events that affect poor and vulnerable people, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine, the cost-of-living of crisis, and natural disasters. The review of the recent emergency response measures and the lessons learnt generated will support the formulation of policy recommendations for enhancing the shock-responsiveness of the national social protection system, for strengthening the linkages and synergies between social protection, disaster risk management and climate change adaptation action, and for the inclusion of social protection into national climate risk management strategies.

The “light” CLAC with a focus on social protection will be based on a desk review and may include key informant interviews. It will be informed by UNICEF’s Framework for Shock-responsive Social Protection (UNICEF, 2019) and other relevant documents.

For a detailed description of the assignment, please refer to the attachment below „Detailed Description of the Assignment”.

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

• A Master’s degree in social sciences, public policy, international development or related areas.
• Proven experience in quantitative/qualitative data analysis, research methods and/or policy analysis.
• Good knowledge about social protection.
• Good knowledge of disaster risk management, climate, energy, and/or emergency response.
• Excellent writing skills. Excellent English writing/communication skills.
• Experience in cooperation with international and local organizations.
• Previous experience with UNICEF/UN will be considered an advantage.

Candidates will be evaluated based on the following criteria: educational background and work experience (technical evaluation) and financial proposal (daily fee). In addition to cover letter, CV and daily fee, candidates are invited to submit any supporting documents relevant to the application.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS).

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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:

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.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

Detailed Description of the Assignment.pdf

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