National Consultant to support UNICEF Albania for the development of the career guidance program

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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, Quality Education

UNICEF Albania, as part of a project supported by Italian Government in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Sports, the Ministry of Finance and Economy and the Ministry of Youth and Children is seeking for a local consultant who will work closely with an international consultant for the development of a career guidance programme that will be used for supporting adolescents and youth.

More in detail the scope of her/ his work will:

• Provide a paper mapping the contributions of different actors on career development
• Support the international consultant to developing a career guidance framework for schools in Albania serving adolescents and youth in two points of their decision-making towards education and career paths in a) compulsory education, 2) lower secondary education including VET schools.

How can you make a difference?

The national consultant will work with international consultant to develop career guidance program that will be used to support adolescents and youth. Specific deliverables will be as below:

Deliverable 1. A mapping of all actors working in career counselling developed - 10 working days (to be completed within May 2022)

Tasks:

• Conduct interview, desk work, meeting with key informants to come up with a full picture of the main actors working in career counseling in Albania
• Deliver a report mapping all actors/ opportunities as well as risks and for career development

Deliverable 2. Support the international consultant in the scoping mission in Albania and providing inputs (as needed) to the development of the career guidance framework - 5 working days (to be completed within June-July 2022)

Tasks:

• Organize meetings with UNICEF and other line Ministries of to discuss on the career setting, institutional framework.
• Support the international consultant to organize and conduct focus group discussions with schools
• Support the international consultant to conduct key informant interviews with the main actors.
• Support the international consultant to conduct a round table (organized by UNICEF) to present viable models)
• Provide technical inputs, data etc. as needed for the development of the Career Guidance Framework by the International consultant

Deliverable 3. Support the international consultant in the preparation of a draft career guidance framework - 10 working days (to be completed within August-September 2022)

Tasks

• Support the international consultants in revising the draft and final version of the career guidance framework by providing data, info, briefs, additional reviews
• an overall description of the career guidance in schools (links to the preparation for job market as well) in Albania, model, scope, objectives, strategies
• Roles and responsibilities in implementing the model by different actors (who does what)
• A training methodology for career counselors in schools
• Tools to be used to assess career orientation
• Information package for young people to use (as self paced learning)

[1] The self-paced tools can also be delivered through the platform Akademi.al

Deliverable 4. Support the international consultant to deliver the Training of trainers on the developed career guidance framework. 12 working days - (to be completed within Oct-Nov 2022)

• Preparation of agendas, invitees list, facilitation of sessions as requested by international consultant and UNICEF-

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

• Advanced university degree (Master’s level or higher, preferably a PhD) in career counselling, education, or any other social science field. Degree in Career Development, Education, Social Science, Psychology etc
• Proficiency in English (spoken and written) is required.
• Demonstrated capacity /experience in conducting career guidance programming and curriculum development
• Experience in delivering training of trainers in the area of education, career guidance etc
• Experience with and adolescent’s youth will be an advantage
• very motivated to achieve the work objectives and collaborate with people

What to submit:

• Previous work conducted in this area of expertise including links, samples of work
• Daily fee in ALL (all inclusive)

For every Child, you demonstrate:

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

To view our competency framework, please visit here.

If you have any question related the job please contact Elvana Pernaska at epernaska@unicef.org. TOR document is herein attached TOR-ALBA-2022-15.pdf

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.

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.