Recrutement d'un (e) Consultant (e) International (e) Reporting and Resource Mobilization Consultancy

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L'UNICEF travaille dans 190 pays et territoires pour protéger les droits de chaque enfant. L'UNICEF a consacré 70 ans à améliorer la vie des enfants et de leurs familles. Défendre les droits de l'enfant tout au long de sa vie nécessite une présence mondiale, visant à produire des résultats et à comprendre leurs effets. L'UNICEF croit que tous les enfants ont le droit de survivre, de prospérer et de réaliser leur potentiel - au bénéfice d'un monde meilleur.

Et nous n’abandonnons jamais.

Pour chaque enfant, un(e) champion(ne) !

Comment pouvez-vous faire une différence ?

Purpose of Activity/Assignmen****t

1. Country context :

Mauritania ranked 157th out of 189 nations in the 2020 Human Development Index. The country faces a range of chronic vulnerabilities exacerbated by climate change. Irregular rainfall negatively impacts crops and pastures and erodes the resilience of households to absorb shocks. Chronic drought and flooding continue to aggravate underlying deprivations, triggering rapid rural depopulation and urban poverty. In 2021, the country faced another major drought. The impact collides with the global inflation that results from the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic and the volatile situation in Ukraine – all of which are leading to an unprecedented food insecurity and nutritional crisis. The Cadre Harmonisé (March 2022 session) estimates that 878,921 individuals and 36 departments will face crisis conditions (phase 3+) during the peak of the upcoming lean season (June-August 2022). Global acute malnutrition rates stand at 11.1 per cent and severe acute malnutrition at 1.9 per cent, with 39 per cent of health districts above emergency nutritional thresholds. According to on the last available SMART survey, the number of malnourished children was already expected to reach 135,254 in 2022, including 32,740 facing SAM. Mauritania also continues to face the consequences of armed conflict in Mali, which has affected thousands of people since 2012. Mauritania hosts the largest Malian refugee population in the Sahel region, with more than 70,906 Malian refugees living in and around the M’Berra camp in the Hodh Chargui region as of 31 March 2022. Among these, 54 per cent are girls and 58 per cent are children aged zero to 17 years old. According to the latest UNHCR and IOM data, 7,827 Malians and 5,570 Mauritanian returnees have arrived in Mauritania since January 2022, with urgent needs in terms of access to clean water, food, feed for livestock, and shelter, in addition to education and protection. This will result in an increase of almost 15 per cent of the population of the M’Berra camp, heightening competition for pasture and water – particularly as southern transhumance routes towards Mali are riskier than ever– and putting further strain by increasing the needs for basic services and assistance. All these factors accentuate the situation of precariousness, thus exposing children and young girls to all forms of vulnerability. The socio-economic consequences of these overlapping crises are palpable. The Mauritanian population, whose income depends for the most part on the informal sector, has seen its livelihoods impacted, leading vulnerable girls and women to adopt high-risk coping strategies. This reality greatly increases child protection risks, namely sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV). Moreover, with 429,794 of children outside the formal education system, youth searching for professional opportunities are at risk of radicalization, especially in the HEC region. The Mauritanian population (currently 4.1 million) is expected to double by 2039 and there is a growing demographic bulge of youth with limited livelihood options.

2. Rationale :

UNICEF Mauritania is preparing its new country program; resource mobilization and rights and results-based management (RRBM) are key priorities. Quality donor reporting is essential to demonstrate UNICEF’s professionalism and accountability in the use of donor funds, as well as to attract interest in investing in the Country Office’s program. In this context, the role of the Reporting and Resource Mobilization Consultant is to support UNICEF Mauritania’s Partnership Unit and Coordination team to strengthen the relations with donors and to mobilize additional, innovative funds.

3. Objectives and tasks:

Under the supervision of the Partnership Specialist and in close collaboration with the Deputy Representative, the consultant will be responsible for reviewing and providing quality assurance of all donor-related documents (reports, concept notes, proposals, briefing notes for donor visits, SitReps, HAC Appeal, etc.) and building the teams’ capacity on quality reporting and RRBM. The Consultant will: - Reporting: Ensure timely, accurate and quality reporting. This includes supporting/orienting teams in gathering relevant information and presenting it in an appealing and analytical manner. Consolidate and finalize internal reports such as the annual report (COAR). - Emergency-related: Contribute to preparing quality strategic and partnership documents on emergency response including SitReps, HAC appeal, donor reports on emergency contribution (Consolidated Emergency Report), and proposals, etc. This includes compiling data and inputs, reviewing, editing and formatting in collaboration with program sections and the Communication section based on internal quality control mechanisms. - Resource mobilization: Assist in developing a new resource mobilization strategy for the Country Office. Assist in researching, developing and updating donor profiles/fact sheets and a partner-mapping exercise. Assist in updating the donor toolkit, including the development of advocacy materials in coordination with Program and Communication sections. Assist in monitoring and analyzing donor policies on humanitarian assistance. Assist in developing strategies to raise locally available funds by providing the necessary support, guidelines and tools. Assist the research of new hooks, story angles and creative opportunities to optimize communication and fundraising. - Capacity-building: Build internal capacity on rights and results-based reporting, emergency reporting, proposalwriting, etc.

4. Methodology :

The Consultant will work collaboratively with Program teams, especially the Heads of Sections and the Partnership Specialist, to guarantee that quality results-based donor documents are submitted in a timely manner. The Consultant shall refer to the Country Office’s Standard Operating Procedures for Donor Documents (2021) and the UNICEF Style Book. The consultant will be required to have his/her own working equipment (laptop, telephone, etc.). Field missions and other travel related to the mission will be organized by UNICEF, if/when required (two weeks - tentative). The consultant will submit a technical and financial proposal covering all costs related to this consultancy (fees, daily allowances, transport costs, etc.) UNICEF Mauritania will ensure that the consultant will have access to shared files and Microsoft Teams.

5. Supervision:

The Reporting and Resource Mobilization Consultant will work under the supervision and in close collaboration with the Partnership Specialist to ensure that all donor-specific requirements are respected. The Consultant will support the timely consolidation, editing, quality review and submission of high-quality donor documents in adherence with established standards and donor obligations. S/he will participate in the development and implementation of the Country Office’s resource mobilization development strategies. S/he will support the Partnership Unit in mobilizing an appropriate and sustainable funding base. The Reporting and Resource Mobilization Consultant will work with the different Program teams (Health/Nutrition, Education, WASH, Social Policy, Child Protection, Communication/SBC) to guarantee that quality standards have been met within the established deadline. The Consultant’s main contact within Program teams will be the Head of Section responsible for the report. The Consultant will liaise also with the Communication Section Chief to guarantee that visibility products are high quality and respect donor requirements.

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

• Master’s degree in social science or a related field.

Knowledge/Expertise/Skills required:

A minimum of 3 years of relevant work experience in donor reporting, monitoring, external communications, resource mobilization and/or partnership.

Strong analytical skills including data collection, compilation, analysis and monitoring in humanitarian settings, and the ability to link them to donor reporting and advocacy documents will be an asset.

Strong ability to synthetize and powerfully convey messages and good knowledge and understanding of UNICEF programmatic work and principles will be an advantage.

Knowledge and application of rights and results-based management will be an asset.

1. Language Proficiency

Fluent in French and English

2. Competency Profile (For details on competencies please refer to the UNICEF Professional Competency Profiles.)

Core Competencies:

 Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness (1)

 Works collaboratively with others (1)

 Builds and maintains partnerships (1)

 Innovates and embraces change (1)

 Thinks and acts strategically (1)

 Drives to achieve results for impact (1)

 Manages ambiguity and complexity (1)

For every Child, you demonstrate…

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

To view our competency framework, please visit here.

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 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:

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.

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.