Senior Social Welfare Consultant – Data Management, Social Cash Transfer (11 months, MCDSS based), Lusaka, Zambia (Open to Zambian Nationals 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, Social Protection ...

The UNICEF Programme of Cooperation with the Government of the Republic of Zambia (GRZ) is designed to address and mitigate the threat of poverty the country’s children face, while responding to the needs with interventions addressing the multiple causative factors.

To find out more about UNICEF’s work in Zambia, please visit https://www.unicef.org/zambia/.

How can you make a difference?

The objective of the assignment is to support the MCDSS to the provision of all data and information management related needs and capacity building of Ministry staff.

The tasks for the assignment are the following:

• Build the capacity of the Ministry staff on all levels in identifying their business and data needs.
• Support skills development to enable Ministry staff to effectively communicate their business needs with the MIS system administrators while new systems and modules are being developed (enrolment mobile app and corresponding MIS module; for the SCT grievance mechanism; for the Emergency Cash Transfer; for the 1000 Days in SCT pilot; for the new M&E Functions; for the review of the Proxy Means Text; to include changes from the revised SCT guidelines)
• Lead the AGILE development team in the Ministry and support the capacity building of the Ministry staff in engaging with the AGILE project development approach
• Interpret and address specific information needs of the Department of Social Welfare as well as other Departments in the Ministry and external stakeholders with respect to the SCT programme and generate reports from the MIS to provide such information;
• Carry out continuous business analysis to support tailoring/customization of the functionality of the MIS to meet evolving information needs of the Ministry and the SCT programme;
• Develop capacity in the SCT districts to collect useful and usable data for the MIS by designing and delivering training programs;
• Coordinate exchange of experiences/lessons learned among provincial and district staff
• Support the data management and reporting requirements of Department of Social Welfare

Please see Detailed TOR for more information on the tasks and deliverables ToRs SSWO Data Management MCDSS 2022_Draft_Revised.pdf

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

The consultant must possess the following:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, telecommunications, or related field.
• At least 5 years of relevant professional work experience in data and information management with either government, private sector or Non-Governmental Organizations;
• Experience and knowledge on Microsoft Visual Studio NET /SQL Server 2008 systems development environment; Systems integration; Internet, mobile and web-based technologies;
• Experience developing and maintaining management information systems and related tools; as well as in project management, preferably in a public-sector environment
• Demonstrated ability to conceptualize and interpret end user information needs; to effectively collaborate with counterparts with different technical and sectoral backgrounds;
• Experience in providing training and capacity building, including technology tools for policy use;
• Familiarity with the background and rationale of the Social Cash Transfer scheme or other social assistance programmes;
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and fluency in English; knowledge of any main local languages will be added advantage (Nyanja, Bemba, Tonga, Lunda, Luvale, Kaonde, Lozi

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA) and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.

View our competency framework at

http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/files/UNICEF_Competencies.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:

Please remember to express your financial proposals (and/or professional consultancy fees) in Zambian Kwacha for Zambian Nationals for local consultancies and USD for Non-Zambian applicants for international consultancies.

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.