Senior Social Work Advisor Consultancy, Lusaka Zambia (80 working days over 9 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, 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 main purpose of this consultancy is to strengthen the statutory social welfare case management system in Zambia

The main objective is to support the MCDSS in strengthening a standardized statutory case management system that can address cases related to different types of child vulnerability and function as a quality assurance system to ensure application of minimum standards across districts.

Please see Detailed TOR for more information on the tasks and deliverables, here ToR Senior Social Work Adviser Consultancy.pdf

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

• An advanced university degree in social work or a related field.
• Demonstrated experience of setting up statutory social work case management systems in Africa.
• Demonstrated experience of drafting guidelines, handbooks, training and instruments for use by social workers in case management.
• A minimum of 8 years of experience of supporting systems building to address violence against children, alternative care and/or juvenile justice.
• Outstanding written English.
• Outstanding facilitation skills.
• Experience of training social workers and other child protection professionals.

Evaluation Process and Methods:

A shortlist of applications will be compiled based on the criteria given above. Shortlisted applicants will be interviewed and requested to provide samples of written work. The evaluation will be conducted in line with the outlined below:

TECHNICAL EVALUATION CRITERIA

Percentage

Points

Education Background

20%

20

Relevant work experience

20%

20

Quality of example of written documents submitted

20%

20

Relevant technical expertise assessed through interview

20%

20

Financial proposal

20%

20

Total

100%

100

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:

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.