Volunteers Engagement & Sports for Development Consultant (National), Belarus - 18 months - Req

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Consultancy Title: Volunteers Engagement and Sports for Development Consultant (National)

Section/Division/Duty Station: ADAP, HIV/AIDS and YAD, Programme, UNICEF Belarus CO

Duration: 01 July 2023 – 31 December 2024, 18 months

Location: Remote/Home-based (with office visits upon request)

About UNICEF

If you are a committed, creative professional and are passionate about making a lasting difference for children, the world's leading children's rights organization would like to hear from you. Over 75 years, UNICEF has been working on the ground in 190 countries and territories to promote children's survival, protection and development. UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, good water and sanitation, quality basic education for all boys and girls, and the protection of children from violence, exploitation, and AIDS. UNICEF is funded entirely by the voluntary contributions of individuals, businesses, foundations and governments.

BACKGROUND

Purpose of Activity/Assignment:

The purpose of this consultancy is to coordinate and provide overall technical guidance in design, planning, implementation and monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of volunteer engagement (VE) and sport for development (S4D) interventions to support the achievement of the main UNICEF CPD 2021-2025 outcomes/outputs.

Volunteering at UNICEF in Belarus has been developed since 2018 and begun with UNICEF engagement in the 2nd Euro-Games aimed at provision of organizational assistance during UNICEF events. After 4 years of successful development we have a network of 558 registered volunteers, noted partnership with the Republican Volunteer Center (RVC) focused on the promotion of volunteer movement at the regional level; support in dissemination of humanitarian assistance to Ukrainian refuges (more than 4500 hygiene kits were prepared by volunteers; technical assistance were provided for 300 tablets installation for refugee children; recreational activities for migrant children and adolescents were facilitated by trained volunteers in summer-camps in 7 regions), promotion of eco-friendly behavior (the global lesson on ecology was conducted by UNICEF volunteers in schools in 2022) and, in general, engagement of UNICEF volunteers in programme/humanitarian/communication activities, info-volunteering and UNICEF fundraising.

The interventions focused on UNICEF volunteering promotion, capacity development of adolescents and young people and their active engagement in volunteer activities and fundraising in addressing the needs of the most vulnerable children and adolescents will be continued within this contract assignments.

Sports for Development (S4D) interventions has been already implemented during the last 7 years including UNICEF Belarus presence at football festivals (organization of kid’s zone, dissemination of information regarding responsible parenting, fundraising etc.) – Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Association Belarus Football Federation; signing of MoU with the Belarusian Cybersport Federation to attract e-sports in Belarus to child rights issues; signing of MoU with Special Olympics and training of volunteers with SO to address the needs of CWD during sports events; signing of the MoU with football club “BATE” and promotion of child rights and fundraising during the soccer games, etc.

The S4D activities will be further disbursed with the engagement of UNICEF volunteers prioritizing the promotion of responsible positive parenting and girls engagement through organization of joint football matches and participation in family festivals “Papa, Mama, Ya – football family” in cooperation with Belarussian Football Federation and Football Club “Bate”; promotion of inclusion, mental health and support in fundraising for assistive technologies in collaboration with Athletics Federation; improvement of the communication with children with intellectual disabilities and their engagement in physical activities in cooperation with Belarussian Committee of Special Olympics; etc.

UNICEF in Belarus works closely with local partners supporting adolescents and youth among refugees and migrants supporting their needs, such as health, education and protection. In 2023, UNICEF supported more than 100 students from 7-11th grade with tools to continue their education. These group of children are actively involved in various interventions via UNICEF partners and volunteers.

Scope of Work:

The VE and S4D Consultant will perform the following key tasks under the direct supervision of HIV/AIDS and YAD Specialist and in coordination with the Communication Specialist responsible for Partnership and Fundraising.

One of the key assignment of the consultant include expanding the volunteer network by involving refugees and migrant adolescent and youth residing in Belarus and involving them in VE and S4D assignments below.

Volunteering at UNICEF in Belarus:

• Coordination of volunteers’ engagement including the most vulnerable adolescents and youth in UNICEF programme activities/interventions (Child Protection, Early Childhood Development, Social Policy, Youth and Adolescents Development ) design, planning, implementation and M&E;
• Supervision of info volunteering (dissemination of information about UNICEF programs through social networks) and coordination of maintenance and proper use of UNICEF online-resources u-platform, talk2Ok and etc. for adolescents and youth;
• Support volunteer engagement in UNICEF fundraising activities;
• Coordination of the engagement of UNICEF volunteers to address the needs of Ukrainian refugees in cooperation with the local authorities, NGOs and BRC;
• Organization of trainings for children, including refugees and migrants with intellectual disabilities on cybersafety, cyberbullying and how to use social networks; engagement of children with disabilities on volunteering at UNICEF and Adolescent Advisory Panel (become members) in partnership with the relevant partners, including but not limited to Belarus Red Cross, Belarusian Association for helping children and young people with disabilities (ОО «БелАПДИиМИ»);
• Facilitation of the promotion of eco friendliness and climate change responsive behaviour in UNICEF volunteers.

Sports for Development:

• Regular liaise with the Football club “BATE” to ensure their engagement in responsible parenting and inclusion through organization of joint football matches in Borisov;
• Coordination of volunteers engagement and promotion of inclusion, mental health, fundraising for assistive technologies during Minsk Half-Marathon activities and of Kid’s race in collaboration with Athletics Federation;
• Finalization of the online-course on how to communicate with children with intellectual disabilities and coordination of the course posting on u-platform.by in cooperation with Belarussian Committee of Special Olympics;
• Coordination the development of recommendations for parents whose children play computer games on responsible parenting, cybersafety and inclusion in cooperation with Belarussian Cybersport Federation;
• Coordination of volunteer engagement and information dissemination to support girl’s engagement, responsible parenting, mental health through participation in family festivals “Papa, Mama, Ya – football family” in cooperation with Belarussian Football Federation.

Terms of Reference / Deliverables

Deliverables/ Outputs Delivery deadline

1. Coordination of volunteer engagement including the most vulnerable adolescents and youth in UNICEF programme activities/interventions (Child Protection, Early Childhood Development, Social Policy, Youth and Adolescents Development ) design, planning, implementation and M&E: communication and collaboration with adolescents, parents and duty bearers; coordination of timely logistics, feedback and M&E activities

• Implementation of 3 hour programme activity with engagement of minimum 3-4 volunteers in managing the activity
• Planned at least 3-4 activities per month (total 60 activities)

by 30 December 2024

2. Expansion of the existing volunteer network with additional adolescents and youth among Ukrainian refugees

• Reaching out and involving more than 80 adolescents and youth among refugees residing in Belarus

By 30 October 2024

3. Supervision of info volunteering and dissemination of information about UNICEF programs/activities through social networks and media

• Supervision of information dissemination and placement of post in social media developed by volunteers
• Planned at least 3-4 posts per month (total 60 activities)

by 30 December 2024

4. Coordination of maintenance and proper use of UNICEF online-resources u-platform, talk2Ok and etc. (testing with children and adolescents, liaise with the IT companies, provide feedback to the partners and timely inform UNICEF supervisor of the emerged challenges and bottlenecks and actions to be taken to overcome them)

• Coordination of 3-4 volunteers engagement in feedback analysis of maintenance/testing of the online UNICEF resource
• Planned at least 2 activities per month(total 36 activities)

by 30 December 2024

5. Support volunteer engagement in UNICEF fundraising activities (information dissemination of the fundraising priorities and modalities in UNICEF Belarus and globally in the course of UNICEF activities/interventions implementation)

• Organization of 2-3 volunteers to participate in fundraising activity
• Planned at least 1 activity per month (total 18 activities)

by 30 December 2024

6. Coordination of the engagement of UNICEF volunteers to address the needs of Ukrainian refugees in cooperation with the local authorities, NGOs and Belarusian Red Cross BRC (provide information through BRC hotline; organization of trainings for BRC volunteers on cybersafety, cyberbullying and how to use social networks on popularization of volunteering)

• Implementation of 3-hour programme activity for Ukrainian refugees with the involvement of minimum 2-3 volunteers in managing the activity
• Planned at least 50 activities

by 30 December 2024

7. Organization of trainings for children with intellectual disabilities on cybersafety, cyberbullying and how to use social networks; engagement of children with disabilities on volunteering at UNICEF and Adolescent Advisory Panel (become members) in partnership with the Belarusian Association for helping children and young people with disabilities (ОО «БелАПДИиМИ»);

• Implementation of 2-hour volunteer/ training activity with the involvement of CWD
• Planned at list 12 activities

by 30 December 2024

8. Coordination of volunteer engagement including the most vulnerable adolescents in UNICEF interventions during Slavyanskiy Bazar

• Implementation of 8 hour programme activity on daily basis with the engagement of minimum 10 volunteers in the activity

By 20 July 2023

9. Facilitation of the promotion of eco-friendliness and climate change responsive behaviour in UNICEF volunteers

• Organization of 3 regional plogging-races with engagement of UNICEF volunteers

By 30 December 2023

10. Regular liaise with the Football club “BATE” to ensure their engagement in responsible parenting and inclusion through organization of joint football matches in Borisov

• Communication offline and online with the management of the Football Club “BATE” and support in organization of joint football matches
• At least 3 documented communication per quarter with at least 1 activity
• Total 6 activities

By 30 December 2024

11. Coordination of volunteer engagement and promotion of inclusion, mental health, fundraising for assistive technologies during Minsk Half-Marathon activities and of Kid’s race in collaboration with Athletics Federation

• Management of at least 40 UNICEF volunteers in running UNICEF’s Kid’s Race during the Minsk Half-Marathon activities and collaboration with Athletics Federation
• At least 2 activities implemented

By 30 November 2023

12. Finalization of the online-course on how to communicate with children with intellectual disabilities and coordination of the course posting on u-platform.by in cooperation with Belarussian Committee of Special Olympics;

• Oversee the recommendations on content development from UNICEF colleagues fully incorporated into course and ensure the course is placed on U-Platform

By 30 October 2023

13. Coordination the development of recommendations for parents whose children play computer games on responsible parenting, cybersafety and inclusion in cooperation with Belarussian Cybersport Federation (BCF)

• Liaise with the experts and BCF to ensure the development of recommendations for parents and thier availability on BCF website

By 30 September 2023

14. Coordination of volunteer engagement and information dissemination to support girls’ engagement, responsible parenting, mental health through participation in family festivals “Papa, Mama, Ya – football family” in cooperation with Belarussian Football Federation

• Management of at least 6 volunteers engaged in 6-hour event, with wide information dissemination to parents
• Planned at least 1 event in each oblast (7 events)

By 30 June 2024

15. Design, planning, implementation and M&E of the training activites online and offline for the knowledge and skills development of adolescents and young people on volunteering in UNICEF, volunteer skills development with addressing the issues of inclusion, gender in volunteer activities implementation

• Management of at least 12 volunteers engagement in 4-hour training online or offline activity
• Planned at least 10 activities

by 30 December 2024

16. Coordination of the emerged or ad-hoc programme, operations, M&E or communication activities/intervention in consideration with the supervisor with the proper planning, documentation and reporting

• At least one 2-hour activity with the engagement of 2-3 volunteers in managing the activity
• Planned at least 30 additional activities

By 30 December 2024

Travel (if required):

Local travels in Belarus, based on the scheduled activities (at least 2 field trips per month)

Qualifications

1) Education

• A bachelor’s degree in the social/behavioral sciences including but not limited to communication, marketing, sports, international relations or in a related technical field.

2) Work experience

• A minimum of two years of relevant professional experience in volunteer engagement and sports for development;

• An experience in design, management, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of activities related to networking and partnerships for child rights.

• Work experience related to advocacy, communication, social mobilization and partnerships, including proven experience of working with government and civil society groups.

• Knowledge of UNICEF mission, vision and core values is required

• Knowledge of Convention of the Rights of the Child, Human Rights Based Approach, Results-based management, gender issues, climate change, child participation and strategic partnership is required

• Work experience with UNICEF and other UN agencies is an asset.

3. Skills

• Substantial skills in working with and for adolescents and addressing adolescents development and participation issues;

• Good communication skills and ability to liaise with national, international and SCOs partners;

• Good managerial and organizational skills in arranging events with and for children and adolescents;

• Experience in facilitation of training activities for children and adolescents;

• Ability to engage adolescents in volunteer activities;

• High level of responsibility and ability to meet deadlines.

4. Language Proficiency:

• Fluency in English and Russian is required.

Requirements:

• Completed profile in UNICEF's e-Recruitment system and provide Personal History Form (P11)
• Upload copy of academic credentials
• Financial proposal to undertake the terms of reference that will include:
  • All-inclusive (lump sum) costs for the deliverables noted above.
  • Travel costs and daily subsistence allowance, if internationally recruited or any travel is required as per TOR
  • Any other estimated costs: visa, health insurance, and living costs as applicable.
  • Indicate your availability
• Any emergent / unforeseen duty travel and related expenses will be covered by UNICEF.
• At the time the contract is awarded, the selected candidate must have in place current health insurance coverage.
• Payment of professional fees will be based on submission of agreed satisfactory deliverables. UNICEF reserves the right to withhold payment in case the deliverables submitted are not up to the required standard or in case of delays in submitting the deliverables on the part of the consultant.

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

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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.

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