UNICEF Lebanon is looking for a qualified consultant to lead the development of the End-of-Year Child Protection Analysis Report 2025. The consultant will support the Child Protection sub-sector, under the coordination of UNICEF and the Child Protection Working Group (CPWG), in producing a high-quality, analytical report that assesses sector performance, analyzes trends, identifies gaps and priority needs, and captures key achievements, lessons learned, and community feedback. Using a mixed-methods approach, the consultant will conduct data analysis, stakeholder consultations, and a review of existing documentation to generate actionable recommendations that inform future planning, coordination, and advocacy efforts in child protection.

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For every child, Protection 

Lebanon’s Child Protection programme operates within a complex humanitarian and recovery context marked by economic crisis, displacement, and heightened risks for children. Led by UNICEF and the Child Protection Working Group (CPWG), the programme delivers integrated interventions such as case management, psychosocial support, and alternative care, while strengthening child protection systems and promoting community engagement. The End-of-Year Child Protection Analysis Report supports evidence-based decision-making and strategic planning to better respond to the evolving needs of children in Lebanon.

How can you make a difference? 

Work Assignment Expected Results

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Inception Note

Submission of an inception note outlining the proposed methodology, data sources, analytical framework, report structure, stakeholder engagement plan, and detailed workplan.

The report will include Situation of Children Analysis:

  • Analyze the overall child protection situation, including key risks, vulnerabilities, and contextual drivers.
  • Highlight differentiated impacts by age, gender, disability, nationality, and displacement status, where data allows.
  • Integrate findings from secondary data sources (assessments, monitoring reports, dashboards, partner inputs and observations).

Week 1

(3 days)

Report on FGDs done with affected populations

Organize 3 FGDs with children and caregivers supported through the child protection sector and submit a report on the outcome of the FGDs:

  • Integrate community feedback, where available, including perspectives of children, caregivers, and communities.
  • Reflect how feedback has informed programming and coordination.

Week 2-3

(5 days)

Report on Child Protection mainstreaming efforts in Lebanon
  • Analyze the extent to which child protection has been mainstreamed across other sectors (e.g. Education, WASH, Health, Shelter), based on available data, partner inputs, and coordination discussions.
  • Identify good practices, gaps, and challenges related to child protection mainstreaming in multi-sector responses.
  • Highlight examples where child protection considerations (risk mitigation, referral pathways, safe access, safeguarding) have been effectively integrated into sectoral programming.
  • Provide practical recommendations to strengthen child protection and mainstreaming within inter-sector coordination, planning, and implementation frameworks.

Week 3-week 8

(10 days)

First Draft Report

Submit a completed first draft report covering all agreed sections, including situation analysis, outcomes from the FGDs with affected populations, emerging and persistent trends, analysis of geographic, thematic and population gaps, response analysis, document operational, coordination and programmatic lessons learned, and unmet needs.

The report should include short case studies and success stories from CPWG partners to:

  • Highlight good practices, innovation, localization efforts, and cross-sector linkages.

The report should include achievements Against Targets:

  • Review of sector progress against planned annual targets and indicators.
  • Analyze coverage, reach, and quality of CP interventions.
  • Highlight key achievements and areas of strong performance.
  • Analyze data extracted from the KOBO platform on the alternative care programme implemented under the CMTF

Finally, the report should include clear, evidence-based, and actionable recommendations for:

  • CPWG coordination
  • Prioritization of program and implementation
  • Advocacy and resource mobilization
  • Preparedness and future response planning

Draft report needs to include an annex on the analysis of data related to the alternative care program in 2025.

Week 5-6

(6 days)

Validation & Feedback

Facilitation of the validation process and integration of consolidated feedback from CP Coordinators, CP Core Group, and relevant stakeholders.

Week 7

(5 days)

Final Report

Submission of the final, edited, and publication-ready Child Protection Analysis Report, incorporating all validated feedback.

Week 7

(4 days)

Analysis report on child protection Emergency Response

Submit a Preliminary analysis report of the emerging child protection risks and current emergency child protection response that will be annexed in the full report.  

Week 25

(5 Days)

Support current emergency reporting

Input to flash updates, protection snap shots and Sitreps.

Week 1- 26

(12 days)

If you would like to know more about this position, please review the complete Job Description here: Download File 2026_CP_CPWG Consultant_ToR.docx

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

Minimum requirements:

  • Advanced university degree (master’s or higher) in social sciences, child protection, international development, humanitarian studies, or a related field.
  • Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in child protection, research, or humanitarian analysis is required.
  • Demonstrate experience in conducting sectoral or thematic analysis reports, evaluations, or situation analyses in humanitarian or development contexts is required.
  • Experience in data analysis and triangulation, including quantitative and qualitative data sources is required.
  • Strong research and analytical skills is required.
  • Excellent English writing and editing skills, with ability to translate complex data into clear narratives. Spoken Arabic language is a must.
  • Strong communication and coordination skills, including engagement with multiple partners is required.
  • Strong coordination and communication skills is required.
  • Ability to manage multiple stakeholders and validate findings through consultations is required.
  • High level of professionalism, confidentiality, and adherence to ethical research standards is required.
  • Ability to work independently under tight deadlines is required.

Assets:

  • Familiarity with humanitarian coordination mechanisms and CPWG structures
  • Experience working with UN agencies, NGOs, or government counterparts
  • Familiarity with the Lebanon Response Plan (LRP) or Protection/Child Protection sector coordination architecture.
  • Knowledge of CPIMS+, Protection Monitoring systems, or real-time monitoring mechanisms.

For every Child, you demonstrate...

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

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UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious or ethnic background, and persons with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization. To create a more inclusive workplace, UNICEF offers paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks, and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the use of flexible working arrangements. Click here to learn more about flexible work arrangements, well-being, and benefits.

According to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), persons with disabilities include those who have long-term physical, mental, intellectual, or sensory impairments which, in interaction with various barriers, may hinder their full and effective participation in society on an equal basis with others. In its Disability Inclusion Policy and Strategy 2022-2030, UNICEF has committed to increase the number of employees with disabilities by 2030. At UNICEF, we provide reasonable accommodation for work-related support requirements of candidates and employees with disabilities. Also, UNICEF has launched a Global Accessibility Helpdesk to strengthen physical and digital accessibility. If you are an applicant with a disability who needs digital accessibility support in completing the online application, please submit your request through the accessibility email button on the UNICEF Careers webpage Accessibility | UNICEF.

UNICEF does not hire candidates who are married to children (persons under 18). 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 based on gender, nationality, age, race, sexual orientation, religious or ethnic background or disabilities. UNICEF is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. 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, and selected candidates with disabilities may be requested to submit supporting documentation in relation to their disability confidentially.

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. 

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