Consultancy for Mapping/ survey of CSOs, CBOs, and NGO partners, East Jerusalem,State of Palestine

UNICEF State of Palestine Office is looking for seasoned consultant to identify CSO, CBOs and NGO partners which provide services to vulnerable children in East Jerusalem, analyze the scale and scope of the services they provided to vulnerable children, identify their challenges and potential partnership synergies in programmatic interventions and by geographical locations. Taking up this assignment is interesting and rewarding. If you have the required profile, you are encouraged to apply.

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.

For 70 years, UNICEF has been working on the ground in 190 countries and territories to promote children's survival, protection and development. The world's largest provider of vaccines for developing countries, 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.

Purpose of the Assignment

The purpose of this consultancy is:

• To identify CSO, CBOs and NGO partners which provide services to vulnerable children by geographical location, and distribution of services in East Jerusalem
• To undertake an analysis on the scale and scope of the services provided to vulnerable children in East Jerusalem, organisation composition of staffing and contact details, distribution of organisations that provide and receive external training, have ability to carry out scientific research and provide prevention and response services, impact mitigation for directly affected children by category of services, and advocacy.  
• Identification of challenges and obstacles facing the organisation (CSO, CBO and NGO partners)
• Identification of potential partnership synergies in programmatic interventions and by geographical location

Assignment Tasks:

• A clear identification of existing services providers, NGOs, CBOs and CSOs in East Jerusalem by geographical location, and distribution of types of services.
• Distribution of organisations according to type of services provided, age groups, by village level, and level of service
• Composition of organisation, professional staffing levels, training expertise, scientific research capacities, and current workload.
• Recommendations on how to align identified gaps from three action plan outputs from the rapid appraisal to geographical location and service providers;
• Identification of potential umbrella organisings or NGOs that could potentially support CBOs.

Expected Deliverables

The following deliverables are expected:

1) Inception report: Schedule of work to complete assignment, including methodology, analytical framework, and tools and time frame. The report provided details of the Consultancy's understanding of the Terms of Reference. In particular, the report will provide details of the methodology and of constraints and solutions that will be encountered during the survey. The Consultancy shall present the inception report according to the outline, content and structure agreed with the TWG.
Timeframe:  15 March 2017

2) Development of questionnaires for field work to capture information.  Excel or Word tables on key findings of distribution of service providers by geographical location and types of services; Excel or Word tables on organisation composition, staffing levels, training and research competencies, and services corresponding to action plan outputs; contact details of all relevant contact persons by organisation, title, and geographical location.
Timeframe: 25 March 2017

3) Draft report developed based on the analysis of the data, the result of the survey and analysis, according to the outline, content and structure agreed with the TWG. The initial proposal of the draft report should be shared with UNICEF and the TWG.
Timeframe:  1 May 2017

4) A revised/preliminary report (incorporating TWG's comments) will be presented at a TWG with key partners, which will be organised by UNICEF.
Timeframe:  15 May 2017

5) The final report of the survey that incorporates comments from TWG/ UNICEF and key partners. The report will address the questions presented in this Terms of Reference, each objective and the whole scope of work. The final report shall be developed according to the outline, content and structure agreed with UNICEF upon proposal of the Consultant/Institution. It shall include at a minimum an executive summary, presentation of the methodology, data presentation, an analysis of the data, recommendations and conclusion, and annexes (Terms of Reference, list of interviewees, site visits, list of documents, details on methodology).
Timeframe:  31 May 2017

Qualifications of Successful Candidate

Education

 • Advanced university degree in social science, social work, child protection, child rights or related fields.

Years of relevant experiences and skills

• The individual should have a minimum of 5 years of experience in the area of child protection, or a related field.
• Understanding of the political, socio-cultural and policy context of Palestine as well as its child protection / social welfare system
• Ability to transfer knowledge and skills to partners
• In-depth knowledge of child protection programming, gender-related dynamics, familiarity with working with children in East Jerusalem
• Strong communication skills and tested capacity in conducting consultative sessions, sound understanding and knowledge of participatory and community-based approaches, excellent facilitation skills and flexibility.
• Strong analytical and conceptual thinking with a drive for results and capacity to influence others through well-established advocacy and negotiation skills.
• Excellent English verbal and writing skills
• Fluency in Arabic for (or ability to recruit Arabic speaking translator). 

Competencies of Successful Candidate

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Please indicate your ability, availability and daily/monthly rate (in US$) to undertake the terms of reference above (including travel and daily subsistence allowance, if applicable).  Applications submitted without a daily/monthly rate will not be considered.

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages qualified female and male candidates from all national, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of our organisation.