Consultancy: Establishment Of Community of Practice for Social Protection
Nairobi
- Organization: UNICEF - United Nations Children’s Fund
- Location: Nairobi
- Grade: Consultancy - International Consultant - Internationally recruited Contractors Agreement
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Occupational Groups:
- Legal - International Law
- Social and Economic Policy
- Closing Date: Closed
Strengthening linkages between social protection interventions and child centered outcomes. Building capacity of national and county government in coordination and harmonization of the social assistance programmes.
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Background and Justification
The concept and practice of Social Protection as a tool and instrument for poverty reduction, economic growth and development has rapidly gained global popularity particularly in the last decade with many developing countries slowly embracing it as a strategy for fighting poverty and reducing vulnerability amongst their citizens. This has been evidenced by increased governments’ spending and investment in the sector which in turn has also had significant positive effects in socio-economic development and livelihood improvement of the communities. The main objective of Social Protection is to help cushion the poor and vulnerable members of the society from the hard socio-economic ‘risks’ and ‘shocks’ and to being able to prevent them from falling deeper into poverty situation, while at the same time boosting their resilience to such shocks and risks through the provision of an income support or regular social transfers.
Social Protection in Kenya, according to the National Social Protection Policy (NSPP), has been undertaken through three main pillars of Social Assistance, Social Security and Health Insurance. This has also been undertaken by different agencies, both State and non-State actors across the different sectors of the Country. Prominent amongst these programmes are the four Cash Transfers (CTs), National Safety Net Programmes (NSNP) under the Social Assistance pillar. The Social Protection Sector in Kenya has grown very rapidly especially after the introduction of the Cash Transfer programmes in 2004. This has not only been quantitatively in terms of increase in the number of beneficiaries and actors in the sector but also qualitatively in terms of knowledge, skills and capacity development. This is spurred by the fact that the Social Protection sector, at both local and global level, is very dynamic and prone to the development of new ideas and concepts that shape and continue influence the design and implementation of Social Protection interventions. Despite all these achievements, we still witness weak linkages and low coordination across programmes and sectors with no formal and interactive platform in the Country that brings together these various skills and specialties and be able to proactively harness and tap into this wealth of knowledge; building synergy and mentorship to the newly emerging Social Protection practitioners, aggregating to a more robust, vibrant and efficient Social Protection system for the Country.
International evidence shows that integrated services significantly enhance the impact of social protection programming, making them more effective in improving children’s life chances and addressing children’s economic and social rights. UNICEF’s rolling work plan includes the development of four models:
Additionally, the Government has identified a need for enhanced co-ordination at county level and through the development of guidelines for county governments and a mechanism for delegation. As part of the UNDAF programming framework for Outcome 2.4, UNICEF is supporting government in reviewing the current status of co-ordination, assessing capacity building requirements for management and coordination of social protection in counties, developing appropriate guidance on co-ordination mechanisms and instruments, and supporting capacity development in a select number of counties
UNICEF in partnership with the Government of Kenya would like to engage the services of an experienced and competent Consultant to support the social policy section in implantation of the above models and support the county and national government to build capacities in coordination and harmonization of the social assistance programmes with clear linkages to the cash plus agenda. |
Scope of Work Goal and Objective Under the guidance of the Social Policy (Social Protection) Specialist, and in full collaboration with the Protective Environment, Health, Communication for Development, and Nutrition Outcome teams, the heads of the UNICEF Zonal offices, and with focal staff from the respective county governments, the support through this contract will: Kakamega
Kitui
Kilifi and Machakos
Kisumu
Support to coordination mechanisms for Social Protection at county and national levels
RWPPCR/IRs areas covered Outcome 6: By 2018, social protection mechanisms and systems for vulnerable children and adolescents are integrated, adequately resourced, coordinated and sustainable in regular and emergency situations Output 2: Improved linkages between social protection and services to address child vulnerabilities modelled and evidence generated Activities
Output 3: Capacity of national and county governments developed for co-ordination, harmonization, and emergency response of social assistance linked to child vulnerability Activities
Deliverables:
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Deliverables |
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i) A monthly progress report on the models and September- October NICHE payroll and Validation workshop reports |
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December |
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January |
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January |
2nd Instalment |
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iii) A monthly progress report and field monitoring reports |
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February |
3rd Instalment |
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iv) A monthly progress report on the models and the county coordination implementation work plan and |
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March |
4th Instalment |
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v) Final assignment report |
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April |
5th Instalment |
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TOTAL person days |
110 days |
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Required qualifications, desired competencies, technical background and experience (Consult with HR on this prior to signing off on the TOR)
The consultant should have the following skills and qualifications: -
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Conditions
- The consultant is expected to commit fully to this task as per the TOR and adhere to the timeline, subject to changes and revisions by UNICEF KCO team.
- The consultant will not have supervisory responsibilities nor authority on UNICEF budget and other resources.
- As per UNICEF DFAM policy, payment is made against approved deliverables. No advance payment is allowed unless in exceptional circumstances against bank guarantee, subject to a maximum of 30 per cent of the total contract value in cases where advance purchases, for example for supplies or travel, may be necessary.
- The candidate selected will be governed by and subject to UNICEF’s General Terms and Conditions for individual contracts.
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.
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