Individual Consultancy for Corporate Social Responsibility and Partnerships in Mongolia (National)

Consultancy is for Mongolian nationals only.

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Mongolia offers promising prospects for a socially responsible private sector that, with proper technical assistance, incorporates children’s rights into their everyday business operations and contributes to the country’s human capital in the long term.

The National Release of the Child Rights and Business Principles (CRBP) held by UNICEF in December 2014 marked the first step in the country office’s journey to engage with the Mongolian private sector to incorporate principles that respect and support children’s rights into their everyday business operations in the areas where their businesses interface with children – the marketplace the workplace and the community.

Moving forward, one of the key strategies of the UNICEF Mongolia Country Programme 2017 – 2021 is continued engagement with the country’s growing private sector, now accounting for 75 per cent of the GDP (World Bank, 2014), to influence CSR – especially with the prominent mining industry – to leverage its potential in achieving results for children and replication of successful interventions.  Moreover, the programme will support the implementation of the child rights and business principles. 

To support the achievement of the CSR Output in the new Country Programme, the services of an individual national consultant was contracted from 01 November 2017 until 16 September 2018. 

The main results from this consultancy were:

• The country assessment “CFB: local business practices and legal environment” has been completed and the report will be launched soon.
• A comprehensive strategy for UNICEF Mongolia to engage with the Private Sector (PS).
• The private sector champions to support children continued their commitments they further developed their Child Friendly Business (CFB) practices. Private and public sector partnerships on leveraging PS resources for the programme continued with the focus on online child protection, Water, Hygiene and  Sanitation ( WASH), Early Development and Childhood (ECD), education, youth and air pollution etc.  
• The multi-stakeholders’ platform was established engaging both senior and technical level government officials from relevant relevant ministries and agencies, communications regulatory committee as well as the national police department.
• The PS and relevant public institutions in the provincial programme areas have been sensitized for them to have a basic understanding on CFB and its principles, and they have identified priorities for PS engagement and support within the Child Friendly Community  (CFC) in each of their communities.
• A foundation for the partnership with Oyu Tolgoi (OT) was created, with the signing of the Letter of Intent (LOI).
• Reviewed UNICEF Mongolia engagement with PS for Youth and put together two cases for PS & Youth engagement done by the country office.

Engagement with the private sector need to be continued and sustained.  The consultancy is therefore requested from 1 November 2018 until 30 October 2019.

The Consultant will build on and continue the achievement of the UNICEF Mongolia CSR output through on-going assistance in the day-to-day management of partnerships with private sector platforms and individual businesses, build potential additional partnership opportunities based on the previously made engagements and discussions with the private sectors as well as for the coordination of programmatic inputs into specific partnerships. The consultant will support the adaptation of training modules for tailoring its delivery and roll-out to specific partners and scaling up through the partnership for instance with major business platform(s). The consultant will also contribute to strengthen the private and public partnerships established for instance in areas of online child protection, ECD, WASH, education, air pollution and youth including any new areas of the programme.  The work will also include : (i) support to the private and public sector partnerships for the gradual implementation of the recommendations of the country assessment “CFB: local business practices and legal environment” addressed to the public and private sectors and (ii) support to  UNICEF Mongolia and partners to determine the best strategic approach to integrate the CSR into the country programme 2017-2021 and beyond.

1. Planned deliverables are as follows:

1. A realistic action plan to implement the main recommendations of the country assessment “ CFB : local practices and legal environment” is developed and implemented
2. The existing agreements with major partners are implemented reviewed and extended if deemed appropriate by both parties ( UNICEF and partners);
3. Together with the PS and public institutions (MNCCI and AFCYD), the CRBP training based on the improved module will be scaled up and the commitments from the PS champions to support children will be enhanced.
4. With the technical support of the consultant, UNICEF Mongolia and its partners develop the strategies and approaches to reinforce the corporate social responsibilities and partnerships within the current country programme and beyond  

1. Activities and timeline:

• An advanced university degree: Master’s degree
• Field of academic qualifications: International Development, International Relations, International Law, Statistics, Human Rights, Economics, Social Sciences, or Social Policy 
  • Minimum of five years of experience in international development
  • Experience working in the private sector for a minimum of two years, particularly on CSR.
  • Excellent coordination and planning skills and experience
  • Ability to exercise sound technical judgment.
  • Able to work effectively in a multi-cultural environment and a high sense of integrity.
  • Outstanding written and oral communication skills in English (speaking, reading and writing) and Mongolian (speaking, reading and writing)
  • Good inter-personal skills

UNICEF Penalty Clause

Payment of fees to the Consultant under this contract, including each instalment or periodic payment (if any), is subject to the Consultant’s full and complete performance of his or her obligations under this contract with regard to such payment to UNICEF’s satisfaction, and UNICEF’s certification to that effect.   UNICEF reserves the right to withhold up to 25% of the total fee in the case that the deliverables are not submitted on schedule or do not meet the required standard.

Definition of supervision arrangements and type of support to be provided by UNICEF Mongolia

Direct Supervisor: Deputy Representative

Frequency of performance review: Frequency of performance review:  Progress report and informal discussions on performance will be done at every stage of payment. There has to be a formal written performance evaluation for consultant (Form) to be done by supervisor upon reaching the mid-term of the assignment A final performance assessment shall be conducted at the end of the assignment.Discussion on contract work assignments and deliverables will be provided by the contract Supervisor. The contract Supervisor will be available, as/when required, to provide comments to submitted deliverables in a timely manner.  The consultant will be provided administrative support to perform the tasks as per the TORs.

The Consultant will be based in the office for the full contracted period. The Consultant will be provided with a working space and access to internet in the UNICEF Mongolia Country Office. He/she will be required to use his/her own computer.

Official travel involved

The Consultant will mostly be office-based, with occasional field visits during specific times of the assignment in the UNICEF Mongolia focus areas.Should official travel be required, UNICEF will cover the costs for travel and travel related costs in line with organizational policies and procedures. UNICEF may provide support to the Consultant in travel arrangements. [AH1] [SH2] .

Terms of payment/link of payments to deliverables: Payment to be made monthly based on timely submission of monthly consultant report, detailing:

1. Progress against deliverables
2. Research progress bottlenecks and measures to address them
3. Overall/general recommendation

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Remarks:

Interested applicants MUST submit their monthly professional fee in MNT. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.