Senior Child Protection Consultant (Support to MEHE), Beirut - Lebanon (193 days)

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For every child, protection.

Purpose of Activity/Assignment:

 

Capacity building on Child Protection Prevention and Response for the Department for Orientation and Pedagogical Team (DOPS) within the Ministry of Education and Higher Education Department.

 

 

With support from UNICEF’s Child Protection (CP) Programme, MEHE was able to advance in integrating child protection principles and programming within the Education Sector. A new "Policy for the Protection of Students in the Educational Environment" has been finalized with MEHE and launched in May 2018 by the Ministry of Education and Higher Education. The Policy has been instrumental in defining the role of the Ministry of Education in creating a protective environment for children in school settings, preventing and mitigating risks of violence and defined key roles and responsibilities of ministry staff including the teaching body in responding to incidences of violence identified in the school setting. In 2017, the roll-out process of the CP policy was launched and included capacity building of second shift public school counselors, DOPS coaches, sensitization of school directors, supervisors and other relevant staff in 20 pilot schools. Capacity building and refreshers to the DOPS team continues in addition to the second shift counselors and to the identified focal points from schools.

 

In this regard, and to support the ongoing capacity building component, the consultant will support the Department for Orientation and Pedagogical Support (DOPS) implement its capacity building plan under the 2019-2020 UNICEF-MEHE Annual Work-Plan (AWP). The consultancy will consist of designing, planning, facilitating, evaluating and reporting on capacity building workshops at Beirut level. The consultant will train a team of trainers within DOPS and MEHE that will then train other MEHE or school staff. At the national level, DOPS consists of a national coordinator and 3 team members who oversee the implementation of MEHE’s Child Protection Policy in the school and build the capacity building of the regional and local team as well as other stakeholders at MEHE. At regional level, DOPS has a team of 57 Roving Psycho-Social Support (PSS) Counsellors who offer direct CP prevention and response services in am-shift public schools and provide technical support and guidance to 550 Fixed PSS Counsellors in 300 pm-shift schools. In addition, Roving Counsellors also provide capacity building to 600 school focal points and school directors on the policy. For each workshop, a workshop report should be submitted, with pre-/post-tests assessing knowledge acquisition, feedback from participants, observations and recommendations for future workshops. Based on the findings of the workshop reports, a final report updating the existing Capacity Needs Matrix on priority technical needs and gaps in CP within MEHE.

 

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Tasks/Milestone 1: 

Provide regular technical advisory support and contribution towards the strengthening of capacities of MEHE/DOPS at national and regional level on the roll-out of the Policy for the Protection of Students in the School Environment
- Technical guidance and advice 2 days per month
- Coordination 1 days per week with different entities (UNICEF, MEHE,...) (Total of 46 days)
- 10 days inception mission and report. 

Deliverables/Outputs 1: 

- Regular meetings, coaching sessions, discussions with DOPS management and central team
- Development of necessary guidance, SOPs, in consultation with UNICEF
- 7 days inception with report conducted and submitted
- Weekly coordination with relevant actors conducted with relevant reporting submitted 

 

Timeline 1: 79 days Dec 2019-Nov 2020 

Tasks/Milestone 2: 

 A 6-day workshop with 27+ Regional Investigators on Investigating Institutional Violence (Direct Facilitation):
- Adapt Days 1-3 of the existing 6-day induction package (the remaining 3 days will be developed and facilitated by a UNICEF technical expert on institutional violence).
- Co-facilitate (3 days)
- Support drafting of workshop report

/3 days pre-post-prep. + 3 days co-facilitating 

 

Deliverables/Outputs: 2 

- Adapted 3 days materials for the Regional investigators completed (2 days).
- 3 days workshop facilitated.
- Workshop report drafted and submitted (1 day).
 

Timeline 2: 6 days (TBC) 

Tasks/Milestone 3: 

 An 8 Day Workshop with 60 Roving PSS Counsellors (Direct Facilitation) on Positive Discipline/Classroom Management & on CP Risk Assessment, Planning and Follow-up:
- Review existing content
- Design and validate workshop
- Co-facilitate workshop
- Draft workshop report
/5 days pre-post-prep. + 8 days (x4 groups) co-facilitating 

 

Deliverables/Outputs 3: 

- Adapted 8 days materials for the workshop with the Roving PSS Counsellors completed (3 days).
- 32 days workshops co-facilitated for 4 groups.
- Workshop report drafted and submitted (2 days). 

 

Timeline 3 : 37 days Sept. Oct. 2020 (TBC)

Tasks/Milestone 4: 

A 2 days refresher workshop to 300 CP School Focal Points (ToT) on Basic skills and concepts for CP Prevention and Response:
- Adapt existing 5-day workshop & facilitator’s guide to a 2-day refresher
- Draft Workshop Report (based on M&E tools collected by Roving Counsellors)
/3 days pre-post-prep. 

 

Deliverables/Outputs 4: 

- Adapted 2 days materials workshop for the CP school focal points.
- Workshops reports drafted and submitted.

Timeline 4 : 3 days Oct. 2020 (TBC) 

Tasks/Milestone 5: 

An 8 day workshop with 60 School Health Counsellors (Direct Facilitation) on Basic skills and concepts for CP Prevention and Response:
- Adapt 6-day induction package to 8-days
- Co-facilitate workshop
- Draft workshop report
/4 days pre-post-prep. + 8 days (x4 groups) co-facilitating 

 

Deliverables/Outputs 5: 

- Adapted 8 days materials for the workshop with the school PSS Counsellors completed (2 days).
- 32 days workshops co-facilitated for 4 groups.
- Workshop report drafted and submitted (2 days).

Timeline 5:  36 days March 2020 Oct. 2020 (TBC) 

Tasks/Milestone 6: 

A 1 Day workshop with 300 School Directors on MEHE’s CP Response Mechanism (ToT):
- Revise day 4 of the existing 6-day induction workshop developed in Nov18.
- Draft guidance notes for facilitators
- Draft workshop report (based on M&E tools collected by Roving Counsellors)
/2 days pre-post-prep. 

Deliverables/Outputs 6: 

- Adapted 1-day material for the School directors including guidance note and report completed.

Timeline 6: 2 days Oct.-Nov. (2020) 

Tasks/Milestone 7 : 

A 5-day workshop with 300 new CP School Focal Points (ToT) on Basic skills and concepts for CP Prevention and Response:
- Update existing 5-day workshop & Facilitators Guide based on findings from Feb.2019 Workshop Report
- Draft workshop report (based on M&E tools collected by Roving Counsellors)
/3 days pre-post-prep. 

Deliverables/Outputs 7 : 

- Adapted 5 days workshop materials for CP school focal points including guidance note and workshop report submitted and completed.

 

Timeline 7 :  3 days Jan-March (2020) 

Tasks/Milestone 8: 

 A 6-day workshop with 550 Fixed School Counsellors (ToT) on Positive Discipline/Classroom Management & on CP Risk Assessment, Planning and Follow-up:
- Adapt 8-day workshop (deliverable #1) to 6-days
- Develop a facilitators guide for Roving Counsellors who will facilitate this workshop regionally
- Draft workshop report (based on M&E tools collected by Roving Counsellors)
/4 days pre-post-prep. 

 Deliverables/Outputs 8 :

- Adapted 6 days workshop materials for fixed school counsellors (TOT) on positive discipline/classroom management including guidance note and workshop report submitted and completed.

Timeline 8:  4 days TBC 

Tasks/Milestone 9: 

Capacity building of MEHE team on data collection, analysis and report writing.

Deliverables/Outputs 9: 

- Organization of a series of workshops (minimum 3 over the course of the consultancy on data collection, analysis and report writing) in addition to an estimate of 20 days of coaching to MEHE relevant staff.  

Timeline 9: 23 Dec 2019-Nov 2020 

TO QUALIFY AS AN ADVOCATE FOR EVERY CHILD YOU WILL HAVE:

- Master’s Degree in Education, Psychology, Social Sciences or relevant fields
- Minimum 5 years’ professional experience in child protection capacity building to diverse target groups
- Substantial experience designing, delivering and evaluating CP workshops to both CP and non-CP actors
- Experience in Lebanon’s public sector (particularly MEHE or MoSA) highly desirable
- Fluency in English and Arabic - Excellent capacity building needs analysis, communication and facilitation skills
- Expertise in Child Protection prevention and response
- Excellent relationship management skills
- Solid knowledge of Lebanon’s National CP SOPs and MEHE’s Child Protection Policy
- Solid knowledge of Child Protection mainstreaming in Education
- Good M&E skills and experience evaluating knowledge acquisition and learning from workshops

 

For every Child, you demonstrate integrity:
UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA) and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.
UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.
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. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles.

Remarks:
This is a deliverable based assignment which is paid based on deliverables and daily fee. Only submissions with financial proposal (all-inclusive daily fee) will be considered.