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Consultancy - Academic Coordination and Facilitation - Inclusive Social Protection and Care Systems, LACRO, Panama City

Panamá

  • Organization: UNICEF - United Nations Children’s Fund
  • Location: Panamá
  • Grade: Consultancy - Consultant - Contractors Agreement
  • Occupational Groups:
    • Social Affairs
    • Education, Learning and Training
    • Civil Society and Local governance
    • Managerial positions
    • Disability Rights
  • Closing Date: Closed

UNICEF LACRO is looking for a consultant to support the overall design, coordination and lecturing of a regional course on social protection and disability, including the organization of the trainer of trainers (ToT) workshop.

UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential. 

Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone. 

And we never give up. 

For every child, protection

 

How can you make a difference?

Background

UNICEF in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is composed of 24 country offices that work in 36 countries and territories. The main role of the regional office (RO) is to provide technical assistance, build the capacity and exercise quality control to the 24 country offices.

The Social Policy Unit (SPU) at UNICEF LACRO works in the provision of technical assistance, quality assurance and evidence generation in relation to the eradication of child poverty and the strengthening of social protection systems, in support of Social Policy Officers and Specialists in UNICEF’s country offices.

Disability inclusive social protection constitutes a priority area of work for 2023, comprised both of evidence generation and capacity building in regional institutions to contribute to policy change, in terms of social protection programmes and systems that are inclusive of children and adults with disabilities.

Purpose of the Assignment

Under the guidance and supervision of the Social Policy Regional Advisor, the purpose of this consultancy is to support the overall design, coordination and lecturing of a regional course on social protection and disability, including the organization of the trainer of trainers (ToT) workshop.

Specific Tasks

The consultant will work within the UNICEF Social Policy team in the Regional Office and will have the opportunity to contribute to increase regional capacities among social protection experts and policy makers from UNICEF, Government institutions and other relevant agencies and organizations to better address the needs of people living with disabilities through inclusive social protection.

Specifically, the consultant will (i) support the design, adaptation and overall coordination of the social protection and disability course to be organized by UNICEF LAC and Colombia offices and external partners; (ii) support UNICEF in the design and facilitation of a five-day workshop to “train the trainers”, as described below.

Expected Results

The contractor is expected to lead:

  1. The final adaptation of a disability and social protection course syllabus to the Latin American and the Caribbean context, agreed amongst all stakeholders organizing the course.
  2. The preparation of a 5-day workshop for “training the trainers”, led by the academic coordinator and UNICEF, that will frame the course in current regional debates on social protection, including Care and Support Systems, to be conducted in Bogota, in June 2023.
  3. The academic coordination of a 5-day certified course on social protection and disability, selecting and leading faculty for the course, ensuring coherence and smooth flow of all course contents, activities, and assignments; and liaison with the administrative coordination.
  4. The lecture of 2 modules of the disability and social protection course.

Deliverables

Description

Duration [in days]

Expected deadline and payment schedule

Adaptation of the Course: Syllabus for the whole course adapted to the LAC region (.doc/ppt);

5 days

15 May 2023

20%

Training of Trainers (ToT): Terms of reference of the TOT Workshop aimed at instructors, prepared jointly with UNICEF Social Protection and Disability Specialist (.doc/pdf); Facilitation of the ToT.

5 days

1 July 2023

30%

Academic coordination of the Course: Final academic coordination report, including a course evaluation with lessons learnt and recommendations for improving the adaptation and produce future course iterations (.doc).

5 days

1 November 2023

30%

Lecture of two modules of the course: Materials for the 2 modules on Social Protection Systems (.ppt).; class recordings (video).

5 days

1 November 2023

20%

 

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

Minimum Requirements and Qualifications Education

  • Advanced academic degree (Master’s) in Social Policy (Economics, Public Policy, Public Administration, Social Sciences, or related field). Holding a doctoral degree (e.g., PhD) will be considered an asset.

Work Experience

  • At least 10 years of demonstrated experience in the production of rigorous knowledge in social policy. Authorship of scientific articles or policy papers on social protection (social assistance, social security, early childhood policies) is required. Authorship of scientific articles, policy papers or analysis on disability related policies will be considered an asset.
  • At least 5 years of demonstrated experience teaching about public/social policy at accredited universities.
  • At least 5 years of demonstrated experience in training and/or lecturing public officers,adapting technical knowledge to public administration officers, responsible of technical and managerial decisions at public sector, or staff at inter-governmental institutions.
  • Experience in the design, implementation, evaluation/review and management of social policies (social protection, early childhood development and/or disability inclusion) at national and/or sub-national Governments.
  • •Excellent understanding of the Latin America and the Caribbean context, with proven experience in country-level analysis of social policies.

Languages

  • Proficiency in Spanish is required.
  • Working knowledge of English is required.

Other skills and attributes

  • Excellent communication and facilitation skills.
  • Excellent writing skills.
  • Capacity to engage participants and portray complex concepts in a clear and succinct way.
  • Capacity to work in multi-cultural teams.

Administrative details

Supervision

The contractor will report to the Social Policy Regional Advisor.

Workplace

This is a home-based consultancy

Duration

This consultancy will have a duration of 20 working days over 6 months.

How to Apply

Application should be submitted online and should include: Resume, Cover Letter and Financial proposal. Qualified candidates are requested to submit daily and monthly fees in their financial proposal.

Travel

Travel is involved for this consultancy.

  • Travel will be covered by UNICEF as per policy.
  • Travel costs will be estimated and added to the contract once they are determined based on UNICEF Financial Rules and Regulations.
  • For agreed country visits, the contractor/consultant will be responsible in administering their own travel. UNICEF will reimburse travel related expenses based on actual costs or on the below criteria whichever is lower and upon presentation of receipts.
  • Any travel involved should be budgeted according to UN Travel Standards as a ceiling.
  • UN Secretariat Administrative Instruction on Official Travel, ST/AI/2013/3: Sect. 4, para. 4.2,numerals (d) and (e)
  • For information on Daily Subsistence Allowance (DSA), can be found on the International Civil Service Commission website (all countries and destinations can be found by navigating on the map).

For every Child, you demonstrate… 

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

To view our competency framework, please visit  here

 

*****  

UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic.

UNICEF offers reasonable accommodation for consultants/individual contractors with disabilities. This may include, for example, accessible software, travel assistance for missions or personal attendants. We encourage you to disclose your disability during your application in case you need reasonable accommodation during the selection process and afterwards in your assignment. 

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 be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. 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. 

 

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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