Consultancy – Development of tools and guidance for the roll out of the International Classification of Violence against Children (ICVAC), D&A, DAPM NYHQ (remote based)

Consultancy Title: Improvement of instruments and steerage for the rollout of the Worldwide Classification of Violence in opposition to Youngsters (ICVAC)

Part/Division/Obligation Station: Information & Analytics Part/DAPM/New York (remote-based)

Length: 1 April 2024 – 28 March 2025 (12 months)

About UNICEF

In case you are a dedicated, inventive skilled and are obsessed with making a long-lasting distinction for youngsters, the world’s main youngsters’s rights group want to hear from you. For 70 years, UNICEF has been engaged on the bottom in 190 international locations and territories to advertise youngsters’s survival, safety, and growth. The world’s largest supplier of vaccines for growing international locations, UNICEF helps youngster well being and vitamin, good water and sanitation, high quality primary schooling for all girls and boys, and the safety of youngsters from violence, exploitation, and AIDS. UNICEF is funded fully by the voluntary contributions of people, companies, foundations, and governments. UNICEF has over 12,000 employees in additional than 145 international locations.

BACKGROUND

The dearth of obtainable and comparable information on violence in opposition to youngsters (VAC) is as a result of there aren’t any widespread or uniform really useful operational definitions for the varied types of VAC that international locations can use to information their measurement efforts. Because of this, the International Classification of Violence against Children (ICVAC) was developed by UNICEF and endorsed by the United Nations Statistical Fee in March 2023. The ICVAC consists of operational definitions of all types of violence in opposition to youngsters and covers interpersonal and collective violence, each in instances of peace and through inner or worldwide armed battle. The classification supplies international locations with a software to evaluate the extent to which their nationwide definitions and information assortment efforts adjust to internationally agreed requirements. It’ll additionally assist international locations to make sure that information assortment efforts produce comparable information.

The Baby Safety and Improvement (CPD) Unit throughout the Information and Analytics Part is main the roll out of the ICVAC and requires a marketing consultant to draft the instruments and steerage supplies that can assist international locations in its implementation.

Function of Exercise/Project:

The marketing consultant will develop supplies for the roll out of the Worldwide Classification of Violence in opposition to Youngsters (ICVAC). It will contain finalizing the ICVAC Implementation Guide, growing coaching supplies, supporting international locations, contributing to the event of instruments, and making ready case research, technical notes, and advocacy supplies.

Scope of Work:

The present scope of labor consists of supporting the preparation of steerage supplies and instruments for the implementation of ICVAC. The Baby Safety and Improvement (CPD) Unit throughout the Information and Analytics Part is main the roll out of the ICVAC and requires a marketing consultant to draft the instruments and steerage supplies that can assist international locations in its implementation.

Phrases of Reference / Deliverables

In shut collaboration and dealing with the UNICEF Senior Advisor for Baby Safety, the incumbent is liable for the next deliverables:

Deliverable 1: Draft fund-raising technique for ICVAC

Deliverables/outputs: Draft Technique, 2^nd draft of technique, Ultimate draft technique.

Supply Deadline: 1 Might 2024

Deliverable 2: Finalize the ICVAC implementation Plan, Plan doc and incorporate any updates as required.

Deliverables/outputs: Ultimate draft of the ICVAC Implementation Plan

Supply Deadline: 1 Might 2024

Deliverable 3: Develop advocacy supplies for NSOs, companions and UNICEF area places of work – For instance brief doc what the ICVAC is and illustrating how the ICVAC matches throughout the Sustainable Improvement Aim (SDG) monitoring equipment and present how its use can enhance SDG monitoring in relation to Objectives 5 and 16

Deliverables/outputs: First draft of supplies, Second draft of supplies, Ultimate supplies

Supply Deadline: 3 June 2024

Deliverable 4: Contribute to the draft pointers for producing date on VAC in step with the ICVAC.

Deliverables/outputs: Assessment present draft and supply inputs as requested, 2^nd draft of inputs, Ultimate draft of inputs.

Supply Deadline: 3 June 2024

Deliverable 5: Put together as much as 10 case research on varied types of VAC that can be used as reference for international locations implementing the ICVAC.  

Deliverables/outputs: First draft case research, Second draft case research, Ultimate case research

Supply Deadline: 15 July 2024

Deliverable 6: Develop coaching supplies for in-person and self-paced on-line coaching concentrating on NSO’s and different related entities.   

Deliverables/outputs: First draft coaching bundle, Second draft coaching bundle, Ultimate coaching bundle

Supply Deadline: 30 August 2024

Deliverable 7: Produce brief technical notes (one to 2 pages) to point out the worth of the ICVAC in relation to particular types of VAC in relation to particular types of VAC, such because the killing of youngsters in battle settings, sexual exploitation of youngsters, technology-facilitated VAC, bullying, and so on.

Deliverables/outputs: First draft technical notes, Second draft technical notes, Ultimate technical notes.  

Supply Deadline: 27 September 2024

Deliverable 8: Develop a web based index of the ICVAC.  

Deliverables/outputs: First draft of on-line index, Second draft of on-line index, Ultimate index obtainable on-line   

Supply Deadline: 27 September 2024

Deliverable 9: Contribute to the draft software equipment for producing administrative date in step with the ICVAC.   

Deliverables/outputs: Assessment present draft and supply inputs as requested. Second draft of inputs, Ultimate draft of inputs    

Supply Deadline: 20 December 2024

Deliverable 10:  Present nation assist together with:

• Improvement of a street map software and assist international locations to customizing street map to their wants
• Draft TOR for multisectoral implementation process forces on the nation degree
• Facilitating the mapping of present nationwide statistical definitions into the ICVAC framework and figuring out implementation gaps and wishes
• Facilitating the transition from core and minimal disaggregating variables to extra disaggregating variables    

Deliverables/outputs:

• Draft roadmap, Second draft of roadmap, Ultimate draft of roadmap.  
• Draft ToR, Second draft of ToR, Ultimate draft of ToR
• Assessment and draft response to international locations requesting assist.
• Finalize response.

Supply Deadline: 28 March 2025

Deliverable 11: Miscellaneous requests from international locations and CPD crew    

Deliverables/outputs: Documented requests and responses     

Supply Deadline: 28 March 2025

{Qualifications}

(1) Schooling

• A complicated college diploma grasp’s diploma or equal in Social Sciences, Demography, Statistics, Epidemiology, or different associated social science area is required.

2) Work expertise

• A minimal of seven years of progressively accountable and related skilled work in violence in opposition to youngsters and/or statistical actions associated to measurement of the SDGs.
• Expertise in growing and implementing worldwide classification steerage on the worldwide and nationwide ranges is required.

3) Competencies

• Fluency in English. Intermediate expertise in a second UN language can be a bonus.
• Wonderful communication and interpersonal expertise.
• Demonstrated capability to work in a multicultural surroundings and set up harmonious and efficient relationships with nationwide companions.

Necessities: 

• Accomplished profile in UNICEF’s e-Recruitment system.
• Add copy of educational credentials
• Monetary proposal that can embody:
• the prices per every deliverable and the full all-inclusive (lump-sum) charges for the entire task (in US$) to undertake the phrases of reference.
  • journey prices and each day subsistence allowance, if internationally recruited or journey is required as per TOR.
  • Some other estimated prices: visa, medical health insurance, as relevant.
  • Point out your availability.
• Any emergent / unexpected responsibility journey and associated bills can be lined by UNICEF.
• On the time the contract is awarded, the chosen candidate will need to have in place present medical health insurance protection.
• Cost {of professional} charges can be primarily based on submission of agreed passable deliverables. UNICEF reserves the suitable to withhold fee in case the deliverables submitted are lower than the required commonplace or in case of delays in submitting the deliverables on the a part of the marketing consultant.
   

Solely shortlisted candidates can be contacted and advance to the following stage of the choice course of.

For each Baby, you show… 

UNICEF’s values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Belief, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS). 

To view our competency framework, please go to  here. 

UNICEF is right here to serve the world’s most deprived youngsters and our international workforce should replicate the range of these youngsters. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, regardless of their race/ethnicity, age, incapacity, gender identification, sexual orientation, faith, nationality, socio-economic background, or some other private attribute.

UNICEF provides reasonable accommodation for consultants/particular person contractors with disabilities. This will likely embody, for instance, accessible software program, journey help for missions or private attendants. We encourage you to reveal your incapacity throughout your software in case you want affordable lodging throughout the choice course of and afterwards in your task. 

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance coverage on conduct that’s incompatible with the goals and goals of the United Nations and UNICEF, together with sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF additionally adheres to strict youngster safeguarding rules. All chosen candidates can be anticipated to stick to those requirements and rules and can subsequently endure rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will embody the verification of educational credential(s) and employment historical past. Chosen candidates could also be required to offer extra data to conduct a background verify. 

Remarks:  

People engaged below a consultancy or particular person contract is not going to be thought of “employees members” below the Employees Rules and Guidelines of the United Nations and UNICEF’s insurance policies and procedures, and won’t be entitled to advantages offered therein (resembling go away entitlements and medical insurance coverage protection). Their situations of service can be ruled by their contract and the Normal Circumstances of Contracts for the Companies of Consultants and Particular person Contractors. Consultants and particular person contractors are liable for figuring out their tax liabilities and for the fee of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with native or different relevant legal guidelines. 

The chosen candidate is solely accountable to make sure that the visa (relevant) and medical health insurance required to carry out the duties of the contract are legitimate for the complete interval of the contract. Chosen candidates are topic to affirmation of fully-vaccinated standing in opposition to SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Well being Group (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which should be met previous to taking over the task. It doesn’t apply to consultants who will work remotely and usually are not anticipated to work on or go to UNICEF premises, programme supply places or instantly work together with communities UNICEF works with, nor to journey to carry out features for UNICEF in the course of their consultancy contracts.