Consultancy for Technical Support for Facilitation of Medium-Term Review (MTR) and Strategic Moment Reflection (SMR)for Belize, 18 days (Remote/Work From Home with 1 Visit to Belize)

UNICEF works in a few of the world’s hardest locations, to succeed in the world’s most deprived kids. To avoid wasting their lives. To defend their rights. To assist them fulfill their potential. 

Throughout 190 nations and territories, we work for each baby, in every single place, day-after-day, to construct a greater world for everybody. 

And we by no means surrender. 

For each baby, hope.

• The necessity for acceleration of the SDG agenda and alignment with the newly emerged nationwide commitments enshrined within the Medium-Time period Strategic Plan 2022-2026 and the Assertion of the Belize’s Prime Minister on the SDG Summit 2023, highlighting the Particular Training Coverage, funding in Early Childhood Improvement, a costed Social Safety Technique, together with the Social Safety Flooring and accompanying institutional mechanisms, College Feeding Programme, Nationwide Digital Agenda, and Nationwide Technique for Advancing Statistical Improvement.
• Making certain alignment with the brand new UNICEF Strategic Priorities 2022-2025, World and Regional Advocacy Priorities, comparable to EVAC, Psychological Well being and Local weather and Water.
• Constructing on the strong proof generated and techniques and roadmaps developed prior to now 2 years, maximising UNICEF’s added worth in Belize and specializing in built-in approaches in delivering the outcomes for youngsters and communities.
• Taking into account the brand new programmes for which BCO has mobilized sources and gained expectations from the Authorities, such WASH within the Communities, Local weather Change and DRM, and strengthened shock responsiveness of social techniques.
• BCO applied a number of pilots and/or modern initiatives (Money switch programmes utilizing digital funds for migrant kids and dietary outcomes for youngsters; improve of college WASH services based mostly on the WASH assessments, an modern partnership with Girls’s Parliamentary Caucus, GIGA, Suppose Equal and GPE, modern approaches in well being comparable to High quality Enchancment App, Vaccine Monitoring App, Distant Temperature Monitoring System for Chilly-Chain Gear, georeferenced mapping of Neighborhood Well being Employees) which have progressively demonstrated their strategic potential and will have to be highlighted in a revised framework and probably delivered to scale.
• Repositioning emergency programming to make it extra systemic and resilient, issue rising migration issues and improve UNICEF’s help within the post-amnesty period.
• Constructing on the brand new partnership with the Ministry of Sustainable Improvement, Local weather Change and Catastrophe Threat Administration (MSDCCDRM) enhanced efforts of UNICEF which are wanted to construct resilience and mitigate the impression of local weather change on kids.
• Inside changes: Because the implementation of the present nation programme, UNICEF Belize has grown significantly each when it comes to human sources and funds raised for programme implementation, the potential required adjustments in programme and operations construction.

The evaluation course of shall be led in a participatory method, together with nationwide/subnational authorities, civil society, non-public sector, IFIs, UN and different companions to agree on any changes which may be required to the nation programme for the remaining interval of the programme cycle. The SMR and MTR are due to this fact a possibility to evaluate the outcomes achieved within the first half of the Nation Programme, classes realized, and suggest programme changes, relating specifically to the outputs, methods, useful resource allocation and workplace construction. The conclusions of the MTR, together with the teachings realized, shall be included into the planning of the remaining interval of the Nation Programme and inform the planning of the subsequent cycle.

How are you going to make a distinction? 

1. Facilitate a evaluation of the implementation of the nation programme in its first half (2022-2024) towards its final result/output indicators, change methods and enablers and evaluation the alignment towards the GOB’s priorities and UNMSDCF (2022-2026).
   • Facilitate sectoral/inter-sectoral consultations with UNICEF Belize group on the usage of programme methods and enablers, its successes and challenges within the nation context
   • Determine important rising points within the nation programme context that have to be addressed
   • Assessment the alignment of the nation programme final result/output outcome areas, targets and techniques towards the UNMSDCF and the MTSP, and different main sector plans and priorities
   • Determine particular and mandatory areas of changes that have to be made within the 2022-2026 nation programme outcomes and techniques to be totally aligned with the GOB priorities, UNMSDCF together with the ToC, outcomes framework components and techniques
   • Facilitate and coordinate inner consultations with UNICEF Belize workers and help focused consultations with GOB involved authorities and in-country growth companions, as outlined by UNICEF Belize, to make sure a participatory and goal analytical course of
2. In-person facilitation of the inner SMR and exterior MTR with companions, deliberate on 27-30 Might 2024:
   • Facilitate the group of two days of SMR for employees in collaboration with the RO and CO
   • Facilitate preparation for and facilitate 1-day MTR discussions with exterior companions

 VA Detailed MTR Consultancy ToR.pdf

To qualify as an advocate for each baby you’ll have… 

• A sophisticated college diploma (Grasp, PhD) within the area of growth planning and financing, social science, challenge administration or different related area
• Related working expertise in UNICEF/UN with give attention to planning and programme coordination
• Demonstrated expertise in organizing and facilitating SMR and MTRs or comparable processes
• Confirmed observe file on profitable supply of high-quality reviews and suggestions
• Related work expertise in growing nations
• Demonstrated analytical, negotiating, advocacy, reporting and writing abilities
• Earlier work expertise at a senior degree with UNICEF is strongly most popular.
• Creating nation work expertise and/or familiarity with emergency is taken into account an asset.
• Fluency in English is required. Data in Spanish or a neighborhood language is an asset.

For each Baby, you exhibit… 

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 kids and our international workforce should replicate the variety of these kids. 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 every other private attribute.

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

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 baby safeguarding rules. All chosen candidates shall be anticipated to stick to those requirements and rules and can due to this fact endure rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will embrace the verification of educational credential(s) and employment historical past. Chosen candidates could also be required to supply extra data to conduct a background test. 

Remarks:  

Solely shortlisted candidates shall be contacted and advance to the subsequent stage of the choice course of. 

People engaged underneath a consultancy or particular person contract is not going to be thought-about “workers members” underneath 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 (comparable to depart entitlements and medical insurance coverage protection). Their situations of service shall be ruled by their contract and the Common Circumstances of Contracts for the Companies of Consultants and Particular person Contractors. Consultants and particular person contractors are answerable 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 all the interval of the contract. Chosen candidates are topic to affirmation of fully-vaccinated standing towards SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Well being Group (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which should be met previous to taking over the project. It doesn’t apply to consultants who will work remotely and are usually 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 capabilities for UNICEF at some point of their consultancy contracts.