Deadline extended: National Individual consultancy to support ECD team in development of the formal and non-formal educational video materials and community mobilization activities under the Lego Foundation funded project

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

And we by no means surrender. 

For each youngster, inspiration 

The basic mission of UNICEF is to advertise the rights of each youngster, in every single place, in every thing the group does in applications, advocacy, and in operations. UNICEF’s work in early childhood improvement (ECD) acknowledges that each rising youngster want nurturing care, good well being, optimum vitamin, and a stimulating and secure setting that provides loads of assist for early studying.

To answer mother and father’ wants associated to childcare and improvement, UNICEF Moldova launched the Bebbo app in Could 2023 to achieve and assist mother and father of youngsters, aged 0-6 years, with complete, evidence-based data and interactive instruments to cowl a variety of youngsters’s well being and improvement. The App is a ‘one-stop store for fogeys and caregivers, overlaying: well being; vitamin and breastfeeding; early studying; responsive parenting; safety and security, and wellbeing of fogeys. The Bebbo software is a software that helps and empowers mother and father to make the suitable choices and encourages mother and father’ each day engagement in actions that assist youngster improvement, overlaying all domains of early childhood improvement. It accommodates a wealth of knowledge, suggestions and assets for fogeys, and is out there in each Romanian and Ukrainian language.

How will you make a distinction? 

Underneath the steerage of the ECD Officer, and in session with Communication and SBC groups, the advisor will present technical experience and oversight of the promotion and strengthening of communication for ECE and ECD applications with particular concentrate on efficient and environment friendly administration of ECD advocacy and academic video supplies and actions inside the Lego Venture on the nationwide stage.  

The advisor might be chargeable for the design, planning, administration, implementation, and monitoring of, improvement of capability constructing for educators, together with academic video supplies and group engagement for the Lego venture, making use of and selling the ideas of results-based administration (RBM), in addition to a client-oriented strategy in step with UNICEF guidelines and rules.  

1. Particular Duties and Deliverables

The Advisor, underneath the direct supervision of the ECD Officer and in session with Communication Specialists and SBC Officer when required, will guarantee the availability of providers and merchandise of the very best high quality and requirements. He/she’s going to: 

I. Develop a piece plan with timeframe and deadlines for every deliverable to be offered underneath this particular ToR;

II. Assist the ECD crew in conducting the Informational Marketing campaign on ECI:

• Coordinate with Ministry of Well being and guarantee distribution of informational supplies (i.e. booklets, leaflets, and many others.) in all 35 districts;
• Develop a concept-note on the participation of ECI specialists within the TV reveals/lives and supply assist in participation of the specialists on the TV reveals/lives. 

III. Assist ECD crew in conducting playful studying trainings throughout the interval December 2023 – September 2024:

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• Develop an idea word and plan of the coaching programs; 
• Develop ToR for logistic providers to make sure capability constructing occasions for over 2000 educators;
• Coordinate the work of the capability constructing occasions inside the interval January – September 2024;
• Guarantee coaching supplies and visibility supplies on the occasion and their coordination with Lego Basis;
• Develop the idea word and scripts of the academic video supplies for the LEGO venture and oversee the event of the next movies:

1. Instructional Video 1: Play based mostly studying develops kids’s creativity;
2. Instructional video 2: Play based mostly studying develops kids’s emotional abilities;
3. Instructional video 3:   Play based mostly studying develops kids’s abilities for the longer term;
4. Instructional materials 4: Play based mostly studying is useful for youngsters’s psychological well being.     

IV. Assist ECD crew in creation of the social media group group of LEGO trainers on social media to assist the brand new strategy and sharing expertise amongst new trainers centered on child-centred methodology, playful pedagogy and MHPSS: 

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• Develop an idea word on the social media group web page;
• Create the group social media web page that may comprise methodology and classes learnt on playful studying methodology;  
• Coordinate the crew of grasp trainers in sharing their expertise on the group web page and outline methods of selling it;
• Promotion of the group group amongst all early childhood schooling workers;
• Develop the content material of the group and assist/constructed capacities of the grasp trainers in creating the content material and preserve alive the group web page sooner or later.   

V. Assist ECD crew in creating ECD/ECE studying platform

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• Proofreading of the translated digitalized ECD content material obtainable at regional stage (each ECD and ECE);
• Adapt and digitalize ECD content material obtainable at native stage (each ECD and ECE).

VI. Assist ECD and SBC groups in creating optimistic parenting applications

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• Conduct a desk evaluate of present practices in Europe and Central Asia area and KAP Research to develop an evidence-based communication / social and behavior change technique and motion plan to advertise optimistic parenting in Moldova;
• Present technical assist in creating content material supplies and outline the context for its implementation;
• Assist offered to Implementing Companions in its piloting;
• Contextualize classes learnt and required enhancements of the coaching based mostly on mother and father’ suggestions.

VII. Assist ECD crew in promotion of the Bebbo app.

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• Coordinate the implementation of the continued promotion marketing campaign of Bebbo app.;
• Analyse the focus-group outcomes and outline new promotional marketing campaign actions;
• Develop the following ToR for promotion of Bebbo app and coordinate its implementation;
• Primarily based on classes learnt develop and implement new strategic actions for Bebbo app promotion such a Public-Non-public Partnerships and others;
• Modify the Bebbo content material as per newest content material administration system data offered by Regional Workplace or native wants;
• Mainstream Bebbo promotion in varied UN observances (i.e. breastfeeding week, parenting month, immunization week and psychological well being day).

VIII. Underneath ECD Officer coordination and in shut collaboration with SBC and communication groups when required, the advisor will develop communication/visibility supplies underneath different donor applications associated to ECEC/schooling, comparable to:

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• Present technical assist to LPAs and Central Public Authorities, to make sure distribution of animated movies on youngster improvement, ECI and Bebbo app in well being centres at nationwide stage and different related establishments visited by mother and father/caregivers with younger kids and many others.
• Develop academic video supplies on the influence of EDU Tech Lab for Moldovan and Ukrainian kids;
• Develop academic video supplies on the influence of provision of assistive applied sciences for youngsters from Moldova and Ukraine.   

XI. Last report for all deliverables/hyperlinks of merchandise and posts submitted to the supervisor.   

2. Reporting necessities

The advisor will report back to the Early Childhood Improvement Officer, who will repeatedly talk with the advisor and supply suggestions and steerage on his/her efficiency and all different mandatory assist so to realize aims of the consultancy, in addition to stay conscious of any upcoming points associated to advisor’s efficiency and high quality of labor. Deliverables associated to visibility and communication might be consulted/coordinated with Communication and SBC groups previous to submission and approval to ECD Officer.

All actions and deliverables undertaken by the advisor shall be mentioned and deliberate in session with UNICEF. The advisor is predicted to ship every part of the workplan electronically (in Phrase format) and in Romanian/English based mostly on necessities.

3. Work location and official journey concerned

The work could be carried out remotely, nevertheless workplace house may be offered when wanted to make sure that associated work actions are correctly carried out. The work association might be mentioned and agreed between the advisor and supervisor of contract.

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To qualify as an advocate for each youngster you should have

• College diploma in communication, journalism, advertising, or another related research.
• Not less than 2 years of sensible skilled expertise in communication, journalism, advertising or interactive digital media, content material creation, and digital promotion marketing campaign is required.
• 1 yr expertise in ECD/ECE space could be thought of an asset
• Familiarity with Bebbo software and content material administration system might be thought of an asset.
• Expertise in organizing occasion’s administration, conducting communication campaigns and content material administration system.
• Earlier expertise of working with UN and different improvement group might be thought of a bonus.
• Information of photograph/video modifying, design and structure instruments (i.e. Canva, Abode Rush, and many others).
• Fluency in Romanian, in addition to working data of English and Russian is required. 

For each Little one, you reveal

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

 To view our competency framework, please go to  here. 

 For extra particulars on the consultancy task and necessities, please consult with connected Phrases of reference (ToR)

 2023 TOR_Nat Indiv Consultancy_Lego_VA.docx

HOW TO APPLY: Your on-line software ought to comprise the Technical Supply and Monetary Supply (templates under). Please safe the Monetary Proposal *.pdf doc with a password on doc view; the password might be requested solely from technically certified candidates. 

 Technical Offer_Lego Project.docx

 Financial Offer_Lego Project.xlsx

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