UNICEF - United Nations Children’s Fund
UNICEF LACRO is looking for consultants to work on Long Term Agreements to assist in the implementation of recurrent Social Protection activities.
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1. BACKGROUND / RATIONALE UNICEF promotes the rights and welfare of all children and adolescents in everything we do. Together with our allies, we work in 190 countries and territories to transform this commitment into practical actions that benefit all children, especially focusing our efforts on reaching the most vulnerable and excluded, worldwide.
In Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), UNICEF is present in 36 countries and territories through 24 national offices spread throughout the region and a regional office based in Panama City. Efforts are aimed at UNICEF putting the rights and well-being of the most disadvantaged children at the heart of the social, political, and economic agenda, in line with our equity focus, working across our organization and with our partners in government, civil society and the private sector to support shifts in public policy, fuel social engagement, and increase investment for children.
Public Finance for Children is a key area for the promotion of children’s rights and for the overcome of children poverty in the region. Through our social policy network, composed by Social Policy Specialists and focal points based in the country offices, UNICEF works in the provision of technical assistance, quality assurance, evidence generation and policy advocacy to eradicate child poverty, expand social protection for families with children and increase the quantity and quality of public investments aimed at children.
In order to support the work of UNICEF in LAC at both Regional and Country Offices, UNICEF LACRO seeks to engage the services of regional experts in Public Finance for Children, in three different areas: (1) Data, evidence and advocacy; (2) Financial System strengthening; (3) Expanding public resources.
For information of the work of our organization in the LAC Region, please visit our website: UNICEF LAC Region
2. PURPOSE OF ASSIGNMENT
The purpose of the current Long-Term Agreements (LTA) for individual contracts is to facilitate the contracting by UNICEF offices in LAC, both at regional and country levels, of qualified consultants at pre-agreed broad terms to assist in the implementation of recurrent Public Finance for Children activities.
3. PROGRAMME CATEGORIES The focus is on Public Finance for Children (PF4C) key service areas:
Service Area |
i. Data, evidence, and evidence-based advocacy |
1 |
Public Finance- data, evidence and evidence-based advocacy
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ii. Systems Strengthening |
2 |
Public Finance- Systems Strengthening
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iii. Resource Mobilization |
3-PF4C |
Resource mobilization at national and local level |
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iv. Community Engagement and Child Participation |
4-PF4C |
Public Finance- Community engagement and citizens participation
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4. OBJECTIVE(S)
The objective of this ToR is to specify the nature, scope of activities and essential qualifications for contractors solicited and services provided under the resulting LTAs.
The expected result from this solicitation process is to establish long term agreements with pre-qualified consultants at pre-agreed broad terms to provide a menu of services in the area of Public Finance for Children, at Regional and Country Offices in Latin America and the Caribbean region. The selection of the consultants will be completed through a validation process following a combined evaluation of the technical and financial proposals.
The support facilitated through the resultant LTAs is expected to facilitate and expedite the process by which UNICEF LACRO and UNICEF Country Offices in LAC access highly qualified policy experts to support UNICEF’s provision of technical assistance, evidence generation, resource mobilization and advocacy in the field of Public Finance in the Latin American and the Caribbean region, with lasting positive impact on the most vulnerable families and children.
It is important to note the following: LTAs are non-binding Agreements which do not constitute a commitment to acquire consultant services. They indicate that the consultants are already vetted to be contracted directly as per the indicated unit price;
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3 Refer to UNICEF’s guidance on resource mobilization as per the new indicator in the new strategic plan UNICEF new strategic
plan and results framework: 2022-11-Update_of_the_IRRF-Strategic_Plan_2022-2025-EN-ODS.pdf (unicef.org)
Please find in the attached document the following information: LTA ToR_PF4C UNICEF2.pdf
5. MAJOR TASKS TO BE ACCOMPLISHED
6. DELIVERABLES
7. ESTIMATED DURATION OF LTA: 36 months
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
8. QUALIFICATIONS / SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE / EXPERIENCE/ LANGUAGE SKILLS REQUIRED
- Master’s degree or PhD in economics, public finance, public policies, political sciences, developmental studies, statistics, or related field.
- A minimum of 15 years of relevant professional experience is required, preferably with direct, regional (LAC), government-related experience in public finance.
- A minimum of 5 years of professional experience in Latin America and the Caribbean is required.
- Proven experience in public finance, budget analysis, statistics or macroeconomic analysis in LAC is required
- Prior experience with socioeconomic analysis and public finance analysis is required.
- Prior experience in leading advocacy efforts to influence policy dialogue on public finance related issues is an asset
- Demonstrated experience in the public sector, especially in areas related to finance, planning or budget, is an asset
- Demonstrated excellent writing and communication skills is required
- Excellent analytical skills are required. Ability to carry quantitative and/or mixed-methods analysis is required.
- Proficiency in Spanish and/or English is required. Working knowledge of Portuguese and/or French is an asset.
- Proven experience with quantitative analysis, including econometric analysis, use of microdata, surveys, social registries, national census, is considered an asset.
- Previous experience working in the UN/UNICEF and/or the public sector in areas related to social policy and social protection are considered a strong asset.
- Experience in both development and humanitarian contexts is an added advantage
- Technical knowledge of local governance processes and/or poverty analysis are considered strong assets.
- Demonstrated capacity to communicate clearly on social policies.
- Demonstrated ability to work as part of a team and independently.
- Ability to work efficiently under tight deadlines.
- Must be detail-oriented and intellectually curious.
- Able to work effectively in a multicultural and multisectoral environment.
- Sets high levels of quality and productivity for self.
- Ability to clearly defined objectives and plan activities
Note: Candidates are free to apply to for multiple categories or all of them, based on their qualifications and professional experience. UNICEF will award LTA up to 5 top ranked candidates under each category. A candidate may be awarded LTA for one or more than one category.
Please find in the attached document the following information: LTA ToR_PF4C UNICEF2.pdf
9. TECHNICAL EVALUATION CRITERIA (WITH WEIGHTS FOR EACH CRITERIA)
10. FINANCIAL PROPOSAL
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.
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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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