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Throughout 190 nations and territories, we work for each little one, in every single place, on daily basis, to construct a greater world for everybody.

And we by no means surrender.

For each little one, security.

Objective of Exercise/Task

The project focuses on supporting UNICEF ECARO to boost little one justice and child-friendly justice techniques. By means of technical help, improvement of strategic white papers, and organizing regional convenings, the consultancy goals to mobilize experience, share data, and strengthen commitments and technical capacities. This may speed up reforms, making certain kids’s rights are central inside justice techniques. The duties embody direct help to nation workplaces, improvement of technical sources, advocacy on restorative justice, and coordination of child-friendly authorized coaching, aiming for a complete method to enhancing entry to justice for kids, significantly these in danger.

Scope of Work

Beneath the supervision of the Little one Safety Specialist the marketing consultant will present technical help to UNICEF ECARO in creating quite a few white papers and group of quite a few regional and sub-regional convening occasions, with an intention to mobilise the experience, share studying and strengthen the dedication and technical capacities of the federal government and different stakeholders to speed up reforms of kid justice techniques and help child-friendly justice. This work consists of supporting nation programmes and operations in each improvement, emergency, and ‘nexus’ programming environments.

Particular duties and deliverables for the consultancy will embody:

1. Present specialised technical help to nation workplaces and little one safety groups, specializing in enhancing little one justice frameworks and practices, and making certain kids’s rights and desires are central in justice techniques. This consists of advising on authorized reforms, coverage improvement, and implementation methods to enhance entry to justice for kids, particularly these susceptible to offending or with behavioral issues. Particularly, help might be offered to groups to efficient and actively have interaction in and contribute to the formulation of the Normal Feedback by the CRC Committee on entry to justice.

1. present direct help to a minimum of 5 nations, together with counties concerned within the response to the conflict in Ukraine
2. accumulate technical sources and develop a repository to make them out there to nations in ECA area, together with sources related to emergency response contexts, and
3. arrange a minimum of 2 alternate occasions on thematic areas of curiosity for nations in ECA area.

2. Help the event and drafting a strategic papers that may function key sources for UNICEF and its companions:

• A complete advocacy doc on integrating restorative justice ideas inside little one justice techniques to advertise therapeutic and reconciliation, relatively than punitive measures. The paper will even dwelve on using restorative justice in battle associated contexts.

3. Present technical help for the efficient dissemination of multidisciplinary and interagency companies for kids victims of violence (Barnahus and comparable child-friendly justice companies) associated documentation and supply technical help to nation workplaces to disseminate and guarantee engagement and advocacy for follow-up actions at nation stage. This function might be essential in accelerating the Barnahus agenda, selling a child-friendly method to dealing with circumstances of kid abuse and making certain that little one victims obtain all needed companies in a single, child-friendly setting. Help the Regional Workplace (RO) in creating technical instruments that may deal with the gaps recognized by the Barnahus documentation in each improvement and emergency settings.

Work Task Overview

Duties / Milestone	Deliverables / Outputs	Timeline / Deadline
Technical help to COs Present specialised help specializing in little one justice frameworks and practices, together with advising on reforms and coverage improvement.	– Direct help reviews for a minimum of 3 nations together with refugee response nations.	15 working days; Between April and December 2024
	– A repository of technical sources.
	– Stories on a minimum of 2 alternate occasions.
	– Coordinate coaching actions for justice sector professionals on child-sensitive procedures.
	– 2 displays on information in justice
Growth of strategic papers Help drafting of a paper on restorative justice and help dissemination of documentation associated to Barnahus companies and different related technical papers	– The strategic paper is knowledgeable by communication with specialists, reference teams and related stakeholders to assemble insights, validate info to include various views and experience.	10 working days; Between Could and November 2024
	– A complete dissemination plan that outlines how the findings, outcomes, and suggestions might be shared with goal audiences. This plan ought to embody channels (eg. reviews, webinars) and timelines.
	– Help nations on advocacy and follow-up

Estimated Length of the Contract

25 working days between April and December 2024.

Marketing consultant’s Work Place and Official Journey

The Marketing consultant might be distant/home-based.

As a part of this project, some worldwide journey is foreseen. The marketing consultant will organize her/his journey as and once they happen, and associated prices might be reimbursed per UNICEF journey coverage.

Journey Clause

• All UNICEF guidelines and laws associated to journey of Consultants apply.
• All travels shall be undertaken solely upon the prior written approval by UNICEF.
• The marketing consultant should be match to journey, be in a possession of the legitimate UN BSAFE certificates, compulsory inoculation(s) and have a sound personal journey/medical insurance coverage and an immunization/vaccination card.

Estimated Value of the Consultancy & Fee Schedule

Fee might be made on submission of an bill and passable completion of the above-mentioned deliverables. UNICEF reserves the proper to withhold all or a portion of fee if efficiency is unsatisfactory, if work/outputs are incomplete, not delivered or for failure to satisfy deadlines. All supplies developed will stay the copyright of UNICEF and UNICEF might be free to adapt and modify them sooner or later.

Please submit knowledgeable charge (in USD) based mostly on 25 working days to undertake this project, with out journey charges as these might be reimbursed as and once they happen.

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

• A related Grasp’s diploma in one of many following fields is required: worldwide improvement, human rights, regulation, social science or associated area.
• Minimal seven (7) years of expertise in related fields.
• Confirmed expertise and data associated to the ToRs areas.
• Demonstrated expertise of manufacturing high-quality reviews and different paperwork to specified deadlines.
• Demonstrated expertise of working with a spread of stakeholders together with coverage makers, practice-based organizations and non-governmental organisations.
• Good analytical expertise.
• Glorious interpersonal expertise.
• Confirmed monitor report in creating programmatic steering and dealing with worldwide little one rights devices.
• Data of the ECA area, together with regulatory frameworks for nationwide little one justice system is fascinating.
• Potential to be versatile and ship outcomes beneath tight deadlines.
• Fluency in English (oral and written).

For each Little one, you reveal…

UNICEF’s core values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Belief, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS), and core competencies in Communication, Working with Folks and Drive for Outcomes.

To view our competency framework, please go to here.

UNICEF is right here to serve the world’s most marginalized kids and our international workforce should mirror the range of these kids. The UNICEF household is dedicated to range and inclusion inside its workforce, and encourages all candidates, no matter gender, nationality, non secular and ethnic backgrounds, together with individuals dwelling with disabilities, to use to grow to be part of the group.

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance coverage on conduct that’s incompatible with the goals and targets of the United Nations and UNICEF, together with sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF additionally adheres to strict little one safeguarding ideas. All chosen candidates might be anticipated to stick to those requirements and ideas and can due to this fact bear 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 info to conduct a background test.

Remarks:

Please embody a full CV and Cowl Letter in your utility. Moreover, point out your availability {and professional} charge (in USD) to undertake the phrases of reference above. Purposes submitted with no skilled charge is not going to be thought of. Solely shortlisted candidates might be contacted and advance to the following stage of the choice course of.

People engaged beneath a consultancy or particular person contract is not going to be thought of “employees members” beneath the Workers 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 circumstances of service might 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 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 the complete 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 on the project. It doesn’t apply to consultants who will work remotely and aren’t 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 throughout their consultancy contracts.

UNICEF provides reasonable accommodation for consultants with disabilities. This may increasingly embody, 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 affordable lodging throughout the choice course of and afterwards in your project.