Individual Consultancy: Personal Assistant for a Staff Member with Visual Disability, Ha Noi, Viet Nam

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

Throughout 190 nations and territories, we work for each baby, in all places, on daily basis, to construct a greater world for everybody. 

And we by no means surrender.   

For each baby, a possibility …

UNICEF is dedicated to advertise fairness and inclusion for all and to adjust to the provisions of the Conference on the Rights of the Baby (CRC) and the Conference on the Rights of Individuals with Disabilities (CRPD). Article 9 of the CRPD^[1] acknowledges the significance of accessibility, particularly referring to accessibility of buildings, roads, transportation and different indoor and outside amenities, together with faculties, housing, medical amenities and workplaces.

The Sustainable Improvement Targets have specific references to kids and adults with disabilities throughout the SDG framework, specifically to accessibility of the constructed setting in objectives on Training and on Sustainable Cities and Human Settlements. UNICEF has additionally endorsed the Constitution on Inclusion of Individuals with Disabilities in Humanitarian  Motion^[2], launched on the World Humanitarian Summit in 2016, thereby committing to make humanitarian motion inclusive to kids with disabilities.

Accessibility helps kids and adults with disabilities to take pleasure in their rights as outlined in Human Rights devices and growth frameworks. Accessibility is a precondition for kids and adults with disabilities to reside independently and take part absolutely and equally in society.

Whereas dedicated to selling fairness and inclusion on the world stage, UNICEF has additionally made efforts to construct an inclusive organisation and dealing setting.

In 2020, UNICEF adopted an HR Coverage entitled the Process on Incapacity-Inclusive Human Sources Administration Doc Quantity: Process/DHR/2020/00. The UNICEF Process on Incapacity-inclusive HR Administration supplies particular provisions on inclusive recruitment, self-disclosure, cheap lodging, inclusive administration, session of workers with disabilities, profession development and extra.

The HR procedure (PROCEDURE/DHR/2020/009) additionally outlines the significance of cheap lodging for workers with disabilities. Affordable lodging is crucial for workers with disabilities to ship their job capabilities on an equal foundation with others (e.g. signal language interpretation, assistive merchandise and know-how, private assistant, versatile work preparations). Some individuals with disabilities require private help help so as to navigate environmental boundaries within the workplace and in relation to their work wants inside and out of doors the workplace together with for mobility functions.

Objective of Task:

To supply help to a workers member with a visible incapacity, enabling her full participation in work-related actions and aiding with duties and challenges arising from visible impairment and boundaries within the setting. The Assistant is predicted to take care of a versatile and accommodating method to fulfill the workers member’s particular necessities whereas upholding the very best requirements of professionalism and confidentiality.

Scope of Work:

The Private Assistant will work intently with, and straight below the supervision of the Nationwide UN Volunteer Inclusive Training Officer for the supply of outputs of the work plan of this worker. Particularly, the advisor will help UNICEF’s work on particular duties of employee- accessibility in accessible info and communication, assistive know-how, and inclusive schooling.

The scope of labor is the next:

1. Assist the mobility/orientation of the individual throughout exterior visits and area visits (together with organising an enabling setting for the UNICEF worker they’re supporting).

2. Assist with note-taking throughout area visits as instructed by the UNICEF worker.

3. Assist with formatting paperwork and inserting feedback/ suggestions, graphics and photos.

4. Assist with studying paperwork and describing graphics and illustrations which aren’t accessible to display reader software program.

5. Present help to evaluate and replenish types associated to agreements and contracts that might not be accessible for the worker.

6. Facilitate the worker’s collaboration with different Sections, Divisions, and inside companions on accessibility and assistive know-how.

Anticipated Outcomes:

– Assist for mobility and orientation in new environments, exterior conferences, and area visits.

– Paperwork edited, proof reviewed and finalized.

– Edited textual content to be delivered to the supervisor in Microsoft Phrase with tracked adjustments.

– PowerPoint photographs and slides;

– Assist in organizing workshops and conferences in exterior environments.

Be aware:  the work association is versatile and can embody each work on website at UNICEF places of work, companion places of work, in area location and remotely.

Work Assignments Overview:

– Mobility Help (together with organising an enabling setting for the UNICEF worker they’re supporting): By verbal cues and bodily help help worker with visible incapacity in protected navigation, whether or not by guiding them or describing the encircling setting throughout area visits, travels to worldwide and nationwide occasions, and conferences: 1 day monthly/as wanted.

– Doc Accessibility Conversion & Technological Help: Convert inaccessible recordsdata, similar to photographs, PDFs, Flip Charts, into different textual content codecs that may be learn by a display reader. Assist the Programme Officer in addressing technological boundaries to make sure the total and efficient inclusion of the worker with visible incapacity workers member in office actions:  2 days monthly, with  half-day schedule within the afternoon of Monday each week.

– Displays enhancement: Help in accessing and creating displays by partaking in actions similar to enhancing/formatting, writing on flip charts, designing visually applicable PowerPoint displays, photocopying, distributing supplies, and taking images: 2 days monthly (versatile schedule), e.g. a half-day per week, Monday afternoon or Thursday morning.

– Proofreading:  Proofread and format paperwork as vital to fulfill the anticipated visible requirements.2.5 days monthly, with a half-day scheduled each week (Monday afternoon).

– Advert Hoc Duties: Undertake any further duties or obligations assigned by the Programme Officer to fulfill the workers member’s mobility wants and work necessities: 2.5 days monthly, with a half-day scheduled each week.

Whole: 10 working days monthly.

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

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

To view our competency framework, please go to here.   

Evaluation standards:

For analysis and choice technique, the Cumulative Evaluation Technique (weight mixed rating technique) shall be used for this recruitment:

a) Technical Qualification weight 75 factors:

– Academic background:   Completion of Secondary College Training, ideally supplemented by technical or college programs in a area associated to the work of the group, 15 factors.

– Related work expertise:  expertise working with individuals with disabilities/ imaginative and prescient impairments: 20 factors.

– Required language(s):  proficiency in spoken and written English and Vietnamese: 20 factors.

– Others:  20 factors

+ Affected person, targeted individual, who can anticipate the wants of others and establish boundaries in a bodily or digital setting.  Capacity to work in a workforce, in a global setting.

+ Good enhancing, writing and laptop abilities;

+ Information of incapacity and accessibility;

b. Monetary Proposal weight 25 factors:

– The utmost variety of factors shall be allotted to the bottom Monetary Proposal that’s evaluated and in contrast amongst these technical certified candidates who’ve attained a minimal 50 factors rating within the technical analysis. Different Monetary Proposals will obtain factors in inverse proportion to the bottom value.

– The Contract shall be awarded to candidate acquiring the very best mixed technical and monetary scores, topic to the passable results of the verification interview if wanted.

Submission of purposes:

a. Letter of curiosity/affirmation of availability and CV;

b. Three references;

c. Monetary proposal: All-inclusive lump-sum price together with consultancy price and another related prices for this task. 

UNICEF is right here to serve the world’s most deprived kids and our world workforce should replicate the range of these kids. The UNICEF household is dedicated to incorporate everybody, regardless of their race/ethnicity, age, incapacity, gender identification, sexual orientation, faith, nationality, socio-economic background, or another 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 cheap 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 baby safeguarding rules. All chosen candidates shall be anticipated to stick to those requirements and rules 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 further info 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 below a consultancy or particular person contract won’t be thought of “workers members” below the Workers Rules and Guidelines of the United Nations and UNICEF’s insurance policies and procedures, and won’t be entitled to advantages supplied therein (similar to go away entitlements and medical insurance coverage protection). Their situations of service shall be ruled by their contract and the Basic Situations 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 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 will not be anticipated to work on or go to UNICEF premises, programme supply areas or straight work together with communities UNICEF works with, nor to journey to carry out capabilities for UNICEF throughout their consultancy contracts.