Individual Consultancy to Support strengthening national capacities in disaster risk-prone areas

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For each youngster, care

In response to UNICEF’s Local weather Threat Index (CCRI), youngsters within the Central Asian area are weak to local weather change and most are already uncovered to at the very least one local weather and surroundings hazard, resembling air air pollution, floods, or heatwaves. Vulnerability to local weather change requires an elevated concentrate on local weather change adaptation actions meant to extend the resilience of the well being; schooling; water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and different sectors which are very important for the well-being of youngsters. Work on local weather adaptation requires elevated focus by UNICEF and companions on constructing the resilience of youngsters, households, communities, contemplating the gaps within the implementation of adaptation plans and methods throughout the area.

Subsequently, the UNICEF’s interventions at regional and nationwide ranges in emergency preparedness and response will probably be aimed toward enhancing youngsters’s and neighborhood, faculties’ participation, resilience, safety and accountabilities in step with the strategic priorities of the Authorities of Turkmenistan, and complementing ongoing and deliberate joint actions with IFRC/NRCSs. There are 4 dimensions of the undertaking:
1. Catastrophe preparedness and response element: Neighborhood-based and youngster and well being centered emergency preparedness and response strengthened;
2. Baby and Neighborhood Centered Catastrophe threat discount (DRR) and Local weather Change Adaptation (CCA): Baby and community-based catastrophe threat discount and local weather change associated interventions and faculty security to boost youngsters and their neighborhood preparedness for potential disasters, cut back their influence and contribute to youngster delicate nationwide DRR and CCA insurance policies, methods and plans;
3. Youth Empowerment: Younger volunteers, adolescent women and boys in catastrophe risk-prone areas engaged in neighborhood catastrophe preparedness, DRR and local weather motion;
4. Shock Responsive Social Safety: Assist the event of coordination, governance, financing, and/or programme design for social safety in emergencies in all 5 Central Asian international locations.
All approaches will probably be of gender and risk-informed, selling neighborhood engagement and accountability and safety from sexual abuse and exploitation nature

How will you make a distinction? 

The Nationwide Marketing consultant will assist implementation of actions below the Programme Doc “Strengthening Native and Nationwide Capacities for Emergency Preparedness and Response in Excessive Earthquake Threat and Pure Hazard Susceptible International locations of Central Asia” signed between UNICEF CO and Nationwide Pink Crescent Society of Turkmenistan (NRCST) and actions below the Motion Plan of the Prudential Grant with energetic engagement of Ministry of Schooling and key stakeholders via contributing into above 4 areas:
1. To contribute to the event and introduction of the Methodology to evaluate the nationwide catastrophe dangers specializing in the wants of youngsters contemplating and creating the potential catastrophe situations and penalties;
2. To assist nationwide companions in evaluation of the native growth plans leveraging with the important thing pillars of DRR specializing in the rights and desires of youngsters, together with these with disabilities;
3. To assist the Worldwide Marketing consultant in revision and updating the nationwide and regional stage DRR plans guaranteeing reflection of the voices and desires of youngsters, adolescents and younger folks;
4. To proceed strengthening college and community-based and child-centered emergency preparedness and response together with WASH, Gender in Emergency, Non-structural Faculty Security, Faculty DRM parts, together with practising the non-structural security measures;
5. To assist growth, adaptation and piloting of a device for assessing security and lowering GBV dangers (together with at WASH services);
6. To make sure engagement of younger volunteers, adolescent women and boys in catastrophe risk-prone areas in neighborhood catastrophe preparedness and faculty security via implementation of school-based and community-based interventions;
7. To prepare and conduct the youth consultations to determine dangers in faculties and communities and creating mitigation proposals, resembling hazard and vulnerability mapping;
8. To contribute to the institution and operationalization of a coordination mechanism for introduction of child-sensitive approaches in catastrophe threat discount and local weather change adaptation interventions;
9. To assist group and implementation of faculty and community-based preparedness and mitigation interventions centered on youth-led small-scale tasks on local weather change and DRR

Scope of Work:

Beneath the supervision of Emergency, Local weather Change and DRR Officer and in collaboration with Social and Conduct Change Officer and with assist of worldwide experience offered by Regional Workplace, to:

• Assist the Worldwide Marketing consultant in growth and introduction of Methodology to evaluate the nationwide catastrophe dangers specializing in the wants of youngsters contemplating and creating the potential catastrophe situations and penalties;
• Assist nationwide companions in evaluation of the native growth plans leveraging with the important thing pillars of DRR specializing in the rights and desires of youngsters, together with these with disabilities;
• Assist the Worldwide Marketing consultant in revision and updating the nationwide and regional stage of DRR plans guaranteeing reflection of the voices and desires of youngsters, adolescents and younger folks;
• Present assist to the worldwide marketing consultant in capability constructing interventions to strengthen implementation of nationwide DRR plans and making use of multi-sectoral child-sensitive strategy to catastrophe threat discount and local weather change adaptation;
• Proceed strengthening college and community-based and child-centered emergency preparedness and response together with WASH, Gender in Emergency, Non-structural Faculty Security, Faculty DRM parts, together with practising the non-structural security measures;
• Group of simulations to cut back non-structural dangers in essentially the most weak faculties so as to guarantee college security;
• Assist growth, adaptation and piloting of a device for assessing security and lowering GBV dangers (together with at WASH services);
• Interact the younger volunteers, adolescent women and boys in catastrophe risk-prone areas in neighborhood catastrophe preparedness and faculty security via implementation of school-based and community-based interventions;
• Facilitate the youth consultations to determine dangers in faculties and communities and creating mitigation proposals, resembling hazard and vulnerability mapping;
• Present assist to the Emergency Officer in establishing and operationalization of a coordination mechanism for introduction of child-sensitive approaches in catastrophe threat discount and local weather change adaptation interventions;
• Assist group and implementation of faculty and community-based preparedness and mitigation interventions centered on youth-led small-scale tasks on local weather change and DRR;
• Constructing the capacities of directors, lecturers and college students of targete faculties in disaster-prone communities to contain adolescent women and boys in creating household emergency plans, together with for folks with disabilities, and growing neighborhood catastrophe preparedness;
• Draft the Interim and Last experiences complemented by coaching and academic supplies

Work project overview and extra detailed ToR can be found   ToR_BHA_DRR_Preparedness_SSA_National Consultancy.pdf

To qualify as an advocate for each youngster you should have… 

Schooling
– College diploma in regulation, social sciences, surroundings, building, or different related subject; superior diploma in the identical fields will probably be an asset;

Expertise
– Stable expertise in working with authorities companions within the areas associated to laws, human rights, youth coverage, schooling, gender, WASH, college security elements, emergency preparedness, local weather change and building;
-Work expertise in worldwide tasks or programmes with concentrate on local weather change, DRR, emergency, gender, WASH in faculties, college security evaluation is an asset;
– Expertise to work with college administrations and lecturers selling , gender, WASH, college security elements, emergency preparedness, local weather change matters is required;
-Good communication and networking expertise;
-Data of Turkmenistan’s context and authorities buildings in addition to operational elements of labor with the ministries;
– Good technical data and expertise of catastrophe threat discount/local weather change, college security evaluation, emergency preparedness tasks implementation at neighborhood and faculty stage;
– Intensive expertise in interactive coaching methodologies for adults and kids together with sturdy facilitation expertise;
– Expertise in information assortment, evaluation and analysis;
Language necessities
– Proficient data of Turkmen and Russian

The technical proposal ought to embody
– A canopy letter, together with
• A abstract of expertise in related assignments;
• Hyperlinks to/attachments of examples of comparable work;
– CV of the candidate
– References

Monetary Proposal
Candidates are anticipated to submit a lump sum monetary proposal together with journey bills in USD to finish the whole project primarily based on the phrases of reference. The lump sum ought to cowl deliverables indicated above for the interval of 01 February 2024 – 31 January 2025.
The lump sum ought to point out individually (1) the consultancy payment for the deliverables indicated above for the interval of 01 February 2024 – 31 January 2025 and (2) the journey prices.

Analysis
Every proposal will probably be assessed first on its technical deserves and subsequently on its value. In making the ultimate choice, UNICEF considers each technical and monetary elements to make sure greatest worth for cash.
The Analysis Staff first opinions the technical elements of the provide on the premise of the {qualifications} described above and as per the breakdown within the desk beneath, adopted by overview of the monetary presents of the technically compliant candidates:
Contents of the Technical Proposal Rating
Related expertise in related assignments and proof of comparable work 25
Technical data and expertise of catastrophe threat discount/local weather change tasks implementation 20
Eligibility of the candidate (CV) 15
References 15
Whole Rating: 75

The proposal acquiring the best total rating after including the scores for the technical and monetary proposals collectively, that provides the very best worth for cash will probably be really useful for award of the contract. A cumulative evaluation will probably be used to judge and award proposals. The analysis standards related to this TOR is cut up between technical and monetary as follows: 75% Technical, 25% Monetary with 100 % Whole

For each Baby, you exhibit… 

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

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UNICEF is right here to serve the world’s most deprived youngsters and our international workforce should mirror the variety of these youngsters. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, no matter their race/ethnicity, age, incapacity, gender id, sexual orientation, faith, nationality, socio-economic background, or another private attribute.

UNICEF presents 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 utility in case you want affordable 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 aims of the United Nations and UNICEF, together with sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF additionally adheres to strict youngster safeguarding ideas. All chosen candidates will probably be anticipated to stick to those requirements and ideas and can due to this fact endure 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 supply extra info to conduct a background verify. 

Remarks:  

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

People engaged below a consultancy or particular person contract is not going to be thought of “workers members” below the Employees Laws and Guidelines of the United Nations and UNICEF’s insurance policies and procedures, and won’t be entitled to advantages offered therein (resembling depart entitlements and medical insurance coverage protection). Their situations of service will probably be ruled by their contract and the Common Situations of Contracts for the Companies of Consultants and Particular person Contractors. Consultants and particular person contractors are chargeable 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 whole 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 project. It doesn’t apply to consultants who will work remotely and should not anticipated to work on or go to UNICEF premises, programme supply areas or instantly work together with communities UNICEF works with, nor to journey to carry out features for UNICEF at some stage in their consultancy contracts.