International Consultancy: Children’s Climate Risk Index Disaster Risk Model (CCRI-DRM), 4 months over 12 months, Antananarivo, Madagascar

UNICEF works in a few of the world’s hardest locations, to succeed in the world’s most deprived youngsters. 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 every single place, each day, to construct a greater world for everybody. 

And we by no means hand over. 

For each baby, resilience

UNICEF is searching for a devoted, proactive guide to work intently with the UNICEF nation crew a devoted nationwide guide, and Authorities and Non-Authorities companions to develop a theoretical framework for the CCRI-DRM mannequin, facilitating the identification of indicator knowledge units and the development of the CCRI-DRM index indicators and mannequin with authorities line ministries, and the preparation of instruments, procedures, and documentation for the event of the CCRI-DRM. As soon as threat is known and knowledgeable by knowledge, high-level sectoral briefs will should be ready to tell sector priorities for the mainstreaming of local weather resilience and mitigation/adaptation investments.

The aim of this task is for a world guide to assist UNICEF and the Authorities of Madagascar in creating the Madagascar Youngsters’s Local weather Danger Index -Catastrophe Danger Mannequin (CCRI-DRM) on the sub-national degree. For this task, the guide will work with a nationwide guide and different colleagues in UNICEF and related authorities and non-government companions to determine, compile, and analyze present knowledge sources and platforms to seize 1) local weather and catastrophe threat and a couple of) vulnerability, particularly for youngsters, households, and their communities to those dangers on the nationwide and regional, and district degree (if accessible – to be outlined throughout knowledge assortment and evaluation stage). Subsequently, an interactive open-source visualization platform presenting the subnational threat mannequin and underlying indicators knowledge can be embedded or developed with assist from UNICEF that can help with prioritization and planning for threat mitigation and adaptation – in addition to inform preparedness and funding priorities.

How will you make a distinction?  Terms of Reference CCRI-DRM Consultancy international.docx

The guide will lead the event and implementation of the primary model of the Madagascar subnational CCRI-DRM evaluation and interactive platform, from constructing stakeholder preparations, conceptual design, and consolidation of the CCRI-DRM indicator knowledge by means of to the development of the index, together with a collection of consultations and items of coaching of key nationwide companions. The worldwide guide can be working along with a nationwide guide who will observe the actions within the nation full-time. The principle duty of the worldwide guide can be contributing to the methodology growth and evaluation, in addition to the manufacturing of consequence paperwork that can assist the nation capitalize on the primary evaluation by means of the brand new methodology. S/he’ll work beneath the overall steerage and supervision of the WASH Specialist local weather and emergency and interact and work intently with UNICEF program sector focal factors, different UN companies, and Authorities and Non-Authorities companions to hold out the next particular duties:

• Assist the institution of a multi-stakeholder Steering Committee (Think about this as an choice) and Technical Working Group (TWG) to information and facilitate the event of the CCRI-DRM, whereas additionally supporting a lead (or co-leads) in partaking and facilitating inputs of different related line ministries, establishments, and companions. This may increasingly amongst others embrace supporting the lead (or co-leads) and Technical Working Group with the event of an idea be aware, ToR and work plan, assembly agendas, and knowledge sharing agreements.

• Conduct a participatory analysis of nationwide capacities to offer dependable, goal, well timed, and sustainable info to feed the CCRI-DRM mannequin and interactive platform.

• Conduct analysis and evaluate present instruments and sources of shocks and stresses, publicity and vulnerability knowledge and knowledge, and work with respective Authorities and Non-Authorities companions to determine present threat elements and accessible indicators and knowledge sources for the development of the subnational CCRI-DRM mannequin.

• Facilitate and assist the event of the theoretical framework of the nation’s subnational CCRI_DRM mannequin and the institution of indicators and knowledge sources, based mostly on that of the worldwide Youngsters’s Local weather Danger Index in session with the TWG and related different stakeholders.

• Facilitate and assist the event and implementation of the primary model of the Madagascar subnational CCRI-DRM mannequin in shut collaboration with the TWG, together with assortment, compilation, and cleansing of secondary indicator knowledge; establishing knowledge sharing mechanisms, procedures, and instruments; developing the mannequin indices and documenting metadata; managing a evaluate and validation course of with the TWG and different stakeholders and making essential revisions to the mannequin; getting ready documentation of the mannequin and its outcomes; and presenting and explaining the mannequin and outcomes to TWG and related stakeholders.

• Assist complementary sectoral evaluation to assist sector decision-making.

• Work in shut collaboration with the TWG and UNICEF info administration crew all through the method and ship coaching to allow them to preserve the mannequin and interactive platform and make updates and changes sooner or later.

• The subnational CCRI goals to make use of knowledge on the nationwide, regional, and district ranges. Relying on knowledge availability, some outcomes might be introduced at a regional degree, with justification and suggestions for knowledge wants and assortment on the district degree for improved future evaluation.

As a champion for each baby, {qualifications} are… 

• Superior college diploma, self-discipline: Social Sciences, Information Science, Statistics, Public Coverage, Growth, or associated diploma areas of labor. Instead of a complicated diploma, a bachelor’s diploma could also be accepted together with 8 years of related expertise.
• Not less than 5 years of related skilled expertise associated to the event of knowledge programs, administration, and evaluation of quantitative knowledge.
• In depth expertise in working with authorities companions together with related line Ministries and stakeholders together with UN companies.
• Data of nationwide and native governance local weather change and catastrophe threat administration, and the programs in place to answer threat and vulnerability.
• Robust evaluation abilities and quantitative and qualitative synthesis of knowledge.
• Proficient with Microsoft Excell
• Wonderful writing abilities
• Wonderful facilitating and managing coaching course of abilities
• Demonstrated experience in facilitating inter-institutional working teams and coordination mechanisms with a number of members and related stakeholders is taken into account an asset.
• Proficiency in each French and English is necessary.

For each Little one, you display… our core values of Dedication, Respect, Integrity, Belief, Accountability and Sustainability.

This place is a short-term task and doesn’t give rise to a long-term everlasting put up with the group.

Candidates are required to incorporate of their functions a monetary proposal which features a lumpsum quantity for consultancy charges, native transportation, and different miscellaneous prices. Breakdown or particulars of the charge can be a lot appreciated.

People engaged beneath a consultancy or particular person contract is not going to be thought of “workers 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 supplied therein (comparable to go away entitlements and medical insurance coverage protection). Their situations of service can be ruled by their contract and the Basic Situations of Contracts for the Providers of Consultants and Particular person Contractors. Consultants and particular person contractors are liable 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.

UNICEF is dedicated to range and inclusion inside its workforce, and encourages all candidates, regardless of gender, nationality, spiritual and ethnic backgrounds, together with individuals residing with disabilities, to use.

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 baby safeguarding ideas. All chosen candidates can be anticipated to stick to those requirements and ideas and can due to this fact endure rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will embrace 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.

UNICEF doesn’t cost a charge at any stage of the recruitment course of (utility, interview assembly, processing, or orientation).