International Consultant: Programme Review – UNICEF Comores / Home Based

  • Contract
  • Comoros
  • Posted 4 months ago

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The UNICEF Comoros Nation Workplace is planning to conduct a programme evaluation of the present Nation Programme (CPD) (2022-2026) that can inform the event of a Programme Price range Evaluate submission which can be submitted in March 2024. That is prompted by a scarcity of funding that has effects on each the implementation of the programmes deliberate within the 2022-2026 CPD and the workplace’s potential to cowl its employees prices.

The 2022-2026 CPD, which is aligned with the nationwide growth plan (Rising Comoros 2030), is structured across the following outcomes:

  1. By the tip of 2026, ladies, kids, women and boys, and communities, particularly probably the most deprived, use high quality, equitable and inclusive, and promotional, preventive and healing maternal, new child and youngster well being care, diet, water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) providers, and undertake behaviours enabling youngster survival and growth, together with in humanitarian conditions.
  2. By the tip of 2026, women and boys aged 3 to 16 years make better use of inclusive, equitable, gender-sensitive, and high quality schooling providers, together with in humanitarian conditions.
  3. By the tip of 2026, women, boys, mother and father and communities, particularly probably the most deprived, make better use of prevention and care providers for youngster victims of violence and undertake behaviours that promote a protecting setting for youngsters, together with in humanitarian conditions.
  4. By the tip of 2026, extra kids and households profit from social safety interventions that scale back poverty and construct resilience.
  5. UNICEF programmes are effectively coordinated, managed and performing with intersectoral synergies and innovation, and are effectively acknowledged and funded.

The CPD deliberate finances is USD 38m, together with USD 8.5m of Common Sources (RR) and USD 29.5m of Different Sources (OR) to be mobilized. As of mid-2023, the CO had mobilized solely 38% of its Different Sources Common (ORR) goal for 2022-2026 (noting that this consists of funds carried ahead from the earlier nation programme).

The workplace thus carried out an affordability evaluation, with help from ESAR. This evaluation pointed to a 74% hole in OR for salaries in 2024, and even better gaps in 2025 and 2026, for posts on fixed-term / persevering with / everlasting contracts. Employees on Short-term Assignments and United Nations Volunteers weren’t included on this evaluation. Regardless of useful resource mobilization efforts, the workplace has little or no funding pipeline (no upcoming grants). In 2024, to honour current employees contracts, the CO should allocate most of its RR to employees prices, leaving little for programme implementation.

The suggestions from the affordability evaluation had been subsequently to a) revisit and refine this system to sharpen its focus and b) subsequently evaluation the workplace construction and modify to an reasonably priced and lighter mounted time period construction with the chance to broaden with non permanent capability when wanted.

What is the distinction? 

The guide will act as an advisor to the senior administration workforce within the change administration course of, specializing in the programme and the staffing construction evaluation.

The task will comprise of the next actions:

– Desk evaluation to digest key programmatic and administration paperwork and steering on UNICEF programming.

– Desk evaluation of key technical and monetary companions’ presence in Comoros, significantly World Financial institution, French Growth Company and UNDP, by way of programme interventions and methods; their staffing buildings; desk evaluation of UNICEF small nation places of work in different international locations (significantly in SIDS and fragile contexts).

– Gentle validation of the general end result degree outcomes construction.

– Map key ongoing actions and methods supported by UNICEF for all pillars of the nation programme.

– Facilitating discussions with employees round evaluation of current programming with a purpose to clearly outline crucial change methods within the context of Comoros, bearing in mind accomplice evaluation; and to sharpen the main target of programming.

– Facilitating discussions with employees round defining the skillset and competencies required within the programme groups, the operations workforce and Workplace of the Consultant to ship on the sharpened nation programme and conducting a abilities hole evaluation.

– Suggest new methods of working (together with by using totally different contractual modalities) that will end in effectivity positive factors.

– Proposing, consulting on and finalising suggestions on a sharpened programmatic focus.

– Defining the abilities hole that may be crammed by focused inside employees capability growth; abilities that should be recruited on a precedence foundation by different (non-FT) staffing modalities and basic abilities to be developed inside current employees.

– Advise and help the Deputy Consultant Programmes and Operations Supervisor to establish potential dangers and prompt mitigation methods.

– Current findings to all Comoros employees in a logical and easy-to-understand method.

Particular goals of the worldwide session :

The guide is required to supply facilitation and help within the following two processes:

  1. Programme evaluation: Evaluate of interventions, approaches and methods below the continuing 2022-2026 nation programme, based mostly on evaluation of programming context, leading to suggestions on prioritized and refined set of interventions/methods contemplating UNICEF’s comparative benefit to sharpen the main target of the nation programme.
  1. Staffing construction evaluation: Utilizing acceptable organizational design instruments and practices, apply a structured evaluation methodology on the staffing construction to establish the required abilities and competencies to ship on the sharpened programmatic focus, leading to suggestions on a construction that’s match for function, comprising of the required skillset while additionally remaining reasonably priced for the medium-term future.

 

Duties/milestone

Deliverable

Estimated date of supply

Programme evaluation

Desk evaluation of key programmatic and administration paperwork (Programme Technique Notes, CPD, CPMP, 2022 MICS, up to date CCA, evaluations) and steering on UNICEF programming

Consultations with Senior Administration Crew (SMT), programme and operations to tell mapping of ongoing interventions and methods.

Map funding allocations and expenditures towards ongoing interventions/methods

 

Mapping of ongoing interventions together with funding allocations and expenditures

 

4 working days

(distant)

2 working days

(on website)

2 working days

(on website)

Facilitate consultative course of throughout all workplace colleagues round sharpening the main target of the UNICEF Comoros programme

 

Formulate suggestions on sharpened focus, together with on changes required to the ToC and work plans and Operations

Programme Evaluate Report and PowerPoint presentation, together with progress, bottlenecks, and an motion plan for really useful changes/strategic shifts in programme implementation

5 working days

(on website)

 

2 working days

(on website)

Staffing construction evaluation

Defining required abilities for sharpened programme:

a) Figuring out the skillset and competencies required to ship on the sharpened nation programme

b) Suggest a core staffing construction with the important talent combine to ship the revised CPD outcomes in addition to abilities that may be recruited on a wants foundation (non FT). 

 

Obtainable abilities evaluation

– Matching out there abilities to required skillset by evaluation of JDs and consultations with SMT and all employees

– Outline the abilities hole that may be crammed by focused inside employees capability growth and basic abilities to be developed inside current employees;

Presentation of session outcomes, together with staffing construction situations to Comoros CO administration and RO

 

 

Talent matrix

 

Report and PowerPoint presentation together with evaluation of a minimal of two staffing construction situations

 

Studying and growth plan to handle abilities gaps

Attainable staffing construction choices analysed and assessed

Inner abstract report of the state of affairs evaluation submitted

 

5 working days

(on website)

 

 

 

 

3 working days

(on website)

 

 

 

1 working day

(on website)

Draft last report together with key findings of programme and staffing construction evaluation with suggestions on the way in which ahead

Closing report and PowerPoint presentation

2 working days

(distant)

 Pour plus d’data, veuillez consulter la description du poste ci-joint :

Download File TORs – Programme Review individual consultant Comoros.pdf

To qualify as a kids’s champoin, you could have…

Expertise

  • At the very least 10 years in supporting organisational change processes, organizational design, talent mapping and workforce planning; related expertise inside UNICEF can be thought of an asset;
  • At the very least 8 years of expertise in main strategic planning processes, together with demonstrated expertise in main UNICEF planning processes (e.g. CPD growth); good understanding of strategic prioritization, idea of change and results-based administration;
  • Earlier work expertise at a senior degree with UNICEF is strongly most well-liked; expertise with one other UN Company is an asset;

Information and abilities:

  • Glorious communication abilities – each written and verbal.

  • Glorious energetic listening and facilitation abilities.

  • Drawback-solving and root trigger identification abilities.

  • Robust analytic and decision-making talents.

  • Should be a workforce participant and in a position to work with and thru others.

  • Human qualities, with potential to defuse tensions and to work effectively with anxious employees

For each youngster, you could exhibit…

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

The technical abilities required for this place are :

http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/files/UNICEF_Competencies.pdf

Remarks

UNICEF is right here to serve the world’s most deprived kids, and our international workforce should replicate the variety of those kids. The UNICEF household is dedicated to together with everybody, no matter race/ethnicity, age, incapacity, gender identification, sexual orientation, faith, nationality, socio-economic background or another private attribute.

UNICEF affords cheap lodging for particular person consultants/contractors with disabilities. This will embrace, for instance, accessible software program, journey help for assignments or private escorts. We encourage you to reveal your incapacity when making use of in case you require cheap lodging through the choice course of and subsequently in your task.

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance coverage in direction of behaviour 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 youngster safety rules. All chosen candidates can be anticipated to stick to those requirements and rules, and can subsequently be topic to rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will embrace verification of educational {qualifications} {and professional} expertise. Shortlisted candidates could also be requested to supply further data for background checks.

Solely shortlisted candidates can be contacted and can proceed to the following stage of the choice course of.

Individuals engaged below a guide or particular person contract is not going to be thought of “employees members” throughout the that means of the United Nations Employees Rules and Guidelines and UNICEF insurance policies and procedures, and won’t be entitled to the advantages supplied therein (resembling go away entitlements and medical insurance coverage protection). Their circumstances of service can be ruled by their contract and the Basic Circumstances of Contracts for the Providers of Consultants and Particular person Contractors. Consultants and particular person contractors are chargeable for figuring out their tax obligations and for paying any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with native or different relevant legal guidelines.

The chosen candidate is solely chargeable for the validity of the visa (if relevant) and medical insurance required for the efficiency of the contracted duties, for the complete length of the contract. Chosen candidates are topic to affirmation of full vaccination towards SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a vaccine accredited by the World Well being Group (WHO), which should be happy previous to commencing employment. It doesn’t apply to consultants who can be working remotely and will not be anticipated to work or go to UNICEF premises, program implementation websites or work together immediately with the communities with which UNICEF works, nor journey to carry out capabilities for UNICEF through the time period of their guide contract.

Marketed: 03 Jan 2024 E. Africa Customary Time
Deadline: 17 Jan 2024 E. Africa Customary Time

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