International Consultant to Conduct Situation Analysis (SitAn) of Children and Adolescents in Kazakhstan

Length: from March 2024 to December 2024
Office: Residence-based with at the least two travels to Astana
Modality: part-time

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Throughout 190 nations and territories, we work for each youngster, in all places, day-after-day, to construct a greater world for everybody.
And we by no means quit.
For each youngster, a good likelihood

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Objective of Exercise/Project

By a participatory course of, and utilizing acceptable methodology, a human rights-based strategy and an fairness focus, develop a Scenario Evaluation of Youngsters and Adolescents in Kazakhstan.

 Scope of Work SitAn.docx

Work Project Overview

1. Activity/Milestone: Inception Part
Deliverable/Output: SitAn inception report, which incorporates the preliminary evaluation of the data that must be up to date as a precedence within the SitAn.
Date: Inside 10 days

2. Duties/Milestones: Information Assortment Part
Deliverable/Output: Preliminary report on key findings and conclusions, which follows the advised Define, together with, an influence level presentation for validation of the findings. It additionally consists of an Annex of State of Youngsters’s Rights (SoCR) with points, bottlenecks and nationwide actions, in addition to main data/knowledge gaps, organized by the proposed youngster rights domains and sub-domains (format supplied)
Date: 14 working days

3. Duties/Milestones: Evaluation and Reporting Part, together with shows/workshops for validation of bottlenecks and nationwide actions
Deliverable/Output:
– Closing draft report for validation – as per the advised Pointers.
– Closing Report – which integrates feedback from the validation course of, ideally restricted to ~ 50 pages (not together with Annexes).
– Closing PowerPoint presentation and, as relevant, detailed causality analyses.
Date: 26 working days

Analysis Standards
A) Technical Analysis (most 70 Factors)
• Instructional background (10 factors)
• Related work expertise (20 factors)
• Competency-based Interview (45 factors)
B) Monetary Proposal (e.g. most of 25 Factors)

To qualify as an advocate for each youngster you should have…
• Training: Superior diploma in social sciences, worldwide improvement or associated fields related for the project
• Expertise: Acknowledged researcher with confirmed expertise in public coverage, social coverage and coverage evaluation, public finance and youngster/human rights.
– Robust analytical expertise – references to earlier work or establishments
– Wonderful data of statistics, social service techniques, improvement agenda
– Earlier expertise with UNICEF is a bonus.
– A minimum of 5 years of related expertise in improvement of analytical experiences and coverage paperwork associated to youngsters and adolescents;
– Confirmed expertise in quantitative and qualitative knowledge evaluation, coverage (and finance) evaluation (together with expertise within the constant use of age and sex-disaggregated and gender delicate knowledge) and report preparation;
– Data of human rights-based strategy to programming;
– Expertise in facilitating consultations with authorities representatives, NGOs, academia, youngsters, adolescents and different stakeholders.
– Fluency in English and Russian languages. Fluency within the nationwide language is an asset.
– Wonderful writing expertise.

For each Youngster, you reveal…
UNICEF’s core values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Belief, Accountability and Sustainability (https://www.unicef.org/about/unicef-culture)

Remarks

• Completion of the UN/UNICEF obligatory trainings is compulsory upon graduation of the contract.
• Solely shortlisted candidates will probably be contacted and advance to the following stage of the choice course of.
• All supplies developed will stay the copyright of UNICEF and that UNICEF will probably be free to adapt and modify them sooner or later.
• The Advisor will carry out his/her duties according to UNICEF requirements and procedures.
• People engaged beneath a consultancy contract won’t be thought-about “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 supplied therein (resembling go away entitlements and medical insurance coverage protection). Their circumstances of service will probably be ruled by their contract and the Basic Circumstances of Contracts for the Providers of Consultants. Consultants are chargeable for figuring out their tax liabilities and for the cost 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 whole 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 have to be met previous to taking over the project. It doesn’t apply to consultants who will work remotely and usually are not anticipated to work on or go to UNICEF premises, programme supply places or immediately work together with communities UNICEF works with, nor to journey to carry out features for UNICEF all through their consultancy contracts.
• 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 youngster safeguarding ideas. All chosen candidates will probably be anticipated to stick to those requirements and ideas and can subsequently 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 supply extra data to conduct a background verify.
• Prices indicated are estimated. Closing fee shall comply with the “greatest worth for cash” precept, i.e., attaining the specified final result on the lowest doable charge. Consultants will probably be requested to stipulate all-inclusive charges, together with lump sum journey and subsistence prices, as relevant.
• Cost {of professional} charges will probably be based mostly on submission of agreed deliverables. UNICEF reserves the precise to withhold cost in case the deliverables submitted are lower than the required normal or in case of delays in submitting the deliverables on the a part of the guide
• Three funds are envisaged throughout this consultancy:
– First instalment: Upon UNICEF’s acceptance of submitted Inception report – 20%
– Second instalment: Upon passable supply of the draft SitAn experiences (full and annexes report) – 40%
– Third instalments: Upon passable acceptance of the ultimate SitAn Studies (full and annexes, together with SOCR) and remaining PPT and different agreed deliverables/databases – 40%
• The guide will work in shut session and beneath the supervision with the UNICEF Kazakhstan Planning, Monitoring and Data Administration Officer, and also will report back to the Youngster Rights Monitoring and Analysis Specialist.
• The guide will make their very own preparations for the journey. Journey prices (at the least two travels to Astana – 1 week lengthy) must be estimated and included into the proposal (lump sum and break down by price range strains) together with the requested every day charge. Journey prices shall be calculated based mostly on financial system class journey; prices for lodging, meals and incidentals shall not exceed relevant every day subsistence allowance (DSA) charges, as promulgated by the Worldwide Civil Service Fee (ICSC).
• UNICEF is right here to serve the world’s most deprived youngsters and our international workforce should replicate the variety of these youngsters. The UNICEF household is dedicated to incorporate everybody, no matter their race/ethnicity, age, incapacity, gender identification, sexual orientation, faith, nationality, socio-economic background, or some other private attribute.
• UNICEF presents cheap lodging for consultants/particular person contractors with disabilities. This will embrace, 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 through the choice course of and afterwards in your project.