National Consultant: Victims Support information package and training manual, Accra-Ghana, 6 months (For Ghanaian National Only)

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Throughout 190 international locations and territories, we work for each little one, all over the place, day-after-day, to construct a greater world for everybody. 

And we by no means surrender. 

For each little one, Safety 

Background

It’s estimated that, globally, 736 million girls – virtually one in three – have been subjected to bodily and/or sexual intimate associate violence, non-partner sexual violence, or each not less than as soon as of their life (30 % of girls aged 15 and older). This determine doesn’t embrace sexual harassment. 

Violence in opposition to girls and ladies is each a trigger and consequence of gender inequality. It could take many types, together with home violence; sexual violence, together with sexual harassment or rape; human trafficking. feminine genital mutilation; little one marriage; or on-line and ICT-facilitated violence, e.g., cyber-bullying or doxing. Violence impacts girls and ladies all through their life cycle, no matter revenue ranges or their social standing. VAWG additionally has a ripple impact for households, communities, wider society and the financial system. For instance, misplaced employment and productiveness (work and faculty), impede long-term financial progress. If unaddressed, VAWG has critical price implications and penalties for poverty discount and growth, together with hampering efforts to realize the SDGs and the 2030 sustainable growth agenda.

UNICEF continues to assist the federal government of Ghana in its effort to advertise equal rights of girls, ladies and boys and to assist their full participation within the political, social and financial growth of their communities. That is achieved inside the broader body of gender equality in accordance with the Conference on the Rights of the Baby (CRC) and the Conference on the Elimination of All Types of Discrimination in opposition to Girls (CEDAW) as an vital key doc underpinning the group’s mandate and mission. Ending abuse and violence, together with sexual and gender-based violence is a key precedence for SDG objective 16.2 (Finish abuse, exploitation, trafficking and all types of violence in opposition to and torture of kids), and aligns to a number of priorities and frameworks, together with: UNICEF Strategic Plan, 2022-2025, specifically Objective Space 3, which goals at defending each little one from violence, exploitation, abuse, neglect and dangerous practices. UNICEF Ghana Nation Workplace Biannual Work Plan (2023 – 2024), has particular indicator devoted to making sure that ladies and boys who’ve skilled violence, exploitation, abuse, and neglect are reached by well being, social work, or justice/regulation enforcement providers.

It’s extensively acknowledged that little one sexual abuse happens extra usually than reported. But when reported, there are situations the place the circumstances are now not pursued. To this finish, UNICEF supported the Judicial Service to undertake an evaluation of Sexual Abuse Circumstances Earlier than the Gender-Based mostly Violence Courts and different Circuit Courts in Ghana” to audit the extent of attrition and the underpinning components that contribute to the phenomenon, present the much-needed understanding of the hole between coverage and follow and strengthening little one safety mechanisms to enhance entry to justice to girls and youngsters.

To fight this epidemic of violence in opposition to girls and ladies and enhance their entry to justice, it’s needed to supply survivors and individuals susceptible to Gender Based mostly Violence with high quality and well timed entry to complete multi-sectoral providers akin to psychological/psychosocial assist providers, well being care providers, in addition to police and justice response providers. Rising the standard and accessibility of those providers is important in mitigating the implications of violence together with the impact violence has on the wellbeing, well being, and security of survivors, breaking the cycles of violence girls and ladies face, helping of their restoration, bringing perpetrators to justice and empowering girls and ladies by enhancing capability for dealing with of victims and offering survivors the requisite info wanted to assist them take part within the justice course of.

Goal of the Project

UNICEF Ghana along with Judicial Service, DOVVSU and Social welfare need to interact the providers of a extremely expert and skilled advisor to develop a handbook or tips for professionals working inside the justice and social providers for youngsters and girls who’re survivors. The handbook will embrace a facet completely supposed to information survivors from the purpose of contact with the Police, via to the judicial course of.

Work Project

1. Conduct desk assessment of the obtainable sources and most up-to-date efforts on this space carried out by different related actors. Manage consultations with key informants and submit an inception report detailing transient abstract of key findings.
2. Based mostly on job one, develop a complete coaching bundle (workshop supplies and coaching modules on sufferer assist), together with further references, technical explanations, additional studying recommendations, sources, and written steerage. The handbook ought to be tailor-made to swimsuit Judicial Service, DOVVSU, and Social welfare.
3. Based mostly on job one, develop a complete info bundle for victims and survivors of sexual and gender-based violence. The data bundle ought to be threefold. One for victims who come to the Police (DOVVSU)as a primary level of contact with clear info as to what processes they are going to undergo the second for victims earlier than the courts with content material related to the judicial course of and the third for victims involved with social growth employees. (the identical info can be utilized by the Steerage and Counselling part in faculties).
4. Maintain stakeholder consultations to solicit enter into the coaching manuals and incorporate suggestions.
5. Conduct preliminary coaching for key and related stakeholders utilizing the manuals. Use the coaching to check the sufferer info bundle as properly.
6. Finalise coaching manuals and knowledge packages for onward submission.

Kindly consult with this TOR for particulars on the project. Victims support TOR -final.pdf

To qualify as an advocate for each little one you should have… 

• Should maintain a grasp’s diploma in regulation or associated area.
• No less than 5 years {of professional} expertise in endeavor case audits or related project
• Demonstrated expertise in working with authorities companions and different stakeholders in public sector growth packages, particularly in capability growth.
• Exhibit data of the formal authorized system
• Exhibit wonderful interpersonal {and professional} abilities in interacting with authorities and growth companions;
• Excessive-level written and oral communication abilities in English
• Have to be result-oriented, a workforce participant, exhibiting excessive ranges of enthusiasm
• Abilities in facilitation of stakeholder engagements/workshops;
• Proof of getting undertaken related assignments

Kindly present your monetary proposal as per the deliverables by finishing the connected Work Assignments Overview Template for Financial proposal.docx

For each Baby, you reveal… 

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

  

To view our competency framework, please go to  here. 

 UNICEF is right here to serve the world’s most deprived kids and our world workforce should mirror the range of these kids. 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 some other private attribute.

UNICEF provides reasonable accommodation 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 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 little one safeguarding ideas. All chosen candidates shall 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 further info to conduct a background verify. 

 

Remarks:  

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

People engaged beneath a consultancy or particular person contract is not going to be thought-about “employees members” beneath the Employees Laws and Guidelines of the United Nations and UNICEF’s insurance policies and procedures, and won’t be entitled to advantages supplied therein (akin to depart entitlements and medical insurance coverage protection). Their circumstances of service shall 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 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 your 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 project. It doesn’t apply to consultants who will work remotely and aren’t 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 capabilities for UNICEF at some point of their consultancy contracts.