Pacific Inclusive Education Technical Consultant to support Education Program in the Pacific Islands countries, 18 months.

UNICEF works in among the world’s hardest locations, to achieve the world’s most deprived kids. 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 all places, day by day, to construct a greater world for everybody. 

And we by no means surrender. 

For each baby, training.

We function within the Pacific, particularly within the Prepare dinner Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu. These 14 Pacific islands nations are dwelling to 2.3 million individuals, together with 1.2 million kids and youth. They inhabit greater than 660 islands and atolls that stretch throughout 17.2 million sq. kilometers of the Pacific Ocean. This space is akin to the mixed dimension of america of America and Canada. Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Solomon Islands, and Tuvalu are labeled as Fragile States in response to World Financial institution/OECD standards.

All 14 Pacific Island nations and territories have ratified the UN Conference on the Rights of the Little one. Nonetheless, solely a 3rd are on monitor with reporting obligations. You possibly can discover the completely different areas of our work on the hyperlink supplied right here: www.unicef.org/pacificislands .

Background of Project: 

The Pacific area is likely one of the largest and most numerous areas of the world masking an space equal to fifteen% of the globe’s floor. Many Pacific Island nations and territories share comparable challenges and alternatives as small and distant island economies, with restricted pure sources, narrowly-based economies, giant distances from main markets, and vulnerability to exterior shocks; all of which might have an effect on development and have typically led to a excessive diploma of financial volatility. Pacific Island nations are additionally among the most susceptible on the earth to the results of local weather change and pure disasters.

Regardless of good progress within the training sector, giant numbers of kids stay exterior the training techniques. Kids with disabilities make up an necessary proportion of out-of-school children1. It’s estimated that lower than 10% of kids with disabilities within the Pacific area have entry to any type of education2.

In step with the Sustainable Growth Targets to “go away nobody behind” and to deal with the problem of exclusion within the training sector in throughout the Pacific Island nations (PICs), stakeholders have come collectively to develop the Pacific Regional Inclusive Schooling Framework (PRIEF). PRIEF was developed in recognition of the necessity to handle the tutorial wants of learners at most danger of exclusion, noting that one group of learners who’re regularly excluded are these with incapacity or particular wants, whereas others might embrace those that are marginalized as a result of geographical location, socio-economic standing, gender, ethnic minorities and different doubtlessly marginalized teams. It focuses on 5 key priorities: (i) Enabling insurance policies & laws for inclusive training; (ii) Elevating consciousness about inclusive training in colleges and the broader group; (iii) Offering applicable coaching {and professional} studying to allow leaders and academics to implement efficient inclusive practices; (iv) Strengthening partnerships between colleges, mother and father and group members; and (v) Creating greatest observe pedagogy and curriculum for inclusive practices and accessibility. The PRIEF was endorsed by the Discussion board Schooling Minister Assembly (FEdMM) in 2021.

How are you going to make a distinction? 

The guide is anticipated to supply technical recommendation to UNICEF and to Pacific Island nations in inclusive training, together with within the growth and evaluation of insurance policies, plans and programmes, together with capability constructing, centered particularly on inclusive training, in addition to within the technical evaluation from an inclusion perspective in different training insurance policies, plans and programmes, and integration of inclusion in the identical.

The guide is anticipated to work with of the Pacific Regional Inclusive Schooling Taskforce for Pacific regional initiatives and to work intently with nation focal factors from every Ministry of Schooling in every nation, and – in each circumstances – to make each effort to coordinate and align with the work of different companions within the sector, and significantly to information on partnerships and engagement with Organisations of Individuals with Disabilities (OPDs).

The anticipated work covers these broad technical areas, which guides the required deliverables and indicative actions as introduced within the desk beneath:

• Coverage and planning / Inclusive training: This work contains the technical assist to Ministries of    Schooling in situational evaluation of inclusive training techniques; growth, evaluation and finalization of inclusive training insurance policies and plans; and the preparation for any consultations, occasions and stakeholder engagement as required in these processes.
• Instructing and studying / Inclusive training: This work contains the technical assist to Ministries of Schooling to the event, implementation and evaluation of inclusive training instructor coaching, instructing & studying supplies, and dad or mum/group engagement supplies and approaches.
• Cross-sectoral assist to inclusion in dad or mum engagement / ECD: This work contains technical assist to Ministries of Schooling in collaboration with different related Ministries and departments to strengthen cross-sectoral assist to households, mother and father and kids.
• Technical evaluation and inputs to different Schooling insurance policies, plans and programmes: This work contains the technical evaluation of different insurance policies, plans and programmes that aren’t particularly centered on inclusive training, however that have to combine ample consideration and methods on inclusion. This will likely profit from occasional participation in UNICEF Schooling group conferences.

The guide could be requested to supply technical critiques and suggestions from an inclusion perspective to research, idea notes and different related paperwork.

Due to the evolving nature of the Schooling Programme, it’s important that technical assist on inclusive training could be supplied on an ongoing and as-needed foundation. An preliminary quarterly workplan will likely be established in settlement between UNICEF and the guide, outlining anticipated course of, milestones, timeframes and estimated working days. This primary workplan will likely be established on the premise of present commitments made by UNICEF to assist inclusion within the Pacific for early 2024. As 2024-2025 workplans are established in early 2024 and finalized by March 2024, it will inform the event of the second quarterly workplan and all subsequent workplans. The guide can bill on the premise of permitted deliverables or milestones, primarily based on agreed working days spent on the identical, at a most on a month-to-month foundation.

Supervision will likely be supplied by the Schooling Specialist from the Pacific Multi-Nation Workplace in Suva.

Please discuss with the ToR  TOR_Pacific Inclusive Education.pdf for additional info on the deliverables and the timelines.

To qualify as an advocate for each baby you’ll have… 

Schooling:  

• Superior diploma (Grasp’s Diploma or larger) in Schooling or associated discipline

Expertise, Expertise and Language:  

• Confirmed expertise and experience in inclusive training, coverage and observe (at the least 8 years)
• Substantial expertise in analysis and evaluation.
• Demonstrated expertise working with Ministries of Schooling and growth companions.
• Information of Pacific cultures and training techniques, together with Pacific regional establishments, companions, frameworks and partnerships.
• Pacific expertise, data and tradition are added benefits.
• Demonstrated understanding of points associated to exclusion on the premise of gender, incapacity, poverty, and so on.
• Confirmed skill to supply prime quality, user-friendly analyses and shows which are accessible and interesting to a ide number of audiences.

GUIDANCE FOR APPLICANTS:

This emptiness is open to particular person consultants solely. Candidates are requested to submit a quick technical proposal and CV.

The monetary proposal ought to be a lump sum quantity for all of the deliverables and will present a break down for the next:

• Month-to-month/Each day consultancy charges – primarily based on the deliverables within the Phrases of Reference above.
• Journey (financial system air ticket the place relevant for discipline mission journey)
• Dwelling allowance the place journey is required.
• Miscellaneous- to cowl visa, medical insurance (together with medical evacuation for worldwide consultants), communications, and different prices.

 

For each Little one, you show… 

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

To view our competency framework, please go to  here

Remarks:  

UNICEF is right here to serve the world’s most deprived kids and our international workforce should replicate the variety of these kids. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, regardless of their race/ethnicity, age, incapacity, gender identification, 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 likely 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 throughout 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 baby safeguarding ideas. All chosen candidates will likely 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 info to conduct a background examine. 

People engaged beneath a consultancy or particular person contract is not going to be thought-about “workers members” beneath the Employees Rules and Guidelines of the United Nations and UNICEF’s insurance policies and procedures, and won’t be entitled to advantages supplied therein (equivalent to go away entitlements and medical insurance coverage protection). Their circumstances of service will likely be ruled by their contract and the Common Situations of Contracts for the Providers of Consultants and Particular person Contractors. Consultants and particular person contractors are accountable 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 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 have to 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 straight work together with communities UNICEF works with, nor to journey to carry out features for UNICEF throughout their consultancy contracts. 

Solely shortlisted candidates will likely be contacted and advance to the subsequent stage of the choice course of for this consultancy.