UNICEF Multiple Indicator Cluster (MICS) (Consultancy), Nauru, 3 Months

UNICEF works in among the world’s hardest locations, to achieve the world’s most deprived youngsters. To avoid wasting their lives. To defend their rights. To assist them fulfill their potential. 

Throughout 190 nations and territories, we work for each little one, in every single place, every single day, to construct a greater world for everybody. 

And we by no means hand over. 

For each little one, assist. 

Within the Pacific we work in Cook dinner Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu: These 14 Pacific island nations are house to 2.3 million folks, together with 1.2 million youngsters and youth, residing on greater than 660 islands and atolls stretching throughout 17.2 million sq. kilometers of the Pacific Ocean, an space akin to the mixed measurement of the USA of America and Canada. Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Solomon Islands, and Tuvalu are categorised as Fragile States in line with World Financial institution/OECD standards. 

All 14 Pacific Island nations and territories have ratified the UN Conference on the Rights of the Youngster, however solely a 3rd are on observe with reporting obligations. Discover the completely different areas of our work within the hyperlink offered right here www.unicef.org/pacificislands. 

Background of Project: 

The UNICEF Pacific Multi-Nation Workplace is offering technical and monetary assist to a number of Pacific Island International locations and Territories (PICTs) to conduct A number of Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS). MICS is a world family survey programme developed and supported by UNICEF. MICS is designed to gather estimates of key indicators which are used to evaluate the scenario of kids and ladies and has change into a key supply of knowledge on little one safety, early childhood schooling, and a serious supply of knowledge on little one well being and vitamin. For a lot of nations, MICS surveys are getting used to generate knowledge for monitoring and reporting progress in direction of achievement of nationwide targets and international commitments aimed toward selling the welfare of kids, together with the Sustainable Growth Targets (SDGs).

Since 2018, the UNICEF Pacific Multi-Nation Workplace (UNICEF PMCO) has already supported the planning, implementation and completion of 5 MICS surveys specifically Kiribati 2018-19, Tonga 2019, Tuvalu 2019-20, Samoa 2019-20 and Fiji 2021. At present, the UNICEF PMCO is supporting the implementation of the 2023 Nauru MICS. Nauru MICS 2023 is nearly concluding the info assortment and the secondary modifying part and shortly will probably be coming into the evaluation, report writing and dissemination phases. Throughout this subsequent part, the Nauru Bureau of Statistics (NBoS) would require technical assist and help to make sure knowledge high quality is maintained, knowledge evaluation is complete, and high quality stories are produced and disseminated.

To this finish UNICEF Pacific Multi-Nation Workplace in Suva, Fiji (UNICEF PMCO) will rent a full-time UNICEF MICS marketing consultant (UMC) to supervise and be sure that the remaining phases of the Nauru MICS course of runs easily, particular deadlines are met and that the implementing companion, the NBoS receives the technical help crucial to provide statistically sound and dependable knowledge.

How will you make a distinction? 

Beneath the general supervision of the Chief of Social Coverage and direct supervision of the Statistics & Monitoring Specialist, the UMC will present steerage and hands-on assist to the UNICEF PMCO and NBoS for knowledge evaluation, Survey Findings Report (SFR) and Statistical Snapshot Report compilation, dissemination and archiving. The UMC will work intently with the NBoS’s Survey Coordinator and Knowledge Processing crew to make sure that the info cleansing, evaluation and report compilation course of is on observe and adheres to MICS protocols. He/she may even work in shut collaboration with the Nauru MICS survey crew, the stakeholders, and Steering and Technical Committees and can signify UNICEF in conferences and workshops in relation to the survey as wanted.

Please seek advice from the ToR for additional data on the deliverables and the timelines

GUIDANCE FOR APPLICANTS

Please submit a separate monetary provide alongside along with your software. 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 charges– based mostly on the deliverables within the Phrases of Reference above
• Journey (economic system air ticket the place relevant to take up project and discipline mission journey
• Residing allowance the place journey is required
• Miscellaneous- to cowl visa, medical health insurance (together with medical evacuation for worldwide consultants), communications, and different prices.

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

EDUCATION

• Superior College diploma in Demography, Statistics, Social Sciences, Economics, Epidemiology or every other associated technical discipline

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Confirmed minimal of 5 yr expertise within the coordination and/or administration of quantitative family surveys (prior MICS or Demographic and Well being Survey (DHS)) most popular,
• Sturdy laptop abilities and powerful experience in statistical analyses (familiarity with knowledge processing and knowledge evaluation software program, notably SPSS),
• Expertise with CAPI knowledge assortment,
• Coaching expertise and talent to organise and facilitate coaching and displays,
• Expertise in knowledge evaluation and survey report writing.

OTHER COMPETENCIES

• Wonderful communication and interpersonal abilities,
• Wonderful oral and written communication in Nauruan or  any Pacific  language(s) required,
• Familiarity and former expertise of working in Nauru and/or within the Pacific area are extremely fascinating,
• Demonstrated means to work in a multicultural atmosphere and to determine harmonious and efficient relationships each inside and outdoors the organisation, extra particularly with Nationwide Statistical Workplaces,
• Demonstrated management, managerial and supervisory means,
• Means and willingness to journey extensively in-country and to attend regional workshops.

For each Youngster, 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 youngsters and our international workforce should mirror the variety of these youngsters. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, regardless of their race/ethnicity, age, incapacity, gender id, sexual orientation, faith, nationality, socio-economic background, or every other private attribute.

UNICEF gives reasonable accommodation for consultants/particular person contractors with disabilities. This may increasingly 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 rules. All chosen candidates will probably be anticipated to stick to those requirements and rules and can subsequently bear 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 examine. 

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 offered therein (akin to go away entitlements and medical insurance coverage protection). Their situations of service will probably 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 liable 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 health insurance required to carry out the duties of the contract are legitimate for the complete 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 should be met previous to taking on the project. It doesn’t apply to consultants who will work remotely and will not be anticipated to work on or go to UNICEF premises, programme supply areas or immediately work together with communities UNICEF works with, nor to journey to carry out features for UNICEF during their consultancy contracts. 

Solely shortlisted candidates will probably be contacted and advance to the following stage of the choice course of.