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Knowledge Management and Communication Consultant

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Purpose of Activity/Assignment

UNICEF Europe and Central Asia Regional Office (ECARO) is looking for a senior marketing consultant to supply technical and strategic oversight on the Technical Support Instrument (TSI) portfolio within the area and to search out synergies between the TSI portfolio and the broader, regional ECD portfolio.

Scope of Work

With funding from the EU Commission’s DG REFORM, beneath which UNICEF has been contracted to supply technical assist, UNICEF will likely be working with the nationwide authorities of Bulgaria, Portugal and the Federal State of Lower Saxony to strengthen the standard of their ECEC programs. This will likely be achieved by means of 2 TSI venture of the period of two years, comprising the next key actions:

a) Evidence era

UNICEF will assist the Federal authorities in gaining in depth information of the present standing of the ECEC sector by means of an as-is evaluation and an excellent follow report from different European nations.

b) Framework improvement and testing

UNICEF will develop 3 totally different frameworks aimed toward strengthening the standard of ECEC service provision: one high quality framework for Portugal, one M&E framework for Bulgaria and a framework for supporting consequence-oriented competence improvement in ECEC for Lower Saxony.

c) Recommendations for framework adoption

UNICEF will draft studies with remaining suggestions for implementation and dissemination of the frameworks by the nationwide and federal authorities.

Summary of key capabilities/accountabilities

1) Strategic and technical oversight to the TSI regional portfolio

Working carefully with the ECARO ECD Officer and lead consultants:

• Provide assist to the venture coordination and implementation:
  • Partake in common venture conferences, as required
  • Oversee the impactful implementation of the initiatives, along with the venture coordination workforce.
  • Provide well timed technical evaluate and strategies to tell the event of venture deliverables.
• Review and present suggestions to draft deliverables

2) Provide technical assist to create linkages between TSIs and the regional ECD portfolio

Working carefully with the ECARO ECD workforce to assist linkages between the instruments, frameworks and insights from present and earlier TSI initiatives with ongoing shifts and developments inside the broader ECEC portfolio. Key actions embrace:

• Advisory assist to create a information administration platform that hosts all finalized and shareable variations of outputs created beneath the TSI initiatives and can usefully allow cross-nation studying, trade and strengthening technical capability of UNICEF employees
• Facilitation and/or participation in no less than 2 (per yr) on-line exchanges, webinars and dialogues organized by the regional ECD workforce to facilitate and consolidate cross-nation studying and socialization of instruments, frameworks and outputs created by means of the TSI initiatives
• Organizing two excessive-degree exchanges (one per yr) that join studying from the TSI initiatives and allow UNICEF positioning as a technical accomplice for ECEC in EU MS

3) Provide technical assist to the regional early childhood training and care strategic initiatives

• Advisory assist to create develop a regional childcare catalytic fund
• Advisory assist for the creating of regional method to engagement with the enterprise and personal sector within the space of ECE/D

Work Assignment Overview

Estimated Duration of the Contract

90 working days between January 2025 and August 2026.

Consultant’s Work Place and Official Travel

The Consultant will likely be home-based with no travels foreseen.

Estimated Cost of the Consultancy & Payment Schedule

Payment will likely be made on submission of an bill and passable completion of the above-talked about deliverables. UNICEF reserves the fitting to withhold all or a portion of cost if efficiency is unsatisfactory, if work/outputs are incomplete, not delivered or for failure to satisfy deadlines. All supplies developed will stay the copyright of UNICEF and UNICEF will likely be free to adapt and modify them sooner or later.

Please submit an expert charge (in USD) primarily based on 90 working days to undertake this project.

To qualify as an advocate for each youngster you should have…

• Master’s diploma in Education, social research and improvement, public well being and/or drugs, vitamin, psychology, human improvement, youngster improvement, households’ research or one other related technical discipline.
• Seven (7) years minimal of related skilled expertise in early childhood training and care (at nationwide/programs degree).
• Understanding of ECEC high quality assurance, knowledge and monitoring, and coverage/authorized reforms is crucial.
• Knowledge of the ECEC agenda within the EU.
• Experience managing nationwide programme implementation is very fascinating.
• Experience working with Ministry reform programmes is an asset.
• Experience managing EU initiatives, together with expertise in creating venture agreements and expertise in EU narrative and monetary reporting is taken into account an asset.
• Relevant expertise in a UN system company or group is taken into account as an asset.
• Fluency in English is crucial. Knowledge of one other official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) is an asset.

For each Child, you show…

UNICEF’s core values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS), and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.

To view our competency framework, please go to here.

UNICEF is right here to serve the world’s most marginalized kids and our international workforce should replicate the variety of these kids. The UNICEF household is dedicated to range and inclusion inside its workforce, and encourages all candidates, regardless of gender, nationality, non secular and ethnic backgrounds, together with individuals dwelling with disabilities, to apply to develop into a part of the group.

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 youngster safeguarding ideas. All chosen candidates will likely be anticipated to stick to those requirements and ideas and will subsequently endure rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will embrace the verification of educational credential(s) and employment historical past. Selected candidates could also be required to supply extra data to conduct a background check.

Remarks:

Please embrace a full CV and a Cover Letter in your application. Additionally, point out your availability and skilled charge (in USD) to undertake the phrases of reference above. Applications submitted and not using a skilled charge is not going to be thought-about. Only shortlisted candidates will likely be contacted and advance to the following stage of the choice course of.

Individuals engaged beneath a consultancy or particular person contract is not going to be thought-about “staff members” beneath the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s insurance policies and procedures and is not going to be entitled to advantages supplied therein (corresponding to go away entitlements and medical insurance coverage protection). Their circumstances of service will likely be ruled by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants and Individual Contractors. Consultants and particular person contractors are accountable 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 all the interval of the contract. Selected candidates are topic to affirmation of absolutely-vaccinated standing in opposition to SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which have to be met previous to taking on 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 places or instantly work together with communities UNICEF works with, nor to journey to carry out capabilities for UNICEF for the period of their consultancy contracts.

UNICEF presents reasonable accommodation for consultants with disabilities. This could embrace, for instance, accessible software program, journey help for missions or private attendants. We encourage you to reveal your incapacity throughout your application in case you want cheap lodging throughout the choice course of and afterwards in your project.