Apply for ROSTER of Romanian National Consultants in CHILD PROTECTION area, Romania, REMOTE, Req: 577888 Unicef Job Vacancy | Unicef Careers

UNICEF works in some of the world’s hardest locations, to succeed in the world’s most deprived youngsters. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To assist them fulfill their potential. 

Across 190 nations and territories, we work for each child, in all places, day-after-day, to construct a greater world for everybody. 

And we by no means hand over. 

For each child, PROTECTION 

UNICEF is trying for extra Child Protection technical experience from Consultants in the next areas:

1. Violence towards youngsters.
2. Child Guarantee and localization.
3. Social help, with deal with
   • Strengthening high quality and entry to social providers and
   • Strengthening high quality and assist of the social providers workforce.
4. Alternative care, with deal with
   • Foster care and
   • Care leavers.
5. Justice for youngsters.
6. Child safety in emergencies, with deal with the transition from humanitarian response to strengthened and resilient methods.

How are you able to make a difference? 

The chosen consultants, when there’s the necessity to ship particular deliverables, will work carefully with UNICEF Romania’s Child Protection workforce. When needed, a detailed collaboration and interplay with state authorities and Civil Society Organizations will likely be required. Collaboration with state authorities implies working along with the National Authority for the Protection of Children’s Rights and Adoption; Ministry of Family, Youth and Equal Opportunities; Ministry of Labor and Social Solidarity; Ministry of Justice and different nationwide degree establishments in addition to the county and native governments. The consultants might also be requested to work carefully with improvement companions and humanitarian companies, together with the World Bank, United Nations companies and different worldwide organizations.

The chosen consultants could also be required to journey throughout the nation to assemble proof and to collaborate with native actors, for which they’re anticipated to make their very own preparations for journey and lodging. Required journey will likely be specified in the TOR for every project and consultants must embody all journey bills (contemplating the anticipated travels) in their quotations.

The chosen consultants are required to make use of their very own gear needed for endeavor the assignments.

The particulars of the precise deliverables will likely be outlined in a separate ToR on the time of contracting for the given project and will embody, however should not restricted to, the next practical work and scope of work:

1. Violence towards youngsters
   1. Research and Evaluation:
      1. Legal framework evaluation;
      2. Quantitative and qualitative social analysis;
      3. Monitoring and analysis system improvement together with indicator improvement.
   2. Policy and authorized framework improvement (evidence-based roadmap improvement for strengthen response to VAC, together with particular sectoral and cross-sectoral methods pointers and methodologies).
   3. Technical help and capability constructing (design of capability constructing programmes and instruments to assist to authorities and different counterparts).
   4. Public Finance Management (social providers financing mechanisms).
   5. Management data methods (digital instruments for knowledge assortment and visualization, eLearning, and so forth.).
   6. Knowledge administration (EU and nationwide finest practices’ mapping and documentation, and report writing for coverage advocacy).
2. Child Guarantee and localization:
   1. Research and Evaluation
      1. Legal evaluation – nationwide and EU framework related for coverage implementation and EU funding;
      2. Monitoring and analysis system improvement together with indicator improvement.
   2. Policy and authorized framework improvement (together with idea of change, and idea design for modelling, improvement of steerage, manuals and related paperwork).
   3. Technical help and capability constructing (technical recommendation and capability constructing assist to varied nationwide and regional/EU counterparts and companions).
   4. Public Finance Management (with deal with EU funding – funds planning and expenditures; financing mechanisms).
   5. Management data methods (digital instruments for knowledge assortment and visualization/dashboard).
   6. Knowledge administration (improvement and group of strategic conferences and consultants’ discussion board – conferences/boards/roundtable, documentation of finest practices and classes learnt, report writing for coverage advocacy).
3. Social help:
   1. Policy and authorized framework improvement (with particular deal with high quality and entry to social providers at native degree, together with idea of change, and idea design for modelling for an incentivized package deal for social employees in deprived space).
   2. Technical help and capability constructing (with deal with improvement of the normative framework on social help and associated capability constructing).
   3. Public Finance Management (funds costing, planning and financing mechanisms).
   4. Management data methods (digital instruments for knowledge assortment and visualization, eLearning, and so forth.)
4. Alternative care:
   1. Policy and authorized framework improvement (together with idea of change, and idea design for modelling, improvement of steerage, manuals and related paperwork).
   2. Technical help and capability constructing (provision of technical recommendation and help, and capability constructing assist to authorities and different counterparts – associated to modelling and analysis)
   3. Public Finance Management (funds costing, planning and financing mechanisms).
   4. Knowledge administration (documentation of modelling, together with classes discovered and report writing for coverage advocacy and improvement).
5. Justice for youngsters:
   1. Research and Evaluation:
      1. Legal evaluation;
      2. Quantitative and qualitative social analysis;
      3. Monitoring and analysis system improvement together with indicator improvement.
   2. Policy and authorized framework improvement (technical sector methods, coverage, programme, proposal, together with idea of change, and idea design for modelling, improvement of steerage, manuals and related paperwork).
   3. Technical help and capability constructing (provision of technical recommendation and help, and capability constructing assist to central and native authorities and different counterparts – associated to modelling and analysis).
6. Child safety in emergencies:
   1. Policy and authorized framework improvement (together with idea of change, and idea design for modelling, improvement of steerage, manuals, and related paperwork)
   2. Technical help and capability constructing (provision of technical recommendation and help, and capability constructing assist to central and native authorities and different counterparts – associated to modelling and analysis).
   3. Management data methods (with deal with Primero – and use at native and nationwide degree – and interconnectivity with different digital instruments).
   4. Knowledge administration (documentation of modelling, together with classes discovered and report writing for coverage advocacy and improvement).

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

• A University diploma in social and/or improvement sciences, social coverage, sociology, social help, legislation, public administration, economist, public finance administration, statistics, data know-how or associated area, or different related particular fields. 
• A minimal of two years of related skilled expertise in expertise in complete in any of these points:
  • Providing technical help in child safety/social help on the nationwide and/or native ranges.
  • Managing analysis/research, data administration, knowledge assortment and analyses in child safety/social help and social providers space.
  • Engaging with central and native governments, worldwide organizations, and civil society entities.
• Strong challenge administration expertise, together with the flexibility to supervise a number of initiatives.
• Familiarity with UN & EU agenda, norms and methods.
• Analytical considering and strategic planning expertise, capacity to facilitate, seek the advice of and negotiate with a broad vary of authorities and non-government companions.
• Experience in child safety emergency preparedness and response will likely be an asset.
• Developing nation work expertise and/or familiarity with emergency is taken into account an asset. 
• Fluency in Romanian and Proficiency in English, together with sturdy report writing and presentation expertise are required.

 For each Child, you exhibit… 

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

To view our competency framework, please go to  here. 

UNICEF is dedicated to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, non secular or ethnic background, and individuals with disabilities, to apply to grow to be a part of the group. To create a extra inclusive office, UNICEF presents paid parental go away, breastfeeding breaks, and cheap lodging for individuals with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the use of versatile working preparations. Click here to be taught extra about versatile work preparations, well-being, and advantages.

According to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), individuals with disabilities embody those that have long-term bodily, psychological, mental, or sensory impairments which, in interplay with numerous obstacles, could hinder their full and efficient participation in society on an equal foundation with others. In its Disability Inclusion Policy and Strategy 2022-2030, UNICEF has dedicated to extend the quantity of staff with disabilities by 2030. At UNICEF, we offer reasonable accommodation for work-related assist necessities of candidates and staff with disabilities. Also, UNICEF has launched a Global Accessibility Helpdesk to strengthen bodily and digital accessibility. If you’re an applicant with a incapacity who wants digital accessibility assist in finishing the net application, please submit your request by means of the accessibility e-mail button on the UNICEF Careers webpage Accessibility | UNICEF.

UNICEF doesn’t rent candidates who’re married to youngsters (individuals underneath 18). 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 primarily based on gender, nationality, age, race, sexual orientation, non secular or ethnic background or disabilities. UNICEF is dedicated to advertise the safety and safeguarding of all youngsters. All chosen candidates will, subsequently, endure rigorous reference and background checks, and will likely be anticipated to stick to those requirements and rules. Background checks will embody the verification of educational credential(s) and employment historical past. Selected candidates could also be required to offer extra data to conduct a background check, and chosen candidates with disabilities could also be requested to submit supporting documentation in relation to their incapacity confidentially.

Remarks:  

Only shortlisted candidates will likely be contacted and advance to the following stage of the choice course of. 

Individuals engaged underneath a consultancy or particular person contract is not going to be thought-about “staff members” underneath the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s insurance policies and procedures, and won’t be entitled to advantages supplied therein (comparable 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 the whole interval of the contract. Selected candidates are topic to affirmation of fully-vaccinated standing towards SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which should 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 areas or immediately work together with communities UNICEF works with, nor to journey to carry out features for UNICEF for the period of their consultancy contracts.