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Consultancy Title: Consultant for the development of a policy brief on access to assistive technology in education systems

Section/Division/Duty Station: Children with Disability, Programme Group, UNICEF NYHQ

Duration: 3 February 2025 to 26 June 2025

Home/ Office Based: NYHQ / Remote

 

About UNICEF

If you might be a dedicated, inventive skilled and are keen about making a lasting difference for kids, the world’s main kids’s rights group would really like to hear from you. For 70 years, UNICEF has been working on the floor in 190 nations and territories to promote kids’s survival, safety and development. The world’s largest supplier of vaccines for creating nations, UNICEF helps child well being and vitamin, good water and sanitation, high quality fundamental education for all girls and boys, and the safety of kids from violence, exploitation, and AIDS. UNICEF is funded totally by the voluntary contributions of people, companies, foundations and governments. UNICEF has over 12,000 employees in greater than 145 nations.

 

BACKGROUND

Purpose of Activity/ Assignment:

The advisor will develop a policy brief containing concise, proof-primarily based, policy choices and their influence on access to and participation in inclusive education by means of elevated availability of assistive technology (AT). The brief will permit policymakers and different stakeholders to systematically and transparently take into account the accessible proof about the seemingly influence of totally different policy choices for enhancing access to AT in education.

 

Scope of Work:

Under the total supervision of the Disability Focal Point of the Education Section of the Programme Group of UNICEF Headquarters, the advisor will likely be accountable for the performing of the following assignments: 

• Clearly identifies the boundaries to accessing assistive technology in education, particularly in underneath-resourced low- and center-earnings (LMIC) settings.
• Describes education, well being, and social safety system issues from the perspective of inclusive education and access to AT in development and humanitarian settings.
• Provides a set of viable policy choices for addressing this downside that span kids of all age teams and adults pursuing education.
• Summarises the finest accessible proof concerning the design and implementation of insurance policies for enhancing access to education with assistive technology examples from nations.
• Addresses data gaps (recognized in the systematic assessment) by means of consultations with consultants, and key opinion leaders and thru exterior evaluations.

 

Terms of Reference / Key Deliverables:

• Description of the components to be included in the policy brief, with a supply date listed for every part: Inception Report with Methodology, Process, and Timeline (11 March 2025)
• Desk assessment and evaluation of the accessible literature, research, and different reviews describing the main insurance policies, motion plans, and proposals to enhance access to AT in education systems in LMIC’s and states experiencing humanitarian crises. The desk assessment might take the kind of a separate doc outlining the consultants’ findings or a draft of the related part of the Policy Brief. Desk Review of Available Studies, Literature, and different Reports (30 March 2025)
• Consultant will conduct session with related states and stakeholders to deal with data gaps, key methods, and implementation tips.  Consultant might submit a separate doc outlining the related findings of these consultations or put together a draft of the related part of the total Policy Brief.  Completion of Country and Stakeholder Consultations (2 May 2025)
• Policy Brief must be roughly 30 pages, excluding references. Final, copy-edited Policy Brief (13 June 2025)           

 

Qualifications

Education: 

Advanced college diploma (Masters) in the space of regulation, social science, human rights, or different associated fields.

 

Work expertise:

Knowledge/Expertise/Skills required *: 

• A minimal of 5 (5) years of progressively skilled expertise associated to worldwide humanitarian regulation, human rights regulation, and incapacity rights regulation.
• Understanding of and dedication to the rights of individuals with disabilities is a requirement.
• Strong group and writing expertise are important.
• Experience participating with nationwide and native organizations, in specific with organizations of individuals with disabilities, in humanitarian motion is a robust asset.
• Knowledge of humanitarian motion systems and processes, notably these associated to preparedness, is an asset.
• Fluency in English (written and spoken) is required. Knowledge of one other official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) is an asset.

 

Requirements:

Completed profile in UNICEF’s e-Recruitment system and

– Upload copy of tutorial credentials

– Financial proposal that can embody/ replicate :

• • the prices per every deliverable and the complete lump-sum for the complete project (in US$) to undertake the phrases of reference.
  • journey prices and day by day subsistence allowance, if internationally recruited or journey is required as per TOR.
  • Any different estimated prices: visa, medical health insurance, and dwelling prices as relevant.
  • Indicate your availability

– Any emergent / unexpected responsibility journey and associated bills will likely be lined by UNICEF.

– At the time the contract is awarded, the chosen candidate should have in place present medical health insurance protection.

– Payment of skilled charges will likely be primarily based on submission of agreed passable deliverables. UNICEF reserves the proper to withhold cost in case the deliverables submitted will not be up to the required commonplace or in case of delays in submitting the deliverables on the part of the advisor.

U.S. Visa data:

With the exception of the US Citizens, G4 Visa and Green Card holders, ought to the chosen candidate and his/her family members reside in the United States underneath a totally different visa, the advisor and his/her family members are required to change their visa standing to G4, and the advisor’s family members (partner) would require an Employment Authorization Card (EAD) to have the opportunity to work, even when he/she was approved to work underneath the visa held prior to switching to G4.  

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

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Remarks:  

Individuals engaged underneath a consultancy 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 offered therein (similar to go away entitlements and medical insurance coverage protection). Their situations of service will likely be ruled by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants. Consultants 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 be 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. 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 prior 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 places or straight work together with communities UNICEF works with, nor to journey to carry out features for UNICEF for the period of their consultancy contracts.