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Purpose of Activity/Assignment:
To present technical helps for the well timed supply of UNICEF training in emergency (EiE) response at scale concentrating on weak youngsters together with ethnic minority and youngsters with disabilities in the hard-to-reach affected provinces of the Typhoon Yagi. The guide will give attention to the implementation and monitoring of training interventions from early childhood training, lifesaving educating and studying provides, psychological well being and psychosocial assist, unconditional money for training, capability constructing for lecturers and training managers, dissemination data and consciousness elevating.
Scope of Work:
Typhoon Yagi affected 3.6 million individuals in almost half of Viet Nam’s 63 provinces, exacerbating vulnerabilities in communities already in danger from climate-related disasters. The catastrophe led to the deaths of 307 individuals and injured over 1,900 individuals. Over 240,599 properties, 1,530 colleges, and 570 well being amenities have been reportedly broken, with one other 73,248 properties submerged in floodwaters. An estimated 72,591 individuals now wanted secure shelter on account of properties being destroyed or severely broken. The destruction of and injury to school rooms and faculty studying amenities additionally left many college students with out a place to be taught.1
The Government of Viet Nam and the United Nations Resident Coordinator Office launched a nine-month joint response plan on 27 September 2024 specializing in the 11 northern mountainous provinces the place 1.6 million individuals have been affected and 51,421 properties have been flooded, and 21,170 properties and 592 colleges have been broken. The plan prioritizes the three most affected provinces of Yen Bai, Lao Cai, and Cao Bang that had pre-existing excessive ranges of vulnerabilities and suffered the brunt of damages. Yen Bai, Lao Cai, and Cao Bang provinces account for greater than 90 per cent of the severely broken homes throughout the 11 northern provinces.
The Ministry of National Education and Training (MOET) led the training response by mobilizing its assets by cleansing flooded colleges, distributing scholastic supplies, uniform and textbook, and establishing short-term studying areas. MOET reopened colleges in the affected areas to keep away from extended loss of youngsters’s studying. The 2024 Education Sector Response Plan for Typhoon Yagi prioritizes to restore broken colleges, present humanitarian money help, academic supplies, and instructor coaching on psychological well being and psychosocial assist (MHPSS), catastrophe danger discount (DRR) and consciousness elevating actions to make sure youngsters can safely return to studying environments as shortly as attainable. The response plan targets to ship training companies for about 200,000 affected youngsters and adolescents together with youngsters with disabilities. The Education Sector Group (ESG) for Emergency co-led by UNICEF and Save the Children was activated to coordinate the training response actions applied by roughly 15 member organizations comprising UN Agencies, nationwide and worldwide NGOs, donors, and worldwide growth organizations.
UNICEF is supporting MOET, Department of Education and Training (DOET) and ESG members by way of its predictability position in the training preparedness, response, and restoration in emergencies. UNICEF will give attention to scaling up training interventions concentrating on weak youngsters and adolescents in the hard-to-reach affected areas by way of provision of early childhood training, lifesaving provides for youngsters and colleges, MHPSS, unconditional money for training, capability constructing for lecturers and training managers on EiE in addition to structured outreach and consciousness elevating actions. UNICEF will make the most of training as strategic entry factors for sectoral and cross-cutting collaborations with WASH, Health, Nutrition, Protection Sectors and gender, incapacity, and accountability to affected inhabitants, PSEA working teams and networks. Therefore, to make sure the response high quality and timeliness and to assist the over stretched workforce of Education, hiring an EiE guide will likely be essential to scale up UNICEF lifesaving EiE interventions in line with the the interval and scope of the Joint Vietnam Response Plan for the Typhoon Yagi.
Purpose and Objectives:
Summary of Key Functions/Accountabilities:
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Methodology:
The Consultant will report back to Education Specialist (the Second Decade Education & Learning) beneath the general supervision of the Chief of Education and work intently with the Education Team members, different UNICEF sections, ESG members and the focal factors/officers of MOET, DOET(s) and different companions as required.
1 Joint Response Plan Vietnam for Typhoon Yagi, 23 Sep. 2024
Full TOR with deliverables as connected 
To qualify as an advocate for each child you’ll have…
– Advanced college diploma in Education or a associated technical area, emergency administration or different related areas.
– At least 5 years of expertise in growth planning and administration in formal and/or non-formal training and/different related areas is required, a minimum of two of which field-based coping with large-scale emergencies or displaced/refugee conditions.
– At least 5 years with progressive expertise working in emergency contexts in implementation of Education in Emergency programmes and coordinated assessments.
– Strong communication abilities (written and verbal) required.
– Sound judgement is required in follow-up on requests; excessive diploma of accuracy is essential.
– Ability to fulfill tight deadlines by way of glorious time administration, group, and multi-tasking abilities.
– Good laptop data and ability.
– Fluency in written and spoken English is required.
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Assessment standards:
For analysis and choice technique, the Cumulative Analysis Method (weight mixed rating technique) shall be used for this recruitment:
A. Technical Qualification weight 75%:
1. Educational background: 30 factors
2. Relevant work expertise: 45 factors
– A minimal of 7 years of related expertise with a Bachelor’s diploma or 5 years of related expertise with a Master’s diploma at the nationwide and/or worldwide ranges in Education, Emergency Programme Management, and different associated fields. (20 factors)
– Good understanding of GOV’s rules and requirements in training in emergency, growth context and the Education Sector. (10 factors)
– Practical expertise regarding pure disasters, catastrophe danger discount and atmosphere, emergency program administration, monitoring and reporting, communication, useful resource mobilization, data administration, Education in Emergency coordination and data administration in rural areas in Viet Nam. (15 factors)
B. Financial Proposal (Maximum 25 Points)
The most quantity of factors shall be allotted to the lowest Financial Proposal that’s opened /evaluated and in contrast amongst these technical certified candidates who’ve attained a minimal 50 factors rating in the technical analysis. Other Financial Proposals will obtain factors in inverse proportion to the lowest worth.
The Contract shall be awarded to candidate acquiring the highest mixed technical and monetary scores, topic to the passable end result of the verification interview if wanted.
Submission of functions:
a. Letter of curiosity/CV;
b. Three references of related earlier task(s);
c. Technical proposal;
d. Financial proposal: All-inclusive lump-sum price together with consultancy payment, journey and some other related prices for this task.
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Remarks:
Only shortlisted candidates will likely be contacted and advance to the subsequent stage of the choice course of.
Individuals engaged beneath a consultancy or particular person contract is not going to be thought of “staff members” beneath 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 (akin 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 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 the complete 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 over the task. 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 straight work together with communities UNICEF works with, nor to journey to carry out capabilities for UNICEF for the period of their consultancy contracts.
Individual National Consultant: Education in Emergency for the UNICEF Response Plan of Typhoon Yagi, Viet Nam
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