Apply for National or International Consultant to Support Work on Education and Climate Under the Sustainability And Climate Action Plan (SCAP), UNICEF ROSA, Nepal, Kathmandu, 12 Months (230 working days) Unicef Job Vacancy | Unicef Careers

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The Education and Climate groups at UNICEF ROSA, and Bhutan, Nepal, and Sri Lanka Country Offices are in search of a marketing consultant to assist work on Education and Climate underneath the Sustainability and Climate Action Plan (SCAP). They will focus primarily on consolidating regional data on the intersection between training and local weather in the area, in addition to on exercise reporting, conducting the assessment of local weather associated training knowledge and paperwork. The marketing consultant will assist UNICEF’s targets on

1. Strengthening local weather good and resilient training programs, insurance policies, and frameworks,
2. Empowering college students and academics with local weather data and inexperienced expertise by way of curriculum, instructing, and studying materials and studying assessments of formal foundational studying topics, and
3. Modelling local weather motion options at faculties and non-formal training centres for authorities upscaling.

The marketing consultant will probably be working carefully with training and local weather groups in Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and ROSA, on the following actions:

1. Perform an intensive assessment and evaluation of current local weather associated nationwide training knowledge, insurance policies, plans, and Comprehensive School Safety Frameworks (CSSF) and different related paperwork at a worldwide, regional and nationwide stage (in Bhutan, Nepal and Sri Lanka and different international locations in South Asia, as possible), contemplating respective ranges of local weather vulnerability of nations and relevance of options being carried out in contrast to ranges of carbon emission and associated environmental points (e.g., plastic waste).
2. Conduct a complete mapping of finest practices and gaps of local weather data and inexperienced expertise in current curriculum, instructing and studying supplies and studying assessments for foundational studying in the 3 international locations.   
3. Conduct a complete mapping and evaluations of local weather motion options/interventions at faculties and non-formal training centres that improve expertise and data of adolescents to promote local weather agenda in every of the three international locations and suggest a holistic mannequin bundle of actions for every nation to promote by way of formal and non-formal training.
4. Provide assist, as related based mostly on nation context, to Bhutan, Nepal, and Sri Lanka nation workplaces for offering suggestions to Governments on coverage frameworks, local weather motion options (in faculties and non-formal training centres) and enchancment of local weather data and expertise in curriculum, instructing and studying materials and studying assessments. The assist will embody:  i) in Sri Lanka: facilitation of the nationwide dialogue on local weather and training coverage framework that’s underneath growth in Q1 2025; written suggestions and suggestions to enhance and assist draft coverage framework and motion plan; ii) in Bhutan: written suggestions for a coverage framework for local weather change training and for a faculty child-responsive climate-induced catastrophe preparedness and resilience plan, tips and coaching modules/bundle for academics; and suggestions for coverage framework for local weather change training (together with early warning system and catastrophe resilience); Integration of local weather change and inexperienced expertise in the curriculum, instructing supplies and evaluation focusing on foundational studying; iii) in Nepal: suggestions on efficient methods for additional scaling-up local weather motion by way of authorities mechanisms similar to the Comprehensive School Safety bundle and Green Schools coverage in assist of ongoing partnerships aimed toward constructing a local weather good, inexperienced and resilient training system.  
5. Develop a pointy regional funding case that gives coverage and programmatic motion based mostly on the finest practices recognized, and with the aim of attainable adaptation to nation stage funding case in every South Asian nation.
6. Create tips and depository of instruments and assets with finest practices and classes discovered for regional data sharing on i) local weather good programs, insurance policies, and frameworks masking resilience, mitigation actions and local weather adaptation, ii) local weather inclusive curriculum, instructing and studying materials and studying evaluation, iii) local weather motion options/interventions in faculties and non-formal training centres.
7. Support the conceptualization, coordination, and implementation of a multi-country studying occasion on training and local weather, digital or face to face relying on assets and time availability.

Methodology/ Work Assignments Overview

This consultancy can have a complete of 230 days to be accomplished between January 2025 and January 2026. Preferably based mostly in Kathmandu, Nepal for the period of the contract however remote-based consultancy can be a suitable possibility. Below is an outline of the work assignments: 

• Inception report with methodology and detailed work plan, timeline, and proposed stakeholders for consultations in all 3 international locations and related regional actors.  Output: Inception report
• Review and evaluation of current local weather associated nationwide training knowledge, insurance policies, plans, and Comprehensive School Safety Frameworks (CSSF) and different related paperwork at a worldwide, regional and nationwide stage, constructing on The Heat is On! .pdf  Output: Review, analytical framework and report with principal findings.

• Mapping and evaluation of scalable local weather motion options/interventions in faculties and non-formal training facilities that improve expertise and data of adolescents to promote local weather agenda in the 3 international locations, aligned to the nation context and expertise. Output: Report on scalable local weather motion options in faculties and non-formal training centres

• Comprehensive mapping, assessment, and evaluation of finest practices and gaps of local weather data in the current curriculum, instructing and studying materials and studying evaluation for foundational studying in the 3 international locations, in coordination with companions (e.g. UNESCO in Sri Lanka). Output: Report with mapping and evaluation of curriculum, instructing and studying materials, and studying evaluation

• In-country assist (together with missions), as related based mostly on nation context, to Bhutan, Nepal and Sri Lanka nation workplaces for offering suggestions to Governments on i) coverage frameworks, on ii) enchancment of local weather data and expertise in curriculum, instructing and studying materials and studying evaluation and iii) mannequin bundle of local weather motion options for every nation to promote by way of formal and non-formal training.(in faculties and non-formal training centres). Output: Support to international locations and reviews with country-specific suggestions.

• Development of a pointy regional funding case that gives coverage and programmatic motion based mostly on the finest practices recognized, and with the aim of attainable adaptation to nation stage funding case in every South Asian nation. Output: Regional funding case

• Guidelines and depository of instruments and assets with finest practices and classes discovered for regional data sharing on i) local weather good programs, insurance policies, and frameworks, ii) local weather inclusive curriculum, instructing and studying materials and studying evaluation, iii) local weather motion options in faculties and non-formal training centres. Output: Depository of instruments and assets for regional data sharing.

• Conceptualization, coordination, and implementation of a multi-country studying occasion on training and local weather (digital or face to face relying on assets and time availability). Output: Event idea observe, agenda and assist to occasion implementation and facilitation
• Coordination of the actions throughout the whole interval of the consultancy. Output: Coordination and remaining (abstract) report

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

• An superior college diploma with expertise in Climate science, catastrophe threat administration, worldwide relations, Education, Environmental Science/Policy, Social Policy, Economics, or a area associated to local weather and catastrophe threat discount. Two years of extra related work expertise that was gained after acquiring a bachelor’s diploma could also be accepted in lieu of superior college diploma.
• A minimal of 4 years of related work expertise in Education, ideally with expertise working on curriculum, instructing, and studying materials, studying evaluation or training coverage.
• Proven related expertise and data on local weather motion and environmental coverage.
• Relevant expertise working in non-formal training is an asset.
• Relevant expertise in the South Asia area is taken into account as an asset.
• Relevant expertise in an UN system company or group is an asset
• Proven expertise in conceptualizing, coordinating, and implementing studying occasions is an asset

Competencies & Skills:

• Excellent quantitative and qualitative knowledge evaluation expertise
• Good data of analysis methodologies, together with however not restricted to expertise with in-depth interviews, focus teams, and literature evaluations.
• Good data of local weather motion agenda, curriculum, instructing and studying materials, studying evaluation or training coverage.
• Excellent communication and writing expertise in English.
• Demonstrates self-awareness and moral consciousness.
• Drive to obtain outcomes for influence.
• Thinks and acts strategically.
• Works collaboratively with others

Submission of purposes:

• Letter of Interest (cowl letter)
• CV or Resume
• Performance analysis reviews or references of comparable consultancy assignments (if accessible)
• Technical proposal for the consultancy indicating methodological strategy and the timeline for the supply of the varied levels of the consultancy.
• Financial proposal: All-inclusive lump-sum value for this task as per work task. Applicants ought to submit their monetary proposals per deliverable. Incomplete purposes is not going to be thought of. 

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Remarks:  

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

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