Apply for Social Policy (policy systematization) Consultant, Brasilia (remote), Brazil – 2 months Unicef Job Vacancy | Unicef Careers

While important progress has been achieved in Brazil and globally in implementing the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), a lot stays to be accomplished to make sure the integral safety of kids and fulfil their elementary rights in an equitable and non-discriminatory method.

UNICEF has a protracted-standing custom of supporting governments in strengthening insurance policies and actions by way of technical cooperation. This collaboration permits public establishments at numerous ranges to realize their aims, significantly these centered on advancing the rights of kids and adolescents.

In the State of Amazonas, particularly within the municipality of Presidente Figueiredo, UNICEF is main a pilot initiative to handle Multidimensional Poverty by strengthening the Social Assistance System (SUAS). Launched in November 2023 in partnership with the State Government, municipal authorities, and an Non-Governmental Organization, the initiative is now absolutely operational and is scheduled to conclude in April 2025.

The initiative employs lively and participatory methodologies in collaboration with the native social help secretariat, with a selected emphasis on the work of Social Assistance Family Service (PAIF). This service gives important help to the municipality’s most susceptible households, together with these actively concerned within the initiative.

Beyond delivering tangible outcomes to households and enhancing authorities constructions and processes, the initiative goals to create a complete report for the financing companion/donor. This report will element the actions, choices, processes, and outcomes achieved. Furthermore, it can present insights and actionable components to help the scaling of the initiative to different municipalities, guaranteeing a broader and extra sustainable affect.

SCOPE OF WORK:

The consultancy focuses on documenting and systematizing the initiative applied in Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, leveraging the intersectoral nature of Brazil’s social safety system. This initiative, led by UNICEF in partnership with the State Government, municipal authorities, and an NGO, has demonstrated potential as a profitable apply that could possibly be scaled and introduced to stakeholders, together with the Federal Government/Ministry of Social Development (MDS) and different Brazilian municipalities.

The main goal of this consultancy is to gather, arrange, and systematize all facets of the initiative—its steps, challenges, actions, partnerships, and outcomes—right into a structured format for the financing companion/donor and different stakeholders. This complete documentation may also function a basis for presenting the initiative as a scalable mannequin to different municipalities.

Under the steering and supervision of the Chief of Social Policy, the advisor will collect and analyse each quantitative and qualitative knowledge, together with data and testimonies, to ship an proof-primarily based report. The actions entail:

1. Identification and Systematization: conduct a radical mapping of the initiative’s steps, challenges, actions, partnerships, and ends in Presidente Figueiredo.
2. Analysis and Insights: spotlight key challenges, profitable components, and actionable suggestions for scaling the initiative to different municipalities.
3. Comprehensive Report: develop a transparent, properly-structured, and communicative report that consolidates all findings. Ensure the report is designed to successfully talk outcomes, finest practices, and suggestions for potential replication in different contexts.

This consultancy goals to offer an actionable and replicable information base, contributing to broader efforts to handle multidimensional poverty by way of strengthened social safety techniques.

DELIVERABLES

              1. Work Assignment overview 1

1.1. Deliverables/Outputs: Work plan, together with detailed journey plan and proposed methodology for amassing knowledge and testimonials, with detailed timeline. The work plan must be developed in keeping with the anticipated outcomes talked about in these Terms of Reference and in coordination with UNICEF.

1.2. Deadline: 10 days from the contract signature date

1.3. Estimate Budget: 5% of the full quantity of the contract.

2. Work Assignment overview 2

2.1. Deliverables/Outputs: Intermediate Report primarily based on present paperwork and data of the initiative and actors/stakeholders mapping, together with first impressions from the primary mission to Presidente Figueiredo.

2.2. Deadline: 30 days from the contract signature date

2.3. Estimate Budget: 35% of the full quantity of the contract.

3. Work Assignment overview 3

2.1. Deliverables/Outputs: Report containing the ultimate systematization of the initiative, with identification of all consulted sources and accompanied by the identification and systematization of the entire initiative steps, challenges, actions, partnerships and outcomes at Presidente Figueiredo. The report should embrace all collected contents in a complete and straightforward-to-talk method that may be a reference for speaking outcomes and finest practices to be escalated by different municipalities.  

2.2. Deadline: 60 days from the contract signature date

2.3. Estimate Budget: 60% of the full quantity of the contract.

DURATION OF CONTRACT:

2 months

TRAVEL PLAN

The work ought to embrace two missions to Amazonas, each together with one full work day in Manaus in order to incorporate conferences with the state counterparts and UNICEF, and at the least three days in Presidente Figueiredo. Consultant’s, journey prices ought to be included within the advisor’s charge.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS REQUIREMENT

• Bachelor’s diploma in social work, public coverage, public administration, social sciences, political science, or one other related technical subject.
• A minimal of 5 years {of professional} expertise in social safety or public coverage evaluation.
• Prior expertise in conducting coverage-associated systematization and reporting.
• Knowledge of the Unified Social Assistance System (SUAS) shall be an asset.
• Relevant skilled expertise within the Amazon territory (Amazônia Legal) shall be an asset.
• Fluency in Portuguese.

LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY

Portuguese – full proficiency (Fluency)

FINANCIAL PROPOSAL

A monetary proposal together with the charge for the project primarily based on the deliverables and variety of days should be submitted. Consultants are requested to stipulate all-inclusive charges, together with lump sum, administrative value, journey value and subsistence prices, as relevant.

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Remarks:  

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

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