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Home-based international consultancy for Technical Guidance on integrating child sensitive approaches in the NDC 3.0

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Contract type: Consultant
Duty Station: Bishkek
Level: Consultancy
Location: Albania, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Georgia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Ukraine, Greece, Kosovo, Austria, Slovenia, Andorra, Canada, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, San Marino, Slovakia, Vatican City, Yugoslavia
Categories: Adolescent Development

UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential. 

Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone. 

And we never give up. 

For every child, education

As part of UNICEF’s 2023-2030 Sustainability and Climate Change Action Plan (SCAP), UNICEF Kyrgyzstan CO is committed to making children and young people a focus of climate plans and policies through measures to protect children and enhance resilience and sustainability of child-critical services and empower children and young people to meaningfully participate in sustainability and climate action. The main purpose of the assignment is to support UNICEF in effectively securing action that prioritizes children and young people in climate change plans and policies, such as the forthcoming NDC.

How can you make a difference? 

The international consultant will provide technical and advisory guidance to UNICEF and national governments in integrating child-sensitive approaches into the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC 3.0) in the 5 Central Asian countries (Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan). The key objectives of the assignment include: 
 
1. Develop a roadmap tailored to the country context for enhancing the child sensitivity of the NDC:
 Identify relevant government bodies and stakeholders involved in the NDC process and determine where the government currently stands in the NDC drafting process and pinpoint key topics for involvement. 
 Conduct detailed review and analysis of the current NDCs to identify gaps and opportunities for integration of child-sensitive interventions across key sectors (education, health, social protection etc), backed by costed investments.
 Develop child-sensitivity indicators tailored to the country context to monitor and evaluate the integration of child-sensitive elements in NDCs (UNICEF child-sensitivity framework link) 
 
2. Support the 5 COs in defining key asks for child-sensitive NDCs and facilitate stakeholder dialogue to achieve consensus:
 Promote the data and evidence on the disproportionate impact of climate change on children in the NDC 3.0., using UNICEF’s findings on the impacts of climate change on children, and country-specific data where possible (CLAC, CCRI, MICS, IHME etc.) 
 Support the 5 COs in defining key asks for child-sensitive NDCs and where possible develop costed interventions.  
 Promote the inclusion of education, WASH, health, and social protection as targeted climate change adaptation and mitigation solutions, aiming that NDC includes budget lines for these sectors specifically addressing children.
 Engage key sectoral ministries, including Education, Health, Water, and Social Protection, in a collaborative process to agree on child-related interventions for integration into the NDC, ensuring their alignment and support
 Represent UNICEF in technical working groups to advocate for child-sensitive interventions in national UNFCCC commitments.
 
3. Support capacity building and understanding of the importance of child-sensitive NDC within and outside UNICEF:
 Design and deliver training for UNICEF staff across sections in five COs to understand the approach to child-sensitive NDC and its multisectoral importance (Health, Education, SP, WASH etc.) 
 Design and deliver training workshops for NDC Secretariat staff, UN Resident Coordinator group and other relevant stakeholders on the importance of child-sensitive climate policies and practices.
 
4. Provide support to meaningful child and youth participation in the NDC consultation process:
 In collaboration with the ADAP teams, in 5 COs, support children and young people sufficient preparation for them to provide relevant input in the NDC Consultations
 Design and organize training for children and young people to better understand the importance of NDC and how to meaningfully contribute to the consultation process.
 
Support UNICEF Kyrgyzstan Representative and team in
 
• Country specific analysis and engagement to develop detailed targets and costing. High level advocacy to integrate child sensitive priorities and indicators in NDC 3.0. 
 
Please kindly visit the detailed ToR Download File ToR NDC.docx and fill in the financial proposal and attach to the application Download File Fin offer NDC.xlsx

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have… 

• Master's or post-graduate degree in Climate Change diplomacy, International Development, Public Policy or any other related disciplines;

• Minimum five (5) years’ work experience in the field of climate change and environmental science, social sciences, economics and public policy or another relevant field.

• In-depth understanding of climate change policy frameworks, especially NDCs under the Paris Agreement.
• Ability to integrate child-sensitive approaches into climate policies, ensuring the inclusion of children as key stakeholders.
• Proven ability to lead consultations with government agencies, NGOs, and youth organizations to gather inputs and build consensus on child-sensitive climate policies.
• Experience in facilitating workshops and working groups with multiple stakeholders, ensuring effective communication and collaboration.
• Strong experience in designing and delivering training on child-sensitive climate policies for government staff and stakeholders.
• Development of toolkits and guidance documents to implement child-sensitive approaches in climate action.
• Excellent oral and written skills in English (Russian an asset), and ability to facilitate communication with various stakeholders and draft reports and policy recommendations.
Optional:
 
• Strong interpersonal skills demonstrated by the ability to lead and gain the assistance and cooperation of others in a team endeavor.
• Ability to build trust through operating with transparency and creating an open, positive, and enabling environment.
• Ability to work in a multicultural environment.

For every Child, you demonstrate… 

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

 To view our competency framework, please visit  here. 

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious or ethnic background, and persons with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization. To create a more inclusive workplace, UNICEF offers paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks, and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the use of flexible working arrangements. Click here to learn more about flexible work arrangements, well-being, and benefits.

According to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), persons with disabilities include those who have long-term physical, mental, intellectual, or sensory impairments which, in interaction with various barriers, may hinder their full and effective participation in society on an equal basis with others. In its Disability Inclusion Policy and Strategy 2022-2030, UNICEF has committed to increase the number of employees with disabilities by 2030. At UNICEF, we provide reasonable accommodation for work-related support requirements of candidates and employees with disabilities. Also, UNICEF has launched a Global Accessibility Helpdesk to strengthen physical and digital accessibility. If you are an applicant with a disability who needs digital accessibility support in completing the online application, please submit your request through the accessibility email button on the UNICEF Careers webpage Accessibility | UNICEF.

UNICEF does not hire candidates who are married to children (persons under 18). UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination based on gender, nationality, age, race, sexual orientation, religious or ethnic background or disabilities. UNICEF is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check, and selected candidates with disabilities may be requested to submit supporting documentation in relation to their disability confidentially.

Remarks:  

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process. 

Individuals engaged under a consultancy or individual contract will not be considered “staff members” under the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s policies and procedures, and will not be entitled to benefits provided therein (such as leave entitlements and medical insurance coverage). Their conditions of service will be governed by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants and Individual Contractors. Consultants and individual contractors are responsible for determining their tax liabilities and for the payment of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with local or other applicable laws. 

The selected candidate is solely responsible to ensure that the visa (applicable) and health insurance required to perform the duties of the contract are valid for the entire period of the contract. Selected candidates are subject to confirmation of fully-vaccinated status against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which must be met prior to taking up the assignment. It does not apply to consultants who will work remotely and are not expected to work on or visit UNICEF premises, programme delivery locations or directly interact with communities UNICEF works with, nor to travel to perform functions for UNICEF for the duration of their consultancy contracts. 

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Deadline: Central Asia Standard Time

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