The Operations function is a strategic Business Partner role within the Senior Management Team, assuring the best use of UNICEF assets in alignment with sound management practices, office priorities and goals to deliver results for children. The function supports the Head of the Office on managing the office and monitoring operations and programmes as needed while providing advice on best and innovative management practices to enhance office performance.
Purpose of Assignment:
The purpose of this TOR is to: support strengthening the state-based child protection systems for children in contact with the law and children in need of care and protection, with focus on justice and social services for children on the move and scale up diversion and alternative to detention in Kassala, Gadarif and Red Sea; as follows:
1) Legal guarantees for children in contact with the law and the diversion and alternative to detention for child offenders are promoted and adopted across the three states,
2) The Child Act 2010 provisions and regulation related to probation and community services and other alternative measures to detention, are enforced to ensure that detention of child offenders at pre-post trials is the last resort.
3) Children on the move have improved access to child protection services in Kassala, Gadarif and Red Sea State.
4) Ensure the national alternative care procedures for abandoned babies and children without parental care are applied and adopted.
5) Support and lead the coordination between different actors to reflect the inter-disciplinary approach for J4C.
6) Support the establishment of community committees and build their capacity to support diversion outside the judicial system.
7) Establishment of centre for protection of children on the move in Gadarif State.
The Guinea Bissau CO would like to hire a consultant to elaborate strategy for increasing urban routine immunization coverage of childhood vaccines in Guinea-Bissau.
UNICEF Indonesia is seeking a Monitoring, Evaluation and Data System Consultant to be based in UNICEF Field Office of Aceh to support digital intervention program introduction and implementation, as well as monitoring and evaluation of of UNICEF’s integrated intervention for mother and child wellbeing in Aceh Province.
Under the direct supervision of Program Officers/Programme Specialist, supported by Chief of Field Office, this consultancy work aims to deliver high quality technical support to the implementation of cross sectoral program on nutrition, health, and hygiene with positive parenting and unconditional cash transfer to families. He/she will continue to provide daily assistance to district government, especially the local planning office (BAPPEDA) in coordinating the program with a focus on leveraging planning and financing support from government. This Terms of Reference is developed to be a basis for continuation of District Institutional Facilitators’ works.
Join our UNICEF Pakistan dynamic team as Education Officer (School Clustering and Improvement) to work with our Education team and programme in Karachi, Pakistan.
The Consultant (Education) will provide overall expert technical advice and operational support for the thematic area of “Skills for life and livelihood” and is primarily responsible to support solutions/innovations to scale with partners. The consultant will work under the technical guidance of Education Specialist, UNICEF
Individual national consultancy to provide technical assistance and coordination for case management of children affected by emergencies in central provinces affected by floods and storms.
To provide support to MOLISA in ensuring coordinated sufficient technical guidance and assistance to DOLISA in Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri, Quang Nam, Quang Ngai and Kon Tum in providing mental health and psycho-social support to children and parents who have been severely affected by floods and storms.
The fundamental mission of UNICEF is to promote the rights of every child, everywhere. Over the decades, UNICEF has worked to protect the rights of children of all ages — from earliest childhood through adolescence – and will continue to deliver for all children and adolescents under the five goal areas of the Strategic Plan. In recent years, our work to support the unique needs of adolescents has gained momentum, as the challenges facing them have come more sharply into view. The second decade of life is a time of tremendous opportunity – but for far too many adolescents, great risk and increasing challenges.
Building on work across the UN with and for young people, and in line with the UN Youth Strategy, in 2018 UNICEF launched a new global partnership dedicated to expanding opportunity for young people, ages 10-24. Generation Unlimited (Gen U) is centred on finding new ways to ensure that every young person is in school, learning, training or employment by 2030 — with a focus on those in the greatest danger of being left behind, including girls, the poorest, those with disabilities, young people on the move and those affected by conflict and natural disasters. This partnership brings together leaders from governments, UN agencies, the private sector, academia, international and civil society organizations, and young people, and identifies, co-creates, resources and scales-up innovative solutions to expand opportunity for young people. Young people participate meaningfully in the co-creation of solutions, informing, advising and helping implement at every step of the way.
En coordinación con el INAIPI y UNICEF, formular un Plan Estratégico que oriente el quehacer institucional al logro de los objetivos y resultados comprometidos y el programa presupuestario “Desarrollo Infantil para Niños Y Niñas de 0 a 4 años Y 11 meses 2020-2023”.
La consultance décrite dans ces termes de référence s’inscrit donc dans un cadre régional plus large ; au niveau national, elle a pour principal objectif d’assurer la collecte de données à Bamako, Mopti et Kayes auprès d’acteurs communautaires et institutionnels clés, y compris les bénéficiaires des structures ciblées (enfants et parents/tuteurs). Cette collecte de données permettra de procéder à une analyse objective, cohérente et détaillée de la pertinence, efficacité, efficience et pérennité des mécanismes de continuum de protection pour les enfants vulnérables et les enfants en situation de mobilité au Mali. Deux candidatures sont recherchees: 1 Feminine et 1 Masculine
The new HR Officer (Learning and Development), NOB, in Mali CO reports to the HR Manager for close guidance, mentoring and supervision. The Officer provides support to the supervisor and colleagues in the unit by executing HR services through applying knowledge of theoretical HR models, as well as understanding of organizational HR policies and procedures. The incumbent will support the HR Manager in the design and implementation of the Learning & Development Plan for the new country programme (2020 – 2014), taking into account the results of the Skills Gap Analysis. He / She will assist in the design of tailored learning and training events / programmes in response to the needs of a diverse work force. He / She will work closely with the other HR team members, Hiring Managers, DHR and the Regional Office in developing initiatives that will boost UNICEF Mali staff career opportunities and advancement.
The key results of this consultancy will be the development and maintaining of strategic partnerships, revision and implementation of resource mobilization and partnerships development strategy with a focus on private sector, CSOs and international partners.
Under the supervision of the Chief of Child Protection, the individual consultant or consulting firm will develop an article/chapter for inclusion in the new Constitution proposed to be drafted by the Government for Sri Lanka on child rights and provide advice on how best to advocate with the Government for its effective inclusion.
UNICEF Ghana seeks the services of a committed and experienced individual who has strong passion to make a difference for every child. The individual will work as Programme Assistant to support the WASH Section and Health Section in Tamale Field Office by carrying out a range of procedural, administrative, and programme support tasks, to help develop, implement and monitor the Sections’ and Field Office programmes; ensuring timely and effective delivery that is consistent with UNICEF rules and regulations. This is a Fixed Term position located in Tamale. ONLY Ghanaian nationals are eligible to apply.
UNICEF Sierra Leone is seeking to recruit a Planning and Monitoring Officer to provide technical and quality assurance services in programme planning, coordination and management for the UNICEF Sierra Leone country programme.
UNICEF is working with the Access to Covid19 Tools Accelerator (ACT A) to help support efforts to end the global pandemic. UNICEF has been asked – and has stepped forward –to buy and deploy the needed vaccines as well as therapeutics and diagnostics for some 92 targets low and middle-income countries. UNICEF will also provide training and support to health systems that will save the lives of millions of frontline workers in developing / poor countries and ensure that the children in those countries both survive and thrive to fulfil their potential. In 2021, we will deliver 2 billion vaccines, 245 million therapeutics and 500 million tests in a safe and equitable way, together with partners. An effort of this scale has never been done before.
This work is in addition to UNICEF’s day-to-day work on education, water and sanitation, child protection, routine immunization, health services, emergencies and more. The COVID pandemic itself is already estimated to have put children back 25 years in terms of progress towards the SDGs, so retaining the commitment to children that wrap around COVAX - ACT-A is needed more than ever.
The consultant is expected to provide project and surge support to the PFP ACT A Fundraising Focal Point / Corporate Partnerships Manager in order to effectively deliver a coordinated approach to the objectives. The consultant will work across the Private Sector Fundraising and Partnerships Teams at PFP and with all relevant UNICEF Offices and Divisions.
UNICEF has ambitious targets for Individual fundraising- to diversify channels, regions and audiences, to develop new creative propositions, to strengthen the cash giving programme and to improve the retention of existing donors and to deliver on the new digital revenue strategy.
All these initiatives will need even more and varied creative assets and packages, mainly for digital.
To help the unit deliver on these critical needs, the Individual Giving (IG) unit would like to add further resources through this consultancy.
The Operations function is a strategic Business Partner role within the Senior Management Team, assuring the best use of UNICEF assets in alignment with sound management practices, office priorities and goals to deliver results for children. The function supports the Head of the Office on managing the office and monitoring operations and programmes as needed while providing advice on best and innovative management practices to enhance office performance.
Purpose of Assignment:
The purpose of this TOR is to: support strengthening the state-based child protection systems for children in contact with the law and children in need of care and protection, with focus on justice and social services for children on the move and scale up diversion and alternative to detention in Kassala, Gadarif and Red Sea; as follows:
1) Legal guarantees for children in contact with the law and the diversion and alternative to detention for child offenders are promoted and adopted across the three states,
2) The Child Act 2010 provisions and regulation related to probation and community services and other alternative measures to detention, are enforced to ensure that detention of child offenders at pre-post trials is the last resort.
3) Children on the move have improved access to child protection services in Kassala, Gadarif and Red Sea State.
4) Ensure the national alternative care procedures for abandoned babies and children without parental care are applied and adopted.
5) Support and lead the coordination between different actors to reflect the inter-disciplinary approach for J4C.
6) Support the establishment of community committees and build their capacity to support diversion outside the judicial system.
7) Establishment of centre for protection of children on the move in Gadarif State.
The Guinea Bissau CO would like to hire a consultant to elaborate strategy for increasing urban routine immunization coverage of childhood vaccines in Guinea-Bissau.
UNICEF Indonesia is seeking a Monitoring, Evaluation and Data System Consultant to be based in UNICEF Field Office of Aceh to support digital intervention program introduction and implementation, as well as monitoring and evaluation of of UNICEF’s integrated intervention for mother and child wellbeing in Aceh Province.
Under the direct supervision of Program Officers/Programme Specialist, supported by Chief of Field Office, this consultancy work aims to deliver high quality technical support to the implementation of cross sectoral program on nutrition, health, and hygiene with positive parenting and unconditional cash transfer to families. He/she will continue to provide daily assistance to district government, especially the local planning office (BAPPEDA) in coordinating the program with a focus on leveraging planning and financing support from government. This Terms of Reference is developed to be a basis for continuation of District Institutional Facilitators’ works.
Join our UNICEF Pakistan dynamic team as Education Officer (School Clustering and Improvement) to work with our Education team and programme in Karachi, Pakistan.
The Consultant (Education) will provide overall expert technical advice and operational support for the thematic area of “Skills for life and livelihood” and is primarily responsible to support solutions/innovations to scale with partners. The consultant will work under the technical guidance of Education Specialist, UNICEF
Individual national consultancy to provide technical assistance and coordination for case management of children affected by emergencies in central provinces affected by floods and storms.
To provide support to MOLISA in ensuring coordinated sufficient technical guidance and assistance to DOLISA in Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri, Quang Nam, Quang Ngai and Kon Tum in providing mental health and psycho-social support to children and parents who have been severely affected by floods and storms.
The fundamental mission of UNICEF is to promote the rights of every child, everywhere. Over the decades, UNICEF has worked to protect the rights of children of all ages — from earliest childhood through adolescence – and will continue to deliver for all children and adolescents under the five goal areas of the Strategic Plan. In recent years, our work to support the unique needs of adolescents has gained momentum, as the challenges facing them have come more sharply into view. The second decade of life is a time of tremendous opportunity – but for far too many adolescents, great risk and increasing challenges.
Building on work across the UN with and for young people, and in line with the UN Youth Strategy, in 2018 UNICEF launched a new global partnership dedicated to expanding opportunity for young people, ages 10-24. Generation Unlimited (Gen U) is centred on finding new ways to ensure that every young person is in school, learning, training or employment by 2030 — with a focus on those in the greatest danger of being left behind, including girls, the poorest, those with disabilities, young people on the move and those affected by conflict and natural disasters. This partnership brings together leaders from governments, UN agencies, the private sector, academia, international and civil society organizations, and young people, and identifies, co-creates, resources and scales-up innovative solutions to expand opportunity for young people. Young people participate meaningfully in the co-creation of solutions, informing, advising and helping implement at every step of the way.
En coordinación con el INAIPI y UNICEF, formular un Plan Estratégico que oriente el quehacer institucional al logro de los objetivos y resultados comprometidos y el programa presupuestario “Desarrollo Infantil para Niños Y Niñas de 0 a 4 años Y 11 meses 2020-2023”.
La consultance décrite dans ces termes de référence s’inscrit donc dans un cadre régional plus large ; au niveau national, elle a pour principal objectif d’assurer la collecte de données à Bamako, Mopti et Kayes auprès d’acteurs communautaires et institutionnels clés, y compris les bénéficiaires des structures ciblées (enfants et parents/tuteurs). Cette collecte de données permettra de procéder à une analyse objective, cohérente et détaillée de la pertinence, efficacité, efficience et pérennité des mécanismes de continuum de protection pour les enfants vulnérables et les enfants en situation de mobilité au Mali. Deux candidatures sont recherchees: 1 Feminine et 1 Masculine
The new HR Officer (Learning and Development), NOB, in Mali CO reports to the HR Manager for close guidance, mentoring and supervision. The Officer provides support to the supervisor and colleagues in the unit by executing HR services through applying knowledge of theoretical HR models, as well as understanding of organizational HR policies and procedures. The incumbent will support the HR Manager in the design and implementation of the Learning & Development Plan for the new country programme (2020 – 2014), taking into account the results of the Skills Gap Analysis. He / She will assist in the design of tailored learning and training events / programmes in response to the needs of a diverse work force. He / She will work closely with the other HR team members, Hiring Managers, DHR and the Regional Office in developing initiatives that will boost UNICEF Mali staff career opportunities and advancement.
The key results of this consultancy will be the development and maintaining of strategic partnerships, revision and implementation of resource mobilization and partnerships development strategy with a focus on private sector, CSOs and international partners.
Under the supervision of the Chief of Child Protection, the individual consultant or consulting firm will develop an article/chapter for inclusion in the new Constitution proposed to be drafted by the Government for Sri Lanka on child rights and provide advice on how best to advocate with the Government for its effective inclusion.
UNICEF Ghana seeks the services of a committed and experienced individual who has strong passion to make a difference for every child. The individual will work as Programme Assistant to support the WASH Section and Health Section in Tamale Field Office by carrying out a range of procedural, administrative, and programme support tasks, to help develop, implement and monitor the Sections’ and Field Office programmes; ensuring timely and effective delivery that is consistent with UNICEF rules and regulations. This is a Fixed Term position located in Tamale. ONLY Ghanaian nationals are eligible to apply.
UNICEF Sierra Leone is seeking to recruit a Planning and Monitoring Officer to provide technical and quality assurance services in programme planning, coordination and management for the UNICEF Sierra Leone country programme.
UNICEF is working with the Access to Covid19 Tools Accelerator (ACT A) to help support efforts to end the global pandemic. UNICEF has been asked – and has stepped forward –to buy and deploy the needed vaccines as well as therapeutics and diagnostics for some 92 targets low and middle-income countries. UNICEF will also provide training and support to health systems that will save the lives of millions of frontline workers in developing / poor countries and ensure that the children in those countries both survive and thrive to fulfil their potential. In 2021, we will deliver 2 billion vaccines, 245 million therapeutics and 500 million tests in a safe and equitable way, together with partners. An effort of this scale has never been done before.
This work is in addition to UNICEF’s day-to-day work on education, water and sanitation, child protection, routine immunization, health services, emergencies and more. The COVID pandemic itself is already estimated to have put children back 25 years in terms of progress towards the SDGs, so retaining the commitment to children that wrap around COVAX - ACT-A is needed more than ever.
The consultant is expected to provide project and surge support to the PFP ACT A Fundraising Focal Point / Corporate Partnerships Manager in order to effectively deliver a coordinated approach to the objectives. The consultant will work across the Private Sector Fundraising and Partnerships Teams at PFP and with all relevant UNICEF Offices and Divisions.
UNICEF has ambitious targets for Individual fundraising- to diversify channels, regions and audiences, to develop new creative propositions, to strengthen the cash giving programme and to improve the retention of existing donors and to deliver on the new digital revenue strategy.
All these initiatives will need even more and varied creative assets and packages, mainly for digital.
To help the unit deliver on these critical needs, the Individual Giving (IG) unit would like to add further resources through this consultancy.
