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Local Consultant: Child Rights and Business Principles for Government Partners (1 Month)

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Contract type: Consultant
Duty Station: Manila
Level: Consultancy
Location: Philippines
Categories: Child Protection, Programme Management

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, a fair chance

UNICEF has been an active partner of the Government of the Philippines and civil society in realizing the rights of every Filipino child, in line with priorities to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. UNICEF efforts have been focused on the most vulnerable regions identified by the Government of the Philippines Development Plan, particularly in the regions of Visayas and Mindanao. To ensure that interventions are sustainable and scaled up, UNICEF will support primarily local government units (LGUs) as the main instruments of delivering services and building systems. The level of engagement with government institutions will take into account capacities, economies of scale and sector issues.

It has a field office in Cotabato City, the second largest city in Mindanao, southern Philippines, with some 300,000 population. The city is the regional administrative centre of the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao and over 80 percent of the population is Muslim. Mindanao is both conflict-affected and prone to frequent earthquakes and typhoon storms.

Visit this link for more information on Philippine Country Office: https://www.unicef.org/philippines/

How can you make a difference?  

Terms of Reference or Work Assignment:
 
Task/s:
 
Under the direct supervision and guidance of the Child Rights and Business Programme Officer, the consultant will do a Desk Review of the Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) reports of Public Listed Companies to Assess their Business Commitment to Child Rights in the Philippines.

Using the UN Guiding Principles for Business and Human Rights and the Child Rights and Business Principles, the consultant is expected to deliver the following outputs:

Output 1:  Pre-Writing (Research Framework)

  • Identifying the steps, processes, methodologies/ tools on how the desk review will be conducted.
  • Methodology to include data sources, data collective, data analysis
  • Timeframe
  • Mapping list of public listed companies to be reviewed (online) in consultation with UNICEF and Securities and Exchange Commission.
  • Submitting the actual Research Framework to guide the entire desk review process including desk review questions or checklist of information needed to ensure child rights in the ESG reports.

Output 2:  Draft Presentation of Desk Review Paper/Research

  • Submitting the draft desk review document (including PowerPoint presentation) to UNICEF.
  • Initial presentation of the desk review research document.
  • Documentation of the comments, feedback and actions to feedback based on internal review.

Output 3: Final Presentation and Submission of the Desk Review research document

  • Final presentation to UNICEF & SEC on the results of the research based on feedback.
  • Submitting the finalized/ cleared report to UNICEF.

 

Technical Deliverables:

  1. Desk Review Research Framework / Inception report (including list of key information to be gathered, reviewed and analyze).
  2. Draft report that includes the comments and feedback from UNICEF and SEC.
  3. Finalized report including PowerPoint presentation (with approved visualization).
 

Qualifications and Competencies of Successful Consultant:

 

Minimum Qualifications Required:

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    Master's in management, development, business management and social sciences related.  Bachelor's degree accepted for as long as with minimum 5 years of experience in working in human rights and child rights.

Knowledge/Expertise/Skills Required:

  • Knowledge on human rights and child rights required.

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    Working with business sector on sustainability reporting, Corporate social responsibility, managing foundations.

Skills Required:

  • Excellent writing skills, focus on desk review and qualitative research, stakeholders engagement and networking especially within the private sector, government business regulators like Securities and Exchange Comission.

HOW TO APPLY

Qualified candidates are requested to complete an online candidate profile in http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/ by 14 October 2024.  Only applications sent through the e-recruitment portal under Job Number: 575886 will be considered.

All candidates are requested to submit a COVER LETTER, and the duly filled P11 Form which can be downloaded from our website at P11 Form.docx (sharepoint.com) indicating three (3) previous supervisors. Please indicate your ability, availability and daily/monthly rate to undertake the terms of reference above.  Applications submitted without a daily/monthly rate will not be considered.

Only shortlisted consultants will be contacted.

Remarks:

Terms of reference may be shared upon request.

By applying through our Talent Management System (TMS) you agree to our privacy statement which is in line with the Philippines Data Privacy Act. You are strongly advised to read carefully through the privacy statement before submitting your application.

"UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles."

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