CRVS Implementation Research International Consultant (Programme Support) Monrovia, Liberia (remote) 6 months (595093)
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Job no: 595093
Contract type: Consultant
Duty Station: Monrovia
Level: Consultancy
Location: Liberia
Categories: Child Protection
Contract Duration: 6 months
Working arrangement: Home Based
UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.
At UNICEF, we are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do for as long as we are needed. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job – it is a calling.
UNICEF is a place where careers are built. We offer our staff diverse opportunities for professional and personal development that will help them reinforce a sense of purpose while serving children and communities across the world. We welcome everyone who wants to belong and grow in a diverse and passionate culture, coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package.
Visit our website to learn more about what we do at UNICEF.
Scope of work
- Draft and operationalize the Memorandum of Understanding between UNICEF Liberia, University of Liberia and CHIP.
- Manage the implementation research, including support to the documentation and analysis of the experience.
- Provide technical input to ensure that findings inform the development of more stable and systematic approaches to identifying children and referencing their records across systems.
- Review existing identity data elements and systems across civil registration, national identity, EMIS, and HMIS, and assess their suitability for reliable identification of children.
- Define a Child Identity Data Model and Conceptual Architecture, including approaches for identifying children and referencing their records across systems.
- Provide guidance to develop an interoperability, data exchange mechanisms, and governance arrangements to support consistent use and validation of identity information across sectoral systems.
- Support MoH and CRVS actors to draft and implement an accelerated birth registration catch up in readiness as a transition measure prior to the implementation of the revised Birth and Death Registration Policy, and to increase the total number of children under 5 registered.
- Provide strategic and technical support to ensure alignment between system design, implementation, and programme delivery in relation to integrated systems supporting the B2MC initiative.
- Support the child protection section in drafting guidance notes, proposals and human-interest stories
If you would like to know more about this consultancy, please review the complete Terms of Reference here: 
ToR_ext_TMC0003484.pdf
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For every Child, you demonstrate...
UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values
UNICEF promotes and advocates for the protection of the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything it does and is mandated to support the realization of the rights of every child, including those most disadvantaged, and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, minority, or any other status.
UNICEF encourages applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, nationality, religious or ethnic backgrounds, and from people with disabilities, including neurodivergence. We offer reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. throughout the recruitment process. If you require any accommodation, please submit your request through the accessibility email button on the UNICEF Careers webpage Accessibility | UNICEF. Should you be shortlisted, please get in touch with the recruiter directly to share further details, enabling us to make the necessary arrangements in advance.
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.
Qualified candidates are invited to submit the following documents via the online recruitment portal, TMS (Talent Management System):
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An up-to-date TMS profile and curriculum vitae (CV)
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Cover letter
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A separate financial proposal (only acceptable in the format of the linked template)
financial proposal template - TMC0003484.xlsx
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A detailed technical proposal: A maximum 5 page technical proposal should include an understanding of the TOR, methodology and timeline, a demonstration of relevant technical experience and the consultant
Remarks:
UNICEF does not charge a processing fee at any stage of its recruitment, selection, and hiring processes (i.e., application stage, interview stage, validation stage, or appointment and training). UNICEF will not ask for applicants’ bank account information.
All UNICEF positions are advertised, and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.
Additional information about working for UNICEF can be found here.
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