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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, Care.

How can you make a difference? 

Objective:

The primary objective of this consultancy is to develop a comprehensive SBC Strategy for immunization efforts, ensuring gender considerations are integrated into every phase from planning to implementation and monitoring, with a core focus on Human-Centered Design (HCD). The strategy will prioritize the needs of the community, especially women, girls, and marginalized groups, ensuring that solutions are tailored to their specific challenges and aspirations.

Specifically:

1. Conduct a behavioral and Immunization Landscape Analysis, reviewing data and engaging with stakeholders to identify gender-specific barriers and challenges to immunization access, uptake, and retention.
2. Facilitate a series of HCD workshops and design sessions to ideate, prototype, and test gender- responsive solutions for immunization.
3. Develop a strategy enabled by RapidPro to sustain community engagement throughout the program design and implementation process, grounded in HCD principles.
4. with government, UN partners

Scope of work:

-This activity focuses on understanding and addressing gender-related barriers to immunization through participatory research and field activation. It is divided into several phases. It involves engaging with communities, particularly women, to understand their experiences, challenges, and needs related to immunization. The goal is to gather insights that are directly informed by the people affected.

Platform Setup: Over a 10-week period, the RapidPro platform will be set up and hosted on UNICEF's cloud infrastructure. The platform will include workflows for monitoring, evaluation, and beneficiary engagement.

Workflow Development: co-design with partner NGOs/CBOs SBC workflows to facilitate effective communication with beneficiaries and streamline data collection processes.

Platform Deployment: Within 12 weeks, the platform will be fully deployed engaging at least 4key implementing partners from the civil society and or academia. Training sessions will be conducted for  staff to ensure they are using the platform effectively and are reporting on results.

6.Final report

The consultant will evaluate RapidPro's implementation as UNICEF Egypt's digital platform for social and behavioral change communication. Through human-centered design methodology, the analysis will assess the platform's effectiveness in real-time two-way communication, data collection, and monitoring of behavioral drivers and behavioral change indicators across health, nutrition, and child protection sectors. The final report will provide strategic recommendations for scaling RapidPro's impact on social transformation, including technical integration requirements and sustainability considerations, aligned with UNICEF's standards and Egypt's development priorities.

ACTIVITIES, DELIVERABLES AND TIMELINES:

RP activation, Monitoring , progress documentation and analysis of data	Monitoring Progress, anlyze data, and develop monthly reports reports	16 weeks	30%
Final report	1. Final report summarizing platform impact, and offering recommendation for scalbiliy	2 weeks	10%
Sub-Total   Total		28 weeks	60%
		50 weeks	100%

For Deliverable One (Human-Centered Design for Immunization Interventions), the consultant will work closely with the UNICEF lead researcher at every stage by introducing HCD approaches such as participatory assessments, co-design workshops, prototyping, and iterative testing.

For Deliverable Two (RapidPro Platform), the consultant will support the UNICEF T4D team by applying HCD principles during platform development, ensuring user-centric design for workflows, interfaces, and engagement tools.

Payment milestones are tied to deliverable completion percentages as outlined above.

Conditions of work:

The consultant will work under the supervision of UNICEF SBC Innovation and system strengthening officer and will closely collaborate with the T4D team for the rapidpro platform setup

The consultancy is for 12 months with payment linked to deliverables, with potential for renewal upon satisfactory performance

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

-Masters Degree in Public Health, Development Studies, or related fields Technical Expertise

-At least 10+ years of experience in human centered design, research and data analysis, and extensive experience in refugee and asylum seeker community engagement, evidenced by previous work conducting participatory assessments, facilitating community meetings, and implementing door-to-door outreach activities

-Familiarity with digital tools like Kobbo, RapidPro for monitoring and evaluation

-The evaluation of candidates will be based on demonstrated expertise and verifiable portfolio of work. Candidates must provide evidence of the following competencies:

-Samples of previous rapid assessment reports demonstrating data collection and analysis capabilities.

-Samples of concept notes developed for humanitarian interventions.

-Documentation showing experience in participatory community engagement through meetings, door-to-door visits, and cultural events.

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.