Local Consultant: Disability Inclusion (6 Months)

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?  

Scope of Work:

Tasks:

1. Inception Report (after incorporation of feedback from Advisory Group) including methodology, final research questions and tools.

2. Findings Report (after integration of all comments) and Presentation to UNICEF.

3. Final Report summarizing the background, data collection (desk analysis, survey and KIIs/FGDs) with accompanying final presentation of findings, results and recommendations, with databases as annexes, presentation to UNICEF. Final report should be accessible (with basic accessibility features, such as alternative text).

Deliverables:

✓ Inception meetings with UNICEF and critical stakeholders, including government institutions.

✓Desk review of documents related to guidelines, laws, policies, programmes, and services (national and sub-national levels) specific or 

Qualifications and Competencies of Successful Consultant

• University degree in one of the disciplines relevant to the following areas: social sciences (i.e. sociology, demography, psychology, political science, social policy or economics), public health, public policy, public administration, international development, or in area relevant to UNICEF’s sectoral work (e.g. Health, Nutrition, WASH, Education, Child Protection, Social Inclusion, HIV/AIDS, etc).

Knowledge/Expertise/Skills Required:

• Demonstrable experience developing and delivering stakeholder and service mapping and analysis for programming or policy influencing purposes for government, United Nations, and/ or other international organizations.
• Knowledge and experience on humanitarian assistance and disaster management, including BARMM disaster management mechanisms and its networks, BARMM socio-political context.
• Excellent research, interview, and focus group discussion facilitation skills in English and/or Filipino.
• Excellent analytical and report drafting skills.
• Demonstrable experience/exposure to human-induced disasters as well as in conflict settings.
   
• Good understanding of cross-cutting issues relating to gender equality, disability, and social inclusion.
   
• Ability and willingness to work remotely with minimum supervision.
   
• Able to work flexibly and responsive to changes as part of the review and feedback process, while keep committing to meet agreed deadlines.
   
• Previous work with the UN and/or familiarity with UNICEF work is desired/an advantage.

HOW TO APPLY

Qualified candidates are requested to complete an online candidate profile in http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/ by 07 March 2024.  Only applications sent through the e-recruitment portal under Job Number: 569910 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.”