National Consultant to provide Technical Assistance to MSSI and Civil Protection to Mainstream Child Protection and GBV Across Sectors in Humanitarian Settings (Outcome 1)

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Under supervision of the Child Protection Officer, Support UNICEF Timor-Leste, IOM Timor-Leste and its Government Partner MSSI and the Civil Protection Authority to strengthen the protection of women, girls, boys, and vulnerable groups in Humanitarian settings through mainstreaming protection across emergency preparedness, and response, including transition to recovery and development.

WORK ASSIGNMENTS:

1. Inception

1.1 Conduct a desk review and child sensitive analysis including the gender analysis conducted by IOM to be used to mainstream child protection in emergency coordination and training materials and emergency response programmed and plan.

1.2 Develop a work plan and timeline, including monthly deliverables based on the desk review and ToR.

2. Government and humanitarian response actors strengthen referral pathways, institutional and workforce capacities, emergency coordination and monitoring of protection risks in humanitarian settings.

2.1 Support the Government of Timor-Leste to mainstream protection in the existing management frameworks, structures, and mechanisms throughout humanitarian response cycles.

2.2 Support IOM Technical Assistance to deliver a training on protection mainstreaming including how to respond to disclosure of incidents safely and confidentially in humanitarian settings for government officials at the national and local levels (training content will be developed by IOM consultant).

2.3 Compile and update contextualized training materials on Child Protection Minimum Standard (CPMS) (using existing modules) and GBV risk mitigation in emergencies to international standard (with the aim that training will be integrated into MSSI training unit) 

2.4 Deliver a ToT to the Social Welfare Workforce (SWW) Trainers and assists with delivering the CP MS and GBV risk mitigation training to SWW in four locations at municipality level.

2.5 Support MSSI municipality to establish CP emergency coordination groups (sub-sector) at the municipality level (revision of CPN ToR, develop preparedness plan with child protection mainstreaming, including the deployment of staff/volunteers)

2.6 Support to establish a community-based safe and accessible reporting channel for PSEA based on the Community Based Complaint Mechanism SOP and sensitize the community about the availability of these channels including training of MH Hotline staff to receive and refer complaints; and community leaders including churches on how to handle disclosures.

3.  Communities have knowledge and skills to reduce risk factors and have a coordinated preparedness and response strategy to mitigate protection risks in humanitarian settings aiming to reduce vulnerabilities for women, children, migrants, and host communities.

3.1 Develop and deliver training to build the capacity of local-level disaster response actors to have the knowledge and skills to mainstream protection into their work based on the child-sensitive and gender analysis conducted earlier (Training materials will be developed by IOM).

DELIVERABLES: 

1.1 Presentation on child protection mainstreaming in humanitarian settings with key recommendations (4 days)

1.2 Present work plan and timeline based on the ToR and the desk report (1 day)

2.1  Workshop designed and facilitated that brings together MSSI, Civil Protection and member of the Gender and Protection sector to understand the disaster management in TL, coordination mechanisms, challenges and each other’s roles in emergency response coordination, emergency response programming, and GBV SEA risk mitigation in respective areas of responses – outcome of the workshop would inform the revision of the preparedness plan  – deliverables include  a workshop concept notes that include objectives, expected outcomes, agenda, audience, methodology and approaches (3 days concept note and developing relevant materials, 2 days planning, coordination and organizing of the workshop, 1 day workshop) – (total 6 days)

National Preparedness and Response plan revised to include protection risk mitigation based on the result of the workshop (Gender and Protection Preparedness and Response plan) (total 2 days)

Workshop report, recommendations, and list of participants.

2.2 Training materials on protection mainstreaming and GBV risk mitigation developed by IOM including UNICEF inputs on child sensitive approach (1 day)

Training co-facilitated for government officials on protection mainstreaming across the humanitarian cycle (2 days)

Training pre post test result and list of participants.

2.3. Child Protection Minimum Standard training including GBV risk mitigation contextualization and compilation completed and met MSSI plan for accreditation (5 days or equivalent to 25 – 30 hours ToT training modules aligned to MSSI standard training, and relevant training materials such as a 5-day content ppt) handouts, pre post test and evaluation developed) – (total 10 days)

2.4. 5 days ToT conducted to Social Welfare Workforce trainers (2 days coordination and reporting, 5 days ToT) – (total 7 days)

Mentoring 5 days trainings delivered to stakeholders in 1 municipality prone to disasters – 1 day planning and coordination, 6 days mentoring and travel (total 7 days)

Training pre post test result and list of participants

2.5. Municipality-level emergency coordination mechanism (CP and GBV Sub-sector) established in at least 2 municipalities as a model to be adopted by other municipalities –concept note on a 1 day workshop to stablish coordination mechanism developed, ToR of CPN network to transform it into an emergency coordination mechanism at times of emergency revised based on the workshop, municipality CP and GBV in emergency preparedness plan developed – template and collate activities identified in the workshop for preparedness plan (10 days)

2.6. Mapping of UNICEF programme locations; identify community-based entry or focal points to serve as reporting and referral channel (church, members of CPN) – list of reporting channels identified in UNICEF programme locations (3 days)

3 days ToT manual on Child Safeguarding and PSEA including receiving disclosure of abuse, reporting and referral as well as SEA risk mitigation developed to train UNICEF Child Protection Programme Implementing Partners PSEA Focal Point (3 days training manual, 3 days PPT and handouts, pre post test and evaluation tools developed) – (5 days)

3 days ToT delivered to UNICEF Child Protection Programme Implementing Partners PSEA Focal Point (2 days planning and coordination, 3 days training) – (total 5 days)

3 days training delivered by the participants of ToT with support from the consultant (2 days planning and coordination and 3 days training delivery) – (total 5 days)

10 hotlines staff benefited from a 2-days training on child safeguarding and PSEA including on receiving disclosure of abuse and SEA allegation, reporting of abuse and referral of survivor to victim assistance services (some components of training materials developed in previous deliverable) (2 days planning and coordination, 2 days deliver the training) – (total 4 days)

3.1. Training materials developed by IOM included inputs from UNICEF to ensure local authors have the capacity to identify the needs of vulnerable groups including children, women, members of LGBTQI, and migrants and the capacity to mitigate protection risks during disaster response and safely respond to disclosure of incidents (2 days)

Co-organize and co-facilitated the training of local actors with IOM consultant (2 days)

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

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in social work, Social Sciences, Gender, Humanities or another related field
• At least 5 years of work experience in the social/humanities area with experience in child protection, gender and GBV in emergencies preferred.
• Previous experience in strengthening referral pathways, institutional and workforce capacities, emergency coordination and monitoring of protection risks in humanitarian settings, child protection minimum standards the development of guidelines, training modules.
• Excellent comprehension of child protection system and GBV prevention and response. 
• Excellent written and oral skills in English and Tetum
• Fluency in English
• Comprehension in Portuguese an advantage
• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset. 

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Remarks:  

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process. 

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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.