International Consultant to support coordinating child friendly services to Afghan population

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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. 

Scope of Work:
Starting in January 2022, upon request of the Government of Albania and of the United States of America, with financial support from USAID (and later from BPRM), UNICEF began responding to the needs of the Afghan population transiting in Albania, by providing education, health, child protection and cash assistance services through NGO implementing partners.
As of June 2024, well over 6000 Afghans have received UNICEF services and transited through Albania as part of these programs and flights continue to regularly arrive and depart from Albania as part of the official agreement between the U.S. and Albanian governments. The current arrival flow is 100-120 person per week, for an estimated stay in Albania for around 2-4 weeks.
The Platform support coordinator position maintains a key role with regard to sound and coordinated implementation of humanitarian protection, social welfare services and its role remains vital to daily operations on platform.

Specific tasks and deliverables of the consultant are:

Deliverable 1: Provide technical support and advice on the roll-out and implementation of platform welfare services, including coordination, training, and mentoring for UNICEF implementing partners.

Tasks:
– Monthly report on number of arrivals and departures, challenges and main activities/services provided by UNICEF partners.
– At least 9 meetings held with partners (with MoM shared)
– Final report detailing the status of roll-out and implementation of multisectoral services (including recommendations) submitted

Delivery deadline – At the end of each month of the assignment

Deliverable 2: Act as a liaison between offices on information sharing, case follow-ups, and implementation of intersectoral decisions across stakeholders working on the platform.

Tasks:
– MoM of weekly case management meetings organized with all relevant stakeholders shared and followed-up

Delivery deadline – Weekly until the end of the assignment

Deliverable 3: Promote and supervise the implementation of the platform service delivery best practices interfacing with UNICEF, BPRM protection team, CARE platform leadership, and the municipal

Tasks:
– Monthly reports on the implementation of best practices (including actions to take) submitted

Delivery deadline – At the end of each month of the assignment

Deliverable 4: Assess the humanitarian protection situation within the area of responsibility and advise senior managers on the need for and process of establishing or amending SOPs.

Tasks:
– Assessment report (including recommendations for Senior Managers) submitted

Delivery deadline – Throughout the duration of the assignment

Deliverable 5: Review periodically the implementation programs to ensure consistency and quality.

Tasks:
– Periodic reports on the implementation programs (including actions to take) submitted

Delivery deadline – Throughout the duration of the assignment as required

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

– University degree relations and/or other related fields.
– Very good knowledge of the U.S. Refugee and SIV programs
– Proven skills in coordinating programmes, leading and chairing meetings, and liaising between offices/operations.
– Background in organizing and facilitating camp / platform operations.
– Good knowledge of community-based protection, including understanding of the community’s role, structure and practices, including the community’s social, cultural and gender norms within the operation
– Fluency in English is required.
– Social work-related experience is an advantage.
– Experience working with an Afghan population, proficiency in Pashto or Dari languages is an advantage.

What to submit:
1. Letter of interest, summarizing the educational background, the working experience that is relevant to the assignment, and the specific role the candidate will play.
2. CV with detailed working experience adapted to the requirements of the consultancy.
3. Methodology proposed for the assignment and the financial proposal based on the deliverables
4. Financial proposal

The financial proposal shall be submitted in USD, and must include the consultancy fee, the communication costs and all other individual expenses or applicable costs. The travel lump sum will be defined by the consultant in the financial offer in USD as a separate line.

The financial proposal must be broken down for deliverables.

If any question related to the TOR of this assignment, please contact Erjola Themeli at ethemeli@unicef.org

 

For every Child, you demonstrate… 

UNICEF’s values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS). 

  

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UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic.

UNICEF offers reasonable accommodation for consultants/individual contractors with disabilities. This may include, for example, accessible software, travel assistance for missions or personal attendants. We encourage you to disclose your disability during your application in case you need reasonable accommodation during the selection process and afterwards in your assignment. 

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. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. 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. 

 

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.