Local consultant to support the conduction of a formative evaluation of the progress and effectiveness of IBAMA in supporting vulnerable families and individuals.

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. 

ADVERT – LOCAL CONSULTANT (Maldivian national) to support the conduction of a formative evaluation of the progress and effectiveness of IBAMA in supporting vulnerable families and individuals.

For every child, safety.

How can you make a difference? 

The purpose of this formative evaluation is to provide evidence on the progress and outcomes of the IBAMA(s) implementation to date. Furthermore, the evaluation will identify the successes as well as the challenges and constraints in their work. UNICEF and the Government partners are the primary users of the results of this evaluation. The results of the evaluation will also provide valuable lessons for improvement in establishing IBAMA in the remaining 60 islands.

This exercise will seek to answer the following overarching questions:

• How functional are IBAMAs?
• How effective is the IBAMA program in achieving its intended results, including outcomes, and how efficient is its operational performance?
• What are the key bottlenecks encountered in the implementation of IBAMA, and what good practices and lessons can be documented from its execution and scalability in remaining cities/islands?

To conduct this evaluation, a team of two consultants will be recruited: an international consultant, to serve as the lead, and a local consultant, to provide essential support throughout the formative evaluation process. These Terms of Reference specifically outline the roles, responsibilities, and expectations for the local consultant.

Working Location and Travel (if required.)

The local consultant will be required to work in the field for face-to-face interviews with key stakeholders, including travel to the selected islands. The duration of travel to each island would be 2 days. The consultant will also be required to be available for meetings with the UNICEF team on progress of the evaluation.

For more background information, and details, please see:   Local Consultant – IBAMA Evaluation TOR Advert.pdf

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

Minimum Requirements:

Education 

•   At least Bachelor’s degree in social sciences ideally a Master’s degree in child protection, social work, or other related social sciences fields.

Work Experience

•   At least 5 years of experience in child protection, social work, or community work is required.

•   At least 5 years of experience in conducting research, studies, and evaluations is desirable.

 Competencies

•   Proven experience in applying qualitative research methods with the ability to effectively communicate data and analysis.

•   Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively in a team and conduct data collection efforts, particularly Key Informant Interviews (KII) and focus group discussions.

•   Strong understanding of the social and contextual environment of the Maldives.

•   Familiarity with UNICEF’s organizational procedures and systems is desirable.

•   Excellent oral and written communication skills in both English and Dhivehi is required

•   Experience with the ethics of evidence generation and a thorough understanding of ethical safeguards is desirable

•   High degree of flexibility and adaptability

Language Proficiency

• Must be proficient in English and Dhivehi

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 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.