Country: India
Closing date: 23 Sep 2019
DURATION OF CONSULTANCY: 11 months
The Child Protection Programme of UNICEF India is spread across 17 states in the country managed through 13 field offices and the country office in Delhi. The programme focuses on four key issues: child marriage, violence against children, children in need of care and protection and child labour. In the first year of current programme cycle (2018-22), the programme has made significant progress. UNICEF is proud to be an integral partner in Government of India's endeavours for improving the state of children through legal and policy reforms, enacting new laws and developing national programmes that address the needs of children. UNICEF has worked aggressively to create an enabling environment, strengthen systems and build capacity of staff and community at large till the lowest administrative levels (district, blocks, villages). UNICEF has worked towards bringing a lasting change with targeted interventions to End Child marriage (ECM), empower adolescents for inter-generational change of mindsets, prevention of Violence Against Children (VAC) and improving standards of care in institutions while promoting family-based alternative care.
Moving forward, it is well realised that child protection programmes has to be all-inclusive, reaching the bottom most wrung of vulnerable children who are either unreached or marginalised. Political ownership needs to be further leveraged to intensify programmatic inputs and resource mobilisation for at-scale programmes. Evidence based data, documentation of processes and initiatives for knowledge sharing and building strong monitoring and accountability structures will be the cornerstones of replicable success in the future. The CP sector in India is characterized by weak data systems, lack of regular data on prevalence, incomplete/low-quality administrative data. Measurement of results and reporting continues to be a challenge.
2. PURPOSE OF ASSIGNMENT
Under the overall supervision of the Child Protection Specialist, the proposed consultancy has been designed to provide support for strengthening the internal and external monitoring systems by working with UNICEF programme specialists, national and state governments, implementing partners and other stakeholders. S/he will support CP sector’s need for better data to measure outcomes for children which is critical for scale-up and system strengthening.
The consultant will provide professional expertise and assistance in information/data collection, data analysis, programme process monitoring and preparation of corporate and donor reports.
3. OBJECTIVES
4. MAJOR TASKS
Main responsibilities and tasks:
5. DUTY STATION
New Delhi with travel to UNICEF Programming States as required
6. SUPERVISOR
Child Protection Specialist, Child Protection Section;
7. OFFICIAL TRAVEL INVOLVED
Official travel to 17 programming states of UNICEF India
8. ESTIMATED DURATION OF CONTRACT (PART TIME / FULL TIME)
Full-time contractor 11 months contract
9. QUALIFICATIONS
. EDUCATION
WORK EXPERIENCE
TECHNICAL KNOWELDGE AND SKILLS
LANGUAGES
COMPETENCIES
10. TECHNICAL EVALAUATION CRITERIA
1 Educational Qualification 7/10
A university degree in one of the following fields is required: demography, statistics, population studies, management, sociology or another relevant social science field.
2 Relevant Experience 14/20
A minimum of 8-10 years of professional experience in programme development, planning and management including monitoring and reporting activities.
Experience in child protection related areas is required.
Candidates who score the overall 21 marks and above in the above sub-criteria including meeting the minimum cut-offs in the above 2 criteria will be shortlisted for the written test 21/30
4 Technical Written Test 14/20
Candidates who score 14 marks and above in the written test will be shortlisted for an interview
5 Competency Based Interview 21/30
Candidates who score an overall score of 56 marks and above including meeting the minimum cut-offs in all the 5 sub-criteria to be considered technically responsive and their financials will be opened.
6 Financial 20
Total technical and financial score 100
PAYMENT SCHEDULE
Payment will be linked to deliverables/monthly progress reports and would be released every month on satisfactory certification by supervisor.
HOW TO APPLY:Your online application should contain threeseparate attachments:
FINANCIAL TEMPLATE CONSULTANT CP MONITORING SYSTEMS.docx
Without the financial proposal template your application will be considered incomplete.
For any clarifications, please contact:
UNICEF
Supply & Procurement Section
73, Lodi Estate, New Delhi 110003
Telephone # +91-11-24606516
How to apply:
UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages qualified female and male candidates from all national, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of our organization. To apply, click on the following link http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/?job=526426