Consultant – Rapid assessment of UNICEF Thailand’s employability initiatives, UNICEF Thailand

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 fulfilling 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 better future

UNICEF works to ensure the rights of all children in the East Asia and Pacific Region.  This means the rights of every child living in this country, irrespective of their nationality, gender, religion or ethnicity, to:

• survival – to basic healthcare, peace and security;
• development – to a good education, a loving home and adequate nutrition;
• protection – from abuse, neglect, trafficking, child labour and other forms of exploitation; and
• participation – to express opinions, be listened to and take part in making any decisions that affect them

How can you make a difference?

The Adolescent Development and Participation Section, UNICEF Thailand Country Office (TCO) is seeking an individual consultant to facilitate a rapid assessment of UNICEF ‘s employability initiatives. The assessment shall allow the team to reflect on progress and learn from these experiences to note successes and identify areas needing improvement.

The primary objectives of the rapid assessment are:

• To assess the relevance, effectiveness, coherence, and sustainability results on the different employability initiatives;
• To engage the TCO ADAP section in analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of the projects, focusing on key aspects that should be built on and what corrective actions should be taken;
• To provide actionable recommendations for UNICEF to feed into its planned interventions for the next CPD;
• To contribute to UNICEF’s TCO wider organizational learning.

 

Work Assignment:

Under the supervision of the Adolescent Development Officer, the consultant is expected to fulfill the following:

• Comprehensive desk review of available documentation – Project Documents, annual reports, evaluation reports, mid-year and end-year reviews, datasets, government documents, publications, and studies.
• Interviews and focus group discussion (online). 
• Preparation of draft and final reports.

Work Schedule:

Tasks		Timeline
Kick off telecon / videoconference with UNICEF staff		As soon as possible after the consultant is contracted
Desk review – Development of the draft inception report (Deliverable 1)		Two weeks after kick-off
Comments and Q&A on inception report draft		One week after the draft submitted
Final inception report with obtained ethical clearance (Deliverable 2)		One week after the comments
Data collection: KIIs		Two months after the inception report
Draft assessment report (Deliverable 3)	Two weeks after data collection is finalized
Comments and QA on draft	Two weeks after submission of draft
Final report produced (Deliverable 4)	Two weeks after comments

End Product(s):

The following outputs are listed below but may change subject to the evolving situations and needs.

• An inception report describing the complete methodology approach to conduct the work, including all tools fully drafted. All design issues under discussion to that point to be answered, any revisions to the issues and questions, and issues of reference group role and supervisory quality assurance.

The Inception Report will be key in confirming a mutual understanding of what is to be assessed, including additional insights into executing the consultancy. At this stage, the consultant will refine and verify evaluation questions, confirm the scope of the assignment, further improve on the methodology proposed in the ToR to strengthen its rigor.

The report will include, among other elements: i) evaluation purpose and scope, confirmation of objectives of the evaluation; ii) evaluation criteria and questions; iii) methodology along with a description of data collection methods and data sources, iv) work plan, and deliverables timeline; v) annexes (i.e., draft data collection instruments, for example, questionnaires, with a data collection toolkit, matrix for evaluation questions, data collection toolkit, data analysis framework); and vi) a summary of the evaluation process (evaluation briefing note) for external communication purposes.

• A PowerPoint presentation with preliminary findings, conclusions, and recommendations. After the data collection process, the consultant shall present the preliminary findings, conclusions, and recommendations that can feed into future initiatives.
• Draft and final report of ideally 25 pages but not more than 40 plus executive summary and annexes that will be revised until approved by UNICEF.

 

Official Travel: No travel is anticipated but UNICEF will cover the cost as per existing policy and procedure if required.

Duration of Contract:  40 working days during the period of September – December 2021.

Working Location: The consultant will work remotely in his/her own premises but will regularly report to the supervisor.

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

• Master’s degree in International Development, Public Administration, Development Programme & Evaluation, or any related social science discipline.
• A minimum of 10 years of professional experience
• Excellent understanding of evaluation principles and methodologies, including capacity in an array of qualitative and quantitative evaluation methods
• A minimum of 7 evaluations led at the project or program levels with international organizations.
• Experience in conducting evaluations for UN agencies or major bilateral donor country programmes, and familiarity with UNEG Norms and Standards
• Strong English report writing skills and a track record of producing high quality reports
• Experience in conducting project evaluations of UNICEF or other UN organizations is strongly preferred
• Ability to communicate in Thai is essential.

 

Interested candidates are requested to submit CV or P-11, full contact information of minimum 3 references, availability, and proposed daily professional fee in THB by 9 September 2021.

  P11 Form.doc

 

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF’s values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability (CRITA) and core competencies in Communication, Working with People, and Drive for Results.

View our competency framework at

http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/files/UNICEF_Competencies.pdf

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UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of

gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.

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.

 

UNICEF is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children.