Consultancy – Provide technical advice to strengthen Child Rights Governance systems

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.

For every child, a right

To develop child rights training modules for various duty bearers, provide trainings on children’s rights and child rights governance to various partners and support organization of national child rights governance conference.

How can you make a difference?

To undertake trainings on child rights for Parliamentarians, Representatives of SAHRC, ORC and develop modules on child rights for various duty bearers with School of Governance. Prepare outcome document for DAC conference on child cantered child rights governance systems. Provide technical assistance to National Civil Society Coalition on Children’s Rights.

As a result, the consultancy is expected to:

• Collaborate with Parliament and coordinate with other experts to roll out the Parliamentary training on child rights governance.
• Provide advice to senior management on child rights governance system building.
• Provide technical support to the South Africa National Coalition on Children’s Rights to strengthen their M&E capacity in monitoring the implementation of the CRC.
• Training UNICEF staff and Volunteers on children’s rights / child rights governance.
• Draft the outcome document of the national child rights governance conference in collaboration with the children, Presidency, ORC, South Africa Human Rights Commission, Presidency, National Coalition of Civil Society organization’s and other stakeholders’ inputs at the meeting.
• Develop modules on child rights governance trainings for other actors in society (representatives from DSD, DoH, DPME, DBE, municipalities, civil society, police) based on the basic training manual in close collaboration with the School of Governance.

Work Assignment Overview…

Tasks/Milestone: Co-facilitate child rights trainings of MPs, in close collaboration with Parliament, DSD/OCHRC/UNICEF   Provide advice to UNICEF Senior Management on child rights governance system strengthening Support to the South Africa National Coalition on Children’s Rights on CRC monitoring   Training UNICEF staff on children’s rights / child rights governance     Draft outcome document for national child rights governance conference in collaboration with children, ORC, the South Africa Human Rights Commission, UNICEF   Develop modules on child rights governance training for School of governance/DS based on the basic training manual

Deliverables/Outputs: Roadmap endorsed by July and trainings undertaken by December Advocacy paper/fundraising proposal on Child Rights Governance M&E framework for NCCRs completed Core UNICEF staff and UNICEF’s volunteers trained on children’s rights in quarter 3   Outcome DAC Conference document endorsed by all parties   Modules on child rights developed with SoG for endorsement and uploading on virtual platform of School of Governance

Timeline 2021 August Ongoing   October   November     Ongoing     December

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

• An advanced university degree (Master’s or higher) in
  *A first University Degree in a relevant field combined with 2 additional years of professional experience may be accepted in lieu of an Advanced University Degree.
• A minimum of ten years of professional experience in child rights programme, expertise and experience at the national level, is a requirement. 
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  Relevant experience in programme development in child rights governance and child protection related areas is considered as an asset.

• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

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

The UNICEF competencies required for this post are…

An Master’s degree in one of the following fields is required: law, public policy, human rights, sociology, or another relevant human rights to programming related field.

To view our competency framework, please visit here:

How to apply…

Interested and qualified candidates are requested to submit their application to the following link: https://www.unicef.org/about/employ/?job=540524 by 25 May 2021.

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Please indicate your ability, availability and daily/monthly rate (in ZAR) to undertake the terms of reference above (including admin cost if applicable).  

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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.