National Consultancy: School Development Expert, Peshawar, Pakistan, Req # 546645, 85 working days (For Pakistan Nationals Only)

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 safe home!

Pakistan was the sixth country in the world to sign and ratify the Convention on the Rights of the Child, less than one year after it was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1989. However, children and adolescents living in Pakistan still face acute challenges.

UNICEF supports the Government of Pakistan to accelerate progress for children, work to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and help children realize their rights under the Convention on the Rights of Children. This will be made through, among others things, strong partnerships with provincial authorities, teachers and health professionals, frontline workers and social mobilisers, communities and families, and of course the children and adolescents themselves. 

In particular, UNICEF will work so that:

• Every child survives and thrives — being in good health, immunized, protected from polio and accessing nutritious food.
• Every child learns.
• Every child is protected from violence and exploitation and registered at birth.
• Every child lives in a safe and clean environment, with access to safe drinking water and adequate sanitation.

To learn more about UNICEF’s work in Pakistan, please visit the country website www.unicef.org/pakistan and videos on YouTube and Vimeo

How can you make a difference?

• Review existing PTCs policy guidelines and training material(s) for PTCs mandate, roles and responsibilities, and functions.
• Review existing support structure(s) in place for PTCs at district and provincial level, their official mandate and role with respect to PTCs.
• Review existing mechanism to support and capacitate PTCs to access conditional grants.
• Study best practices and models established in the system compatible settings at national and international levels.
• Recommendations for amendments to PTC guide/policy and procedures to strengthen and empower PTCs.
• Conceptualise and outline the performance evaluation system for PTCs including structure (roles and responsibilities), evaluation process, tools and instruments.
• Discuss the recommended amendments and PTCs performance evaluation system with E&SED, its attached unit and other stakeholders for their inputs and feedback.

• Establish performance standards and key performance indicators (KPIs) for PTCs, at different levels (individual and organizational level, Input/Output/Outcome levels) for gauging the effectiveness of PTCs.
• Define the performance review and evaluation process and structure with roles and responsibilities for PTCs performance evaluation and feedback.
• Develop instruments and tools to be used by the evaluators (according to the proposed structure at district and provincial level) to review, record, assess and document PTCs performance against the established criteria (standards and KPIs).
• Establish linkages of the evaluation mechanism with the PTCs dashboard to be integrated into EMIS/Integrated Decision Support System.

• Prepare guidelines on the performance evaluation system for PTCs (to be integrated in the training material for PTCS to sensitize them on the system)
• Prepare guideline for the concerned officials as performance evaluators on the PTCs performance evaluation system (structure, processes, tools and instruments) on roles and responsibilities, use of instruments and tools, frequency, reporting, analysis etc.
• Conduct orientation session(s) with the concerned officials (from district and provincial setups) on the PTCs performance evaluation system and their roles and responsibilities, data collection, analysis and reporting.
• The Tasks and Deliverables are as under:

Tasks:

Tasks 1:

• Conceptualizing PTCs Performance Evaluation System
• Review existing PTCs policy guidelines and training material(s) for PTCs mandate, roles and responsibilities, and functions.
• Review existing support structure(s) in place for PTCs at district and provincial level, their official mandate and role with respect to PTCs.
• Review existing mechanism to support and capacitate PTCs to access conditional grants.
• Review best practices and models in system compatible settings at national and international level.
• Make recommendations for amendments to PTC guide/policy and procedures to strengthen and empower PTCs.
• Conceptualize and outline the performance evaluation system for PTCs including structure (roles and responsibilities), evaluation process, tools and instruments.
• Discuss the recommended amendment and PTCs performance evaluation system with E&SED, its concerned attached unit and other relevant stakeholders for their inputs and feedback.

Task 2:

• Developing PTCs Performance Evaluation System in close consultation with E&SED
• Establish and/or improve existing performance standards and key performance indicators (KPIs) for PTCs, at different levels (individual and organizational level, Input/Output/Outcome levels) for gauging the effectiveness of PTCs.
• Define the performance review and evaluation process and structure with roles and responsibilities for PTCs performance evaluation and feedback.
• Develop instruments and tools to be used by the evaluators (according to the proposed structure at district and provincial level) to review, record, assess and document PTCs performance against the established criteria (standards and KPIs).
• Establish linkages of the evaluation mechanism with the existing databases including PTCs dashboard to be integrated into EMIS/Integrated Decision Support System and database of Education Monitoring Authority (EMA).

• Facilitating operationalization of PTCs Performance Evaluation System
• Prepare guidelines on the performance evaluation system for PTCs (to be integrated in the training material for PTCS to sensitize them on the system)
• Prepare guideline for the concerned officials as performance evaluators on the PTCs performance evaluation system (structure, processes, tools and instruments) on roles and responsibilities, use of instruments and tools, frequency, reporting, analysis etc.
• Conduct orientation session(s) with the concerned officials (from district and provincial setups) on the PTCs performance evaluation system and their roles and responsibilities, data collection, analysis and reporting.

Deliverable 

1. Concept paper on the PTCs Evaluation System (structure, processes, tools and instruments) as agreed and approved by E&SED & UNICEF

2. PTCs performance standards and KPIs established as agreed and approved by E&SED & UNICEF

3. PTCs Performance System developed as agreed and approved by E&SED & UNICEF

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

• Advanced university degree (Master’s or higher) in Social Sciences, Development Studies, Education Planning and Management.

*First university degree (Bachelor’s) in a relevant field combined with 2 additional years of professional experience may be accepted in lieu of an Advanced University Degree”

• A minimum 6 years of working experience in the areas of education planning and management.
• Knowledge and experience in the technical areas of school development planning, community participation and engagement, school supervision and monitoring.
• Knowledge and experience in the performance monitoring and evaluation at individual and organizational levels.
• Experience of working with the public education sector in Pakistan and coordination with multiple stakeholders.
• Experience and knowledge of capacity development approaches and practices.
• Excellent analytical, writing and communication skills in local working language and English language.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

• UNICEF’s core values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and core competencies in: Demonstrates Self Awareness and Ethical Awareness; Works Collaboratively with others; Builds and Maintains Partnerships; Innovates and Embraces Change; Thinks and Acts Strategically; Drives to achieve impactful results and Manages ambiguity and complexity. View our competency framework at: Here
• 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, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles.

NOTE:

• Estimated Duration: 85 days over 4 months, estimate starting date: 1st January 2022
• The consultant will be based in Peshawar
• The consultancy is at NOC equivalent level. 
• Applicants are requested to submit a financial quotation indicating monthly fee as part of the application against each deliverable.
• HEC Attested and verified degrees are a pre-requisite for employment at UNICEF. Candidates will be required to present attested and verified degrees.
• At the time the contract is awarded, the selected candidate must have in place current health insurance coverage.

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.

To view our competency framework, please visit here.

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:

Mobility is a condition of international professional employment with UNICEF and an underlying premise of the international civil service.

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.