National individual contractor: Personal Support, MENA Regional Office (open for Jordanians 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.

 

Purpose of Activity/Assignment:

 

UNICEF is committed to promote equity and inclusion for all and to comply with the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). Article 9 of the CRPD  recognizes the importance of accessibility, specifically referring to accessibility of buildings, roads, transportation and other indoor and outdoor facilities, including schools, housing, medical facilities and workplaces.

 

Accessibility helps children and adults with disabilities to enjoy their rights as outlined in Human Rights instruments and development frameworks. Accessibility is a precondition for children and adults with disabilities to live independently and participate fully and equally in society.

 

While committed to promoting equity and inclusion at the global level, UNICEF has also made efforts to build an inclusive organisation and working environment.

 

In 2011, UNICEF issued an Executive Directive on Disability (CF/EXD/2011-005) which articulated the organisation’s commitment to employment of persons with disabilities and protecting the rights of staff in terms of opportunities, remuneration and safe working environment; ensuring non-discrimination during recruitment and selection, training and career advancement as well as retention; providing reasonable accommodation for employment; ensuring confidentiality of information shared with the Organisation; and training and awareness raising on disability for all staff.

 

The Division of Human resources created the Disability Accommodation Fund, a dedicated budget line which provides staff with reasonable accommodation in terms of access to buildings, flexible working arrangement, special work equipment of travel arrangements and additional time allocations when required. An Executive Directive on Flexible Workplace (CF/AI/2008-2007) ensures staff with and without disabilities can request flexibility in work hours and arrangements.

 

To ensure efficient support is readily available, UNICEF is seeking services of an individual contractor who will assist Staff Counselor in her daily activities and tasks.

Scope of Work:

Working closely with, and directly under the supervision of the Staff Counselor, the consultant will support the staff counselor to perform her daily activities and task related to her function in UNICEF MENA RO. In particular, the consultant will support on accessibility in the built environment, accessible information and communication, assistive technology, and reasonable accommodation.

The scope of work is the following:

1.            Provide support to collate comments and feedback on documents provided by internal and external partners.

2.            Provide Support with formatting documents and inserting comments/ feedback, graphics and pictures.

3.            Provide Support with reading documents, research on relevant work related topics (e.g., wellbeing and psychology), creating PowerPoints with graphics and illustrations which are not accessible to screen reader software.

4.            Provide Support to review and fill up forms or other UNICEF technology (e.g, vision, SAP, Service Gateway, Achieved), related to agreements, contracts and other duties for UNICEF  employer.

5.            Facilitate the staff counselor’s collaboration with other Sections, Divisions, Offices, and internal partners on accessibility and assistive technology.

6.            Provide support for occational travel, work related trips.

 

Start Date: 15 Oct 2020

End Date: 15 Jan 2021

Number of Days (working):4 half days per week

                                        

Travel Local: the work arrangement is flexible and will include both work on site at RO Building and remotely.                 

Minimum Qualifications, Knowledge/Expertise/Skills required:

Bachelors, university degree in social sciences, or a related technical field

•             Superior editing and writing skills, acquired over at least 3 years of experience

•             Organization/planning skills, excel, PowerPoint, Microsoft knowledge

•             Good English and Arabic language skills- comprehension/typing skills

•             Skills of inclusivity and accessibility integration

•             Strong understanding of issues relating to adults with disabilities.

•             Good management skills.

•             Ability to work in a team, in an international environment.

Qualified candidates are requested to submit:

1. Cover letter/application.
2. CV
3. Examples of previous, relevant work as applicable
4. 3 Referees

 

Incomplete submissions will not be considered.

“UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations, 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.”