RE-ADVERTISEMENT- Home-based individual contractor: Inter-Sectoral Collaboration Helpdesk consultant (6.5 months)

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, results

How can you make a difference?

The purpose of this consultancy is to strengthen inter-sectoral/cluster collaboration, in particular with the Health, WASH and Food Security clusters at the global, regional and country level, to ensure efficiency and effectiveness of the humanitarian response, through provision of quality strategic vision, technical guidance,  support, mentoring and training.

The GNC helpdesk on Inter-Sectoral Collaboration, with the support of the GNC Coordination team and the GNC Inter-Sectoral working group (GNC-ISWG) ensures:

1. The provision of helpdesk function to address GNC partners’ requests for technical assistance on Inter-sectoral/cluster collaboration, through the GNC Technical Alliance (The Alliance) and other fora.
2. The development of guidance, tools and technical expertise, related to bilateral and multi-sectoral/cluster collaboration and provide support for the implementation and capacity building at the country level.
3. Provide strategic representation of the GNC in key meetings and events related to intersectoral/cluster issues.
4. Provides strategic guidance to the GNC Coordination team, the GNC SAG and The Alliance’s Leadership Team on maximizing opportunities for greater collaboration with other sectors/clusters.  linking with focal points in other clusters, through strategic and technical platforms, in order to develop opportunities for collaboration, recognizing each cluster’s comparative advantages, reciprocity of benefit, synergy, alignment with the Grand Bargain and UN reform priorities.

The ISC helpdesk support to country sector/cluster coordination mechanisms focuses primarily on 1) capacity building, 2) documenting and learning and 3) day-to-day remote technical support on strengthening ISC.

Tasks, deliverables and expected timeline:

Conditions of contract

• Duration: The contract is expected to be for 6.5 months, between December 2020 and June 2021.
• Duty Station: The individual contractor will be home-based. 
• Payment: The individual contractor will be paid monthly based on satisfactory and timely delivery of outputs. 
• Supervisors: the individual contractor will report to the Nutrition Cluster Coordinator.
• Travel: The individual contractor may be expected to travel. UNICEF will cover the costs, based on the most direct and economical route.  UNICEF will pay the daily subsistence allowance as per UN-approved rate. The consultant must be fit to travel, be in a possession of the valid BSAFE Security certificate, have a valid own travel/medical insurance and if required have obligatory inoculation(s) and an immunization/vaccination card. The dates for the travel will be determined in consultation with the supervisors.

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

• An advanced university degree (Master’s or higher) in public health , nutrition , or relevant discipline.
• At least 8 years of experience in nutrition in emergencies programming or nutrition, food security programme management, including proven experience of leading coordination of nutrition in emergencies responses in a range of settings including sudden onset natural disasters and conflict settings
• Experience in coordination and program management of nutrition sensitive inter-sectoral program in emergency context.
• Language skills : Proficient in written and spoken  English and French

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.

View our competency framework at

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

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.

To apply: 

Interested candidates are invited to submit: 

1. Letter of interest, including your approach to the assignment and proposed fees (monthly) to undertake the above TOR. Please note that applications without a proposed fee will not be accepted.
2. A CV and/or Personal history form with three most recent references (downloadable from http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/files/P11.doc). Alternatively, if a candidate profile in the UNICEF e-Recruitment System is available, you may download it and submit it as part of application.
3. A list of relevant previous works such as reports, presentations, and publications.

Remarks:

This is a re-advertisement in order to expand the candidate pool. Previous applicants need not reapply as their original application will be duly considered.

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.