Child Protection Individual Consultant Tender, Papua New Guinea - 26460406

Procurement Summary

Country : Papua New Guinea

Summary : Child Protection Individual Consultant

Deadline : 13 Sep 2018

Other Information

Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 26460406

Document Ref. No. :

Competition : ICB

Financier : United Nations Secretariat

Purchaser Ownership : -

Tender Value : Refer Document

Purchaser's Detail

Purchaser : UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND
P.O. Box 472, Port Moresby, NCD Telephone: (+ 675) 321 3000 Fax: (+ 675) 321 1372
Papua New Guinea
Email :portmoresby@unicef.org
URL :http://www.unicef.org/

Tender Details

Tenders are invited for Child Protection Individual Consultant.

If you are a committed, creative professional and are passionate about making a lasting difference for children, the world's leading children's rights organization we would like to hear from you.

For 70 years, UNICEF has been working on the ground in 190 countries and territories to promote children's survival, protection and development. The world's largest provider of vaccines for developing countries, UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, good water and sanitation, quality basic education for all boys and girls, and the protection of children from violence, exploitation, and AIDS. UNICEF is funded entirely by the voluntary contributions of individuals, businesses, foundations and governments.

Major Tasks:

Strengthen systems for early detection, referral and case management and enhance the effectiveness of care and support services provided for children in need of protection

3.1. Undertake rapid assessment of current case management of practices for children in need of protection in Papua New Guinea and document lessons learned.

3.2. Facilitate the development of case management standards and training resources for child protection officers in line with national operational guidelines for child protection.

3.3. Carry out training, mentoring of child protection officers and volunteers in three provinces on case management in three provinces.

Contribute to accelerated implementation of National Child protection Policy by enhancing provincial level capacity for planning, advocacy and resources mobilization and delivery of child protection services

3.4. Support the establishment, training and mentoring and functioning of three provincial Child and Family Services Council and 6 district Child and Family services Committees as provided for in National Child Protection Policy including development of council rolling workplans.

3.5. Work with provincial and district child and family services councils and undertake child protection capacity assessment and services mapping in the targeted provinces and districts.

3.6. Based on evidence from capacity assessment and services mapping, support development of essential packages of preventive and responsive protection services for children.

3.7. Work closely with provincial and districts councils develop multi-sectoral budgeted rolling child protection plan for integration in to provincial and district services improvement plan.

3.8. Develop 2 concept notes and 2 proposals aimed at accelerating implementation of child protection act and national child protection Policy and contribute to donor reports.

Deliverables:

The following are deliverables expected to be submitted on monthly basis. The sequence for these deliverables are flexible but payments are tied to each deliverable:

No

Deliverable

No. of working days

1

- Case management practice assessment report submitted

22 days

2

- Child Protection case management standard produced and submitted

30 days

3

- Child Protection Officers Case management training resource kit produced and submitted

30 days

4

- Report on child protection officer case management training & Mentoring submitted

30 days

5

- Progress report on establishment and functioning of Child and Family Services council submitted

35 days

6

- Child protection capacity assessment report produced and submitted

13 days

7

- Report on child protection services mapping produced and submitted

12 days

8

- Essential packages of child protection services produced

20 days

9

- Muti-sectoral provincial and district rolling work plan for child protection developed for targeted districts and provinces

35 days

10

- Proposals and concept notes for facilitating implementation of Child Protection Act produced

15 days

Total

252 days

*The contract will be for a period of 11.5 months all of which is based in Papua new involving at least 50% travel to project locations in the three targeted provinces. Payment based on satisfactory completion of tasks and submission of deliverables indicated above duly authorized by the supervisor.

Qualifications and Competencies of Successful Consultant:

· Advanced university degree in Social Sciences, Social Work, Psychology, Child Welfare, or policy and planning or other directly related fields.

· At least 10 years of relevant and professional experience in social work, social services, social policy at national and international level

· Solid knowledge and experience of child protection systems strengthening, case management and training and mentoring multi-disciplinary team at international level.

· Experience in assessment, research and monitoring and evaluation

· Proven expertise and experience in working with national and sub-national government structures and in coordinating with different stakeholders

· Knowledge of the legal systems as well as socio-economical and geo-political drivers in PNG is an advantage.

· Proven ability and experience in leading and facilitating training workshops on multidisciplinary and multicultural teams;

· Multidisciplinary skills and the ability to communicate effectively;

· Ability to work both independently and as part of a team;

· Familiarity with UNICEF mission and mandates

Performance review and supervision:

- The consultant reports directly to UNICEF Chief of Child Protection Section. ÂRegular biweekly briefings will be held between the consultant and UNICEF Chief of Child Protection to monitor progress, exchange information, identify support requirements, and make necessary work adjustments.

-Performance indicators: submission of deliverables on timely manner; quality of the outputs; level of professionalism; and communication skills.

HOW TO APPLY

Qualified candidates are requested to complete an online candidate profile in http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/by 13 September 2018. Only applications sent through the e-recruitment portal under Job Number: 515996 will be considered. All candidates are requested to submit a cover letter, with a proposed workplan / timeline for the deliverables; and the duly filled P 11 form which can be downloaded from our website at http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/files/P11.doc indicating three (3) previous supervisors. Please indicate your ability, availability and daily/monthly rate to undertake the terms of reference above. Applications submitted without a daily/monthly rate will not be considered.

All candidates are requested to submit a cover letter, with a proposed workplan / timeline for the deliverables; and the duly filled P 11 form which can be downloaded from our website at http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/files/P11.doc indicating three (3) previous supervisors. Please indicate your ability, availability and financial proposal; your daily/monthly rate to undertake the terms of reference above. Applications submitted without a daily/monthly rate will not be considered.

Only shortlisted consultants will be contacted.

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UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages qualified female and male candidates from all national, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of our organization.

HOW TO APPLY:

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages qualified female and male candidates from all national, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of our organization. To apply, click on the following link http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/?job=515996

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