International Consultant - U-Report Manager, Child Tender - 34468931

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Country: Lesotho

Summary: International Consultant - U-Report Manager, Child Survival and Development Section

Deadline: 11 Jul 2019

Posting Date: 10 Jul 2019

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Notice Type: Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 34468931

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Competition: ICB

Financier: United Nations Secretariat

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Tender Value: Refer Document

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85312000 - Social work services without accommodation
85322000 - Community action programme
85323000 - Community health services

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Tenders are invited for International Consultant - U-Report Manager, Child Survival and Development Section.
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.
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Adolescents (10–19 years) make up 18 per cent of the total population of Lesotho. Like young people elsewhere, they face complex and changing environments. However, in Lesotho, many of their challenges are particularly acute and concerning, especially in the context of widespread poverty where 67.3 per cent?of adolescents aged 13–17 years are deprived in multiple dimensions of well-being such as healthcare, nutrition, education, safe water, housing and information.3
Lesotho has the second highest HIV prevalence in the world. A quarter of its entire population is living with HIV/AIDS.4 While HIV related outcomes improved for other age groups, the rate of improvement has not translated for adolescents. Adolescents, and in particular girls, are especially at risk. Every week, 28 adolescent girls 10-19, and seven adolescent boys are newly infected with HIV.2 Comprehensive knowledge of HIV is also worryingly low among adolescents – 35 per cent for girls and 30 per cent for boys. Overlapping risk factors such as high teenage pregnancies (1 in 5), early sexual debut (2 in 5), low contraception use, (1 in 5) and never testing for HIV (2 in 5) place adolescents in high risk of HIV. The nexus’ between HIV risk among adolescent girls and mother to child transmission of HIV are clear. Over 50 per cent of all pregnancies in Lesotho are among adolescent girls, and young women (15-24) and 1 in 5 ANC attendees are adolescent girls 15-19.
Education often plays a protective role in reducing adolescents’ vulnerability to HIV infection and other risks. However, only 46 per cent of adolescents are in secondary school. Children with disabilities, rural adolescents and rural boys, in particular, are most disadvantaged. Only 16 per cent of adolescents with disabilities attend secondary school. Rural boys who become?herd boys?– a cultural obligation in Lesotho society – are especially likely to be deprived of an education. The poor quality of education is linked to high youth unemployment, another major obstacle to a meaningful life for many adolescents and young people in Lesotho. The broad unemployment rate is estimated at 28 per cent, and it is as high as 43 per cent for youths aged 15 to 24.18?
Sexual violence against children and adolescents is a tragic but common occurrence in homes, schools and institutions. At least 10, 000 adolescents and children are believed to experience sexual abuse in Lesotho, according to a 2011 Situation Analysis of Orphans and Other Vulnerable Children, which remains the best available source of specific data on the subject.13?More than 24 per cent of women are married by age 18, ?while almost one in five girls aged 15–19 years have begun childbearing.?
To address some of the above mentioned challenges and in line with the national policies and strategies, UNICEF would like to support civil society organisations (CSOs) in the deployment of Rapid Pro /U-Report in Lesotho to support achievement of results for children through adolescent and youth engagement and participation. Rapid Pro in Lesotho will help curb such challenges by allowing a flow of information to adolescents and from through digital platforms—facilitating adolescent engagement in the country.
Rapid Pro/U-Report is a program designed to empower young people to speak out on issues that they care about in their communities, encourage citizen-led development and create positive change6. By continuous engagement, youth and youth leaders, are able to identify challenges, objectives and goals, and design questions which will be broadcasted via U-Report. U report is currently implemented in over 22 countries across Africa. With over 6.5 million users globally, U-Report has supported both development and humanitarian interventions, advocacy and awareness raising amongst children, adolescent and youth.
The assignment will be led by a consultant with relevant set of competencies to focus their attention on setting up the platform. These competencies are not currently available in LCO, thus the need for a short term consultant.
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Goal and Objective:
Under the supervision of the the HIV Specialist the consultancy will develop a U-Report strategy, including youth and partnership engagement modalities that directly contribute to LCO programme results, and provide capacity building to partners on RapidPro.”Additionally the consultant will, develop a subsequent sustainability plan for scalability and in collaboration with the Child Protection Specialist and HIV Specialist, develop a response strategy for child protection and sexual and gender based violence.
The office aims to deploy U-Report for dissemination and collection of several distinct layers of information; specifically, to provide:
§ Information from adolescents and young people on availability and access to information and services in their respective communities
§ Information to adolescents and young people on sexual reproductive health & rights, including HIV
§ Information from adolescents and young people on satisfaction with services and site-specific situation analysis indicators building on the social accountability work embarked by the UNICEF Lesotho Country Office
§ Information from the adolescents and young people on their Knowledge, Attitudes, Behaviours and Practices (KAP)—as a follow-up to the national KAP Survey on SRH/HIV
§ Provide information from adolescents and young people to inform intervention strategies, and, and advocacy with line ministries. Connect adolescents and young people with local CSOs and partner engagement activities
§ Provide information to adolescents on SRHR, violence against children and HIV& AIDS.
§ Respond to reported cases by using referral mechanisms in place to forward issues to the relevant responder.
Provide details/reference to AWP areas covered:
The activity aligns to the rolling workplan (2019-2021) signed by the Ministry of Health and UNICEF under output 2.1: Adolescents living with or at risk of HIV have increased capacity to demand quality prevention, identification, care, and support services.
Activities and Tasks:
The consultant is expected to:
§ Provide technical guidance and leadership on the introduction and functionality of RapidPro in Lesotho
§ Strengthen partnerships with private sector such as mobile network providers to enhance project delivery
§ Develop U-Report Strategy, in consultation with UNICEF and partners (including government, NGOs and CSOs), aligning to the UNICEF Global Adolescent Development Programming and Generation Unlimited
§ Develop Partnership Engagement and Sustainability Strategy, taking into account UNICEF’s long term capacity (human resources, financial) to support implementation beyond phase one
§ In collaboration with the Child Protection Officer, develop a strategy to respond to child protection / GBV type reports
§ Work with stakeholders to deploy the pilots, scale as appropriate, and secure partner buy-in and ownership (including government, NGOs, CSOs and the private sector)
§ Act as a liaison between UNICEF Lesotho and RapidPro vendor in resolving technical issues, in collaboration with IT team of LCO and Resident Coordinator’s Office (RCO).
§ Identify best practices for U-Report programme and RapidPro application from other offices for replication in Lesotho
§ Provide capacity building around real time monitoring for UNICEF focal points, government counter-parts, and NGO partners; include advanced training on U-Report as appropriate
§ Develop capacity building material for UNICEF and partners
§ Documentation, capturing the lifetime of the project, lessons learned, and best practices throughout the Phase 1 of the project
§ Contribute to the global innovation community of practice and knowledge exchange
Outputs/Deliverables:
Tasks
Tasks / Milestones
Deliverable
Due Date
Develop RapidPro key guidance documentation (work plan, concept note, strategies, U-Report Lesotho Charter, training manuals, data management SOPs) in consultation with partners
4. Facilitate consultative meetings with UNICEF team
5. Consult Government and civil society partners
6. Organise and facilitate a brown bag session on the technical and programmatic use of RapidPro for UNICEF, UN staff, RC’S office and UNDOCO to ensure powered initiatives in the Lesotho country office.
7. Work directly with mobile operators/third party to procure short code and negotiate SMS across all network providers cost
8. Draft documentation, including work plan, U-Report Lesotho Charter, etc
9. Present draft work plan and other documentation to UNICEF, partners and Government for endorsement
10. Set up of U-Report Steering Committee
11. Build the capacity of UNICEF Volunteers and UNICEF Programme colleagues officers to run U-Report campaigns
Validated U-Report implementation work plan
U-Report training documents developed
Data management SOPs developed
U-Report Steering Committee TORs developed
15 August 2019
Identify the existing adolescents networks and design and run of public information campaign
1. Map existing service provision lan

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