Procurement Summary
Country : Lao PDR
Summary : National Consultant for Parenting Package
Deadline : 31 Aug 2018
Other Information
Notice Type : Tender
TOT Ref.No.: 25972577
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 1080, Km 3 Thadeua Road,
Vientiane Capital
Telephone: +856-21 315 200
Fax: +856-21 314 852
Lao PDR
Email :vientiane@unicef.org
URL :http://www.unicef.org/
Tender Details
Tenders are invited for National Consultant for Parenting Package, UNICEF Vientiane, Lao PDR.
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.
The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) in Vientiane, Lao PDR is looking for a qualified a National Consultant for Parenting Package at NOB level. The assignment expects to take a total of 6 months, starting from 17th September 2018 to 16th Mach 2019.
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
The following tasks are expected from the selected consultant:
· Review all documents provided by UNICEF Laos relating to ECD in the areas of health, nutrition, WASH, child protection, education and disability.
· Review the needs assessment carry out by UNICEF.
· Prepare a detailed work plan.
· Support the Communication team and liaise with the communication agency as required.
· Present the project to key Government partners, including mass organizations, and development partners.
· Work hand-in-hand with the Government and UNICEF to set up a managerial structure to oversee the development and implementation of the Parenting Package.
· Inform partners and UNICEF colleagues (programmes) on the progress of the project on regular basis.
· Get approvals on key messages, branding, communication products, strategies, ToT, etc.
· Organize workshops and meetings to get inputs on branding, communication materials, Training of trainers and dissemination strategy.
· Support the pre-testing of the communication materials.
· Participate in the development of the dissemination strategy.
· Support the pilot phase.
· Document lessons learned and prepare for the actual implementation of the package in key provinces.
· Prepare for the implementation of the PP in key provinces and liaise with UNICEF programmes as required.
· Communicate with partners on regular basis.
Qualifications and Experiences:
· University degree in the areas of communication for development, communication, behaviour change communication, sociology, anthropology, public health, international relations, education or other related social sciences.
· At least 3 years professional experience in the development context.
· Knowledge of behavior change and social norm change processes.
· Ability to communicate in English.
· Experience of working in one or more areas of early childhood development is an advantage
Please kindly see the TORTOR National Consultant Parenting Package V2......Final for VA.pdf for your information.
For every Child, you demonstrate…
UNICEF-s core values of Commitment, Diversity and Integrity and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.
The technical competencies required for this post are….
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.
Remarks:
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.
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=515507
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