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UNICEF Advocacy Training Workshop Facilitator
Background Since its inception, advocacy has been one of UNICEF’s key functions. In our mission statement, we are mandated to advocate for the protection and fulfilment of children’s rights. Advocacy lies at the heart of influencing both downstream and upstream decisions that affect children’s survival, health, education, protection and participation.
To strengthen the advocacy function further across the organization, UNICEF Division of Policy and Strategy has embarked on an initiative to systematize its policy advocacy work. Over the past few years, this has included developing an Advocacy Toolkit to provide guidance to Country and Regional Offices, as well as National Committees, on developing a structured approach to influencing policy changes at the global, regional and national levels. Internal capacity building is a vital component of this initiative, through workshops to train UNICEF staff and partners around the world on strategic advocacy, utilising the wealth of knowledge present in the Advocacy Toolkit as well as additional approaches and techniques.
Purpose and overview of the consultancy UNICEF Headquarters has the responsibility to implement the Advocacy Toolkit through the delivery of trainings to Country Offices, Regional Offices, National Committees and UNICEF New York. We are seeking an expert senior consultant to conduct such trainings. This work will involve the production of training materials and facilitation of two major trainings (for the Western and Central Africa region and for UNICEF Headquarters in New York). The training materials should be anchored on UNICEF’s Advocacy Toolkit approach. The Advocacy training workshops are planned as a 3-day workshop which trains participants on the fundamentals of the Advocacy Toolkit and advocacy in general, and some of the key cross-cutting issues for advocacy addressed therein (e.g., monitoring and evaluating advocacy; securing and building relationships and partnerships for advocacy, etc.).
The workshops provide participants the opportunity to learn skills for designing and implementing a structured advocacy strategy, including:
• Choosing advocacy priorities; • Setting measurable objectives; • Mapping target audiences; • Working in partnerships for advocacy and • Monitoring and evaluating advocacy.
The workshops will be extremely practical, giving participants the chance to apply the planning approaches to their advocacy issues. Participants will be given the opportunity to work on their own advocacy plan, applying the tools to their country/work context. They should be able to leave the training with a draft plan for advocacy on the issue of their choice.
During the contract period the Consultant will be provided with inputs into the preparation of materials and agenda for trainings. It will also liaise with regional and country offices, as well as NYHQ, to ensure all necessary logistics are in place for the workshops and that staff are available to participate.
Expected outputs Deliverable Deadline Deliver draft agenda for both trainings after discussion with designated focal points By October 2012 Develop draft training materials for participating Country Offices in WCARO training By October 2012
Develop draft training materials for participants in NYHQ training By October 2012 Deliver training in Dakar, Senegal for Regional and Country Offices October 31-November 2 2012 Deliver training in New York Headquarters November 6-8 2012
Time required and timeframe The work is planned to start October 2012. It should entail approximately 26 days over the period of two months from October-November 2012.
Duty Station The consultant can work remotely with regular consultations with the supervisor through Skype, internet, telephone, and emails. Travel to New York and Dakar to deliver trainings will be required.
Key skills, technical background, and experience required • Masters or Advanced Degree in development studies or social sciences. • At least 8 years of progressively responsible professional work experience at national and international levels in conceptualizing, designing and implementing successful, evidence-based advocacy strategies. • Strong communications skills (oral and written) in English are a requirement. Proficiency in other UN languages is a plus. • Demonstrated ability to produce and deliver high quality training workshops. • Ability to travel is required. • Good understanding of UNICEF’s work, opportunities and challenges is an asset.
The following conditions of service apply to all individual consultants:
Background Since its inception, advocacy has been one of UNICEF’s key functions. In our mission statement, we are mandated to advocate for the protection and fulfilment of children’s rights. Advocacy lies at the heart of influencing both downstream and upstream decisions that affect children’s survival, health, education, protection and participation.
To strengthen the advocacy function further across the organization, UNICEF Division of Policy and Strategy has embarked on an initiative to systematize its policy advocacy work. Over the past few years, this has included developing an Advocacy Toolkit to provide guidance to Country and Regional Offices, as well as National Committees, on developing a structured approach to influencing policy changes at the global, regional and national levels. Internal capacity building is a vital component of this initiative, through workshops to train UNICEF staff and partners around the world on strategic advocacy, utilising the wealth of knowledge present in the Advocacy Toolkit as well as additional approaches and techniques.
Purpose and overview of the consultancy UNICEF Headquarters has the responsibility to implement the Advocacy Toolkit through the delivery of trainings to Country Offices, Regional Offices, National Committees and UNICEF New York. We are seeking an expert senior consultant to conduct such trainings. This work will involve the production of training materials and facilitation of two major trainings (for the Western and Central Africa region and for UNICEF Headquarters in New York). The training materials should be anchored on UNICEF’s Advocacy Toolkit approach. The Advocacy training workshops are planned as a 3-day workshop which trains participants on the fundamentals of the Advocacy Toolkit and advocacy in general, and some of the key cross-cutting issues for advocacy addressed therein (e.g., monitoring and evaluating advocacy; securing and building relationships and partnerships for advocacy, etc.).
The workshops provide participants the opportunity to learn skills for designing and implementing a structured advocacy strategy, including:
• Choosing advocacy priorities; • Setting measurable objectives; • Mapping target audiences; • Working in partnerships for advocacy and • Monitoring and evaluating advocacy.
The workshops will be extremely practical, giving participants the chance to apply the planning approaches to their advocacy issues. Participants will be given the opportunity to work on their own advocacy plan, applying the tools to their country/work context. They should be able to leave the training with a draft plan for advocacy on the issue of their choice.
During the contract period the Consultant will be provided with inputs into the preparation of materials and agenda for trainings. It will also liaise with regional and country offices, as well as NYHQ, to ensure all necessary logistics are in place for the workshops and that staff are available to participate.
Expected outputs Deliverable Deadline Deliver draft agenda for both trainings after discussion with designated focal points By October 2012 Develop draft training materials for participating Country Offices in WCARO training By October 2012
Develop draft training materials for participants in NYHQ training By October 2012 Deliver training in Dakar, Senegal for Regional and Country Offices October 31-November 2 2012 Deliver training in New York Headquarters November 6-8 2012
Time required and timeframe The work is planned to start October 2012. It should entail approximately 26 days over the period of two months from October-November 2012.
Duty Station The consultant can work remotely with regular consultations with the supervisor through Skype, internet, telephone, and emails. Travel to New York and Dakar to deliver trainings will be required.
Key skills, technical background, and experience required • Masters or Advanced Degree in development studies or social sciences. • At least 8 years of progressively responsible professional work experience at national and international levels in conceptualizing, designing and implementing successful, evidence-based advocacy strategies. • Strong communications skills (oral and written) in English are a requirement. Proficiency in other UN languages is a plus. • Demonstrated ability to produce and deliver high quality training workshops. • Ability to travel is required. • Good understanding of UNICEF’s work, opportunities and challenges is an asset.
The following conditions of service apply to all individual consultants:
- LEGAL STATUS Individuals engaged under a consultant contract serve in a personal capacity and not as representatives of a Government or of any other authority external to the United Nations. They are neither “staff members” under the Staff Regulations of the United Nations and UNICEF policies and procedures nor “officials” for the purpose of the Convention of 13 February 1946 on the privileges and immunities of the United Nations. Consultants may, however, be given the status of “experts on mission” in the sense of Section 22 of Article VI of the Convention. If they are required to travel on behalf of the United Nations, they may be given a United Nations certification in accordance with Section 26 of Article VII of the Convention.
- OBLIGATIONS Consultants shall have the duty to respect the impartiality and independence of the United Nations and shall neither seek nor accept instructions regarding the services to be performed for UNICEF from any Government or from any authority external to the United Nations. During their period of service for UNICEF, consultants shall refrain from any conduct that would adversely reflect on the United Nations or UNICEF and shall not engage in any activity that is incompatible with the discharge of their duties with the Organization. Consultants are required to exercise the utmost discretion in all matters of official business of the Organization. In particular, but without limiting the foregoing, consultants are expected to conduct themselves in a manner consistent with the Standards of Conduct in the International Civil Service. Consultants are to comply with the UNICEF Standards of Electronic Conduct and the requirements set forth in the Secretary General’s Bulletin on Special Measures for Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse, both of which are incorporated by reference into the contract between the consultants and UNICEF. Unless otherwise authorized by the appropriate official in the office concerned, consultants shall not communicate at any time to the media or to any institution, person, Government or other authority external to UNICEF any information that has not been made public and which has become known to them by reason of their association with the United Nations. The consultant may not use such information without the written authorization of UNICEF. Nor shall the consultant use such information for private advantage. These obligations do not lapse upon cessation of service with UNICEF.
- TITLE RIGHTS UNICEF shall be entitled to all property rights, including but not limited to patents, copyrights and trademarks, with regard to material which bears a direct relation to, or is made in consequence of, the services provided to the Organization by the consultant. At the request of UNICEF, the consultant shall assist in securing such property rights and transferring them to the Organization in compliance with the requirements of the applicable law.
- TRAVEL If consultants are required by UNICEF to travel beyond commuting distance from their usual place of residence, such travel at the expense of UNICEF shall be governed by conditions equivalent to the relevant provisions of the 100 series of the United Nations Staff Rules (Chapter VII) and relevant UNICEF policies and procedures. Travel by air by the most direct and economical route is the normal mode for travel at the expense of UNICEF. Such travel will be by business class if the journey is nine hours or longer, and by economy class if the journey is less than nine hours, and first class by rail.
- MEDICAL CLEARANCE Consultants expected to work in any office of the Organization shall be required to submit a statement of good health prior to commencement of work and to take full responsibility for the accuracy of that statement, including confirmation that they have been fully informed regarding inoculations required for the country or countries to which travel is authorized.
- INSURANCE Consultants are fully responsible for arranging, at their own expense, such life, health and other forms of insurance covering the period of their services on behalf of UNICEF as they consider appropriate. Consultants are not eligible to participate in the life or health insurance schemes available to United Nations staff members. The responsibility of the United Nations and UNICEF is limited solely to the payment of compensation under the conditions described in paragraph 7 below.
- SERVICE INCURRED DEATH, INJURY OR ILLNESS Consultants who are authorized to travel at UNICEF’s expense or who are required under the contract to perform their services in a United Nations or UNICEF office, or their dependants as appropriate, shall be entitled in the event of death, injury or illness attributable to the performance of services on behalf of UNICEF while in travel status or while working in an office of the Organization on official UNICEF business to compensation equivalent to the compensation which, under Appendix D to the United Nations Staff Rules (ST/SGB/Staff Rules/Appendix D/Rev.1 and Amend.1), would be payable to a staff member at step V of the First Officer (P-4) level of the Professional category.
- ARBITRATION Any dispute arising out of or, in connexion with, this contract shall, if attempts at settlement by negotiation have failed, be submitted to arbitration in New York by a single arbitrator agreed to by both parties. Should the parties be unable to agree on a single arbitrator within thirty days of the request for arbitration, then each party shall proceed to appoint one arbitrator and the two arbitrators thus appointed shall agree on a third. Failing such agreement, either party may request the appointment of the third arbitrator by the President of the United Nations Administrative Tribunal. The decision rendered in the arbitration shall constitute final adjudication of the dispute.
- TERMINATION OF CONTRACT This contract may be terminated by either party before the expiry date of the contract by giving notice in writing to the other party. The period of notice shall be five days in the case of contracts for a total period of less than two months and fourteen days in the case of contracts for a longer period; provided however that in the event of termination on the grounds of misconduct by the consultant, UNICEF shall be entitled to terminate the contract without notice. In the event of the contract being terminated prior to its due expiry date in this way, the consultant shall be compensated on a pro rata basis for no more than the actual amount of work performed to the satisfaction of UNICEF. Additional costs incurred by the United Nations resulting from the termination of the contract by the consultant may be withheld from any amount otherwise due to the consultant from UNICEF.
- TAXATION The United Nations and UNICEF undertake no liability for taxes, duty or other contribution payable by the consultant on payments made under this contract. No statement of earnings will be issued by the United Nations or UNICEF to the consultant.
How to apply:
All applicants should submit:
• An updated CV;
• A cover letter detailing in particular: (i) overall approach and
strategy proposed; ii) experience with design and facilitation of
Advocacy trainings/workshops; iii) relevant policy focused and/or
academic publications;
Application Procedure
A price proposal: Fees for providing the services laid out in this TOR
should be included with you application. The calculation of fees should
indicate the all-inclusive cost in US dollars for delivering the
services and an estimate of the time-effort to be allocated for the
services, expressed in number of working days. Total price should
include estimated cost for international travel and related expenses
(accommodation, transportation, etc.). The consultant will be
responsible for managing his/her travel plans, in consultation with PAU,
his/her health insurance, and daily expenses.
Please submit your application to pdconsultants@unicef.org with subject line “Advocacy Training Workshop Facilitator” by October 3 2012 by noon (NY Eastern Time). Applications without a price proposal will not be considered. Applications received after the stipulated date and time will be invalidated.
Please submit your application to pdconsultants@unicef.org with subject line “Advocacy Training Workshop Facilitator” by October 3 2012 by noon (NY Eastern Time). Applications without a price proposal will not be considered. Applications received after the stipulated date and time will be invalidated.
