UN Children's Fund Consultancy - Volunteer Specialist Consultant Jobs in Uganda

UN Children's Fund Consultancy - Volunteer Specialist Consultant Jobs in Uganda

Closing date: 26 Feb 2019

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, a fair chance

Visit this link for more information on Uganda Country Office https://www.unicef.org/uganda/

How can you make a difference?

Under the supervision and guidance of the C4D Specialist, the Volunteer specialist/consultant will work closely with the C4D Unit and programme sections to review and enhance behaviour and social change communication, social mobilization and advocacy activities through a volunteer initiative, focusing on volunteering, networks and partnerships for promoting child rights and to support the implementation of key strategies including the NIECD C4D Strategy and the Multi-sectoral C4D Strategy for Adolescent Girls.

Background

The UCO is supporting the implementation of a number of key initiatives and campaigns for the first and second decades of life, across different program sections and sectors. Working with the Target group of 10-19-year-old adolescents girls and boys, He/she will be the key link to the implementation of the volunteer Initiative.

This constitutes of the Safe to Learn Initiative, Generation Unlimited (GU) 2030, EU Spotlight Initiative and the Adolescent Volunteer Initiative. Below is an outline;

Safe to Learn Initiative

Physical, sexual and emotional violence in and around schools affects children and young people everywhere. Globally, Girls are more likely to experience psychological bullying, sexual violence; boys more likely to experience corporal punishment and physical violence.

Generation Unlimited (GU) 2030

Generation Unlimited is a global partnership to engage young people, rally resources and coordinate efforts so every young person will be in learning, training or employment by 2030.

This dynamic partnership includes young people, representatives from governments, multilateral organizations, the private sector and civil society, as a contribution to the SDGs and rooted in the principles of the United Nations’ Youth 2030 Strategy.

In Uganda child/ adolescent participation is still characterized by fragmented and short-lived initiatives. The National Child Participation Strategy 2017/18 - 2021/22(MOGLSD) was developed to address and streamline the varied forms of child participation at the family, community, district and national levels.

However, there are a few formal initiatives where children can have their voice heard and these have been limited in scope and impact.

The aim of Generation Unlimited campaign “Our Time, Our Turn, Our Future” is to focus on three issues identified as barriers to young people’s successful transition from education to employment and from adolescence to adulthood.

These issues are secondary-age education, skills for learning, employability and decent work and empowerment, with a focus on girls to optimize on opportunities.

EU Spotlight Initiative

Harmful Gender and Social norms, attitudes, behaviours and practices – particularly discriminatory gender norms and inequitable power relations between women and men – are a main driver of VAWG in Uganda.

The patriarchal system in Uganda upholds values, beliefs and practices that reinforce the privilege of men and their role in society. In this context, VAWG is accepted as an integral part of gender relations.

Substance abuse, a culture of impunity for VAWG/HP, and limited access to economic and livelihood opportunities for women and girls further compound this issue.

Uganda is in the forefront of pioneering primary prevention initiatives, principally those that follow the socio-ecological model that is based on the understanding that violent attitudes, behaviours, norms and practices are shaped at individual, relationship, community and at organizational and societal levels in a mutually reinforcing way.

The EU Spotlight Initiative goals are centered on ensuring that prevention efforts follow the socio-ecological model that is based on the understanding that violent attitudes, behaviours, norms and practices are shaped at individual, relationship, community and at organizational and societal levels in a mutually reinforcing way.

In addition to these UNICEF Uganda is implementing campaigns including multimedia campaigns for adolescents and ‘Go back to school’ campaigns.

Interventions and activities informed by these strategies will be implemented in convergence districts of Kaabong, Amudat, Arua, Adjumani, Iganga and Kamuli that have Early Childhood Development and Adolescent Programme interventions as these are the two flagship programs for the CO, covering the first and second decades of life.

The Multi-Sectoral Communication for Development (C4D) Strategy for Adolescent Girls promotes a three-pronged approach that effectively engages with adolescents in work that challenges them to develop skills, gain critical awareness and participate in opportunities that are necessary for creating community change.

Critical awareness and knowledge: The process of strengthening the skills of adolescents so that they know how to effectively make decisions, positively interact with their peers, and act as advocates.

Skills development: The process of strengthening the skills of adolescents so that they know how to effectively make decisions, positively interact with their peers, and act as advocates.

Opportunities: The process of providing adolescents with platforms for decision-making and encouraging their active participation in creating change.

Key Tasks:

Produce inception report and work plan for eleven months.

Review and consolidate Work plan and Results Matrix for the Volunteers Initiative.

Identify and recruit Volunteers to support participation, engagement and advocacy at national and sub-national levels.

Strengthen national level capacity for volunteer engagement to support programmes.

Strengthen district level capacity for volunteer engagement to support programmes.

Technical support to conduct capacity strengthening of volunteers.

Support volunteers to conduct advocacy and engagement at national levels with technical support from UNICEF ESARO, UNICEF Kampala, ZO, DLG and PCA partners

Technical support supervision of volunteers to conduct advocacy and engagement at sub-national and community levels with support from UNICEF ESARO, UNICEF Kampala, ZO, DLG and PCA partners.

Implement M&E and document all volunteer advocacy and engagement, including monitoring outcomes such as empowerment of volunteers and results

Document C4D results at district and national level.

Disseminate C4D results at district and national level.

Submit final report with recommendations and lessons learnt on the roll out and implementation of the Volunteers Initiative

To qualify asan advocate for every child you will have…

Qualifications of Successful Candidate

Advanced university degree in the social/behavioural sciences, (Communication, Sociology, Anthropology, Psychology) with emphasis on strategic communication planning for behaviour development, social mobilization, participatory communication, and research.

Knowledge in HRBA, Child Rights, gender issues and child participation.

A minimum of 5 years of professional experience in the planning, implementation and evaluation of communication for development involving advocacy, social mobilization and community participation, partnership building, training in interpersonal communication (IPC).

Experience of working with government and civil society groups. Field work experience.

Background/familiarity with Emergency/humanitarian contexts is an asset.

Fluency in English is required.

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 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.

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, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles.

Remarks:

Mobility is a condition of international professional employment with UNICEF and an underlying premise of the international civil service.

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
UN Children's Fund Consultancy - Volunteer Specialist Consultant Jobs in Uganda