UNICEF National Individual Contractor to Support Engagement with Private Sector Partners Jobs in Rwanda
UNICEF National Individual Contractor to Support Engagement with Private Sector Partners Jobs in Rwanda
Background and Purpose UNICEF Rwanda is expanding and exploring new opportunities to engage with the private sector in Rwanda as a tool to accelerate results for children and to align with the UNICEF – Government of Rwanda country programme. To achieve this, UNICEF Rwanda has developed a comprehensive Private Sector Engagement (PSE) strategy that outlines its vision and goals as well as key actions to be taken.
UNICEF Rwanda’s private sector mapping identifies nine strategic sectors for engagement and the first tier consists of the Agriculture sector (specifically, the agro-processing industry), Mining and Tourism (that includes the Hospitality industry). These are the three priority engagement sectors based on an assessment that combines a) the risks posed to children and communities; b) the willingness of leading sector players to engage in partnership (based on preliminary discussion with leading companies); c) pre-existing CSR/Social investment-oriented partnerships in these sectors and current opportunities.
In 2016, UNICEF Rwanda started its private sector partnership with the tea industry in Rwanda, to scale up ECD services to children whose parents work in the tea plantations, and surrounding communities. In 2017, an industry approach was embraced with a partnership agreement with NAEB to scale this to the whole sector. Similar discussions with government bodies such as the National Early Childhood Development Programme and Rwanda Agriculture and Animal Resources Board among others have taken place resulting in planned expansion to the rice and other sectors. The entry point with the Private sector has been in Early childhood development (ECD) and has been informed by multiple assessments done in these sectors which revealed that workers especially women of reproductive age spend several hours working per day, often in unsafe spaces for their young children leading to multiple deprivations. These partnerships which aim at mobilising resources through the private sector and communities, to invest in the welfare of children and their families, especially young children from 3 months to 6 years of age.
To guide its support, UNICEF will employ the overarching strategy of systems-strengthening, focusing on private partnership development and capacity building of service providers and related stakeholders, to increase coverage and quality of integrated ECD services. Within the context of ECD and stunting reduction, UNICEF Rwanda seeks to recruit a national consultant to support in the implementation of the partnership’s agreement, in collaboration with the ECD and CAP teams as well as the implementing partners. This will involve supporting good planning of interventions, capacity building, social mobilisation and advocacy activities aimed at increasing demand and uptake of services as well as to improve norms, behaviours and practices related to good early childhood care and nutrition.
Justification
With the success in establishing child friendly work spaces in the tea sector, there is need to scale up similar initiatives to other sectors. There are existing MoUs and implementation plans with stakeholders which will need the support of a contractor . The partnerships are on a shared value basis and are non-financial which aim at mobilising resources through the private sector and communities, to invest in the welfare of children and their families, especially young children from 3 months to 6 years of age. UNICEF in turn provides technical support by building capacities of partners and the community caregivers to provide basic ECD services to children whose parents work in
these sites.
The responsibilities and tasks to be undertaken by the contractor are additional to UNICEF’s regular staff responsibilities. The contractor will support the UNICEF Communications Advocacy and Partnerships section in fulfilling existing and new partnership obligations in terms of planning for inputs, trainings, monitoring and overall technical support for the implementation of the child friendly workplaces. The contractor will respond to the emerging training needs and work closely with UNICEF and its partners.
Objectives
The overall objective of the consultancy is to provide support in the implementation of the Private sector engagement strategy which includes but not limited to supporting implementation of all existing MoU’s related to establishment of child friendly workspaces.
Specific objectives are as follows:
Support the development of private sector partnerships for provision of integrated ECD services for children
Build capacities of the private sector, their employees, local communities and implementing partners in providing integrated ECD services including social mobilization
Build consensus around mutual accountability for children’s rights to integrated ECD through a shared value approach
Elaborate training, monitoring and coaching plans to scale up capacity building on “child care development” for private sector
The consultant will be based at UNICEF Rwanda office, in Kigali for the contract duration of 11.5 months with a possibility of extension based on performance, priority rating and availability of funding.
Evaluation Criteria
The Technical proposal is weighted at 70% and 30% for the Financial proposal.
Please note that the final remuneration will be negotiated by HR.
Payment Schedule
Payment is linked to agreed deliverables on a monthly basis upon satisfactory completion and certification of deliverables by the supervisor.
General Conditions: Procedures & Logistics
The contractor will be supervised by UNICEF’s Partnerships Specialist
The contractor will be provided transport within and outside of Kigali by UNICEF for all official work.
The Contractor is required to provide for her/his own laptop.
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
Education requirement: Degree in one of the following fields; Communications, Social Sciences, Public health, Business Administration and Management or related fields.
• Advanced degree will be an added advantage. A first level University Degree in combination with significant private sector experience may be accepted in lieu of an advanced degree.
• Employment experience: a minimum of four years progressively responsible professional work experience in programme management, private sector partnerships and/or engagement strategies Early Childhood Development
• Language skills: Fluency in English and Kinyarwanda. Knowledge of French would be an asset.
• Strong communication skills, including writing skills, with a strong preference for knowledge and experience in writing for the UN, private sector, and public sector.
• Knowledge of children’s rights, gender equality and human rights based frameworks, and understanding of an equity-based approach.
• Strong understanding and experience working with Government Ministries/Departments.
• Experience working with the UN will be an added advantage.
• Experience in Eastern and Southern Africa Region and/or good knowledge of the development and private sector context preferably in Rwanda.
• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (French) and Kinyarwanda is an asset.
For every Child, you demonstrate…
UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA) and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.
How to Apply
For more information and job application details, see; UNICEF National Individual Contractor to Support Engagement with Private Sector Partners Jobs in Rwanda
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