UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN S FUND

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1 UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN S FUND Office in Serbia is seeking qualified consultants for the recruitment database in the following key areas: Child Protection; Education; Early Childhood Development; Child Rights Monitoring, Evaluation and Research; Social Protection and Public Finance Management; Knowledge Management; and Communication for Development VN: If you are a passionate and committed professional and want to make a lasting difference for children, the world's leading children's rights organization would like to hear from you. UNICEF in Serbia welcomes expressions of interest from experts who are interested in becoming members of its recruitment database, in the following key areas: Child Protection; Education; Early Childhood Development; Child Rights Monitoring, Evaluation and Research; Social Protection and Public Finance Management; Knowledge Management; and Communication for Development. The closing date for applications is October 31, Detailed Terms of Reference can be found on Qualified candidates are requested to submit their application through by October 31, The application must include the following: - P11 (P11 form can be downloaded from Important note: Incomplete applications will not be taken into consideration. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. UNICEF is a non-smoking environment. 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. 1

2 Purpose of the Positions UNICEF in Serbia welcomes expressions of interest from experts who are interested in becoming members of its recruitment database, in the following key areas: Child Protection; Education; Early Childhood Development; Child Rights Monitoring, Evaluation and Research; Social Protection and Public Finance Management; Knowledge Management; and Communication for Development. The purpose of this database is to assist in identifying prospective external candidates for individual consultancies in Serbia. All candidates screened for the database must meet the basic UNICEF eligibility requirements: an from an accredited academic institution; relevant work experience and proficiency in English and Serbian. Competencies of Successful Candidate Any candidate to the UNICEF's database should be: - Able to communicate effectively to varied audiences, including formal public speaking; - Able to work effectively in a multi-cultural environment; - Able to work with different stakeholder from government institutions, academia and NGOs - Able to analyse and integrate diverse and complex quantitative and qualitative data from a wide range of sources; - Able to produce high quality reports and presentations - Able to demonstrate, apply and share evidence derived from research; - Adopt a flexible attitude and adaptability to rapidly changing circumstances - Computer literate; and - Fluent in English and Serbian. How to Apply Applicants are invited to complete the P11 form available at The call for expression of interest is available on the UNICEF employment website at: If you have expertise in more than one domain advertised, please make sure to submit your P-11 to each area listed. Applications should be submitted before 31 October, Kindly note that all applications should be in English and that applications outside of the online recruiting system will not be accepted. The accuracy of filling the P-11 will be a fundamental tool for our prescreening process. Please note that this is not a recruitment campaign. We are not seeking to fill vacant posts; rather we are seeking to populate a database of suitably qualified and experienced individuals, willing to be called upon for short term assignments as needed. Kindly note that candidates' final inclusion in the database will be subject to additional technical assessment. Once pre-qualified, consultants will be eligible for recruitment for a two year period. Please also note that potential inclusion in the database is not a guarantee of any future employment. In the selection of its staff and consultants, UNICEF is committed to gender balance and diversity without distinction as to race, sex or religion, and without discrimination of persons with disabilities: well qualified candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. If you have any queries or issues in submitting your application, please contact nmarkovic@unicef.org. Please do not applications to this address, as they will not be considered. 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. 2

3 Specific skills and experience required for the profiles of: Child Protection Advanced 1 university degree in Human Rights, Law, Social Work, International Development or Social Sciences. Minimum of five, eight, ten 2 years of professional experience in one of the following areas: - Justice for children - Social welfare (social work and social services) - Violence against children - Refugees children and unaccompanied children - Disaster Risk Reduction/Emergency Response The relevant years of experience must involve at least some of the following responsibilities: high level policy analysis and advice (development of national strategies, policies and plans, policy briefs, policy impact evaluations); design of monitoring and evaluation frameworks for national policies and measures; development of quality standards (facilities, programmes, equipment); development of regulations and bylaws; development and implementation of models for deinstitutionalisation, prevention of family separation, family and parental support services; design and implementation of models/ on juvenile justice, free legal aid and child participation in civil proceedings; development and implementation of systems for the identification and documentation of vulnerable children and case management practices; development of child protection databases and information systems, including in emergencies; data collection; surveys (design, sampling methods, statistical analysis, data processing, training and supervision); research (design of protocols, design of tools, quantitative or qualitative methods, economic/cost-benefit analyses, design and facilitation of focus group discussions (FGDs), impact studies, research ethics); development and implementation of capacity building programmes/ trainings of government officials and social welfare personnel; design and conduct of independent evaluation, data dissemination and communication (evidence-based report writing, data visualization). Education Advanced 3 university degree in Education, Pre-school Education, Pedagogy, Psychology, Sociology, Andragogy, Special Pedagogy, Curriculum Development, Teacher Training, Learning Assessment, Literacy or Social Sciences. Minimum of five, eight, ten 4 years of professional experience in one of the following areas: - Early learning and pre-school education; - Inclusive education (including education of vulnerable groups, drop-out prevention, violence, antidiscrimination); - Secondary education and Vocational Education and Training; - Education quality (including curriculum development, data monitoring and evaluation) - Education policy analysis including financing and budgeting, management and governance - Teacher Education (higher education curricula and professional development); - ICT in Learning; - Education research;

4 - Disaster Risk Reduction/Emergency Response The relevant years of experience must involve at least some of the following responsibilities: high level policy analysis and advice (development of national strategies, policies and plans, policy briefs, policy impact evaluations); curriculum development (accompanying curriculum reform processes, curriculum review, development of curriculum frameworks); design of monitoring and evaluation frameworks for national policies and measures; development of quality standards (facilities, programmes, equipment and didactic materials, class size etc); development and implementation of school improvement mechanisms; development and implementation of drop-out measures; design and implementation of assessments and testing (national and international PISA, TALIS etc); improvement of accessibility of education (including Universal Design for Learning); development of regulations and by-laws; development of percapita financing mechanisms and resource allocation formulas; public-private partnership in education; optimisation and rationalization of school network (including transformation of education institutions); development of grant-schemes and funds; development and implementation of models for improvement of participation in education (parents, students..); design and implementation of models/pilots at the school/community level; development of education databases and information systems; data collection; surveys (design, sampling methods, statistical analysis, data processing, training and supervision); research (design of protocols, design of tools, quantitative or qualitative methods, economic/cost-benefit analyses, design and facilitation of focus group discussions (FGDs), impact studies, research ethics); capacity building and training of government officials and teachers/education personnel; design and conduct of independent evaluation, data dissemination and communication (evidence-based report writing, data visualization). Early Childhood Development Advanced 5 university degree in Child Development, Maternal and Child Health, Social Work, or a related Family/Human Services field. Minimum of five, eight, ten 6 years of professional experience in one of the following areas: - Maternal, neonatal and children health - Nutrition - Child development - Disability/Early detection/early interventions - For early learning and child protection, please refer to their respective rosters. The relevant years of experience must involve at least some of the following responsibilities: high level policy analysis and advice (development of national strategies, policies and plans, policy briefs, policy impact evaluations); design of monitoring and evaluation frameworks for national policies and measures; development of quality service standards (facilities, programmes, equipment); development of regulations and by-laws; development and implementation of models for early childhood development services for young children and their families, community mobilisation and outreach services targeting the most excluded children and families; design and implementation of health care and other community programmes supporting parents and young child well-being and bonding, early identification of developmental difficulties and early interventions services; development of databases and information systems; data collection; surveys (design, sampling methods, statistical analysis, data processing, training and supervision); research (design of protocols, design of tools, quantitative or qualitative methods, economic/cost-benefit analyses, design and facilitation of focus group discussions (FGDs), impact studies, research ethics); capacity building and training of government and CSOs officials and personnel; design and conduct of independent evaluation, data dissemination and communication (evidence-based report 5 6 4

5 writing, data visualization). Child Rights Monitoring, Evaluation and Research Advanced 7 university degree in Social Sciences, Demography, Public Administration, and Statistics. Minimum of five, eight, ten 8 years of relevant professional experience involving at least some of the following responsibilities: high level policy analysis and advice (development of national strategies, policies and plans, policy briefs, policy impact evaluations); design of monitoring and evaluation frameworks for national policies and measures; surveys (design, sampling methods, statistical analysis, data processing, training and supervision); research (design of protocols, design of tools, quantitative or qualitative methods, economic/cost-benefit analyses, design and facilitation of focus group discussions (FGDs), impact studies, research ethics); data systems (real time data collection and analysis, administrative data systems, census design and analysis); the design and conduct of independent evaluation, knowledge management (web-based platforms, meta-analysis/synthesis); data dissemination and communication (evidence-based report writing, data visualization); data collection (including, by age group, structured or semi-structured interviews); or training in monitoring and/or evaluating programs and/or research methodologies. Direct work experience with children will be considered an advantage. Social Protection and Public Finance Management Advanced 9 university degree in Economics, International Finance or other relevant field in social sciences. Minimum of five, eight, ten 10 years of professional experience in one of the following areas: - poverty, - child poverty - multi-dimensional poverty and multiple overlapping deprivations - policy analysis - social protection (cash transfers, social work and social services), - public finance management and social budgeting (including decentralization), The relevant years of experience must involve at least some of the following responsibilities: research (design of protocols, design of tools, quantitative or qualitative methods), economic/cost-benefit analyses, modelling and simulation of target methodologies, econometric analysis, data processing programmes, micro-simulation of social transfer options using household survey micro-data, including static simulation and resulting distributional outcomes, design, implementation and evaluation of regression-based Proxy Means testing methodology in social protection systems, field based knowledge of the evaluation of Proxy Means Testing (PMT) methodology and analysis design and facilitation of focus group discussions (FGDs), impact evaluations, Multiple Overlapping Deprivation Analysis, Benefit Incidence Analysis, Public Expenditure Reviews, Public Expenditure Tracking Surveys, Value for Money, Social Return on Investment, Marginal Budgeting for Bottlenecks, Investment Case, Fiscal Space Analysis, Costing of policy options]; data dissemination and communication (evidence-based report writing, metaanalysis/synthesis, data visualization); high level policy analysis and advice (development of national strategies, policies and plans, public administration reform, development of regulations and by-laws, development of monitoring and evaluation frameworks for national policies, development of quality standards, development of Medium Term Expenditure Frameworks (MTEF), development of annual budgetary submissions, Sector Wide Approaches, design of new services and delivery mechanisms, development of per-capita financing mechanisms and resource allocation formulas); capacity building of

6 government officials, Parliamentarians and civil society organisations (MTEF, budget execution and reporting, budget monitoring and analysis, results-based budgeting). Previous work experience on child rights issues and marginalization will be considered an advantage. Knowledge Management Advanced 11 university degree in Economics, International Finance or other relevant field in social sciences. Minimum of five, eight, ten 12 years of professional experience involving at least some of the following responsibilities: design and facilitation of focus group discussions (FGDs), design and conduct of data dissemination and communication (evidence-based report writing, data visualization); interviews, photo and video documentation, media content analysis and story sessions, development of case-studies and policy briefs, development of advocacy strategies. Previous work experience on child rights issues and marginalization will be considered an advantage. Direct work experience with children will be considered an advantage. Communication for Development Advanced 13 university degree in communication for development of the social/behavioural sciences (Sociology, Anthropology, Psychology, community-based development, Health Education) with emphasis on participatory communication, strategic communication planning, social mobilization, participatory research, training and impact evaluation of communication interventions. Minimum of five, eight, ten 14 years of professional experience involving at least some of the following responsibilities: strategic communication planning, design and development of effective, small and large scale C4D strategies and interventions for behavior change and social transformation that nurture evidence, and promote the principles of human rights, social inclusion and accountability; social and behaviour analysis, formative research and evaluation of communication interventions; social data methods and analysis, including participatory and qualitative methods such as Participatory Action Research, Appreciative Inquiry, Focus Group Discussion; capacity building and training of government and CSOs officials and personnel. Previous work experience on child rights issues and marginalization will be considered an advantage. Direct work experience with children will be considered an advantage