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UNICEF Vietnam is looking for a qualified and passionate national consultant based in Da Nang for overall coordination of Healthy Cities for Adolescents Project (Phase 2) from 20 Feb 2023 until 5 Feb 2024.
Background:
Da Nang is the third largest city of the country, located in the central region of Viet Nam, with an adolescent and youth population of approximately 253,000, accounting for 26 per cent of the total population[1]. The city has many positive aspects, including a Strategy for Smart City Development that aims to improve citizens' access to services. It ranked first in the Viet Nam Provincial Governance and Public Performance Index (PAPI) 2022[2] index on public service delivery and e-governance and is also among the top 10 cities/provinces in Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA)’s bi-annual index on implementation of children’s rights[3]. Many policies and social assistance programs have been implemented by the city to support children from poor households, children with disabilities and homeless children.
Despite its progress, Da Nang faces multiple challenges in creating a healthy city for children, adolescents, and young people. The situation analysis of children and adolescents in Da Nang has pointed out key emerging issues of children and adolescents including child poverty, migration, malnutrition, inadequate services for child protection and for children with disabilities, social-emotional skills, participation and environmental pollution. In addition, the city’s rapid urbanization is putting pressure on public infrastructure, services and spaces, threatening the environment, children’s safety and their access to essential social services. Climate change, natural disasters, environmental pollution and disease outbreaks have all had an adverse effect on children and adolescents. In particular, the COVID-19 pandemic has severely undermined the city’s service-based economy, putting pressure on all families and children, particularly poor and near poor households in the medium- and long-term due to loss of jobs or reduced income.
Since 2019, UNICEF has supported the city of Da Nang in the Child Friendly City Initiative (CFCI) to create a healthy, dynamic, and welcoming city for all children and adolescents. The Healthy Cities for Adolescents (HCA) project - phase 1 was carried out under the umbrella of CFCI from October 2020 to April 2022. The project has achieved significant results include securing high level support and commitment from local government; successful advocacy to ensure that priorities related to adolescents’ health and wellbeing are reflected in local plans; the formation of strong partnerships with all related stakeholders including local authorities, private sector, NGOs and youth-led organizations in promoting the Healthy Cities for Adolescents project; and the expansion of adolescent and youth participation in local decision making through innovative platforms, improving adolescents’ knowledge and skills and promoting knowledge exchange among medium sized cities.
Following the successful completion of phase 1, the HCA project will be extended for three years in Da Nang, from February 2023 to February 2026, with a 4-month inception period and a 32-month implementation period. The primary goal of this phase is to support Da Nang in becoming a healthy, dynamic, and adolescent-friendly city in order to ensure the well-being and participation of adolescents and youth. This will be accomplished by generating evidence and advocating for policy to inform adolescent-friendly planning and budgeting; ensuring equitable access to quality essential services for improved adolescent well-being; and empowering adolescents and youth to participate in decision making through innovative and digital platforms. HCA phase 2 will be delivered through a consortium including UNICEF as the lead and two partners namely the Da Nang City Authority and the VN-UK Institute for Research and Executive Education.
How can you make a difference?
This assignment is expected to be conducted in Da Nang. The consultant will work mostly from home and play role as coordinator for the implementation of project activities, networking with relevant stakeholders in Da Nang, facilitating monitoring, evaluation and learning component, reporting and documentation of good practices. The consultant will attend relevant meetings, workshops, and events with stakeholders related to project activities in Da Nang to ensure that the activities are well-executed and meet the objectives and standards outlined in the proposal.
Specific responsibilities include:
Provide support to UNICEF programme sections to operationalize project interventions in Da Nang. Provide support to related partners in the project consortium in the project planning, operation and delivery of results during the inception and implementation phases. Network with various organizations based in Da Nang including local government, NGOs, youth-led, innovation and digital technology / communication organizations in maximizing the outcome of project activities. Coordinate with UNICEF related programme sections in facilitating and monitoring related project activities including arrangement of field missions and donor visits. Be responsible for reporting the progress of project activities during Phase 2 including inception report, quarterly, semi-annual and annual basis, both narrative and financial reports, and preparing inputs for donor meeting as needed. Facilitate activities in regarding to the project monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL). Develop and provide inputs to relevant concept notes, TORs, proposal and human interest stories (HIS) Perform other duties related to the CFCI in Da Nang.The full Term of Reference can be found here: TOR Da Nang based local consultant_HCA phase 2 final.pdf
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Qualifications and Experience
Bachelor’s degree, ideally in social science, international affairs, business management or communication. Masters preferred but not essential 5-7-years working experience in project management with UN agencies, international or local NGOs, global organizations focusing on adolescents and young people or youth-oriented organizations. Proven experience working directly with youth and/or facilitating participatory processes. Have a good understanding of Da Nang’s socio-economic and partnership context.Knowledge and Skills
Strong knowledge of and experience in working with adolescents and young people in urban setting. Good digital technology skills and bring evidence of success in working with social media, applying technology and digital initiatives for enhancing the participation of adolescent and young people. Strong analytical and facilitation skills Excellent teamwork and communication skills.Competencies
Proven ability to conceptualize, plan and execute innovative ideas as well as transfer knowledge and skills Have a network with a wide range of stakeholders, including youth-led organizations, government representatives, the private sector, and academia in Da Nang.Languages
Professional command of English and Vietnamese.Assessment criteria
For evaluation and selection method, the Cumulative Analysis Method (weight combined score method) shall be used for this recruitment:
a) Technical Qualification (max. 100 points) weight 70 %
Qualifications and Experience (20 points) Knowledge and Skills (35 points) Competencies (35 points) Languages (10 points)b) Financial Proposal (max. 100 points) weight 30 %
The maximum number of points shall be allotted to the lowest Financial Proposal that is opened /evaluated and compared among those technical qualified candidates who have attained a minimum 70 points score in the technical evaluation. Other Financial Proposals will receive points in inverse proportion to the lowest price.
The Contract shall be awarded to candidate obtaining the highest combined technical and financial scores, subject to the satisfactory result of the verification interview if needed.]
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Submission of applications
Interested candidates are kindly requested to apply and upload the following documents to the assigned requisition in UNICEF Vacancies: http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/
Letter of interest and confirmation of availability; CV or resume Separate Technical proposal which clearly explains the outline on how to deliver the tasks and deliverables (preferably less than 3 pages); Performance evaluation reports or references of similar consultancy assignments (if available); Separate Financial proposal: All-inclusive lump-sum cost including consultancy fee and travel cost for this assignment as per work assignment: Consultancy daily fee In-country travel for 2 trips ( 2 days each), per-diem to cover lodging, meals and any other cost associated to take over the full assignment. The travel cost shall be based on the most direct and economy fare. Medical insurance (health and accidental death, medical evacuation) for the entire duration of the contract.UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic.
UNICEF offers reasonable accommodation for consultants/individual contractors with disabilities. This may include, for example, accessible software, travel assistance for missions or personal attendants. We encourage you to disclose your disability during your application in case you need reasonable accommodation during the selection process and afterwards in your assignment.
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 be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.
Remarks:
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.
Individuals engaged under a consultancy or individual contract will not be considered “staff members” under the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s policies and procedures, and will not be entitled to benefits provided therein (such as leave entitlements and medical insurance coverage). Their conditions of service will be governed by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants and Individual Contractors. Consultants and individual contractors are responsible for determining their tax liabilities and for the payment of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with local or other applicable laws.
The selected candidate is solely responsible to ensure that the visa (applicable) and health insurance required to perform the duties of the contract are valid for the entire period of the contract. Selected candidates are subject to confirmation of fully-vaccinated status against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which must be met prior to taking up the assignment. It does not apply to consultants who will work remotely and are not expected to work on or visit UNICEF premises, programme delivery locations or directly interact with communities UNICEF works with, nor to travel to perform functions for UNICEF for the duration of their consultancy contracts.
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