National Consultancy: Children with Disabilities SitAn and Social Policy Consultant, Islamabad, Pakistan, # 539051, 11.5 months (For Pakistani Nationals only)
Job no: 539051
Position type: Consultancy
Location: Pakistan Division/Equivalent: Kathmandu(ROSA)
School/Unit: Pakistan
Department/Office: Islamabad, Pakistan
Categories: Social and Economic Policy, NO-1
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 safe home!
Pakistan was the sixth country in the world to sign and ratify the Convention on the Rights of the Child, less than one year after it was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1989. However, children and adolescents living in Pakistan still face acute challenges.
UNICEF supports the Government of Pakistan to accelerate progress for children, work to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and help children realize their rights under the Convention on the Rights of Children. This will be made through, among others things, strong partnerships with provincial authorities, teachers and health professionals, frontline workers and social mobilisers, communities and families, and of course the children and adolescents themselves.
In particular, UNICEF will work so that:
To learn more about UNICEF's work in Pakistan, please visit the country website www.unicef.org/pakistan and videos on YouTube and Vimeo
How can you make a difference?
The primary purpose of this assignment is to support the conduction of a human-rights based and equity focused situation analysis (SitAn) of children with disabilities with respect to a disaggregated assessment of the status of and trends in the realization of children's rights (CRC and CRPD). In addition, the SitAn intends to gain a deeper understanding of the immediate, underlying structural causes, issues of stigma and discrimination, other socio-cultural factors that prevent children with disabilities from enjoying all their rights,
and the interrelated roles of duty-bearer institutions.
The SitAn aims to highlight disparities and vulnerabilities and to investigate notions of the rights of and attitudes towards children with disabilities. It will also highlight the existing gender disparities. Therefore, it aims to contribute to identifying areas where the achievement of national and international development goals regarding these children can be accelerated, including sustainable development goals (SDGs), and to assess the extent of the inclusiveness of policy delivery and social protective measures, including social budgeting. The findings and recommendations that stem from the SitAn will inform evidence-based planning and decision making by all stakeholders and will also identify concrete interventions to improve the lives of children with disabilities in Pakistan.
The Social Policy Section is working on a number of climate change initiatives that would require the support from an experienced consultant, for instance, in partnership with the Ministry of Climate Change, the Section prepared a report on the impact of climate change on children in Pakistan.
Based on the recommendations of the report, the appointed consultant will support the implementation of the policy and programme recommendations from this report and will develop policy briefs and policy papers to support advocacy and the implementation of recommendations of UNICEF PCO's recent report.
To make a difference, you will be accountable for the following tasks and deliverables:
Tasks:
all comments;
Deliverables:
meetings of the Reference Group are held;
deliverables is completed;
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have...
conducting interviews regarding potentially sensitive issues;
programming;
For every Child, you demonstrate...
NOTE:
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.
Advertised: Mar 25 2021 Pakistan Standard Time Application close: Apr 08 2021 Pakistan Standard Time
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