Consultant for Conflict Sensitivity and Peacebuilding

Oct 23, 2018 | UN Children's Fund
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The increasing focus on conflict-affected and fragile contexts in UNICEF’s humanitarian and development programmes drives our commitment to conflict sensitivity and the promotion of peaceful and inclusive societies. This requires additional capacities that can be deployed flexibly, to meet the support needs of UNICEF Country Offices.

Successful candidates will be placed on a roster and considered for individual assignments as requested by UNICEF Country Offices.

BACKGROUND

A quarter of the world’s children – more than 500 million – grow up experiencing violent conflict and chronic crisis. These children also face the largest challenges in the realization of their rights, which is why UNICEF programmes often operate in conflict-affected and fragile places. Seventy percent of UNICEF programme resources today are invested in these contexts.

UNICEF has made it a priority to ensure conflict sensitivity and to identify programming entry points to address underlying causes of conflict. In 2016, the organization published the UNICEF Guide to Conflict Analysis and the UNICEF Conflict Sensitivity and Peacebuilding Programming Guide. Both guiding documents were developed based on field experience and evidence from UNICEF programmes and contain a specific child focus.

SCOPE OF WORK

UNICEF is seeking qualified individual consultants with technical expertise in the following areas:

Conflict Analysis

  • Desk review of existing conflict analyses with a child rights focus
  • Participatory conflict analysis
  • Youth led conflict analysis

Conflict sensitivity / do-no-harm

  • Conflict sensitivity analysis in a development context
  • Conflict sensitivity analysis in a humanitarian context
  • Do-no-harm training and capacity building

Peacebuilding

  • Design and planning of peacebuilding programmes
  • Data collection, M&E
  • Adolescent participation and peacebuilding
  • Gender-transformative peacebuilding
  • Peacebuilding in UNICEF programme areas
    • Education
    • Health and nutrition
    • Water, sanitation and hygiene
    • Child protection
    • Early childhood development
    • Communication for development (C4D)

PERIOD OF ASSIGNMENT

As this call for applications is related to developing a roster of individuals, there is no particular assignment that is being advertised at this time. Expressions of interest will be screened for potential inclusion in the roster for a period of two years. Individuals who are placed on the roster may be contacted to submit proposals based on Terms of Reference for specific assignments.  The period, type, deliverables and accountabilities of each assignment will be determined by the Terms of Reference.

DESIRED PROFILE

Qualified individual consultants who meet the following requirements are invited to submit an EOI.

  • Advanced university (Master's) degree in social science or a related field
  • 7 years of relevant experience in peacebuilding, international development or humanitarian affairs
  • Expertise in peacebuilding and conflict resolution
  • Experience in experience of conducting conflict/sensitivity/ conflict analysis and/or research on conflict and its causes and approaches to conflict transformation
  • Excellent analytical skills in the areas of risk, resilience, fragility and conflict
  • Excellent writing and presentation skills
  • Knowledge and understanding of child rights and human rights-based approach to programming
  • Demonstrated understanding of issues related to confidentiality, data safety and other ethical concerns related to the sharing on sensitive data
  • Previous experiences of practicing participatory methods for conducting research and planning
  • Excellent organizational skills and demonstrated ability to work under deadlines
  • Proven ability to work in a team and intercultural environment, with minimal supervision
  • Ability to work in French, Spanish or Arabic an advantage.

SUBMISSION OF EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI)

Interested individuals should complete the online application form and provide the additional requested documents specified in the application form to nfernandes@unicef.org no later than close of business on 11 November 2018. Please quote “EOI for Individual consultant to support risk-informed programming” as the subject in your correspondence.

This EOI does not constitute a solicitation. We do not require bids or proposals at this stage; we merely seek your expression of interest in being on a roster of individuals and institutions related to resource mobilization. A response to this Call for Expression of Interest does not automatically ensure that you will be selected to participate in a tender.

UNICEF reserves the right to change or cancel requirements at any time during the EOI and/or solicitation process. UNICEF also reserves the right to require compliance with additional conditions as and when issuing a final tender document. Responses received without a duly completed form or an incomplete form will not be considered. If you have any questions about this EOI, please email Nancy Fernandes (nfernandes@unicef.org), Humanitarian Action and Transition Section, Programme Division.

We are seeking consultants for all regions where UNICEF operates. Applicants are requested to list those countries in which they have previous work experience.

Please indicate your ability, availability and daily/monthly rate (in US$) to undertake the terms of reference above (including travel and daily subsistence allowance, if applicable). Applications submitted without a daily/monthly rate will not be considered.