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Background & Rationale:

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Food Programme (WFP) came together to strengthen the collaboration towards achieving the sustainable development goals and formulated a joint four-year project “Strengthening community resilience in South Sudan’s Urbans Settings” from 2020-2023. The UNICEF and WFP Project is funded by the German Development Bank (KfW) and implemented in the urban and peri-urban areas of Juba County, Central Equatoria, Aweil West in Northern Bahr el Ghazal, Torit, Eastern Equatoria State and Yambio, Western Equatoria.

The Joint Resilience Programme (JRP) not only provides an opportune platform for enhanced impact through a comprehensive package of services to vulnerable communities in urban and peri-urban settings but also supports the enhancement of community resilience to shocks and stressors by increasing access to basic services in different thematic areas. This includes education and child protection, health, Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), nutrition and food security, as well as livelihoods. By providing a full package of services, the activities build the overall absorptive, adaptive, and transformative capacities of vulnerable communities in the respective areas, translating into improved resilience longer term.

In the JRP, schools, communities and health facilities serve as platforms for the integration of activities. Schools not only bring children together but also communities. After the family, schools are the most important places of learning for children; they have a central place in the community. Schools offer a stimulating learning environment for children and initiate change. If behaviours supportive of health and nutrition are practiced in school, they can act as a catalyst for positive change in health and nutrition practices. The JRP aims to create schools that are healthy learning spaces where WASH, child protection, health and nutrition activities are delivered to school-going children. 

Scope of Work:

Working under the direct supervision of the SBC specialist in Juba and the Joint Resilience Project coordinator, the SBC consultant will provide technical support in the harmonization of the  WASH, child protection, nutrition education,  health education, gender mainstreaming , school community development, child protection training materials for schools for the Government of South Sudan.   The training materials should be contextualized including a pictorial booklet and comprise: i)  a training manual which illustrates the training methodology per topic, training materials and time allocated for each topic and ii) a student’s reference booklet include key topics, key messages  and relevant pictorials.

The training module should also include myths and misconceptions that exist in the community in terms of behavior’s related to nutrition, hygiene, sanitation and health, conflict and gender-based violence among others.  Additionally, the training module should address issues around resilience building, community development and social accountability (parents / teacher feedback mechanisms, how the school takes action during emergencies, disease outbreaks, conflicts among others).

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

•              Conduct an inception meeting including the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Ministry of General Education and Instruction, Ministry of Gender, Child and Social Welfare, Ministry of Health and the participation of colleagues from UNICEF and WFP and other partners

•              Develop relations with the different ministries within the government

•              Develop a task force comprising of the relevant government ministries and other partners that will be involved in the development, review and validation of the standardized training materials.

•              Develop an inception report that details the assignment methodology and work plan

•              Collate a library of existing WASH, child protection, nutrition education, health education and PTAs training materials currently used in schools and undertake necessary review

•              Draft a contextualized harmonized SBC training curriculum for schools comprising of a i) training manual which illustrates the training methodology per topic, training materials, relevant pictorials and time allocated for each topic and ii) a student’s reference booklet include key topics, key messages and relevant pictorials.

•              In collaboration with government and task force members, conduct a pretest training for the newly developed harmonized tools, targeting teachers, students and PTAs members 

•              Revise and update the training materials to reflect necessary changes from the pretest

•              Conduct a trainer of trainer trainings to implementing partners and government partners in Juba, Aweil, Yambio and Torit, using the harmonized tools

•              Submit the draft training package to the government, UNICEF and WFP for review

•              Incorporate comments and feedback received on the draft training package and produce a final version

•              Conduct a validation workshop of the training package to the government, UNICEF and WFP

•              Submit final training package to government, UNICEF and WFP

The work envisages 2 months presence in South Sudan and one month remote

Work Assignment Overview

Working with the relevant government ministries, standardize the WASH, child protection, nutrition education, health education, gender mainstreaming, school community development, child protection training materials for schools for the Government of South Sudan. The training materials should include a pictorial booklet   and comprise: i)  a training manual which illustrates the training methodology per topic, training materials and time allocated for each topic and ii) a student’s reference booklet include key topics, key messages  and relevant pictorials.

 1.  Inception report for the consultancy detailing the assignment methodology, proposed modules to be included in the harmonized materials and workplan.

2.   Draft context relevant harmonized SBC training curriculum comprising of a i) training manual which illustrates the training methodology per topic, training materials and time allocated for each topic and ii) a student’s reference booklet include key topics, key messages and relevant pictorials.

3.  Final pre-test training report submitted to government, UNICEF and WFP, that details proposed changes to be made to the training package

1. Final training report submitted to government, implementing partners and PTA members using the updated draining package

2. Final harmonised training manual and students booklet and accompanying pictorial booklet submitted to government, WFP and UNICEF 

Minimum Qualifications required:

Knowledge/Expertise/Skills required:

•   Master’s degree in Mass Communication, Social Science or related field.

•   4 years’ experience in SBC in emergencies in risk communication and community engagement in developing countries.

•   Additional 3 years of relevant experience in lieu of a master’s degree.

•   Experience in working on immunization –preferably prior experience in new vaccine introduction.

•   Strong verbal and written communication skills.

•   Willingness to travel and work in field environments.

•    Excellent written and spoken English is required. Knowledge of local language (Arabic) of the country is considered as an asset.

All applications must be submitted with detailed financial and technical proposal

Payment Schedule

Payment will be done upon delivery of key task and submission of all necessary reports as stipulated in the detailed  in the vacancy announcement.

https://www.unicef.org/southsudan/

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UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.

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.