National Consultant for integrating child-sensitive approaches in the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), 140 w/ds, Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Dushanbe
- Organization: UNICEF - United Nations Children’s Fund
- Location: Dushanbe
- Grade: Consultancy - Consultant - Contractors Agreement
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Occupational Groups:
- Children's rights (health and protection)
- Climate Change
- Closing Date: 2024-10-29
The purpose of this assignment is to provide technical and advisory support to the Committee for Environmental Protection under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan (CEP) and its NDC Secretariat, with an explicit purpose of making the NDCs more child sensitive. The consultant will play a crucial role in integrating child-sensitive approaches into Tajikistan’s Nationally Determined Contributions and other climate-related policies and initiatives
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,
The fundamental mission of UNICEF is to promote the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything the organization does — in programs, in advocacy and in operations. The equity strategy, emphasizing the most disadvantaged and excluded children and families, translates this commitment to children’s rights into action. For UNICEF, equity means that all children have an opportunity to survive, develop and reach their full potential, without discrimination, bias or favoritism. To the degree that any child has an unequal chance in life — in its social, political, economic, civic and cultural dimensions — her or his rights are violated. There is growing evidence that investing in the health, education and protection of a society’s most disadvantaged citizens — addressing inequity — not only will give all children the opportunity to fulfill their potential but also will lead to sustained growth and stability of countries. This is why the focus on equity is so vital. It accelerates progress towards realizing the human rights of all children, which is the universal mandate of UNICEF, as outlined by the Convention on the Rights of the Child, while also supporting the equitable development of nations.
This categorization underscores the urgent need to enhance the child sensitivity of Tajikistan’s climate policies. The criteria used to assess child sensitivity include:
- Explicit and meaningful reference to children and youth.
- Consideration of children and young people as rights holders, including references to children's rights or intergenerational justice and equity.
- Inclusion of child-sensitive multi-sectoral commitments addressing specific risks and vulnerabilities of children.
- Identification of children and youth as important stakeholders, ensuring their participation in the consultation process.
How can you make a difference?
DUTY STATION/DURATION:
Duration: 140 working days between 1 November 2024 - 31 May 2025
Supervisor: Emergency Specialist, UNICEF Tajikistan
Tasks/Milestone: (in line with the scope elaborated in section-III) |
Deliverables/Outputs: |
Anticipated Timeline |
% of payment |
1. Enhance the child sensitivity of NDCs, utilizing the NDC Toolkit during the NDC updating process |
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Summary of inputs and consensus from consultations; Toolkits and guidance documents
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November - December 2024 (40 days) |
15% |
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formulation, implementation, and monitoring. |
Comprehensive report identifying gaps and opportunities |
January 2025 (20 days) |
20% |
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Set of child-sensitive indicators Draft chapter/part of the NDC 3.0 document focusing on child-sensitive approaches |
February – March 2025 (40 days) |
30% |
2. Supporting Capacity Building and Training: |
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Design and deliver training workshops for NDC Secretariat staff and relevant stakeholders on child-sensitive climate policies and practices. |
Training materials and workshop reports |
April 2025 (20 days) |
15% |
3.Ensuring Child-Sensitive Interventions in National UNFCCC Commitments: |
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Represent UNICEF in technical working groups to advocate for child-sensitive interventions in national UNFCCC commitments. |
Participation reports and advocacy briefs |
November 2024 – May 2025 (10 days) |
10% |
4. Develop Key Documentation for Advocacy |
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Develop key documentation for advocacy on the development and implementation of child-sensitive climate policies, including 3-5 best practice case studies |
Advocacy documents including 3-5 best practice case studies |
April – May 2025 (10 days) |
10% |
TOTAL |
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140 working days |
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To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
- Education: Advanced degree in Environmental Science, Climate Change, Social Sciences, Economics and Public Policy, Data Science, Statistics, or related degree areas of work.
- Knowledge/Expertise/Skills required: Minimum five (5) years’ work experience in the field of climate change and environmental science, social sciences, economics and public policy or other relevant field.
- Climate Policy and Child Sensitivity Integration: In-depth understanding of climate change policy frameworks, especially NDCs under the Paris Agreement.
- Ability to integrate child-sensitive approaches into climate policies, ensuring the inclusion of children as key stakeholders.
Stakeholder Consultation and Facilitation: - Proven ability to lead consultations with government agencies, NGOs, and youth organizations to gather inputs and build consensus on child-sensitive climate policies.
- Experience in facilitating workshops and working groups with multiple stakeholders, ensuring effective communication and collaboration.
- Capacity Building: Strong experience in designing and delivering training on child-sensitive climate policies for government staff and stakeholders.
- Development of toolkits and guidance documents to implement child-sensitive approaches in climate action.
- Language Proficiency: Excellent oral and written skills in Tajik, Russian, and English to facilitate communication with various stakeholders and draft reports and policy recommendations.
- Strong interpersonal skills demonstrated by the ability to lead and gain the assistance and cooperation of others in a team endeavor.
- Ability to build trust through operating with transparency and creating an open, positive, and enabling environment.
- Ability to work in a multicultural environment.
Qualified candidates are requested to submit:
Applications must be received in the system by 29 October 2024 on UNICEF website.
For every Child, you demonstrate…
UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS).
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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.
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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.
Applications from non-qualifying applicants will most likely be discarded by the recruiting manager.