Uganda: Consultancy - Programme Development Consultant - 60 days (Open to International Professionals only)

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Uganda is one of the over 190 countries and territories around the world where we work to overcome the obstacles that poverty, violence, disease, and discrimination place in a child’s path.Together with the Government of Uganda and partners we work towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals, the objectives of the Uganda National Development Plan, and the planned outcomes of the United Nations Development Assistance Framework.

Visit this link for more information on Uganda Country Office https://www.unicef.org/uganda/

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Under the supervision of the Education Specialist, the Consultant will support the development of the programming documents for Uganda, with specific attention to RBM (consisting of a Situation Analysis, a Theory of Change, a joint results framework, a costed work plan and a costed M&E plan) in alignment with the UNDAF and the Government of Uganda National Development Plan. The consultant will coordinate the planning and drafting of the programme documents and ensure timely and quality inputs on programme design from the involved Agencies, the Donor, Private sector, Government, Beneficiary groups (including Adolescents and Young People) and other stakeholders. The programme design should be in line with the Global Visioning paper on “Inclusive Jobs and Education for displaced persons and host communities”.

Background

Uganda has a longstanding history of hosting refugees with close to 1.1 million refugees and asylum seekers. Uganda is experiencing both protracted and growing refugee situations. These protracted situations as well as the recent influx of refugees has strained the resources of the humanitarian system, posing challenges to cover all assistance needs. The new refugee inflows also overstretched the economy and put enormous pressure onto host communities, including access to land and essential services such as education and protection.

Children, adolescents and youth make up the highest population bracket among the displaced populations in Uganda. About 57 percent of school-aged refugee children are out of school, the majority of whom are girls. Adolescents and youth (aged 14-24) account for 33 percent of the refugee population in Uganda. The majority are over-aged and out of school and suffer from the lack of appropriate learning and employment opportunities.

Many refugees and hosts have limited income-generating opportunities. Challenges faced by refugees and hosts across all settlements include: education and skills gap; lack of access to capital/ formal financial services; lack of access to cultivable land; limited access to water for agricultural use; nonexistent or bad market connectivity; poor financial literacy and low exposure to modern agricultural techniques; and few formal employment opportunities.

Uganda is implementing one of the most progressive refugee regimes in the world. The Refugee Act (2006) guarantees refugees’ fundamental rights, including the right to participate in gainful employment; freedom of movement; right to property; establish businesses; and the right to association such as trade unions. Refugees residing in settlements receive humanitarian assistance and are also given a modest piece of land by the government for shelter and agricultural use. The GoU has made self-reliance central to Uganda’s approach towards the refugee response.

In response to this context, UNICEF, UNHCR, ILO and the World Bank are developing a joint approach to respond to the forced displacement situation in Uganda, called “Inclusive jobs and Education for forcibly displaced persons and host communities”.

The joint approach will be implemented in partnership with the Government of the Netherlands. A joint Visioning Note has been developed as a first step in the process. This first step will be followed by the detailed design of the joint approach spelled out in a Programme Document in line with Results Based Management (RBM) principles (as per United Nations Development Group RBM Handbook) (between December 2018 and May 2019).

Key Tasks:

Toqualify asan advocate for every child you will have…

1. EDUCATION (knowledge):

2. EXPERIENCE:

Required:

3. SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF’s core values of Commitment, Diversity and Integrity and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.

The competencies required for this post are….

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http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/files/UNICEF_Competencies.pdf

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, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles.

Remarks:

Mobility is a condition of international professional employment with UNICEF and an underlying premise of the international civil service.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages qualified female and male candidates from all national, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of our organization. To apply, click on the following link http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/?job=518239