Consultant – Child Protection, Rights and Counter Terrorism Req.#567282

• Country: USA
• Organization: UNICEF 
• Deadline: 2023-11-15
• No of Vacancies: N/A

 Scope of Work:

• The consultant will support the development of a UNICEF internal Guidance Note on support for children in deprived of liberty in humanitarian settings.
• The consultant will contribute to the development of a set of core guidelines for all UN entities engaging in Al-Hol, Al-Roj and places detention in the northeast of Syria on a child-centred and child rights-based approach.
• The consultant will support UNICEF in the implementation of EC Decision 2023/11 on terrorism and violent extremism in the Sahel and Lake Chad Basin
• The consultant will provide technical expertise in the revision of Integrated Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Standard (IDDRS) especially on Armed Groups Designated as Terrorist Organizations (AGDTO)
• The consultant will provide technical support to UNICEF to promote full and adequate funding of responses in Al Hol, Al Roj and places of detention in Northeast Syria through the Global Framework and its Multi-Partner Trust Fund (MPTF)
• The consultant will support the finalization of the Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action’s Key Considerations on AGDTO
• The consultant will support the coordination of the UNICEF Child Protection Global Technical Team (GTT) on foreign children stranded in NES.

 Terms of Reference / Key Deliverables:

• Final detailed Work Plan for consultancy

By 31 December 2023

• End of Consultancy Report

By 30 November 2024

• Summary of Desk review of resources on principles and approaches related to delivery of support for children detained in humanitarian settings

By 31 December 2023

• First draft of technical note on supporting children in detention in humanitarian settings

By 29 February 2024

• Final guidance note on supporting children in detention in humanitarian settings

By 31 March 2024

• Guidance note is disseminated. Presentation materials for webinar are developed and a webinar is delivered to introduce the guidance note to relevant HQ, RO and Cos

By 30 April 2024

• Summary of desk review drafted

Draft core child centered guidelines for UN entities engaging in Al-Hol, Al-Roj and places detention in the northeast of Syria (hereafter “core guidelines on Al Hol”)

By 29 February 2024

• Finalized core guidelines on Al Hol

By 30 June 2024

• Draft one set of key messages and talking points on core guidelines on Al Hol

By 30 August 2024

• Finalize one key messages and talking points on core guidelines on Al Hol

By 30 September 2024

• Technical inputs into methodology and report for a human rights assessment on protection challenges and risks for children, women and families in the Sahel and Lake Chad Basin

By 31 October 2024

• Technical and coordination support provided to draft UN joint-framework to support Member States to use child-rights approaches in the Sahel and Lake Chad Basin

By 31 October 2024

• Contribution to Revised IDDRS 6.50 on AGDTO

By 30 November 2024

• Contribute to a mapping of funding streams to support populations in Al Hol, Al Roj, and places of detention in NES

By 30 April 2024

• Based on the mapping of funding streams to support populations in Al Hol, Al Roj, and places of detention in NES, support finalization of resource mobilization strategy.

By 31 May 2024

• The document “Key Considerations on AGDTO” is finalized

By 31 January 2023

• Presentation materials for the webinar are developed and Webinar is conducted

By 31 March 2024

• 4 Agendas, Meeting Minutes capturing progress, constraints, objectives and action points

By 30 September 2024

• BID SoPs finalized, BID training materials finalized, 4 Agendas and Meeting minutes of coordination calls on BID are developed

By 30 August 2024

• Written and/or graphic analysis of 2023 returns and repatriation of TCN children from NES to Countries of Origin

By 30 April 2024

Qualifications

Education:

• Masters/University degree Psychology, law, social sciences, international development, child protection

Work experience:

• Minimum of 8 years’ experience in child protection, law, humanitarian programme management, human rights, and or security / counterterrorism; experience in operations in the field and advantage.

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