National Individual Consultant: Child Protection Consultant at UNICEF
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Tanzania Jobs » Consultancy » National Individual Consultant: Child Protection Consultant at UNICEF January, 2024
Job no: 568723
Contract type: Consultant
Level: Consultancy
Location: United Republic of Tanzania
Categories: Child Protection
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Despite multiple interventions, the practice of child marriage continues in Tanzania, exposing young girls to sexual exploitation while denying them the right to education. Three in ten women aged 20-24 years are married by the age of 18, making Tanzania the country with the 11th highest number of child brides in the world. Girls as young as 14 are being forced into marriage as the rising cost of living pushes families to the edge of survival. In Tanzania, adolescent girls can be legally married at the age of 14 with the consent of the court and at the age of 15 with parental consent. Human Rights Watch has documented the devastating lifelong consequences of child marriage for girls, including impacts on girls’ health when they become pregnant when still too young, the increased risks of domestic violence including marital rape, and how marriage and pregnancy end their education. Songwe is the leading region in Tanzania with the highest rates of teenage pregnancies, standing at 44.7%. In Tanzania, as per the re-entry circular 2 of 2021, schools are not to expel any child from school who had dropped out of school due to pregnancy. A child who drops out can return to school within a period of two years while receiving guidance and counselling. However, some girls who drop out of school due to pregnancy have limited opportunities to return to formal schooling due to a lack of childcare options while they attend school. To avoid stigma, some girls opt not to return to their school but rather attend a different school, far from the one they were attending previously. Tanzania has committed to eliminate child marriage by 2030 in line with target 5.3 of the Sustainable Development Goals.
UNICEF Tanzania has prioritized adolescence as a key pillar of the new country programme 2022-2027. Eliminating child marriage accelerates the achievement of adolescent girls’ rights across multiple sectors hence it is strongly aligned to UNICEF Tanzania’s priority on adolescence as well as the government’s National Plan of Action to End Violence Against Women and Children (NPA-VAWC) 2017/18-2021/22 and National Accelerated Action and Investment Agenda for Adolescent Health and Well Being (NAIA-AHW) 2021/22–2024/25. UNICEF Tanzania is therefore implementing an Integrated Adolescent Girls Programme (IAGP) focusing on eliminating child marriage in Songwe Region. During implementation, UNICEF will document lessons learnt and good practices that are transformative for adolescent girls’ empowerment.
How can you make a difference?
UNICEF Tanzania is seeking a qualified national individual consultant to Support coordination of the Integrated Adolescent Girls Programme (IAGP) in Songwe and provide child protection oversight in Mbeya, Iringa, Njombe, and Songwe regions.
Scope of Work:
The Consultant will coordinate the implementation of IAGP at different levels in Songwe Region with a specific focus on strengthening gender-transformative parenting (Child Protection) and community-based social norms programming (Social Behavior Change and Child Protection). The consultancy involves working with key Government and Non-Governmental actors as well as communities, e.g., adolescents (girls and boys), families, traditional and religious leaders, and other community influencers to challenge harmful social norms and practices and promote gender equality. The consultant will also provide technical oversight on child protection interventions which are implemented in Mbeya, Iringa, Njombe, and Songwe (MINS) regions.
Expected outputs/Deliverables:
| SN | WORK ASSIGNMENT | DELIVERABLES | DELIVERY | PAYMENT (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Inception activities: | i. Inception meetings with UNICEF Dar and Mbeya Field offices (Child Protection, Education, Innovation, SBC, etc.) to identify priorities for the consultancy. ii. Annual implementation work plan. | 28 Feb 2024 | 9% |
| 2 | IAGP coordination: | i. Conduct an inception meeting with regional and LGA officials with a focus on fostering integration and convergence of adolescent programmes in Songwe. | 31 March | 9% |
| 3 | Child protection and Gender-transformative parenting: | i. Training of coaches for Furaha Teens. ii. Coordinate smooth implementation of Furaha Teens and uploading of pre and post assessments into the KOBO system. iii. Coordinate the recruitment of beneficiaries for wave 3 of Furaha Teens. iv. Coordinate the distribution of the Furaha family handbook to all beneficiaries (past and current). v. Child protection systems strengthening implementation oversight and reporting in MINS. | 30 April 2024 | 9% |
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Payment Schedule:
Payment of professional fees will be based on submission of agreed deliverables. UNICEF reserves the right to withhold payment in case the deliverables submitted are not up to the required standard or in case of delays in submitting the deliverables on the part of the consultant.
Assessment/Selection Process and Methods:
The Financial Proposal should include all costs of this assignment, including fee, travel costs, accommodation as UNICEF will not pay any DSA. The financial proposal should be in Tanzanian shillings.
Proposals will be both technically and financially evaluated. The technical part will carry a weight of 75%, in which the consultant will be evaluated in terms of their education level and work experience. The financial part will carry 25%, showing the proposed budget breakdown of consultancy cost for each deliverable (fees, travels, and accommodation) and eventual total
Deadline: 19 Jan 2024 E. Africa Standard Time
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