Consultant – Annual Report preparation: WASH, Climate & Environment, UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Regional Office (EAPRO), Bangkok, Thailand

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 fulfilling 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, a better future

UNICEF works to ensure the rights of all children in the East Asia and Pacific Region.  This means the rights of every child living in this country, irrespective of their nationality, gender, religion or ethnicity, to:

• survival – to basic healthcare, peace and security;
• development – to a good education, a loving home and adequate nutrition;
• protection – from abuse, neglect, trafficking, child labour and other forms of exploitation; and
• participation – to express opinions, be listened to and take part in making any decisions that affect them

How can you make a difference?

UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Regional Office is seeking an international consultant to prepare annual reports for 2023, 2024 and 2025 of the achievements of the East Asia & Pacific Regional Office in the thematic areas of WASH, Climate and Environment.

Purpose of Assignment:

The UNICEF Strategic Plan (SP) Goal Area 4 aims to ensure that all children live in a clean and safe environment and have access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene services in all settings.

UNICEF’s East Asia and Pacific Regional Office (EAPRO) supports the achievement of this ambition through provision of technical assistance, capacity building and thought leadership. These functions and the goals of the EAPRO are expressed in the Regional Office Management Plan (ROMP) 2022-2025. EAPRO supports 14 country offices representing work in 27 countries and territories in the EAP region.

Annually, there is a need to take stock of progress achieved through all 14 country offices and EAPRO under Goal Area 4 by developing a concise annual report for publication by EAPRO. The annual report should summarize progress achieved towards all SP indicators under Goal Area 4, and be structured along the themes of the 3 results areas in the SP (results areas 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3). The report should include a data summary and a summary of expenditures, and be structured broadly following the guidelines for UNICEF thematic reports. This may require communication with UNICEF country offices to collect relevant examples and verify final text and data. This is a home-based consultancy.

Work assignment, Expected deliverable and Delivery schedule:

Assignment 1: Prepare UNICEF EAPRO Annual Report for 2023 summarizing all achievements under Goal Area 4 from all 14 country offices and EAPRO

Expected deliverable 1: 2023 annual report for EAPRO prepared and available online

Delivery schedule: 31 July 2024

Assignment 2: Prepare UNICEF EAPRO Annual Report for 2024 summarizing all achievements under Goal Area 4 from all 14 country offices and EAPRO

Expected deliverable 2: 2024 annual report for EAPRO prepared and available online

Delivery schedule: 31 March 2025

Assignment 3: Prepare UNICEF EAPRO Annual Report for 2025 summarizing all achievements under Goal Area 4 from all 14 country offices and EAPRO

Expected deliverable 3: 2025 annual report for EAPRO prepared and available online

Delivery schedule: 31 March 2026

Duration of Contract:    June 2024 – 30 April 2026
 

Duty Travel:  None
 

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

• Advanced University degree in Water Engineering, Environmental Sciences, Public Health, Social Sciences or related disciplines

• This consultancy requires at least 15 years of experience in the WASH or climate sector at a senior level.

• Experience preparing UNICEF global or regional annual reports, including thematic reports, summary of results and expenditures

• Excellent written English skills; submission of written sample

Interested candidates are requested to submit CV, full contact information of minimum 3 references, availability, a writing sample and proposed daily professional fee in USD by 16 June 2024.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF’s values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS).

To view our competency framework, please visit here.

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 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.

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. Consultants 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.