International Consultancy – Analysis and drafting of Capacity Building Report (Remote)

UNICEF Sierra Leone is seeking to hire an international consultant to provide an updated analysis of the Capacity Building Assessment Report and to develop the costed plan for the Sierra Leone Police Force.

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Purpose of Activity/Assignment:

To provide an updated analysis of the Capacity Building Assessment Report and to develop the costed plan for the Sierra Leone Police Force.

Scope of Work:

In 2023, the CO supported the Assessment of the Sierra Leone Police Capacity for competencies on Child Protection and Child Justice, the findings of which are used to inform the development of a 5- year capacity building plan for the Sierra Leone Police Force to address the systemic issues of violence against children in contact with the law and enhance child-friendly policing across all units of the SLP. This action is also focusing on the Family Support Unit (FSU) which was established as a specialized unit attached to police stations across the country, with the mandate to investigate all forms of abuse and violence against children (sexual and physical abuse, exploitation, including commercial exploitation, as well as internal and cross-border trafficking).

The Family Support Unit also has the mandate to investigate allegations of sexual and domestic violence against women and vulnerable members of society. Some of the activities carried out by the Family Support Unit include but are not limited to the following:

1. Investigation of alleged child sexual violence and abuse cases
2. Gathering evidence for prosecution of the alleged perpetrator
3. Referrals for medical assessment and treatment of victims, when the Family Support Unit is the first point of contact and there is no medical report.

The draft capacity building report was done using several assessment tools (largely qualitative) to guide results for the assessment as regards to the knowledge of child protection/child justice of all departments of the Sierra Leone Police and assess the Police Departments competencies in investigating/dealing with cases of children in contact with the law: offenders, victims, witnesses, and children in need of care and protection.  This assessment would provide a base for evaluating the skill set and understanding about investigation of Gender Based Violence, and level of understanding of child protection/justice for children by police officers, in addition to their understanding about investigating and prosecuting children in contact and in conflict with the law.

The objective of the assignment is to:

1. Revise structure and edit the draft Capacity Building Report.
2. Analyse the secondary data (including data from field exercise)
3. Update the report based on the above No.s. 1 and 2
4. Develop a Four year Costed Capacity Building Plan

Work assignment, deliverables, timeline & payment schedule

Review of Capacity Building Report to Identify Gaps, Review of Raw Data from Field Exercise, Format for Restructuring of Report and Inception report (covering the same and methodology for the analysis). Deliverable: Inception report- include method for review, summary Review of Current Report, including data from field work and format for the new structure. Timeline 3 days

Draft Revised Report. Deliverable: revised report. Timeline 10 days

20% of Contract Value

Final Report- incorporating feedback and comments. Deliverable: Final Report. Timeline 5 days

Costed Capacity Building Plan (Draft). Deliverable: costed capacity building plan. Timeline 20 days

30% of Contract Value

Final Capacity Building Plan. Deliverable: Final costed capacity building plan. Timeline 3 days

50% of Contract Value

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

Advanced university degree in Social Sciences

Knowledge of Qualitative and other assessment

– Knowledge of the local country context

– Work experience with UNICEF Sierra Leone is an asset

– Excellent analytical and organizational skills, including effective communication and people skills; ability to communicate and coordinate with various stakeholders and to express ideas and concepts concisely and clearly in written and oral form

– Language proficiency:  Fluent in English and excellent report writing, presentation and communication skills

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/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. 

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 and Individual Contractors. Consultants and individual contractors 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.