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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 Champion!

How can you make a difference?

The purpose of this consultancy is to support UNICEF in Albania in strengthening the change management aspects of the Extended Program Review exercise that has started from April and will be completed by end 2024. The consultant will work under the direct guidance of the Office Management team and will report to the Deputy Representative.

Specific tasks and deliverables of the consultant are:

1. Work with Management on revisiting EPR roadmap and identify missing components (if any) and develop a short action plan to address them

Deliverable 1: EPR roadmap reviewed and change management components added to the document; Short action plan submitted.

Timeline: by end of September 2024, 6 working days in total

2. Organize a short workshop with EPR Task Force to enable the TF to lead changes in their respective teams as per the EPR process.The outcome of the workshop will be to understand the need for top priorities/flagships and clarity and commitment towards next steps

Deliverable 2: Workshop with the EPR Task Force organized

Timeline: By mid October, 6 working days

3. Organize a full office retreat to facilitate communication on EPR changes. management will communicate EPR changes and clarity and commitment from team is secured)

Deliverable 3:  Office retreat to facilitate communication on the changes is organized with all staff.

Timeline: By end November 2024, 8 working days

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

• An advanced university degree (Master’s or higher) in social and economic development, or related areas. Bachelor’s degrees in a related field with 2 years of qualifying experience might be accepted in lieu of the master’s degree
• A minimum of 10 years of experience in a range of transformation disciplines
• Experience in change management, organizational design, process improvements and communications
• Excellent Relationship building skills
• Excellent skill in writing and verbal communication in English

What to submit:

– an Updated CV

– A methodology proposal on how you will approach the work

– Financial proposal: daily fee in USD (all taxes inclusive)

The duration of the Assignment will be from mid- September – end November 2024 for 20 working days.

If any question related to the TOR of this assignment, please contact Elvana Pernaska at epernaska@unicef.org

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.