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Under the direction of the Child Protection Specialist (Services), the consultant will further map counselling services and the role of chaplains in schools across the 4 countries targeted for the assignment (Fiji, Solomon Islands, and Tonga, Tuvalu). The mapping will include the current policy environment, existing standard operating procedures and processes in place, capacity of service providers and geographical and thematic scope of services available. The mapping should refer to equity in service provision, looking at accessibility for specifically e.g., girls and children with disabilities. This mapping will be conducted through a remote desk review as well as online interviews with a few selected key stakeholders in each of the countries, as identified between the UNICEF team and the consultant.

This action seeks to achieve the PaCREF miles stones on ensuring Child protection in Schools policies are up to date and addresses current issues for protection in schools. It will also review the status of the quality of counselling in schools considering its effectiveness, efficiency and relevance while providing a compendium of relevant resources that could contextualized and used for MHPSS service delivery in schools. Based on this mapping the consultant will assess the quality, effectiveness and impact of existing counselling services on the lives of children, care givers, teachers and school administrators in selected schools in Fiji, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Kiribati, Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu and FSM. The assessment should lead to concrete recommendations, tailored for the Pacific region versus specific for the different countries as required, to be taken forward by UNICEF together with government stakeholders and other relevant partners (including faith-based organizations, local administrators, community leaders and civil society organizations). The assessment and CP policy work will be supported by in-country travel to each of the targeted countries, to ensure interaction with key stakeholders, including counsellors, teachers, principals and government staff in ministries responsible for education, mental health care and child protection.

The consultant will also support four countries with the review and endorsement, and operationalization of the child protection and safe school policies and support the development of a professional training curriculum and standard operational procedures on the CP policy in Fiji, Tuvalu, Tonga, and Solomon Islands.

The consultant will draft a review covering the status of existing Child Protection /Safe Schools Policies, and their implementation in Fiji, Tuvalu, Tonga, and Solomon Islands; identify gaps, and opportunities, and develop a detailed multi-country work plan in consultation with Government partners, UNICEF Pacific MCO and Field Offices, outlining tailored support for full implementation based on the findings of the review.

Please refer to the  TOR.pdf for further information on the deliverables and the timelines.

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

Education:

• An Advanced University degree in international development, human rights, international law, mental health or psychology, or other relevant field is required.

Experience & Skills:

• A minimum of 5 years of professional experience in conducting research, impact assessments and leading evidence generation work, is required.
• Relevant experience in MHPSS or child protection, some of which preferably is from a developing country, is required.
• Experience in both development and humanitarian contexts is an added advantage; as is experience from working in the Pacific.
• Experience working in a UN system agency or UN organization is an asset.

• Proven ability to work independently under difficult conditions.

Language:

• Fluency in written and spoken English is a requirement; knowledge of a local language of any of the targeted countries will be considered an asset.