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UNICEF vacancy notice geo/ssa/2011/008

CONSULTANT

FOR THE CENTRE OF CHILDREN AND WOMAN’S RIGHTS OF THE PUBLIC DEFENDER’S
OFFICE

Terms of Reference

Position Title: Consultant for the Centre of Children and
Woman’s Rights of the Public Defender’s Office

Type of Contract: Service Contract

Starting Date: June, 2011

Duration of Initial Contract: 5 month

Background

The Child Rights Center was established within the Office of the Public
Defender (PDO) of Georgia in 2001. In 2009 Center’s mandate was broadened by
assigning a function of monitoring of woman’s rights. Since then the Center
was titled as the “Centre of Child’s and Woman’s Rights” (CCWR). The
functions of the CCWR include: promoting and monitoring children’s rights,
public awareness-raising and education on children’s rights, developing
recommendations for legislative and administrative authorities, handling
complaints of individuals and carrying out investigations about children’s
rights violations in Georgia.

In 2010 with the support of UNICEF a comprehensive strategy and three years
working plan on strengthening Child Right’s Monitoring by PDO were developed
with the support of the international consultant. The purpose of this
assignment was to ensure that the PDO had the capacity to monitor, promote
and protect children’s rights through adequate, effective and accessible
mechanisms that take into account the specific needs of children.

The strategy defines six main objectives/priorities, which are as follows:

1. Raising the productivity of the CWRC
2. Improving the visibility of the work of the CWRC and raising public
awareness about children’s rights
3. Improving the capacity of the CWRC to detect children’s rights
violations
4. capacity to influence law and policy development
5. Strengthening international relations
6. Constructing a child friendly institution.

UNICEF Georgia in partnership with the PDO seeks to recruit a consultant
based in the CCWR who will support the Center in the implementation of the
Strategy and improved monitoring of Children’s rights .

General Responsibilities of the Consultant

– Participate in daily functioning of CCWR

– Support the implementation of different components of the CCWR
strategy

Tasks

– Design and implement information campaign on children’s rights
addressed to schools, medical centers, institutions, IDP settlements etc.

– Develop training materials for schools and other institutions
about the role of the PDO on children’s rights.

– Support to the work of the NGO council focusing on Child Rights
issues at the Office of the Public Defender.

– Design and publish an annual newsletter on the activities of
CCWR.

– Update the website of CCWR incorporating child-friendly reference
inviting children to speak out.

– Support to establishing PDO-CWRC “ambassadors” (young people’s
council) and facilitate their activities during the 5 months.

– Develop a research project (Desk review) for identifying most
invisible areas of children’s rights in Georgia.

– and other tasks required by the supervisor.

Competencies and Skills

Academic Background: Graduate degree in communication, public relations and
social sciences;

Relevant work experience: Three to five years of relevant professional
experience in the area of communication/public relations and/or project
management.

Technical/Functional:

* Knowledge of current theories and practices in communication;
* professional work experience in communication/PR;
* Ability to do research, analyse, evaluate and synthesize
information;
* General ability to draft clearly and concisely ideas and concepts in
written and oral form;
* Awareness of the local and international standards of Human/child
Rights;
* Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age
sensitivity and adaptability;
* Demonstrated ability to work with civil society organizations
towards combating child rights violations in Georgia;
* Fluent (written and spoken) English and Georgian, Russian
(preferable);
* Proficient in IT skills

Behavioral

* Ability to work as a member of a team
* Excellent interpersonal communication skills, initiative and
dynamism
* Ability to work in an international and multicultural environment
* Maturity, ability to take decisions under pressure and ability to
deal with matters that are politically or culturally sensitive
* Ability to approach work with energy and a positive, constructive
attitude
* Openness to change and ability to manage complexities

Supervision:

Day-to-day work is supervised and facilitated by the Head of the Child and
Women’s Rights Centre of the PDO.

Payment method

Considering the expertise needed the candidate is equivalent to the NOA
grade and in entitled to receive the relevant remuneration.

The service payment in GEL will be effected by UNICEF on monthly bases upon
satisfactory performance and delivery of high quality service based on the
inputs provided by the PDO.

Leave

– The consultant has no entitlement for annual leave, sick leave,
maternity, adoption or paternity leave or any other kinds of special leave.
In cases of absence from duty, the Consultant’s fees will be pro-rated on
the basis of 21 work-days in a month .

– Health Insurance: UNICEF does not provide or arrange health
insurance coverage for consultants. Health Statement forms must be submitted
to UNICEF prior to signing the contract.

Termination of the Contract

1. The contract may be terminated by either party before its expiry
date by giving a 14 days notice in writing to the other party.
2. However, in the event of termination on the ground of misconduct,
UNICEF will be entitled to terminate the contract without notice. In such
case, the Contractor will be compensated on a pro-rata basis for no more
than the actual amount of work completed to the satisfaction of UNICEF.

How to apply

If you are interested in the position and have the required qualifications,
please hand-deliver your application in a sealed envelope, labelled as
“VACANCY NOTICE GEO/SSA/2011/008” by 18:00 of Thursday 16 June 2011. Your
application must be in English and must include:

(1) Cover Letter with the indication of possible start date

(2) detailed Curriculum Vitae and

(3) completed UN Personal History Form (can be downloaded from
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The envelope should be placed in the vacancy box with the respective label
on it, located in the Entrance Hall of the UN house, 9 Eristavi Street,
Vake, Tbilisi 0179, Georgia. Incomplete applications or applications
received after the above deadline will not be considered and only
short-listed applicants will be contacted.