Recrutement de 01 Setting up a roster of national legal consultants with expertise on child-friendly justice and the human rights of the child

Recrutement de 01 Setting up a roster of national legal consultants with expertise on child-friendly justice and the human rights of the child

Contract type: Consultant
Duty Station: Tirana
Level: Consultancy
Location: United States, Albania
Categories: Child Protection
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PURPOSE OF ASSIGNMENT
UNICEF ALBANIA welcomes expressions of interest from experts who wish to join a local roster of pre-qualified consultants to provide technical assistance to UNICEF in Albania. The purpose of this local roster is to assist in identifying prospective external candidates for individual consultants in Albania.
UNICEF Albania is seeking local consultants with legal expertise on various areas of child-friendly and accessible justice, national human rights institutions and various aspects of human rights of the child. If selected, candidates will be placed in a stand-by Consultant Roster of qualified and experienced pre-screened consultants for short- and longer-term consultancy assignments that will have validity until 2026. These assignments may also be remote.
Becoming a Pre-Qualified Consultant in the UNICEF Roster is a one-off standard application for potential assignments. Once pre-qualified, consultants will be contacted as and when needed, to provide their offer for taking on specific assignments. Over this period, UNICEF will make use of the roster for eligible consultancy requirements. Therefore, this is a unique opportunity for any interested and qualified candidates to submit one single application and, if entered onto the Roster, to be considered for any future assignments in the relevant area of expertise.

SCOPE OF WORK
While the roster will primarily support those UNICEF outputs dedicated to children’s equitable access to child friendly justice, the work with the Parliament and with the national human rights institutions, any of the sectors of UNICEF programming around child rights may turn to this roster for identification of relevant candidates with legal expertise to provide technical and operational support in the development, planning and implementation of UNICEF programming with UNICEF Albania. Candidates will be selected in particular with regard to one or more of the following areas of expertise:

1. Criminal law (e.g. violence against children; child marriage; trafficking; cybercrime; etc.)
2. Family/civil law (e.g. child marriage; alternative care; custody; child support; domestic or gender-based violence; child protection measures; labour law; etc.)
3. Public/administrative law (e.g. public oversight bodies or national human rights institutions; migration and asylum; equality and non-discrimination (including gender); legislation in various areas of child rights; such as education, health, social care; international reporting; support for EU accession; etc.)

The consultants may be requested to deliver/contribute to one or more of the following tasks:

a) Provide expertise on reviewing and/or developing legislative/policy/regulatory framework for child rights and particularly the child’s right to and access to justice in Albania, pursuant to international, EU and Council of Europe standards.
b) Conduct research/analysis on child rights, public oversight for child rights and child-friendly and accessible justice in Albania.
c) Prepare reports and other written contributions on child rights and justice for children in Albania.
d) Advise and assist the GoA on child rights advancement as part of the process of EU accession
e) Develop and deliver capacity-building activities (training, coaching, mentoring, etc.) for law enforcement, justice professionals, national human rights institutions, and other frontline service providers in the framework of child rights and justice for children in Albania.

In the motivation letter, candidates are expected to indicate both the area(s) of expertise and task(s) as per the list above, where they feel stronger and/or have professional interest.

Deliverables cannot be estimated with certainty at this stage, but typical tasks whether individual or in collaboration with other professionals may include:
- Legal and comparative analysis; determination of gaps in legislation and/or public policies; formulation of legal opinions or conducting legal opponency of various legal documents.
- Drafting of provisions and/or amendments, such as Criminal Code, Criminal Procedures Code, Family Code, Child Rights and Protection Law, health-, education-, social care-, gender equality-, child protection-related legislation, including sub-legal acts.
- Drafting of Memoranda of Understanding/Agreement, of administrative acts, such as development of job descriptions/profiles, organigrammes, conducting capacity assessment of public authorities, etc.
- Develop, review and improve curricula, training manuals, training modules and designing other relevant types of capacity building; deliver such capacity building interventions.
- Develop advocacy pieces, serve as public speaker and influencer, moderate and facilitate public policy debate, consultations and brainstorming
- Develop public strategies and action plans in various areas of child rights, child protection, governance and/or justice
- Support Government and public oversight bodies to formulate questionnaires, tools, conduct monitoring and develop monitoring/oversight reports and recommendations for various violations of child rights
- Offer technical assistance, guidance, coaching and mentoring to various law enforcement, justice, care, public oversight professionals

ESTIMATED DURATION OF ROSTER: 36 Months

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
Bachelor’s degree in law
Master’s degree, whether in Law, Political Sciences, Public Administration, Human Rights.
PhD or higher academic studies are considered a plus
A minimum of 10 (ten) years of progressively responsible, professional experience in the area of Justice for Children, and human rights of the child.
Deep knowledge, understanding of and demonstrated through work experience, publications and various engagements in the areas of expertise and tasks listed under the “Scope of Work” section of this ToR.
Previous relevant experience with the United Nations, and/or international cooperation agencies is considered an asset.
Be able to work both individually and in groups
Excellent spoken & written Albanian and English
The application to be submitted through the online portal should contain the separate attachments as listed hereunder:

i. Motivation letter indicating area(s) of expertise (Criminal law, Family/civil law, Public/administrative law and task(s) as per the list a) to e) identified under Scope of Work section above. Please indicate further subareas of expertise. You may indicate one or more areas of expertise and one or more tasks where you feel you have expertise and professional interest. This combination between areas of expertise and tasks will help UNICEF determine sub-groups of expertise as part of the roster.

ii. The latest Curriculum Vitae (CV) (to be uploaded online)

iii. Submit an indicative financial proposal with a daily fee in local currency (LEK).

iv. Scanned copies of education certificates (both Bachelor's and Master's)

Without all the above 4 documents your application will be considered incomplete and invalid and will not be considered further.

Any attempt to unduly influence UNICEF’s selection process will lead to automatic disqualification of the applicant.
Joint applications of two or more individuals are not accepted.
Please note, UNICEF does not charge any fee during any stage of the process.
Female candidates meeting the requirements are strongly encouraged to apply.
UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion and encourages qualified candidates from all backgrounds including persons living with disabilities to apply.
For every Child, you demonstrate…

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

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.

TRAVEL

Travel when required will be determined based on the needs of the assignment and should be reflected in the fees. The manager and the consultant should agree, in advance, on the budget for the travel based on reasonable cost.

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.



Advertised: 25 Apr 2023 Eastern Daylight Time
Deadline: 09 May 2023 Eastern Daylight Time