UNICEF - Skopje is seeking qualified candidates for the following positions
1. National Expert in Education
2. National Statistics Expert
3. National Child Rights Expert
Background
As part of its commitment to support the country in the area of social inclusion and as contained in the new UNDAF 2010-2015 signed between the UN agencies and the government of the country, five UN agencies (UNDP, UNICEF, UNFPA, WHO and UNIFEM) have agreed to support the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy in its capacity of a coordinator of the process aimed at developing a National Strategy for Social Inclusion. The support envisaged in this preparatory assistance joint project is two-fold: a) provision of technical expertise and b) provision of operational and logistical support during the process of developing the Strategy which will aim at fulfilling the principles of participation and transparency.
The Strategy will identify and outline the principal challenges that the candidate country faces in tackling poverty and social exclusion.
The principal coordinator and holder of the process of drafting and preparation of the Strategy is the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy (MLSP). The drafting process will be organized through the five task groups for which the MLSP will nominate coordinators that will be supported with technical and organizational input provided by the respective UN agencies
1. Labour, Employment and Poverty (UNDP)
2. Education (UNICEF)
3. Health (WHO)
4. Long Term Care (UNFPA)
5. Transport and Housing (UNDP)
6. Social Security (social insurance for the unemployed, retired and disabled)
Gender, diversity, vulnerable groups and statistics are considered cross-cutting issues of the SIS and will affect all areas of the document.
UNICEF will support the process of developing the Social Inclusion Strategy through providing specific technical assistance in the spheres of education, child rights and statistical data collection and analysis.
For this purpose, UNICEF will hire three national consultants whose expertise matches the three mentioned areas.
Interested applicants should send their Curriculum Vitae along with a short letter of interest to all of the following email addresses: italev@unicef. org, iivanovska@unicef. org, and skopje@unicef. org
The deadline for applications is 23 October. Applications received after the deadline will not be taken into consideration. Only short-listed candidates will be asked to submit a budget for their services.
Please be advised that due to the high volume of applications UNICEF receives, we will not be able to respond to all the applicants. If you have not heard from us within three weeks of your application, you should consider your bid unsuccessful.
For details regarding the qualifications, duties and responsibilities, as well as specific required outputs, please download and consult the Terms of Reference, which can be downloaded from UNICEF's national website at: www.unicef.org/ tfyrmacedonia/ contact_13147. html
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