LTA to conduct Data collection

Job no: ‎562511
Contract type: Consultant
Duty Station: Cairo
Level: Consultancy
Location: Egypt
Categories: Knowledge Management
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Objective:
UNICEF Egypt CO is seeking the services of a national individual consultant to
undertake data collection, secondary analysis, developing knowledge products
on issues that will be identified by UNICEF and training. The national
individual consultant will be required to provide all or some of the services
outlined in the deliverables below in the field of qualitative data
collection, analysis, report writing, training, presentation, infographic
designing, technical writing and editing in both English and Arabic languages.
The type of data collection will be identified according to the needs of
UNICEF to fill in information gaps in some locations for targeted population.
It will be detailed in terms of reference that will be developed related to
the required tasks. The analysis should examine the progress, challenges and
opportunities for achieving child rights and well-being, and the patterns of
deprivation that children, adolescents and women face. It should also be
objective and verifiable and is expected to be used by all partners and
stakeholders in the country in addressing key challenges preventing children,
adolescents and women, especially the most disadvantaged, from enjoying their
rights as laid out in the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and
other international obligations that the country has committed to.
The analysis should also highlight inequalities between groups, socio-economic
characteristics, urban/rural and intra-urban disparities, genders, geographic
locations and other dimensions. It should pay special attention to looking at
disaggregated data and unpacking national and/or subnational averages. Besides
presenting an analysis of why inequities exist, the analysis will also present
contextualized recommendations on what could be done by key stakeholders to
attain/sustain inclusive social development that guarantees equal inclusion
and participation of all groups of children, adolescents and women.
Analysis should be grounded in the country 's political, economic and social
realities, review progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),
and regional and global issues that affect children's rights and well-being.
The knowledge products are expected to be relevant to a wider audience which
includes government bodies, development partners (including UNICEF), civil
society, children, adolescents, women, academia, private sector actors,
parliamentarians, media and others. The process of developing specific
knowledge products may anticipate engagement with the government and key
stakeholders, including children and young people. It serves as an opportunity
to promote meaningful dialogue between the main child rights actors in the
country on children's and adolescents' issues.
__CONCEPTIUAL FRAMEWORK AND METHODOLOGY:
The individual consultant will primarily rely on available data sources to
conduct statistical analysis. In some cases, the individual consultant would
be required to collect data in specific locations and on specific population
to fill in data gaps. A detailed term of reference will be shared with the
individual consultant, requesting specific tasks with expected duration,
personnel and modality based on the type of services listed in this LTA.
For every assignment, UNICEF will set the number of days required to complete
the specific tasks and request relevant LTA holders to submit a short
technical and financial proposal. The technical proposal should reflect the
experience of carrying out all or some of the four main
activities/deliverables listed in the following table (i.e., Data collection,
Secondary analysis, Developing Knowledge Products and Training).
Within the assignment, the individual consultant would engage directly with
relevant stakeholders that can contribute to the research and analysis. This
process will be supported by the UNICEF Country Office, together with the
individual consultant and partners such as CAPMAS, IDSC, NCCM, MOPED, NCW etc.
As part of data collection, secondary analysis and developing of knowledge
products, it is expected from the individual consultant to provide required
documents for ethical clearance as a prerequisite before conducting any
research, evaluation or data collection and analysis as specified in the below
section for Ethical Considerations.
Activities and Deliverables:

Service description/Deliverable

Proposed cost in EGP*

Consultant fees - to be filled for the financial proposal

• Data collection services:
  
  

‎1.1 Develop research protocol detailing the methodology, sampling, data
collection tools and relevant information.

Per person per day

‎1.2 Focus Group Discussion

Per facilitator

‎1.3 Key Informant Interview (KII)/In-depth interview

Per interview

• Secondary Analysis:

‎2.1 Analysis of Focus Group Discussion

Per person per day

‎2.2 Secondary analysis of HH surveys: narrative and tables

Per person per day

‎2.3 Context/Situation analysis of children, adolescents, youth, women and
households in Egypt

Per person per day

• Developing Knowledge Products:

‎3.1 English/Arabic analytical report, paper, brief, factsheet etc.

Per person per day

‎3.2 English/Arabic text editing/proof reading

Per person per day

‎3.3 English/Arabic technical content translation

Per person per day

‎3.4 Graphic designing

Per person per day

‎3.5 English/Arabic presentation

Per person per day

• Training
  
  

‎4.1 Training on data collection tools

Per trainer per day

‎4.2 Training on secondary data analysis

Per trainer per day

Kindly indicate your proposed cost in EGP, Cost does not include travel,
venue, transportation, refreshments.
Conditions of work:

Management and Supervision

The individual consultant will work in close consultation and under the
supervision of the Child Rights Monitoring Specialist at UNICEF Egypt.

Quality Assurance

The individual consultant should do a preliminary review and apply quality
assurance measures on any draft/products before sharing with UNICEF. UNICEF
will only accept products of good quality in terms of conclusive content,
clarity, consistency, alignment with this ToR, format, language and other
elements that may emerge during implementation or any subsequent details to be
provided for each specific activity to be implemented under the LTA. UNICEF
would engage partners, other technical persons, staff of UNICEF Egypt Country
Office, the MENA Regional Office and Headquarters in the review process. The
individual consultant should reflect the received reviews from UNICEF before
claiming for any payments.

Terms of Payment

Payment schedule will be based upon the successful completion and submission
of the deliverables and invoices by the required dates. UNICEF reserves the
right to withhold all or portion of the payment if performance was
unsatisfactory or failed to meet the deliverables.

Approval Procedures and Logistics

• Consultants should act with integrity and respect for all stakeholders in line with UNICEF ethical guidelines regarding evidence generation.


• UNICEF Egypt Office holds copyrights for all reports and data. The documents (including raw materials, data sets etc.) may not be reproduced, distributed or published without the written permission from UNICEF.


• All personal data should be accessible to the individual consultant, but no one else. The consultant needs to set up secure systems (to ensure no one can access their data via the shared drives, and (b) to ensure secure data transfer. Cloud based storage with limited sharing rights could be considered in this instance. Different personal data files need to be linkable, they need to be held separately so that they can only be linked purposely, by the individual consultant who is authorised to do so. There is also a need to ensure that data cannot be removed from secure systems in ways that might compromise data security.


• UNICEF Egypt Office will share with the selected consultants all the relevant materials it has and provide required expertise.


• UNICEF Egypt Office and the Regional Office experts will review and provide feedback on reports prepared by consultants.


• UNICEF Egypt will provide required administrative support for the work of consultants.


• All information from produced reports cannot be shared with the media without the written approval of UNICEF Egypt Office.
  Ethical considerations:
  The individual consultant is required to clearly identify any potential
  ethical issue, as well as the processes for ethical review and oversight of
  the research/data collection process in their proposal. UNICEF Procedure for
  Ethical Standards in Research, Evaluation, Data Collection and Analysis is
  attached to this ToR and should be consistently applied throughout the
  research process. The procedure contains the minimum standards and required
  procedures for research, evaluation and data collection and analysis
  undertaken or commissioned by UNICEF (including activities undertaken by
  individual and institutional contractors, and partners) involving human
  subjects or the analysis of sensitive secondary data.
  To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have …
  Proven experience in qualitative research, data collection, secondary
  analysis, training and report writing.
  Advanced degree in social sciences or related fields relevant for the
  assignment.
  Strong analytical skills - references to previous work or institutions;
  At least ‎5 years of relevant experience in development of analytical reports
  and policy documents related to children and adolescents;
  Proven experience in qualitative research, data analysis, policy analysis
  (including experience in the consistent use of age and sex-disaggregated and
  gender sensitive data) and report preparation;
  Proven experience in training researchers on field related activities;
  Proven experience in facilitating consultations with government
  representatives, NGOs, academia, children, adolescents and other stakeholders;
  Fluency in English, Excellent writing skills in English and Arabic;
  Previous experience with UNICEF is an advantage.
  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.
  Advertised: ‎30 May ‎2023 Egypt Daylight Time
  Deadline: ‎17 Jun ‎2023 Egypt Daylight Time