National Consultant: Training Facilitator On Disaster Risk Management and Resilience Plan for the Education Sector in Zimbabwe

BACKGROUND

Every year, Zimbabwe faces a range of hazards that threaten the safety and protection of girls and boys, as well as their right to learn from a quality basic education. Floods, drought, cyclones, rainstorms, and lightning strikes, as well as disease outbreaks, epidemics, and pandemics such as cholera and Covid-19, all impact children’s access to and continuity of education. Children also face daily threats and dangers such as snakebites, road traffic accidents, health-related threats, human-wildlife conflict, and mining accidents, as well as child protection risks such as violence, bullying and Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV). It is predicted that the impacts of climate change will impact water supply, food security and health across Zimbabwe, as well as increase the frequency and intensity of natural hazards. Investing in preparedness, risk reduction and resilience in the education sector is a crucial strategy to ensure all girls and boys and education personnel are safe and educational assets are not damaged. Thus, the education system can play a vital role in reducing disaster risks, mainly when risks are addressed through education sector planning processes.

In 2021, the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education (MoPSE) endorsed a Disaster Risk Management and Resilience (DRMR) plan for the Education Sector that is informed by the Comprehensive School Safety Framework (CSSF). It aims to work with and through education systems in Zimbabwe at the national, province, district, cluster, and school levels aligned with the Civil Protection Unit. The DRMR plan contains three overarching objectives:

1) Overall system strengthening for emergency preparedness and response.

2) Safe School Infrastructure (Pillar 1 of the CSSF).

3) School Disaster Management and Risk Reduction and Resilience Education (Pillar 2 and 3 of the CSSF).

As the plan has been developed, UNICEF is currently looking for a training facilitator who is able to develop and deliver two trainings for MoPSE staff on the DRMR plan as a part of the plan’s rollout.

PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT:

To develop and facilitate two quality trainings for Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education staff.

ASSIGNMENTS:

The following are the key tasks to be carried out in collaboration with UNICEF and MoPSE:

• Develop training materials, share and support the review of training materials.
• To facilitate two (three days each) DRMR Rollout Trainings for MoPSE staff,
• Facilitate drafting by each entity the contextualized DRMR plan for their own department, province, and district.
• Prepare one training report for both trainings,
• To support MoPSE

Major tasks and deliverables:

Tasks/Milestones	Deliverables/Outputs:	Timeline/Payment schedule
Prepare training material based on the DRMR Plan and facilitate two trainings.	Two training completed focusing on the DRMR Plan
After both trainings are completed, submit one training report with results, reflections and recommendations.	Training Report Submitted Draft of DSIs, PEDs and heads of office plans available	16 days (100%)

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

Education:

A Master’s Degree in any discipline relevant to Education and DRMR.

Experience:

• At least 5 years of experience in Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Resilience development.
• Experience in developing materials on DRMR in education systems.
• Experience in developing Monitoring and Evaluation Frameworks

Languages:

English (Shona or Ndebele or Both is an advantage)

If interested and available to undertake the individual consultancy, please submit your application online and attach the required documents including the technical proposal and an all-inclusive financial proposal incorporating the approximate 5 days of travel.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

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

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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, programmer 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.