The Organisation:

The British Council is the world’s leading cultural relations organisation and creates opportunities for people in the UK and worldwide to understand each other, to work together and learn from one another. We see this as crucial to building secure, more prosperous and sustainable futures for us all. We build trust and understanding between different countries and cultures and develop strong international links that are of benefit to people in Britain and the rest of the world. We call this work – cultural relations.

Across the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) and Sub Saharan Africa (SSA) we have a large network of teaching and examinations involving young learners and young adult students. In addition, we manage an extensive programme of projects in partnership with schools, youth organizations and educational professionals.

OUR EQUALITY COMMITMENT:

Valuing diversity is essential to the British Council’s work. We aim to abide by and promote equality legislation by following both the letter and the spirit of it to try and avoid unjustified discrimination, recognising discrimination as a barrier to equality of opportunity, inclusion and human rights. All staff worldwide are required to ensure their behaviour is consistent with our policies.

THE OPPORTUNITY:

We have an excellent opportunity for applicants with energy and enthusiasm seeking to take forward our Child Safe Programme across the Middle East, North Africa (MENA) and Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) based in Kampala, Uganda.

The Child Protection Team provides leadership and professional advice on the implementation of the British Council global child protection strategy. Your role is to provide regional leadership in the Middle East North Africa (MENA) and Sub -Saharan Africa (SSA). You will work with the Corporate Child Protection Team and regional networks to implement, monitor and evaluate a child safe change programme, with an emphasis on ensuring a culture of proactive child protection systems and safe practice.

Some of the main duties include:

· Providing specialist advice and support to staff in the Middle East, North Africa and Sub-Saharan African regions.

· Leading the implementation of an organised and consistent approach to child protection across the region.

· Designing and deliver child protection training to improve staff knowledge and skills.

· Developing, reviewing and implementing systems that respond to child protection incidents.

· Working with colleagues based in other countries and regions with frequent travel within the Middle East, North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa and to the UK.

We require the successful candidate to:

· Have significant work experience in the child protection sector including experience in at least one country that is not your country of origin

· Have excellent written and oral communication skills

· Have experience in the following:

o Conducting enquiries and investigations

o Conducting interviews

o Report writing

o Conducting presentations

· Have a professional graduate or post graduate qualification in a child protection related field such as Social Work, Education, Law or Health

· Be fluent in written and spoken English

· Have eligibility to work in Uganda and able to travel throughout the Middle East, North Africa and Sub-Saharan African countries

BENEFITS:

Annual gross salary (British Council grade E), medical insurance for employee and immediate dependents and generous holiday allocation.

FOR OVERSEAS APPLICANTS:

An enhanced package is available to candidates based outside Uganda. This means you will be on a Country Plus contract and benefits and allowances are designed around the assumption that you are moving from the outside the country. More information is available on request.

The British Council is committed to a policy of equal opportunity and is keen to reflect the diversity of UK society at every level within the organisation. We welcome applications from all sections of the community. In line with the British Council's Child Protection policy, any appointment is contingent on thorough checks. In the UK, and in other countries where appropriate systems exist, these include criminal records checks.

For more information and to apply, please visit our jobs portal via the following link:

http://bit.ly/1Ar5cRE

EXCITING CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Save the Children is the world’s leading independent organization for children and has program presence in over 120 countries in the world. Save the Children envisions a Uganda in which every child attains the right to survival, protection, development and participation. Our mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children, and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives. We strive to create impact for children by delivering our Programmes through partnerships, by being innovative, by acting as the voice for and of children, and by achieving results at scale. In Uganda, we implement programmes in six thematic programme areas of Child Protection, Child Rights Governance, Education, Livelihoods & Food Security, Health, Nutrition and HIV/AIDS in development and emergency contexts. Save the Children delivers programs in over 36 districts in the North, Rwenzori, North-Eastern and Central regions of Uganda, Currently, Save the Children has a staff complement of over 200 persons. We save children’s lives. We fight for their rights. We help them fulfil their potential. In 2013, we reached over 143 million children through our work around 52m directly and 91 million indirectly around the world.

Save the Children seeks to fill the following vacant positions and applications are invited from suitably qualified and experienced Persons for the operations.

Senior Officer, Child Rights Governance (1 Position); Moroto

Job Purpose:

Reporting to the Area Manager, Central, the Senior Officer takes overall responsibility for the technical implementation of the local level CRG thematic programme in the region; and participates in national level activities including supporting synergy between and linking up local and national level activities. The Senior Officer may be called upon as and when necessary to support the emergency team in cases of humanitarian crisis.

Academic back ground, Experience & Person Specifications;

General specifications applicable to all positions;

Application information;

Please refer to the detailed description of the jobs and the key selection criteria by visiting our website:www.savethechildren.ug

Application letters with detailed CVs indicating 3 referees, two of whom should have been direct supervisors should be submitted to:

The Director of Human Resources & Administration

Save the Children

Plot68/70, Kira Road

P O Box 12018

Kampala

Or on email:uganda.recruitment@savethechildren.org

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EXCITING CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Save the Children is the world’s leading independent organization for children and has program presence in over 120 countries in the world. Save the Children envisions a Uganda in which every child attains the right to survival, protection, development and participation. Our mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children, and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives. We strive to create impact for children by delivering our Programmes through partnerships, by being innovative, by acting as the voice for and of children, and by achieving results at scale. In Uganda, we implement programmes in six thematic programme areas of Child Protection, Child Rights Governance, Education, Livelihoods & Food Security, Health, Nutrition and HIV/AIDS in development and emergency contexts. Save the Children delivers programs in over 36 districts in the North, Rwenzori, North-Eastern and Central regions of Uganda, Currently, Save the Children has a staff complement of over 200 persons. We save children’s lives. We fight for their rights. We help them fulfil their potential. In 2013, we reached over 143 million children through our work around 52m directly and 91 million indirectly around the world.

Save the Children seeks to fill the following vacant positions and applications are invited from suitably qualified and experienced Persons for the operations.

Senior Officer Child Protection (1 Position); Nakasongola

Job Purpose:

The job holder is responsible for providing on-going capacity support and coordination of the project partners with project planning, implementation, monitoring & evaluation and reporting. The Senior Officer is responsible for the direct supervision of Child Protection activities, providing on-going, implementation, monitoring & evaluation and reporting in regard to the execution of activities within the vulnerable communities targeted by Save the Children. The post holder is specifically oriented towards Child Protection activities and special attention will be made of the Child Protection sector in other core sectors of the organisation such as child rights, nutrition, health and education. The job holder may be called upon as and when necessary to support the emergency team in cases of humanitarian crisis.

Academic back ground, Experience & Person Specifications;

General specifications applicable to all positions;

Application information;

Please refer to the detailed description of the jobs and the key selection criteria by visiting our website:www.savethechildren.ug

Application letters with detailed CVs indicating 3 referees, two of whom should have been direct supervisors should be submitted to:

The Director of Human Resources & Administration

Save the Children

Plot68/70, Kira Road

P O Box 12018

Kampala

Or on email:uganda.recruitment@savethechildren.org

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Level: P4

Location: Kampala, Uganda

Duration: 30 Days

Background and Justification

With over 56 percent of the population below 18 years of age, and over 78 percent below the age of 35 years, Uganda’s vision to become a middle income country by 2040 remains highly contingent on Government’s ability to safeguard its children’s right to contribute to national development. Investing in its young population will enable Uganda to reap an unprecedented demographic dividend. Put differently, over the next 30 years, today’s children gradually transitioning into the labour force hold the potential to transform Uganda’s economy, and remodel the socio-economic future of the nation.

Notwithstanding Uganda’s remarkable record curbing income poverty from 56.4% to 19.7% of the population between 1992 and 2012, child poverty[1] remains high and widespread across the country. With over 50% of children under five living in poverty, and 1 in 5 living in extreme poverty, children’s experience of poverty and deprivation in Uganda varies widely by region, geographic location and socioeconomic status.Poverty and deprivation in childhood represent potentially irreversible violations of children’s basic rights and could severely jeopardise Uganda’s ability to reap the full benefits from the much-anticipated demographic dividend.

Although Uganda is predominantly a rural nation, with approximately 16% of the population living in urban areas, the rate of urbanization is among the world’s highest (4.5%).[2] Furthermore, approximately 60% of residents in Kampala live in informal settlements, where housing, sanitation and access to basic services are lacking. The projected rise in the number of urban dwellers will place an enormous challenge on local government that are already at capacity with regards to service provision.

The Child Poverty Report (2014) highlighted the urban-rural disparities in Uganda: rural children are more deprived than urban children in all six dimensions and the largest gaps for extreme deprivation occur in terms of sanitation (13.2% vs. 2.4%), water (12.8% vs. 2.1%) and health (17.3% vs. 3.4%). However, this ‘urban advantage’ is not shared by all city dwellers and official statistics that only depict averages tend to mask the actual living conditions of poor urban dwellers. Poor children in urban areas are therefore at risk of remaining invisible to policymakers unless disaggregated information and a more nuanced assessment of spatial disparities are disseminated widely.

Purpose of the Assignment and the Scope of Work

Under the overall supervision and guidance of the Ministry of Gender, Labor and Social Development (MGLSD) and UNICEF Uganda, the consultant will analyze existing data (Child Poverty Report, National Household Survey, Demographic and Health Survey, etc.) with a view to provide a deepened understanding of the multidimensional nature of child poverty and wellbeing in urban settings.

This assignment aims to yield a careful assessment of the effects of urbanization on child welfare and access to basic services in Uganda. In doing so, this analysis is expected to provide clear and actionable policy recommendations to alleviate the burden of urbanization on children and vulnerable households, whilst identifying opportunities to strengthen social protection services for children in urban areas.

Objectives

1) Assess the effects of urbanization on children;

2) Building on the existing analysis in the Child Poverty Report, understand and quantify the depth of child poverty in urban areas, and its implications for child welfare and access to basic services;

3) Analyze and juxtapose the determinants of child poverty and deprivation in urban vs. rural areas, and construct poverty profiles for households with children living in deprivation in urban vs. rural areas;

4) Provide clear and actionable policy recommendations to make cities more livable for children and adolescents by alleviating the burden of urban poverty on children and vulnerable households.

Activities, Deliverables and Timeframe

NoActivities Deliverables Duration1. Draft and finalize inception report demonstrating the understanding of the task, proposed methodology and proposed outline of final report Inception Report 3 days 2. Desk review, analysis and consultative meetings with relevant stakeholders Draft analysis of secondary data relating to urbanization and child welfare 18 days 3. Draft final report and present during validation meeting chaired by the MGLSD and UNICEF for discussion and inputs Draft Final Report 6 days 4. Incorporate comments/feedback from validation meeting into final report, summary and PowerPoint presentation Final Report, summary and PowerPoint presentation 3 daysTotal Number of days 30 days**15 of which shall be in Kampala*

Expected Budget of the consultancy and terms of payment

Payment to the consultant is dependent on the completion and submission of deliverables of acceptable quality. The cost of the consultancy will be based on the award by UNICEF’s contract Committee. Other payments due to the consultant e.g. DSA will be negotiated with the consultant and in any case not higher than UNICEF official rates. The consultant will not be paid during days off and while on sick leave. Weekends are not calculated as part of working days. DSA will be payable only for the days when the consultant will be in Uganda as agreed between the two parties. UNICEF will meet costs for air ticket to Uganda for activities that require such travel. UNICEF will arrange transportation for the consultant when on mission to meet various stakeholders concerning data collection project.

UNICEF reserves the right to withhold all or a portion of payment if performance is unsatisfactory, if work/outputs is (are) incomplete, not delivered or for failure to meet deadlines. Performance indicators against which the satisfactory conclusion of this contract will be assessed include: timeliness/quality of submission and responsiveness to UNICEF and counterpart feedback.

DSA will be paid for the days when the consultant’s agent(s) is / are in Uganda.

Payments will be done by direct transfer into the bank account provided by the consultant.

Responsibilities

UNICEF Responsibilities

MGLSD Responsibilities

Consultant’s Responsibilities

Reporting requirements

· Inception report with clear methodology

· Draft analysis of secondary data relating to urbanization and child welfare

· Draft final report

· Final report

· Summary

· Presentation material

Required Education/Experience

· Qualifications: Advanced university degree in social sciences is required with proven experience of at least 10 years in social and economic research

· Extensive experience analyzing National Census data, Demographic and Health Surveys and/or National Household Surveys

· Knowledge of Uganda’s data sources, institutional set-up and child rights situation

· Good understanding on the effects of urbanization on child welfare

· Good analytical, communication, advocacy and report writing skills

· Computer literacy, especially with excel, is required

Conditions

v No contract may commence unless the contract is signed by both UNICEF and the consultant or Contractor.

v For international consultants outside the duty station, signed contracts must be sent by fax or email. Signed contract copy or written agreement must be received by the office before Travel Authorisation is issued.

v Payment to the consultant is dependent on the completion and submission of deliverables of acceptable quality.

v The cost of the consultancy will be based on the award by UNICEF’s contract Committee. Other payments due to the consultant e.g. DSA will be negotiated with the consultant and in any case not higher than UNICEF official rates.

v The consultant will not be paid during days off and while on sick leave. Weekends are not calculated as part of working days.

v Consultants will not have supervisory responsibilities or authority on UNICEF budget.

v DSA will be payable only for the days when the consultant will be in Uganda as agreed between the two parties.

v Payments will be done by direct transfer into the bank account provided by the consultant.

v UNICEF will meet costs for air ticket to Uganda for activities that require such travel

v UNICEF will arrange transportation for the consultant when on mission to meet various stakeholders concerning data collection project.

v Air travel is by economical fare and reimbursement AS PER UNICEF POLICY;

Consultant to complete Waiver for Non-Staff issued with travel authorization in accordance with UNICEF Financial and Administrative Policy 5, Supplement 4 (B.2):

Consultant must complete basic security and advanced security in the field prior to travel.

The candidate selected will be governed by and subject to UNICEF general terms and conditions for individual contracts.

Non-UNICEF staff (including individual consultants) issued with UNICEF Travel Authorization are not covered by the insurance which automatically applies to UNICEF staff, and are fully responsible for arranging their own insurance cover.

v Applicable UN DSA rates for subsistence and accommodation.

v Consultant will be required to sign the Health statement for consultants/Individual contractor prior to taking up the assignment, and to document that they have appropriate health insurance, including Medical Evacuation.

v UNICEF reserves the right to withhold all or a portion of payment if performance is unsatisfactory, if work/outputs is (are) incomplete, not delivered or for failure to meet deadlines. Performance indicators against which the satisfactory conclusion of this contract will be assessed include: timeliness/quality of submission and responsiveness to UNICEF and counterpart feedback

As per UNICEF DFAM policy, payment is made against approved deliverables. No advance payment is allowed unless in exceptional circumstances against bank guarantee, subject to a maximum of 30 per cent of the total contract value in cases where advance purchases, for example for supplies or travel, may be necessary. The candidate selected will be governed by and subject to UNICEF’s General Terms and Conditions for individual contracts.

Supervision and Administrative issue

Supervision will be provided by the Assistant Commissioner for Children and Youth (MGLSD) and the Chief of Social Policy and Evaluation (UNICEF).

While in Kampala, the consultant may work from the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development or SPE/UNICEF office if this is convenient to him/her.

HOW TO APPLY:

Interested and eligible candidates / institutions should forward (1) a cover letter (the cover should indicate relevant experience, availability and daily rate), (2) Resume, (3) Personal History (P11) form, (4) two samples of previous similar work and (5) three references.

All applications should be sent in soft copy form to Ms. Allen Nakalo - anakalo@unicef.org and copied to Ms. Hildigunnur Engilbertsdottir – hengilbertsdottir@unicef.org not later than 12 December 2014.

All complete applications will be reviewed by a joint panel from MGLSD andSPE/UNICEF.

Note: Applications which do not meet the specified minimum requirements or are received after the closing date will not be considered. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. Qualified women are particularly encouraged to apply.

UNICEF IS A NON-SMOKING WORKING ENVIRONMENT.

UNICEF IS COMMITTED TO GENDER BALANCE AND DIVERSITY WITHOUT DISTINCTION AS TO RACE, SEX OR RELIGION, AND WITHOUT DISCRIMINATION OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES.