Consultancy for Supporting The Moss

**Job no**: 554961

**Contract type**: Consultant

**Duty Station**: Cairo

**Level**: Consultancy

**Location**: Egypt

**Categories**: Child Protection

UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.

Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.

And we never give up.

**For every child, **_Care._**

**How can you make a difference?**

The objective of this consultancy is to support the operationalization of the MOSS- UNICEF annual workplan (AWP), through the following:

- Lead legislative reforms related to child protection, social policy and ECD (ex: child law, alternative care law, secondary legislations on social care, legislations for nurseries and new ECD models)
- Support the institutional reform of the social care and social protection sectors, ensuring linkages and integration of services.
- Provide legal support in establishing a functional case management system.
- Support the development of a unified model to strengthen the MOSS social workforce.
- Support the full implementation of the justice for children action plan.
- Provide the legal support to reform the MOSS outsourcing system.
- Support the operationalization of the national alternative care strategy.
- Support the implementation of ECD interventions
- Provide the required support to UNICEF’s intervention, including through field visits, related to the social policy, child rights monitoring, child protection, Early Childhood development, social and behavioral change and Private sector
- Revising agreements, conventions, and contracts related to children, people with disability and social care department developed and presented to the Ministry.
- Governance and monitoring system for outsourcing NGOs for service delivery.

**_Methodology:_**

The consultancy will work closely with UNICEF team members and MOSS leaderships on the following:

- Develop conceptual frameworks for the designated tasks
- Provide legal background for all planned interventions and ensure the alignment with MOSS vision
- Review relevant MOSS structures and mandates
- Propose inter-linkages between relevant MOSS departments and units
- Develop needed TORs for amended or additional structures
- Undertaking field visits on monitoring of MOSS-UNICEF joint interventions on social policy, child rights monitoring, child protection, Early Childhood development, social and behavioral change and Private sector, especially those related to communities consultation on legal and policy reforms

**_ACTIVITIES, DELIVERABLES AND TIMELINES, PLUS BUDGET PER DELIVERABLE_**

**DELIVERABLES**

**ESTIMATED DURATION TO COMPLETE**

**PAYMENT**

Draft of child law, alternative care law, secondary legislations on social care, legislations for nurseries and new ECD models are available for national consultation

1 month

Monthly

Proposal for institutional reform of the social care and social protection sectors is developed and submitted to MoSS Minister approval

1 month

Monthly

Proposal on options of a functional case management system developed and submitted to MoSS Minister approval

1 month

Monthly

Unified model to strengthen MOSS social workforce is developed and submitted to MoSS Minister approval

1 month

Monthly

Proposal on the reform of MOSS outsourcing system is developed and submitted by MoSS Minister

1 month

Monthly

The plan for operationalization of the national alternative care strategy is approved

1 month

Monthly

MOSS - UNICEF AWP on implementation of ECD, Child Protection, Social Policy/ child rights monitoring, Private sector and SBC interventions is finalized, approved, signed and timely renewed

5 months and 15 days

Monthly

**Conditions of work**:
This assignment is required the Ministry of Social Solidarity and the recruited consultant will be based at the Ministry to complete his assignments under the direct leadership of the Minister. The consultant will also possibly travel to specific governorates.

**To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have**
- Law degree is a key requirement.
- Advanced degree (Master or PhD) in law and or public/ administrative planning.
- At least 10 years of experience working in policy and legislation.
- Strong knowledge of the administrative system in Egyptian governmental sector.
- Proficiency in Arabic and English

**For every Child, you demonstrate**

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

To view our competency framework, please visit here.

UNICEF is committed to promoting the protection and safeguarding of all children.

**Remarks**:
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 n