Country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Closing date: 02 Nov 2014
About us
Children are often the most vulnerable in a crisis, and efforts are made to deliver programmes which meet their needs and ensure their protection. However, there is rarely a systematic effort to directly engage children themselves in needs assessments, nor to consult them on priorities for response and recovery. Asking children and young people to share their views on what is going on around them, what they need and what they want to happen is an important part of making sure that aid meets the needs of those most affected by a disaster.
Following Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines, child-focused agencies responding to the crisis (Save the Children, World Vision, Plan and UNICEF) worked together to undertake a systematic consultation of children and young people. 124 children and young people were consulted from different affected communities across the country in order to:
- Listen to their views about the humanitarian response six weeks after the typhoon
- Find out what their priorities were at that time
- Ask for suggestions as to how to improve the response
This consultation provided critical information that informed the response design and implementation. It also proved that representative consultation with children and young people in the early stages of a crisis response is possible, can be meaningful and is welcomed by those affected.
About the consultancy
Save the Children and World Vision are now working together to build on this experience to ensure it can be replicated in future crises. Save the Children and World Vision are seeking a consultant to undertake a piece of work that forms part of a project to revolutionise how children’s voices are sought and heard at the onset of a humanitarian crisis and to produce a tool that captures this learning and builds upon it so future consultations take place. They aim to ensure that this tool is undertaken alongside other standard multi-agency needs assessment exercises in future responses.
About the ideal consultant
Ideally the consultant will have:
- Experience in design and delivery of needs assessments in humanitarian contexts.
- Experience in strengthening the use of data to inform decision-making in the humanitarian sector.
- Experience in working directly with children and young people, ideally with experience in the engagement of children and young people in needs assessment or programme monitoring
- Understanding of protection needs and sensitivities required when working with traumatised affected people, especially children.
- Understanding of humanitarian architecture and coordination.
About the selection process
We ask all our interested candidates to attach to their application a supporting statement as well as a quote.We will invite the shortlisted candidates for interviews.
How to apply:
For more information and how to apply, please see http://goo.gl/FycLus
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