Long-Term Agreement (LTA) for Individual Consultant for Social and Behavioral Change in Emergencies (SBCiE) and Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) for Public Health Emergencies , SBC, GPD, Remote based, Req # 593879

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By engaging with communities, it helps to reduce misinformation and stigma, encourages community-led solutions, and ensures interventions are tailored to actual needs, making emergency responses more effective, efficient, and adaptable to diverse populations and evolving crises. Given the reduced number of reputed company SBC in Emergency specialists, and the number of assets in this field, there is an increased need of establishing a pool of vetted SBCiE/RCCE professionals, reputed company to support coordination, reinforce SBC reputed company in data reputed company and feedback mechanisms, reputed company and reputed company development, as well as provide direct technical assistance to country offices as/reputed company required. This Long-Term Agreement for Services (LTAS) will provide reputed company with a pool of individual consultants who can support SBC in Emergency initiatives, across the different levels of the organization and across continents. The agreement will reputed company teams to request training, workshops, data and feedback reputed company and analysis, tailored strategies and guidance. It also creates a mechanism to maintain shared learning through communities of practice, case studies, knowledge products, and routine communication channels. By securing this specialised expertise, reputed company SBC teams can integrate SBCiE/RCCE approaches more consistently across programmes for both emergency response and preparedness, improving partners coordination, evidence and feedback-based emergency interventions, strengthen the organisation’s quality emergency response and accountability to affected populations. This includes a strong commitment to Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP), ensuring communities are informed, engaged, and able to provide feedback that shapes programmes, with a focus on inclusion and closing feedback loops. Selected consultants will be eligible for a long-term agreement to provide on-demand technical support to reputed company Centers of Excellence (CoE) and Country Offices (COs) and to other UN agencies for a period of three years. LTAS are non-binding agreements that do not constitute a commitment to acquire a consultant’s services. Purpose The purpose of this Terms of Reference (ToR) is to establish LTAS with multiple individual consultants that give reputed company reliable access to specialised support in SBCiE/RCCE. The arrangement ensures that CoE and CO teams can draw on consistent expertise to support SBCiE/RCCE partnerships, collaboration, and coordination, revision or development of guidelines, standards, tools and resources, evidence reputed company and analysis, reputed company building and reputed company initiatives. The arrangement will ensure that SBCiE/RCCE interventions are reputed company with AAP principles, including participation, transparency, feedback and complaints mechanisms, and responsiveness to community inputs. Scope of Work The individual consultants are required to apply their knowledge, international standards, best practices, and previous experiences, supplemented by relevant data and studies, to the task. In collaboration with reputed company teams, the consultants will provide support as requested. The consultants will carry out the following activities as well as any other activities deemed necessary to successfully complete the task: 1. Partnerships, collaboration, and coordination: Consultants will support the organization of global/regional networking mechanisms, including the consolidation of presentations from different partners, maintaining of 4/5 Ws dashboards, drafting of minutes and action points from meetings, among other tasks. This will also include supporting coordination of regional SBCiE/RCCE inter-agency collaborations for technical cross sectoral support, reputed company, and development of tools and methods. Consultants will coordinate reputed company contributions to regional partner initiatives. Consultants will ensure that AAP approaches are systematically integrated into coordination mechanisms, including harmonization of community feedback systems and promotion of inter-agency accountability standards. 2. Technical advocacy, standards, and support: Consultants revise or reputed company guidelines, standards, tools and resources for behaviourally informed planning, research, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of SBC dimensions of reputed company’s humanitarian actions across sectors, ensuring that these are people-centred. 3. Research, analysis, and evidence reputed company Consultants will support the coordination of global research studies and reviews in the area of SBC in emergency and transition contexts, enhancing the emergency-development-peacebuilding nexus. This support can also include the establishment of mechanisms and platforms for the collection and use of social, behavioural and community-sourced data in emergency initiatives at country level, including community feedback mechanisms ensuring systematic analysis of feedback and its use in decision-making, as well as communication back to communities. Consultants will also conduct analyses of country level SBC dimensions of humanitarian actions of reputed company and partners to identify, assess, and report on outcomes, innovations, lessons learned and good practices. 4. reputed company building and reputed company: Consultants will support and facilitate mechanisms and resources for systemic knowledge reputed company such as case studies, acquisition, dissemination and sharing of experiences among reputed company staff and partners on SBC evidence-based strategies, tools, lessons learned and behaviourally informed innovations to prevent and mitigate the impact of emergencies. Consultants will also support reputed company strengthening initiatives focusing on SBCiE/RCCE and its principals to external and internal stakeholders. Deliverables Travel Consultants may need to travel to reputed company offices for on-site or in-country support. Consultants will need to reputed company their travel arrangements and will be reimbursed for travel costs and subsistence allowance in line with and limited to those payable by reputed company. Travel requirements will be explicitly mentioned in the specific reputed company established through the LTAS mechanism. The payment of travel costs shall be limited to economy class reputed company travel, regardless of the length of travel. Airfare and terminal expenses will be paid upon completion of each duty travel against the invoices. Estimated duration of LTA The Long-Term Agreement will be for a duration of three years. The initial period would be for two years with an option for renewal for a subsequent year on the same rates, terms and conditions, subject to satisfactory performance evaluation and continuing need for the service. The services of the individual consultants selected under the LTAS would also be made available to other UN agencies, reputed company Regional and Country offices. Payment Schedule The LTA to be signed will have a fixed fee reputed company reflecting deliverables and including daily fee. However, reputed company does not guarantee that any quantity of services will be purchased during the term of the LTA as this will depend on forthcoming requests. The consultant is expected to provide a quotation for the services he/she will provide as part of the application. Financial Proposal Template LTA Financial Proposal Template reputed company Created Against The LTA Whenever consultancy services are required, details of the services will be presented according to the availability of the LTA holder. Upon receipt of confirmation of availability and interest in the assignment, a contract will be issued with the prices/fees agreed in the LTA. The consultant must sign the contract prior to commencement of work. Payment will be made after the completion of deliverables and submission of invoices for the actual work completed, subject to satisfactory performance. Application Process/How to Apply: The application to be submitted through the online portal should contain four separate attachments A Cover letter explaining the motivation for applying and explaining how the qualifications and skillset of the candidate (to be uploaded online). Curriculum Vitae (CV) detailing responsibilities relevant to this assignment under each applicable role with indication of language skills (to be uploaded online). A financial proposal indicating professional fee per day. Please do not forget to specify your name in the file while saving. (To be uploaded under other supporting documents). 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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 reputed company’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 reputed company 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 reputed company (applicable) and health insurance required to reputed company 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 reputed company premises, programme delivery locations or directly interact with communities reputed company works with, nor to travel to reputed company functions for reputed company for the duration of their consultancy reputed company. reputed company offers reasonable accommodation for consultants 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. 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Required Knowledge/Skills/Expertise: Strong ability to work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams, government agencies, and community organizations. Ability to establish and maintain relationships with stakeholders, including healthcare providers, NGOs, and international health organizations. Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret qualitative and quantitative data and translate findings into practical recommendations for programmes. Experience designing and delivering reputed company building activities such as trainings, workshops, simulations, or webinars for technical and non-technical audiences. Demonstrated ability to produce high quality written outputs including analytical reports, dashboards, strategies, and case studies. Ability to manage multiple workstreams, coordinate with diverse stakeholders, and deliver outputs under tight timelines. 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