Duration of the contract: Six weeks Type of contract: Consultancy
Purpose To provide educational access and retention for pre-primary and primary school age girls and boys in a selected refugee camp (3) and selected host communities(2) on a Humanitarian-Development continuum.
Specific Tasks The consultant is expected to carry out the following key-tasks for this rapid review:
Carry out a focused but rapid comparative study by collecting, reviewing, analysing and appraising technical-and cost reports, local building cost data, contracting documentation and tender procedures, management-and delivery methods for school construction in the refugee camps , architectural designs and construction work plans, community participatory approaches, capacity-building/skills training initiatives by liaising with ARRA, UNHCR, MOE at Federal, Regional, the World Bank, UN Agencies (UNICEF, UNHCR, UNOPS, WFP, etc), and INGOs and local NGOs
In consultation with ARRA, MOE, Somali REB, UNICEF, UNHCR and participating , donors, NGOs, conduct field visits to selected Refugee camps and host communities, establish and assess and document first- hand the school design, construction and management options in practice; together with the capacity of the Regional , the NGOs and/or UN agencies operating in the field; and evaluate the quality and cost of civil works and capacity of contractors, consultants and skilled labour.
Develop a clear and comprehensive report using the rapid assessment to describe i) the lessons learned this proposed project can draw from in constructing schools in Refugee camps and host communities; ii) which adjustments must be made at all phases of the school construction/ development process and what their implications are for the costs of construction i.e. from planning (standards, budget, time-scales, construction volume, etc); design typologies; choice of technology (multiple options of building methods, choice and production of building materials), construction costing and contracting processes, building management-and delivery methods, community participation approaches (incl. learning from history) and local building skills-training, and short-term and long-term rehabilitation and maintenance issues; iii) Develop recommendations for improvement and sustainability of the school construction/development process in refugee camps and host communities - inclusive of costing – and school design models towards containing the costs component in the immediate short, medium and long term;
Expected Deliverables A rapid appraisal Report of all phases of the school construction/development process report and a Power Point Presentation : More specifically,
A clear and comprehensive final report on: i) lessons learned; ii) adjustments to make during each of the phases of the school construction/development process; and iii) Develop recommendations for improvement and of the school development process – at the selected Refugee camps, and at all phases, inclusive of costing-and school design models towards containing the costs component in the short term, medium and in the long term.
A power point presentation of the final report and present to the Working Group on Refugee Education and the Education cluster in Ethiopia
The consultant shall be paid after delivery and acceptance by UNICEF of the final report and power point presentation.
Expected background and Experience
The consultant should have the following qualifications:- • Minimum of Universit degree in Structural or Architectural/Building Engineering and professional membership; • A minimum of 8 years of progressive work experience at the national and international levels, work relations with international organisations at the level of the World Bank, Development Banks (such as AfDB, ADB ), UN Agencies, and INGO’s on school construction projects an advantage; • The consultant should be fluent in spoken and written English; • The consultant should have recent, hands-on experience with school construction; • The consultant should have experience with building and works policies, community-driven school construction, preferably in the Horn of Africa/East Africa • The consultant must have good communication, report-writing, and analytical skills and preferably have work experience in the Ethiopia or neighbouring countries; • Must provide Evidence of experience as independent supervisor of public construction project • Must provide demonstrable ability to work in a multi-cultural environment • The consultant must be conversant with MS Office applications (Word, Power-point, and Excel) and e-mail/Internet; • The candidate must be available immediate due to the urgency of this Rapid Review for further EiE response
How to apply: Application, CV and UN Personal History Form to be submitted by e-mail no later than 29th August 2011 to: hraddisababa@unicef.org
Please indicate the title of the consultancy on the subject line of your application.
ONLY CANDIDATES UNDER SERIOUS CONSIDERATION WILL BE CONTACTED AND ONLY APPLICATIONS WITH ACCOMPANYING P-11 FORM AVAILABLE AT http://www.unicef.org/supply/files/UN_Personal_History_Form.doc WILL BE CONSIDERED.
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