Purpose of the Assignment
The consultant is expected to contribute to the UNICEF Cambodia Child Protection Programme with a particular focus on supporting the Child Protection team to:
- Develop a Child Protection Pagoda programme supported by an Operational Plan to prevent and respond to violence against boys and girls, including older adolescents, and unnecessary family separation. This includes violence within Pagodas and in the communities the Pagodas are based.
- Develop the Child Protection Pagoda programme Training Manual to build capacity of Buddhist monks which aim to ensure capacity of Buddhism monks in implementing the Programme effectively.
Assignment Tasks
Under the supervision of the Adolescent Development Officer, the consultant will work closely with the Ministry of Cults and Religion (MoCR), the Buddhist Hierarchy and General Inspector of Buddhist Education Programme undertake following assignments:
1. Desk review (reference document: Child Protection curriculum of Buddhist education programme and positive parenting manual, HIV/AIDS training manual for Buddhist monks, laymen and nuns, recommendation identified in the child protection Programme and others).
2. Based on child protection pagoda programme and other relevance document provided by UNICEF, develop a 3 days child protection pagoda training manual for monks and other key actors to implement the programme effectively and submitted to UNICEF for revision.
3. Conduct consultation workshop with MoCR and Buddhist monks on the draft manual.
4. Based on the inputs from the consultation workshop, revised the draft programme and submit it, both in English and Khmer, to UNICEF for final revision.
5. Present the draft manual to Buddhist monks and MoCR for approval and finalize the manual.
6. Submission to UNICEF the child protection pagoda training manual for monks in English and Khmer.
Duration
The consultant is expected to work for 47 days over a period of approximately six months with expectation to start from late November 2016 to April 2017.
Expected Deliverables
Deliverable 1:
A max 15 pages inception report (electronic version and hard copy of the English Versions) presenting methodologies, tools for the development of the Programme and a draft report outline summarizing the outcomes of the desk review on how to move forward submitted to UNICEF (10 working days)
Submission: After UNICEF contract commencement 3 weeks
Deliverable 2:
A final Child Protection Pagoda Programme with Operational Plan including annexes (English and Khmer versions) and PowerPoint Presentation summarising the Programme submitted (English and Khmer versions) and the consultation report submitted to UNICEF (17 working days)
Submission: After UNICEF contract commencement 9 weeks
(Work can start 1 week after submission of deliverable 1 upon confirmation from UNICEF and implementing partner)
Deliverable 3:
Child protection pagoda training manual, Power Point Presentation summarising the manual (English and Khmer versions) and the consultation workshop report submitted to UNICEF (20 working days)
Submission: Before contract ends 7 days
(Work can start 3 weeks after submission of deliverable 2 upon confirmation from UNICEF and implementing partner)
Qualifications of Successful Candidate
Qualifications and Experience
• An Advanced University degree in psychology, sociology and other social science with religious study is an advantage.
• Minimum 5 years of increasing professional experience in the area of child protection; faith based community programme development; public policy and administration; social policy; or related field.
Knowledge and Skills
• Proven expertise in Programme design, training curriculum development, implementation planning, and monitoring and evaluation.
• Knowledge of the Cambodian context and of the UN system are an asset.
• Good knowledge in Buddhism and other faiths
Languages
• Fluent in written and spoken English.
Competencies
• Formulating strategies and concepts
• Analysing
• Relating and Networking
To view UNICEF's competency framework, please click here.
To review ToR, please click 
ToR Consultant - Child Protection Pagorda.pdf