(Re-Announced) International Post: Disability Inclusion Consultancy, Home Based IIC

How you can make a difference:

UNFPA is the leading UN agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe, and every young person's potential is fulfilled. UNFPA’s Strategic Plan (2022-2025), reaffirms the relevance of the current strategic direction of UNFPA and focuses on three transformative results: to end preventable maternal deaths, end unmet need for family planning, and end gender-based violence and harmful practices. These results capture our strategic commitments to accelerating progress towards realizing the ICPD and SDGs in the Decade of Action leading up to 2030. Our strategic plan calls upon UN Member States, organizations and individuals to “build forward better”, while addressing the negative impacts of the various natural and man-made disasters on women’s, girls’ and young people’s access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights, recovering lost gains, and realizing our goals.

About UNFPA: 

UNFPA is the lead UN agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person's potential is fulfilled. UNFPA’s Strategic Plan (2022-2025), reaffirms the relevance of the current strategic direction of UNFPA and focuses on three transformative results: to end preventable maternal deaths; end unmet need for family planning; and end gender-based violence and harmful practices. These results capture our strategic commitments on accelerating progress towards rUNFPA has embraced Disability People with disabilities remain a vastly excluded and vulnerable group in humanitarian crises, and women and girls with disabilities face intersecting forms of discrimination and barriers to accessing services. This is particularly important in the context of Afghanistan, where as many as 83% of women and girls live with disabilities, with 44% experiencing moderate, and 15% severe disability – both figures higher for women than for men. These individuals face a number of environmental, communication, institutional, and attitudinal barriers that prevent them from fully accessing a range of life saving interventions. Inclusion is a priority to embed in all features of the humanitarian response in Afghanistan. UNFPA will continue to undertake significant efforts to improve the capacity of front-line female staff of UNFPA service delivery points by providing them disability inclusion training. The package will aim at increasing knowledge of disability according to the human rights based approach and sector standards, sensitizing the frontline staff working in UNFPA supported delivery points to the needs of people with disabilities in the context of their work, barriers to access services for people with disabilities, and the administration of Washington Group Questions. UNFPA is seeking candidates that transform, inspire and deliver high impact and sustained results; we need staff who are transparent, exceptional in how they manage the resources entrusted to them and who commit to deliver excellence in programme results realizing the ICPD and SDGs in the Decade of Action leading up to 2030.

Job Purpose:

UNFPA Afghanistan CO is seeking an International Consultant to support the UNFPA country office in developing an e-learning package module that is based on a training package that cover the following: 

- Key terms related to disability using the human rights based approach. 

- An overview of the situation of people with disabilities in Afghanistan and common barriers people with disabilities face in the country, with focus on women and girls with disabilities. 

- Disability inclusion measures in Reproductive Health and Mental Health Psychosocial Support programming. These can include reasonable accommodations, principles of working with people with disabilities (e.g. informed consent), and inclusive communication with beneficiaries. 

- Critical steps to identify persons with disabilities accessing UNFPA’s life saving interventions.

You would be responsible for: Under the overall supervision of the Programme Coordinator, and work closely with the Senior Management Team, various Units including Humanitarian, M&E, AAP, Communications, knowledge management, and Heads of area offices.

He/she will report to the Program Coordinator. Objective of the consultancy is to develop an e-learning package on disability inclusion for front line workers. 

Scope of Work: 

To develop the e-learning course, the consultant is expected to achieve the following: 

- Developing the e-learning content based on the training package content, that is accessible and interactive, catering to various learning styles. 

- Designing Disability Inclusion Training e-learning modules according to agreed content 

- audio and video recording and editing, graphic design and editing in English, dari and Pashto. 

- Testing Disability Inclusion Training e-learning modules. 

- Launch of the Learning Management System (LMS) which allows for users’ progress tracking 

- learners’ data input. 

- Piloting the e-learning course with e.g. 20-30 users for each of the three languages English, Dari, and Pashto (UNFPA and partners). Following the training completion by these testers, the e-learning course will be evaluated with: competency (knowledge, skills, and attitudes (KSAs)) pre- post-test, evaluation questionnaire, and if needed, FGDs with learners to identify gaps and challenges to learning. 

- Revising the content to incorporate learners’ suggestions and feedback and ensure adequate knowledge and skills acquisition and retention among learners. - Translation of the revisions into Dari and Pashto. 

- Launching the finalized e-learning course. 

The consultant is expected to initiate an annual subscription of Articulate 360 Teams (license to use the platform, authoring tools, collaboration tools, unlimited storage) and allows 4,000 learners to complete the training in a year.

Delivery dates and how work will be delivered (eg electronic, hard copy etc):

The following are key outputs expected from the consultant: 

● Disability Inclusion e-learning first draft (English, Pashto and Dari version)-End January 2025 

● Disability Inclusion Training e-learning launch (English, Pashto and Dari version End of March 2025. 

These deliverables are subject to review and approval by the designated supervisor. The consultant is expected to adhere to agreed-upon timelines throughout the duration of the consultancy. 

All deliverables will be submitted in electronic format.

Qualifications and Experience: 

Education:

An advanced degree with a specialization in areas such as social work, psychology, public health, law/human rights, international relations, or a related field.

Knowledge and Experience:

• At least 5 years of increasingly responsible professional relevant experience 
• Knowledge and experience in mental health/psychosocial support (MHPSS) and disability inclusion programming. 
• Excellent understanding of human rights and the survivor-centered approach. 
• Excellent level of proficiency in English (spoken and written). 
• Outstanding writing skills, with the ability to conceptualize, synthesize, and compose in a style that appeals to a variety of audiences. 
• Computer skills (able to use MS Windows, Zoom, office applications, etc.); Graphic design skills are an added advantage. 
• Experience working under minimum supervision and tight deadlines

Core Competencies: 

● Integrity, commitment, cultural sensitivity and valuing diversity 

● Developing people 

● Building and managing relationships 

● Personal leadership and effectiveness 

Functional Competencies: 

● Business acumen 

● Implementing management systems 

● Innovation and marketing of new approaches 

● Organizational awareness 

● Promoting organizational change and development 

● Impact and influence 

● Job knowledge/technical expertise

Language: Fluency in English is required. 

inputs/services to be provided by UNFPA or implementing partner (e.g support services, office space, equipment), if applicable: 

The consultant is expected to provide all necessary equipment to complete the assignment (computer, software, phone, etc.). UNFPA will provide all relevant background information and documentation

Disclaimer: 

UNFPA does not charge any application, processing, training, interviewing, testing or other fee in connection with the application or recruitment process. Fraudulent notices, letters or offers may be submitted to the UNFPA fraud hotline http://www.unfpa.org/help/hotline.cfm

In accordance with the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations, persons applying to posts in the international Professional category, who hold permanent resident status in a country other than their country of nationality, may be required to renounce such status upon their appointment.