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Belize is a small, climate-vulnerable country facing increasing threats from extreme weather events, rising sea levels, and environmental degradation. These challenges disproportionately affect children and other vulnerable populations, impacting their health, education, and overall well-being.
UNICEF Belize is committed to ensuring that every child grows up in a safe, clean, and sustainable environment. This consultancy will provide critical insights into climate risks, regional mitigation efforts, and policy recommendations to strengthen climate resilience.
Learn more about UNICEF’s work in Belize: unicefbelize.org
How can you make a difference?
UNICEF Belize, in partnership with the National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO), is seeking a consultant to develop and implement a virtual Disaster Risk Management (Emergency Preparedness and Response) Training Course. The goal is to modernize and institutionalize emergency preparedness training for public officers by enhancing training content, introducing e-learning options, and creating a certification system to boost engagement and capacity.
The project aims to:
- Update lesson plans and training materials (including PowerPoint presentations, videos, and graphics) to reflect modern methodologies, validated by subject matter experts.
- Develop an online training platform to expand access to training opportunities.
- Introduce a certification system to formally recognize the completion of training modules and encourage participation.
- Ensure comprehensive training for NEMO trainers and key partners (e.g., Belize Red Cross) to maintain consistency and enhance collaboration.
Scope of Work:
UNICEF will engage a consultant to undertake the following key tasks:
1. Modernization of Training Content
- Conduct a comprehensive review and update of lesson plans to incorporate interactive and engaging teaching methodologies.
- Redesign training materials to align with international best practices in disaster risk management (DRM) training.
- Validate updated materials with subject matter experts.
2. Development of an Online Training Platform
- Create an online version of the training modules to ensure accessibility for public officers unable to attend in-person sessions.
- Ensure seamless integration with the existing government learning management system (e.g., Moodle).
- Establishment of a Certification System
- Design a system to provide formal certification to public officers who successfully complete training.
- Develop clear evaluation criteria and certification requirements.
3. Pilot Training Implementation
The initial phase will focus on two priority training areas:
- Introduction to Disaster Risk Reduction and Management
- Shelter Management Training: Ensuring public officers are equipped to manage emergency shelters effectively.
4. Training of Trainers for NEMO and Key Partners
- Facilitate a “Training of Trainers” (ToT) workshop to build internal capacity for sustainable training implementation.
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
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University degree in Humanitarian Affairs, Social Policy, Public Administration, Economics or a related field.
- Proven experience in training design and development, preferably in emergency preparedness and disaster risk management.
- Expertise in e-learning development and online course integration (e.g., Moodle or other learning management systems).
- Experience in developing certification programs for professional training.
- Strong facilitation skills, with experience conducting Training of Trainers (ToT) workshops.
- Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency is considered an asset.
- Experience in multi-media production as an asset
- Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.
For every Child, you demonstrate…
UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS).
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UNICEF does not hire candidates who are married to children (persons under 18). UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination based on gender, nationality, age, race, sexual orientation, religious or ethnic background or disabilities. UNICEF is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check, and selected candidates with disabilities may be requested to submit supporting documentation in relation to their disability confidentially.
Remarks:
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.
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 UNICEF’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 Contracts 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 visa (applicable) and health insurance required to perform 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 UNICEF premises, programme delivery locations or directly interact with communities UNICEF works with, nor to travel to perform functions for UNICEF for the duration of their consultancy contracts.
