1.Purpose of consultancy: |
UNFPA Ukraine is implementing the EMBRACE project (Enhancing National and Regional Mechanisms to Build Responsive, Accountable & Cost-Effective System of GBV Response and Prevention) in coordination with the Ministry of Social Policy and the Ministry of Internal Affairs and with the financial support of the Government of the UK.
The project focuses on enhancing the mechanisms of accountability of duty bears at national and local levels to build an effective response to gender-based violence and provide needed support to GBV survivors.
Due to the armed invasion of the Russian Federation to Ukraine, which started on 24 February 2022, the risks of women and girls becoming subject to sexual violence and conflict-related sexual violence across Ukraine have increased significantly. Men and boys can also face sexual violence and abuse.
There are no complete data regarding the number of survivors since the data collection is much challenged by active hostilities and limited access to the temporarily occupied territories. At the same time, the requests of survivors from the de-occupied areas to police, health care facilities and human rights organisations provide evidence of the surge of cases of sexual violence.
To ensure needed support to women and girls, men and boys, who survived sexual violence, UNFPA launches an Aurora online platform to increase access of the sexual violence survivors to psychological, legal and health care services, including specialised psychotherapeutic care to cope with the traumatic experiences. Up-to-date, over 120 requests have been received, and necessary assistance has been provided to those in need. The number of applications is expected to increase in the nearest time, in particular, taking into account a promotion campaign of the Aurora platform and a nationwide information campaign on prevention and response to the conflict-related sexual violence to be launched shortly. |
2. Scope of work:
(Description of services, activities, or outputs) |
The consultancy envisages coordination of the Aurora online psychotherapy platform in order to ensure its smooth functioning with provision of the high-quality services to the violence survivors, including to the survivors of the conflict related sexual violence.
The national coordinator assures the operation of the Aurora platform that will include:
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3. Duration and working schedule: |
Starting date: November 01, 2022 (tentatively) Duration: till March 25, 2023. |
4. Place where services are to be delivered: |
Ukraine, remotely. |
5. Delivery dates and how work will be delivered (e.g. electronic, hard copy etc.): |
Brief progress reports to be delivered electronically on the regular basis via email: chuyeva@unfpa.org accompanied by the developed/reviewed documents. The reporting periods should be agreed upon with the consultant additionally, either bi-weekly or monthly. Final brief report on the assignment completion to be delivered electronically by the end of the assignment before 25 March 2023 accompanied with the final analysis and its recommendations. |
6. Monitoring and progress control, including reporting requirements, periodicity format and deadline: |
Daily work monitoring to be done by Ms Olga Chuyeva, CRSV Specialist, UNFPA GBV Response Programme.
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7. Supervisory arrangements: |
This consultancy will be directly supervised by UNFPA CRSV Specialist Ms Olga Chuyeva, chuyeva@unfpa.org in close coordination with UNFPA GBV Response and Prevention Programme Manager Ms. Olesia Kompaniiets. |
8. Expected travel: |
No |
9. Required expertise, qualifications and competencies, including language requirements: |
Education:
Experience:
Other knowledge and skills:
Language: fluency (oral and written) in Ukrainian and Russian, at least working knowledge of English (ability to read and work with documents and written business communication). |
10. Inputs / services to be provided by UNFPA or implementing partner (e.g support services, office space, equipment), if applicable: |
Additional services could be provided upon UNFPA request and authorisation. UNFPA will provide organisational support to the Consultant in communications with the implementing partners, and national and local stakeholders. UNFPA will provide the consultant with a set of documents related to the scope of analysis and results of the previous research on the topic. |
11. Application process |
The consultant will be identified via open-call competitive selection process. To be considered for the role, one needs to submit to ukraine.office@unfpa.org by October 16, 2022 an application comprised of the following documents:
Only complete applications received by the deadline will be evaluated. In the subject line of the letter, please specify: Application for National Coordinator of Aurora online psychotherapy platform. |
12. Other relevant information or special conditions, if any: |
The consultancy fee will be paid on monthly basis upon submission of the Consultant’s report. Any remarks, proposals, complaints, or claims to the consultant regarding services being provided in line with these terms of reference should be submitted to the consultant in writing within 10 days of submission of consultancy deliverables or reports by the consultant. The scope of work to be performed by the consultant under these terms of reference, as well as other conditions of the consultancy, could be modified, if required, through a written agreement between the consultant and UNFPA.
Intellectual property: All information pertaining to this activity (documentary, pictures, digital, cyber, project documents, etc.) belonging to UNFPA, which the consultant may come into contact with in the performance of his/her duties under the assignment shall remain the property of UNFPA, which shall have exclusive rights over their use. Except for purposes of this assignment, the information shall not be disclosed to the public nor used in whatever manner without written permission of UNFPA in line with the national and international Copyright Laws applicable. |
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National Coordinator of the Aurora online psychotherapy platform
16 жовтень 2022
Ukraine, remotely