UNICEF Pacific International Consultancy: Individual Consultant for assistive technology project quality assurance and monitoring for Pacific Island Countries (PICs), Remote, 50 working days over 12 Months

UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.

  • At UNICEF, we are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do for as long as we are needed. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job – it is a calling.
  • UNICEF is a place where careers are built. We offer our staff diverse opportunities for professional and personal development that will help them reinforce a sense of purpose while serving children and communities across the world. We welcome everyone who wants to belong and grow in a diverse and passionate culture., coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package.
  • Visit our website to learn more about what we do at UNICEF.
  • For every child, the right to care. 
  • In the Pacific we work in Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu: These 14 Pacific island countries are home to 2.3 million people, including 1.2 million children and youth, living on more than 660 islands and atolls stretching across 17.2 million square kilometers of the Pacific Ocean, an area comparable to the combined size of the United States of America and Canada. Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Solomon Islands, and Tuvalu are classified as Fragile States according to World Bank/OECD criteria.
  • All 14 Pacific Island countries and territories have ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, but only a third are on track with reporting obligations. Explore the different areas of our work here: UNICEF Pacific Islands and in the short video: Work for UNICEF in the Pacific.mp4
  • The WHO-UNICEF Global Report on Assistive Technology (AT) (2022) revealed that one in three people or more than 2.5 billion people globally need one or more assistive products, such as wheelchairs, hearing aids, or apps that support communication and cognition. As the global population ages and the prevalence of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) increases, this figure will rise to 3.5 billion in 2050. Yet nearly one billion of them are denied access, particularly in low- and middle-income countries, where access can be as low as 3% of the need for these life-changing products. People reported the most common barriers to accessing assistive products as being high costs, low availability and lack of support. Many countries have large gaps in their assistive technology service provision and trained workforce.
  • In the Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs), despite signing and ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and general commitments to inclusive education, health, nutrition and wellbeing of school-aged children, there are considerable gaps in levels of awareness and information about AT among general population as well as professionals such as health workers and teachers, availability and access to affordable AT solutions, and service providers’ capacity. Further attention and improvements are required to make AT affordable and accessible for everyone in need.
  • In response, UNICEF Pacific’s Multi‑country Office is implementing the ATscale‑supported programme “Unlock Healthy Learning in the Pacific: Improving access to assistive technology and related rehabilitation services for school-aged children” in Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), Kiribati, and Vanuatu. The programme aims to increase access to vision, hearing, and mobility assistive products for school‑aged children—both in and out of school—through integrated screening and provision of eyeglasses, hearing aids, and mobility devices. At the same time, the programme strengthens national AT systems, including financing, policies, workforce development, service delivery pathways, supply chains, advocacy, and data systems. Multi‑country activities support harmonised procurement, research, and workforce training across the Pacific.
  • Given the programme’s technical complexity and multi‑country coordination requirements, UNICEF seeks to recruit a part‑time individual consultant to provide specialised technical guidance, quality assurance, and support for programme planning, implementation, monitoring, and reporting.

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  • The objective of this consultancy is to provide specialised technical guidance, quality assurance and support for programme planning, implementation, monitoring, and reporting across the “Unlock Healthy Learning in the Pac
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