Child Participation Consultant – Development of the PCRP Sub-Manual on Children’s Participation, Philippines, Remotely, 6 Months, (OPEN FOR NATIONALS OF PHILIPPINES ONLY) Req#593687

Contract Duration- 6 Months

Working arrangement: Remote Base

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.

                                                         TERMS OF REFERENCE

The consultancy supports the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), through the KALAHI-CIDSS National Program Management Office (NPMO), in strengthening the integration of meaningful children’s participation within the Philippine Community Resilience Project (PCRP). PCRP operationalizes the Community Resilience Implementation Process (CRIP), which enables participatory risk assessment, planning, investment, and monitoring at the community level.

Within this framework, the assignment will develop a comprehensive, operational, and field-tested Children’s Participation Sub-Manual aligned with the PCRP’s Project Operations Manual (POM) and existing sub-manuals. The Sub-Manual will provide practical guidance, tools, and standards to systematically embed child rights and meaningful participation across all stages of the CRIP, consistent with Community-Driven Development (CDD) principles.

The consultancy includes piloting the module in Bataraza, Palawan through capacity-building support to Area Coordinating Teams (ACTs), with lessons from implementation informing the refinement and finalization of the Sub-Manual.

The final output will be an implementation-ready product that enables LGUs, ACTs, and communities to integrate children’s participation into resilience planning, investment, and monitoring processes, aligned with safeguarding, inclusion, and PCRP operational requirements, and ready for scale-up across expansion municipalities in 2027.

Scope of Work:

The consultant will report to the UNICEF Child Protection and Climate, Environment and Resilience (CER) Sections and work in...