Individual Consultancy to Produce a Disability-Inclusive Youth Work Training Kit, UNICEF Thailand Country Office, Bangkok, Job No. 583553

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UNICEF works to ensure the rights of all children in the East Asia and Pacific Region.  This means the rights of every child living in this country, irrespective of their nationality, gender, religion or ethnicity, to:

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To truly ensure no young person is left behind, youth work must be disability-inclusive, providing young people with disabilities with equitable access to quality opportunities for learning, personal growth, and civic engagement. Embedding disability inclusion in youth work standards is not only about removing barriers, but also about creating enabling environments where every young person can contribute, participate meaningfully, and thrive, strengthening both individual potential and societal cohesion.

UNICEF is seeking an individual consultant to produce a Disability-Inclusive Youth Work Training Kit. The Training Kit will include 3 sets of complementary materials:

1) Disability-Inclusive Youth Work Manual.

2) Supporting materials for trainers (e.g., foundational reading to strengthen background knowledge; handouts; Power Points for each Lesson Plan).

3) Supporting materials for trainees/practitioners (e.g., handouts; Power Points for each Lesson Plan).

The Training Kit is to be used by a cadre of trainers in capacity building of a diverse range of practitioners working with young people, all of which have completed Level 4 Youth Work Training. The new training manual needs to be based upon the existing draft Disability-Inclusive Youth Work Training Manual developed by UNICEF Thailand and expanded/modified as needed to be fully aligned with the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), the United Nations Disability Inclusion Strategy (UNDIS), and the UNICEF Disability Inclusion Policy and Strategy (DIPAS).

Work assignment and deliverables:

Assignment 1: Based on an existing draft Disability-Inclusive Youth Work Training Manual developed by UNICEF Thailand (approximately 50 pages), produce an expanded outline of the manual, based upon the existing draft and expanded/modified as needed to be fully aligned with the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), the United Nations Disability Inclusion Strategy (UNDIS), and the UNICEF Disability Inclusion Policy and Strategy (DIPAS).

The new Manual is expected to include the 4 existing Modules:

Module

Existing draft

To be added in the NEW Manual Draft

1

Legislation and Policy

Youth participation and disability mainstreaming

2

Basic Disability concepts

Social model and the CRPD

3

Disability-Inclusive Youth Work

Weave disability within the existing youth work framework

4

Delivering Disability-Inclusive Youth Work

Twin-track - service delivery and multi-disciplinary teamwork

Each Module should include various Lesson Plans, including objective, duration, delivery outline, varied activities to ensure trainee engagement and accompanying materials to ensure uniformity of training delivery across settings.

Deliverable 1: Expanded Outline of the new Disability-Inclusive Youth Work Manual (estimated 5 days)

Delivery Schedule: 10 October 2025

Assignment 2: Develop the first draft of the new Disability-Inclusive Youth Work Training Manual by reviewing existing content and integrating the additional content outlined in the table above.

Deliverable 2: 1st Draft of the new Disability-Inclusive Youth Work Manual (estimated 20 days)

Delivery Schedule: 10 November 2025

Assignment 3: Develop first draft of the Disability-Inclusive Youth Work Training Kit

The consultant will develop the Disability-Inclusive Youth Work Training Kit. This will include 3 sets of complementary materials:

1) Second Draft of the Disability-Inclusive Youth Work Manual.

2) First Draft of Supporting materials for trainers (e.g., foundational reading to strengthen background knowledge; handouts; Power Points for each Lesson Plan).

3) First Draft of Supporting materials for trainees/practitioners (e.g., handouts; Power Points for each Lesson Plan).

Deliverable 3: First draft of the Disability-Inclusive Youth Work Training Kit (estimated 10 days)

Delivery Schedule: 15 December 2025

Assignment 4: Develop the complete and final disability-Inclusive Youth Work Training Kit, containing:

Deliverable 4: Complete Training Kit, including Final Draft of the new Manual and all supporting materials for trainers and trainees (estimated 5 days)

Delivery Schedule: 15 January 2026

Duration of Contract:   1 October 2025 - 15 February 2026 (40 working days)

Duty Travel: N/A

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

Qualifications or specialized knowledge/ experience required

• Master’s degree or higher in Education, Special Education, or related field with pedagogy component

• 10 years or more of demonstrated experience in disability mainstreaming with UN, INGOs and/or DPOs

• Familiarity with all UN requirements related to disability mainstreaming (UNDIS; DIPAS; etc.)

• Previous experience producing materials for Trainer of Trainers related to disability mainstreaming

• 10 years or more of demonstrated experience working with United Nations organizations, preferably UNICEF

Interested candidates are requested to submit CV, full contact information of minimum 3 references, availability, technical proposal, and daily financial proposal in USD by 14 September 2025

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UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS).

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UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic.

UNICEF offers reasonable accommodation for consultants with disabilities. This may include, for example, accessible software, travel assistance for missions or personal attendants. We encourage you to disclose your disability during your application in case you need reasonable accommodation during the selection process and afterwards in your assignment. 

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. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. 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. 

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. Consultants 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.