Individual Consultancy to Design a Gender-Transformative Childcare ModelNew

Designs an evidence-based, gender-transformative childcare model for Kenya through literature review, contextual analysis, stakeholder co-creation and risk assessment, integrating child rights, disability inclusion and the care economy into practical programme and investment recommendations.

• Review childcare, social-protection, gender and child-rights evidence and policy context
• Engage caregivers, adolescents, communities and institutional stakeholders in participatory co-creation
• Assess programme, safeguarding and implementation risks for the proposed childcare model
• Design a gender-transformative, disability-inclusive and child-rights-based childcare model
• Apply the 5R care framework to services, household roles, provider incentives and caregiver representation
• Align recommendations with UNICEF gender policy and priorities for adolescent girls

• Advanced degree in gender studies, social policy, development studies, child development, public policy or a related field
• At least ten years of progressively responsible experience in childcare, early childhood development, social protection, gender programming, child rights, public policy or related fields
• Experience designing, implementing, evaluating or strengthening childcare, parenting, family-support or community-care programmes
• Experience applying gender-transformative, disability-inclusive and child-rights approaches
• Participatory research, co-creation and stakeholder-engagement experience
• English and Swahili

• Experience designing childcare models, care services or gender-responsive social protection in sub-Saharan Africa
• Experience with adolescent mothers, young caregivers and marginalised people with disabilities
• Experience developing costing frameworks, investment cases, financing strategies or scale-up roadmaps
• Knowledge of Kenya's social-protection system
• Experience with UNICEF, United Nations agencies or comparable organisations

• Childcare Model Design
• Gender-Transformative Programming
• Social Protection
• Participatory Research
• Stakeholder Facilitation
• Risk Assessment
• Child Safeguarding
• Disability Inclusion
• Policy Analysis
• Care Economy Analysis

• 5R Framework
• UNICEF Gender Policy 2021-2030
• UNICEF Gender Action Plan 2026-2029

• The role carries elevated child-safeguarding risk and may require additional vetting
• Applicants must submit a CV, cover letter, financial proposal and technical proposal with methodology, evidence and workplan