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Purpose of assignment:
- Conduct a situation analysis of Community health and nutrition in urban areas and peri-urban in South Asia: This involves a thorough assessment of the current state of community health and nutrition systems in urban and peri-urban settings across sectors in South Asian countries. The analysis will focus on identifying key health and nutrition, and other related essential social services issues, assessing the effectiveness of existing CHN systems, programmes and strategies in addressing overlapping needs and deprivations of children across sectors, and understanding the unique challenges and opportunities presented by urbanization.
- Develop guidelines/guidance for enhancing CHN systems and programmes in urban and peri-urban areas: Based on the insights gained from the situation analysis, the consultant will formulate detailed guidelines/guidance aimed at improving the recruitment, training, supervision, and retention of Community Workers (CWs), community-based service delivery models and approaches, including community engagement, in urban and peri-urban settings. These guidelines/guidance will incorporate best practices and innovative approaches from both within South Asia and globally, ensuring that CHN programmes are well-equipped to address the specific and multiple needs of urban populations.
Main Deliverables:
- Hold an inception meeting with UNICEF to develop a better understanding of the assignment including roles, timelines among others
- Perform a thorough review of the CHN policy and program documents, which includes but not limited to the UNICEF Strategic plan, ROSA health workplan, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) guidelines on health policy and system support to enhance community health worker programs, among others.
- Write a situation analysis report on the state of community health and nutrition in urban and peri-urban areas and their effectiveness in addressing overlapping needs and deprivations of children across sectors, looking at both strategic and operational components. The report will summarise the background, approach and methodology, findings, lessons and best practices, conclusions, and recommendations.
- Disseminate the findings to UNICEF ROSA and 8 country offices at a virtual validation workshop, and finalize the report based on the feedback received.
Strategic deliverable 2: Develop guidelines/guidance for enhancing CHN programmes in urban and peri-urban areas
- Develop a guidance note for enhancing CHN programmes in urban and peri-urban areas. The guideline should propose strategies for reaching marginalized populations, including community engagement, in urban and peri-urban localities settings:
- Hold online orientation sessions for UNICEF ROSA and 8 country offices, Attend CHN workshop in Nepal, and finalize based on the feedback received.
Note: Please apply with your financial proposals. Applications without the financial proposals will not be considered.
Remarks: This is a remote based consultancy. If selected, a consultant will travel to Kathamandu once. \
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
An Advanced University Degree in public health/nutrition, pediatric health, family health, health research, global/international health, health policy and/or management, environmental health sciences, biostatistics-mathematics, socio- medical, health education, epidemiology or other health related science is required.
Work Experience:
• At least Eight (8) years of work experience in public health and development at international organization(s), with significant experience in urban health and nutrition.
• Proven experience in conducting situation analyses and developing health programme guidelines.
• Knowledge and experience in community health/primary health care systems and programmes
• Ability to identify key health qualitative and quantitative data and technical information from various policies, guidelines and reports and other sources, and present it in a manner that is less technical.
• Experience in providing technical assistance and thought leadership surrounding the analysis, design, and implementation of primary health care and/or health system strengthening.
• Knowledge and experience in health financing is an advantage.
• Knowledge on health situation in South Asia region is an advantage.
• Experience in South Asia Region is desirable.
• Demonstrated experience in working with UN agencies and governments would be an asset.
Skills and Competencies:
• Experience in reporting on qualitative and quantitative analytics
• Works independently and effectively within a team environment.
• Communicates effectively to varied audiences, including during formal public speaking.
• Able to work effectively in a multi-cultural environment.
• Sets high standards for quality of work and consistently achieves project goals.
For every Child, you demonstrate…
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/individual contractors 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 and Individual Contractors. Consultants and individual contractors 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.