This Consultancy is aimed at strengthening the community health program of the Ministry of Health as per the comprehensive community based PHC vision articulated in the national policy/strategy documents. Specifically, the consultant is expected to:

• Lead evidence-generation on the community health and nutrition landscape through community mapping, stakeholder analysis, and capacity assessment in selected urban and rural areas of 4 focus provinces (Malampa, Penama, Sanma and Shefa). This will include current situation analysis and identification of opportunities for strengthening community health and nutrition outcomes, with special attention to:
• Community outreach with preventive, promotive, and curative service
• Community empowerment to provide oversight for service delivery and to co-develop better health
• Interface between health service providers (including VHWs) and communities
• Representative participation of the communities
• Design and support implementation, monitoring and documentation of community health and nutrition pilot in 1 urban community and 1 rural community each in 4 provinces. The pilot design should include not only the intervention package but also clearly defined roles and responsibilities of stakeholders with their linkages/relationships and monitoring framework/tools with measurable indicators for performance tracking. The pilot interventions are expected to last for 6 months.

Please refer to the ToR ( Community Health Consultant – Vanuatu) for further information on the deliverables and the timelines.

GUIDANCE FOR APPLICANTS:

Please submit a separate financial offer along with your application. The financial proposal should be a lump sum amount for all the deliverables and should show a break down for the following:

• Monthly / Daily fees– based on the deliverables in the Terms of Reference above
• Travel (economy air ticket where applicable to take up assignment and field mission travel)
• Living allowance where travel is required
• Miscellaneous- to cover visa, health insurance (including medical evacuation for international consultants), communications, and other costs.

Requirements:

Education:

• Certificate in nursing, health services, community development, or other relevant disciplines. Any equivalent combination of education and/or work experience may be considered.

Knowledge/Skills Required

• More than 5 years of professional work experience on community health and/or nutrition program management.
• Knowledge and understanding of the Vanuatu health system specifically village health workers program.
• Working experience with international organisations is an asset.
• Ability to work in a team, capacity to deliver within tight deadlines, good interpersonal skill and accountable to his/her action.

  Language:

• English and Bislama