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And we never give up.

For every child, Health

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How can you make a difference?

The purpose of this consultancy is to:

• Support international consultant to review evidence, policies, strategies, best practices and approaches to inform the development of the national a child (CSA) through consultation of national partners, stakeholders, and communities.

• Contribute to the development of a national child survival operational plan through co-facilitating stakeholder workshops and documenting issues arising from them.

• Support state ministries to contextualize national CSA operational plan and develop 7-state led child survival operational plan for different State ministries of health.

Scope of the work:

Under the direct supervision of the MNCH Health Manager and with guidance from the international consultant, in collaboration with the Director of Family Health, Child Health Manager at Federal and State Ministries of Health, and in close coordination with the broader Health section at country and field offices, as well as other relevant sections/sectors, the national consultant will be responsible for the following tasks:

• Collating national documents for literature review and assisting the international consultant in conducting analysis through desk reviews and data gathering from key stakeholders, to identify gaps in existing national strategies and policies.

• Support FMOH and State MOH to convene and participate in regular RMNCAH taskforce meetings for Child Survival in collaboration with the lead international consultant.

• Organizing key informant interviews and facilitate consultations at national and state levels.

• Interview/Translate consultation notes and recordings from Somali to English to ensure comprehensive documentation.

• Based on the documents developed during the workshop, contribute to the development of a draft operational plan including indicators, as well assisting in report writing.

• Convene state level consultations with state RMNCAH taskforces to inform the state child survival operational plans.

• Support state ministries of health to develop State specific CSA operational plans by contextualizing the national child survival action operational plan.

• Facilitate feedback/validation/dissemination session on the final CSA operational plans with stakeholders.

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

• A university degree in one of the following fields is required: Medicine/ public health, health policy and/or management, environmental health sciences, relevant technical field.
• A minimum of 5 years of professional experience in one or more of the following areas is required: public health planning and management of maternal, neonatal and child health care, Primary health care in emergencies, research.
• Strong practical experience in child survival program implementation and knowledge of the SDG targets.
• Experience working in a developing country is considered as an asset.
• Relevant experience with UNICEF system or UN organization is must.
• Fluency in English and Somali is required.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

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

To view our competency framework, please visit  here.

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: 

Kindly attach your financial proposal along with this application.  Applications without a financial proposal will not be considered.

UNICEF only considers Higher education qualifications obtained from an institution accredited/recognized in the World Higher Education Database (WHED), a list updated by the International Association of Universities (IAU), United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The list can be accessed at http://www.whed.net

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.