UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.

Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.

And we never give up.

For every child, health.

The Vanuatu Health Sector Strategy 2021 – 2030 highlighted the importance of evidence generation to support decision-making for planning and management of health services, and monitoring the operation of policies and strategies. While the core indicators for measuring progress and improving health information system have been established, the system and processes to collect health information and report progress have been weak limiting the ability of managers, health workers, and partners to fully understand the situation and address challenges. Health information remains a critical area requiring technical support to strengthen the primary health system of Vanuatu.

How can you make a difference? 

This consultancy is aimed at strengthening capacity to support timely and quality data collection, analysis, reporting and dissemination of routine health information. Specifically, the consultant is expected to:

• Support the national health information system (HIS) unit in developing, testing, maintaining, and pushing for interoperability of various digital health information platforms and solutions that collect routine health information specifically the District Health Information System version 2 (DHIS2) as well as integrate missing yet critical newborn, child and nutrition indicators.
• Improve capacity of provincial health teams, primary health care workers, and health and nutrition partners on using health information tools and platforms, and encouraging evidence informed decision-making through bottleneck analysis of key maternal and child health and nutrition interventions.
• Facilitate the institutionalization of a system for assessing quality of data including routine monitoring of data, discrete data quality reviews (conducted annually), and periodic in-depth assessments of priority health programmes.
• Support the Vanuatu Ministry of Health (VanMoH) to identify weaknesses in the data management system and interventions for system strengthening.
• Assist in monitoring the performance of data quality over time and the capacity to produce good quality data.

Please refer to the ToR ( TOR National Consultant to Support Digital Health System Management.pdf) for further information on the deliverables and the timelines.

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

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in public health, health administration, medical and/or biological sciences or other relevant disciplines is required
• Certificate in digital health, health information management, or monitoring and evaluation is required

Experience & Skills:

• A minimum of two years of professional work experience in health monitoring and information management is required
• Excellent understanding about the Vanuatu Health Information System is required
• Experience working with the Government would be an asset
• Ability to work in a team, to deliver within deadline, good interpersonal skills and accountability for own actions are required.

Language:

• Proficiency in English and Bislama, verbal and written, 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.

GUIDANCE FOR APPLICANTS:  

Please submit a separate financial offer along with your application. The financial proposal should be a lump sum amount for all  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 cost.

REMARKS

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.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

Individuals engaged under a consultancy 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. This 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.

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: No requirements