New Job Vacancy United Nations at UNICEF Tanzania – National Individual Consultant
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| UNICEF |
in Tanzania 2021: New Job Opportunities United Nations at UNICEF, 2021
Job no: 539648
Contract type: Consultancy
Level: Consultancy
Location: Tanzania,Uni.Re
Categories: Consultancy
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.
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And we never give up.
For every child, Health
UNICEF
is a core member of global network for quality improvement (Quality,
Equity and Dignity (QED) network) of which WHO has been servicing as a
global secretariat. Tanzania is one of member countries who proactively
participates and contribute to a global efforts and knowledge sharing in
improving quality of maternal and newborn care. At country level, with
WHO Tanzania, UNICEF Tanzania has been working with Ministry of Health,
Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children (MoHCDGEC) to come
up with a joint workplan to streamline our investments and monitor its
outcomes. One of technical areas where this joint effort aiming to
achieve is to increase and improve availability and quality of data to
measure and track quality of care indicators as per global
recommendations.
How can you make a difference?
Data
plays critical role to inform policy and programme making. Accuracy and
consistency in indicator definition and ensuring an alignment with the
global recommendations are critically important to monitor the real
status of outputs and outcomes against RMNCAH services. In order to
harmonize our efforts across the RMNCAH data within UNICEF Tanzania, a
robust technical support from the expert would strengthen and expedite
our programme redesign process, implementation and advocacy.
MAIN OBJECTIVES, TASKS, DELIVERABLES AND TIME FRAME
The
overall objective of this consultancy is to support UNICEF Health
section to strengthen several areas of programmatic work that depend on
the availability, use and monitoring of quality of care indicators for
Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent health (RMNCAH).
The specific objectives include:
- To support redesign of the Mama na Mwana programme.
- To provide technical support in contribution to Global Quality, Equity and Dignity of care (QED) network.
- To
provide technical support in strengthening availability of adolescent
specific indicator availability in routine health information systems.
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Specific Tasks
The
consultant is expected to support UNICEF Health section with technical
expertise in the area of quality-of-care indicators in the context of
the Tanzanian health system. Specifically, the consultant will work on
the following tasks contributing to the consultancy objectives;
1. To support redesign of the Mama na Mwana programme through review
and development of its content to capture validated quality of care
indicators across programmatic areas with relevance for RMNCAH in the
Tanzanian health system.
Literature review of studies validating
and/or evaluating self-reported quality of care indicators with
relevance for RMNCAH in the Tanzanian health system
Review current
guidance on what quality of care indicators are recommended for
tracking/monitoring/use within the Tanzania national strategic plans
(including One Plan II/III, ENAP and HSSP IV/V)
Review current set of
Mama na Mwana questions against list of relevant validated indicators,
suggest indicators to drop, add or merge
Conduct stakeholder
consultations within UNICEF, development and implementing partners and
government to identify additional cross-sectoral indicators including
for Nutrition, HIV/AIDS, Early Childhood Development (ECD)CD, parenting,
child protection and gender-based violence (GBV)
Produced revised
list of indicators for the Mama na Mwana program based on evidence
review, revision of indicators and cross-sectoral additions with
relevance for Tanzania
Present revised list of Mama na Mwana indicators to Mama na Mwana stakeholders for validation
Finalization of Mama na Mwana indicators and
2. Adolescent indicator situation reviews and policy brief development.
Literature
reviews and key informant interview to identify global recommendations
for strengthening adolescent’s data availability.
Development of
inception report with policy briefs to strategize advocacy to the
Government stakeholders to improve availability of adolescent’s data in
routine information systems.
DELIVERABLES
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Deliverable |
Expected date (*) |
# of days |
% of total contract |
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1 |
Inception report and workplan developed for the whole consultancy |
18th May |
5 |
8% |
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2 |
Report on literature review of evidence supporting Mama na Mwana programme (Report) |
31st May |
15 |
23 |
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3 |
Report on desk review on available quality of care indicators which |
15th June |
10 |
15% |
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4 |
List of revised Mama na mwana indicators, including quality of care |
21st July |
15 |
23% |
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5 |
Report on desk review of available adolescent data in existing |
29th June |
10 |
15% |
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6 |
Policy brief to strategize advocacy to the Government stakeholders to improve availability of adolescent’s data in routine information systems (Report) |
30th July |
5 |
8% |
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7 |
Organize stakeholder meeting to share the report findings and present |
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5 |
8% |
*Expected date of completion would be highly affected by COVID-19 pandemic situation.
PAYMENT SCHEDULE
Payments will be made upon submission and
acceptance of the specified deliverables in the table above under
section TASKS, DELIVERABLE AND TIME FRAME. UNICEF reserves the right to
withhold all or a portion of payment if performance is unsatisfactory,
if work/output is incomplete, not delivered or for failure to meet
deadlines
METHODOLOGY
The consultant will work under
direct guidance of the P3 Health specialist with overall guidance of the
Health manager for Primary Health Care. For the various deliverables,
the consultant will also receive specific guidance from the Health
section C4D specialist, Health specialist QoC and Immunization
specialist. In addition, in order to perform the expected tasks, the
consultant will be required to work closely with various Government
counterparts, development partners and implementing partners.
The
consultant will be tasked to communicate with relevant stakeholders as
UNICEF representative as necessary to complete her/his tasks. S/he will
be requested to regularly update the progress status to UNICEF team
members by oral or written as appropriate
Supervision
The
Consultant will work under the supervision of the Health Specialist, in
close collaboration with the Health Manager (PHC), Health specialist
(Quality of Care), Health specialist (Immunization – HSS) and C4D
specialist.
Working conditions
Additional details of UNICEF rules, regulations and conditions will be attached to the contract
Medical Evacuation Coverage:
The consultant will be required to submit the proof of medical/Health Insurance with medical evacuation coverage.
ASSESSMENT /SELECTION PROCESS AND METHOD
Interested
consultant will be assessed on the basis of a technical and financial
proposal. The financial proposal should be prepared in TZS and inclusive
of all cost including travel and accommodation and contain a breakdown
for each component of the proposed work deliverables, based on an
estimate of time taken, which needs to be stated. The budget narrative
must explain the assumptions behind all cost estimates.
To qualify as an advocate for every child you are required to have the following:
• Advanced degree in public health or relevant area such as Monitoring and Evaluation.
• Fluency in spoken and written English and Swahili.
• Solid knowledge on accurately defining and handling health-related data
NEW TANZANIAN JOBS, INTERNSHIPS AND VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES 2021 (1,319 POSTS)
5 years progressively responsible professional work experience at
global and national level in health-related information and data,
especially quality of care and adolescents’ indicators.
A suitable candidate should have experience in the following areas.
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Being able to work and communicate with Tanzania government officials
and various type of stakeholders who are working in the relevant areas.
• Work experience in defining and evaluating quality of care and adolescent area in Tanzania.
UNICEF’s values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA) and core competencies.
The
UNICEF competencies required for this post are; Builds and maintains
partnerships, demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness,
innovates and embraces change, drive to achieve results for impact,
manages ambiguity and complexity, thinks and acts strategically, work
Collaboratively with others.
https://www.unicef.org/careers/media/1041/file/UNICEF%27s_Competency_Framework.pdf
UNICEF
is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and
encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality,
religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with
disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.
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.
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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.
Advertised: 16 Apr 2021 E. Africa Standard Time
Deadline: 23 Apr 2021 E. Africa Standard Time
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