Job Vacancies at United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)

Job no: 535264

Categories: Education, WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene), Consultancy

For every child, Sanitation

How can you make a difference?

Please see attached TORs 20201015 - Terms of Reference Consultant for school Health strategy in Kenya - signed.pdf

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

• An advanced university degree (Master’s or higher) in a relevant field in Social Sciences, particularly in the area of Public policy, Public Health Education, development studies.  Qualified social science background with competency or specialization in gender, social inclusion, equity, results-based programming, human rights approach in the public health sector
• Over five year's professional experience in strategic planning and management consultancy
• Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency is considered an asset.
• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA) and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.

The functional competencies required for this post are...

View our competency framework at

http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/files/UNICEF_Competencies.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.

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.

Deadline: 29 Oct 2020 E. Africa Standard Time

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Job no: 535231

Categories: HIV/AIDS, Nutrition, Consultancy

For every child, Nutrition

How can you make a difference?

Please see attached TORs

 IYCF TOR reviewed 30 Sept 2020.docx

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

• An advanced university degree (Master’s or higher) in Relevant academic background and training in public health, nutrition, anthropology, sociology, epidemiology, psychology or other, as appropriate.  
• Strong technical knowledge in maternal infant and young child feeding and HIV and AIDS within the context of Kenya
• Expertise in conducting community and stakeholder dialogues including targeting marginal groups including adolescents and young peoples, the poor, rural populations
• Experience in qualitative research methods
• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA) and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.

The functional competencies required for this post are...

View our competency framework at

http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/files/UNICEF_Competencies.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.

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.

Deadline: 28 Oct 2020 E. Africa Standard Time

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Background and Justification

Covid-19 pandemic continues to place increasing demand on the fragile health systems in the African Region. However, countries should ensure continuity of essential health services, including reorganizations based on the stage of the outbreak and the health systems capacity to mitigate the impact of COVID19 on reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health (RMNCAH).

In the context of the COVID-19 response, awareness-raising and advocacy for continuity of essential services is considered a priority by UNICEF and partners to prevent/avoid secondary impacts of COVID-19 on the most vulnerable groups including newborns, children, adolescents and women.

Scope of Work

 Goal and Objective:  Under the supervision of the Health System Strengthening Specialist and in collaboration with Maternal and Newborn, Community / Child Health, Immunization, and HIV Specialists, the consultant will provide Routine Health Information Systems/Continuity of Essential services data management and analytical support.

The scope of work will focus on supporting the ESARO health team in managing, visualizing and analysing information gathered on multi-year trends in continuity of essential RMNCAH services pre and post COVID-19 outbreak.

 Activities and Tasks:   The consultant will work closely with the Regional Health team in undertaking the following tasks:

Set up and trouble shoot system for data gathering from 21 ESAR countries on the status of essential health service delivery (administered from Q3 2020 to Q2 2021);
Develop data analytics (trend line charts, generation of maps and other visualization templates) of monthly continuity of essential services utilization data for 21 ESAR countries;
Support design and planning of a web-based dashboard for data aggregation and analytics of the information gathered for 21 ESAR countries
Support development of country profiles across the 21 ESAR countries drawing from finance, human resources, child mortality and RMNCACH data (e.g. Countdown 2030 profiles)
Support the visualization and dissemination of the Continuity of essential health services and country profile data products through web-based dashboards and slides posted on the UNICEF ESAR Health Sharepoint Collaboration Site/Knowledge Hub

Work relationships:  The consultant will work under the technical guidance and supervision of the Health System Strengthening Specialist, and collaboratively with the RO Health Section team and other relevant sections (Nutrition, Education, Child Protection, HIV, C4D, ICT4D).

Outputs/Deliverables:  

• Collation and archiving of information collected from 21 ESAR countries
• Set up consolidated database of essential service continuity data from 21 ESAR countries
• Templates for bar charts, trendlines and maps of quarterly Essential health services continuity data (Q3-Q4 2020, Q1-Q2 2021)  for 21 ESAR countries, available in slide format and in web based dashboard
• Templates for Country health profiles for 21 ESAR countries developed and/or updated, available in slide format and in web based dashboard

Desired competencies, technical background and experience

Requirements and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Public Health, Epidemiology, or other related discipline.
• Professional experience (minimum 1 year) in developing dashboards for monitoring and evaluation and management of RMNCAH/PHC data sets
• Experience managing, analyzing, and visualizing data using web-based data visualization dashboards/platforms (e.g. Tableau, PowerBi, Shiny, Superset) and programming languages/analytical tools (e.g. SQL, Java, Python, R, Matlab) is a requirement
• Prior work experience with a multi-lateral or international health and development agency
• Track record of producing quality deliverables on time.
• Fluency in English is required
• Strong ability to multi-task and a drive for on-time delivery required.

Application must include:

• Detailed curriculum vitae
• Submission of at least two products (e.g. web-based data visualization dashboards, data profiles) and/or data visualization or analytical samples;
• A detailed financial proposal quoted in United States Dollars (USD) which must include a quoted daily rate and total for the proposed 145 days

Administrative issues

The consultant is expected to work remotely and use his/her own IT equipment (laptop, cell-phone etc.), where operating communication costs – long-distance calls, internet if any should be part of the overall quoted fees (no reimbursement will be applied).

Conditions

The consultant will use own equipment (computer, digital voice recorder, etc.) to produce deliverables.

As per UNICEF DFAM policy, payment is made against approved deliverables. No advance payment is allowed unless in exceptional circumstances against bank guarantee, subject to a maximum of 30 per cent of the total contract value in cases where advance purchases, for example for supplies or travel, may be necessary.

The candidate selected will be governed by and subject to UNICEF’s General Terms and Conditions for individual contracts.

For international consultant outside the duty station, signed contracts must be sent by fax or email. Signed contract copy or written agreement must be received by the office before Travel Authorization is issued.

The selected candidate will be governed by and subject to UNICEF’s General Terms and Conditions for individual contracts and the consultancy will be conducted in accordance with the UN Evaluation Group Code of Conduct and ethical standards.

Risks

Risks include irrelevant and unfeasible guidance due to a variety of reasons including subjective interpretation of strategic information and objectives of this consultancy; inability of consultant to finish on time.

ESARO will safeguard against this by ensuring regular communication with the consultant to sharpen the deliverables and identify mitigating measures to address the risks mentioned above as well as unpredictable ones.

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Job no: 535465

Categories: Nutrition, Consultancy

For every child, Nutrition

How can you make a difference?

Please see attached TORs TOR for Regional database_21Oct2020_FINAL_SIGNED.doc

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

• Advanced University Degree or higher in statistics, IT, nutritional epidemiology or related;
• At least 5 years of professional experience in statistics and database management and/or development
• Experience developing databases and statistical analysis for a wide range of users, including data presentation;
• Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency is considered an asset.
• Excellent written and spoken English is required .

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA) and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.

The functional competencies required for this post are...

View our competency framework at

http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/files/UNICEF_Competencies.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.

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.

Deadline: 01 Nov 2020 E. Africa Standard Time