Home-based Consultancy: Programme Management Vacancy At UNICEF For August 2024

UN Jobs Admin August 5, 2024

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Home-based Consultancy: Programme Management Vacancy At UNICEF For August 2024

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Vacancy Details

Job No.: 574336
Contract type: Consultant
Duty Station: Geneva
Level: Consultancy
Location: Switzerland
Categories: Health, Programme Management, Research, Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation

UNICEF Overview

Home-based Consultancy: Big Catch-up Programme Management (240 working days; with travel as needed) – Europe and Central Asia Regional Office (ECARO). UNICEF ECARO is recruiting a consultant to provide services to Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan in Big Catch-up planning and programme management, including supporting quality assurance of data monitoring and reporting, documentation, and learning. The consultant will work under the direct supervision of the ECARO Immunization Coordinator.

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Scope of Work

Big Catch-up policies, strategies, and implementation: The consultant will review countries’ Big catch-up policies, strategies, interventions, and monitoring reports and develop an implementation plan to address challenges and bottlenecks identified to ensure eligible children are identified and reached with required vaccines. The aim of the documents review and analysis is to ensure there is clear guidance on how to provide missed doses of vaccinations.
Development of knowledge management products: The consultant will develop documentation, case studies on strategies for BCU and efforts for continuously implementing catch-up vaccination as part of a whole system approach along the life course.

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Work Assignment Overview

Tasks / Milestone	Deliverables / Outputs	Timeline / Deadline
Big Catch-up policies, strategies, and implementation: review countries’ Big catch-up policies, strategies, interventions, and monitoring reports and develop an implementation plan to address challenges and bottlenecks identified to ensure eligible children are identified and reached with required vaccines. Provide clear policy guidance to national health ministries and immunization partners on institutionalizing catch-up vaccinations.	Report of desk review for 2 countries’ BCU plans prepared. Analyzing approaches, challenges and bottlenecks for planning, identification and reporting on ZD/under immunized children conducted.	30 working days; By 30 October 2024
	Guidance on elements of planning, implementation, and monitoring that need refinement for the 2 assigned countries developed, including a regional approach to identify and reach zero dose children in Europe and Central Asia	30 working days; By 30 October 2024
	Develop a comprehensive framework that includes key performance indicators (KPIs), data collection methodologies, and reporting mechanisms. This framework will ensure accountability and enable continuous improvement in vaccination coverage under BCU.	20 working days; ProgramBy 30 November 2024
	Develop policy briefs and guidance documents that outline recommended practices for integrating catch-up vaccinations into national immunization policies. These documents should align with global frameworks like the Immunization Agenda 2030 and include actionable steps for policy formulation and system strengthening.	20 working days; By 30 December 2024
	2 Interim reports of BCU implementation in the 2 assigned countries prepared.	20 working days; By 30 July 2025
	Final reports on BCU implementation in assigned the 2 countries	20 working days; By 30 November 2025
	The scheduled report to GAVI reviewed and presented.	No. of working days pending; By 30 November 2025
Development of knowledge management products: develop documentation, case studies on strategies for BCU and efforts for continuously implementing catch-up vaccination as part of a whole system approach along the life course.	Inception report and plan with countries on data and good practices developed	30 working days; By 28 February 2025
	Regular virtual meetings with structured agendas (e.g., monthly or bi-monthly) to bring together representatives from UNICEF, national health ministries, partner organizations, and other stakeholders involved in BCU implementation on implementation progress, challenges countries face, successes, lessons learned, and upcoming milestones. Facilitate the sharing of best practices, innovative approaches, and case studies from countries that have successfully implemented BCU strategies.	20 working days; By 15 December 2025
	Guidelines, training modules that cover best practices for implementation of BCU, recording and reporting catch-up doses, adapted to different healthcare settings and contexts. Include guidelines on integrating catch-up vaccinations into routine service delivery, utilizing tools like home-based records and electronic immunization registries.	30 working days; By 30 April 2025
	2 Field mission reports with findings of data collection, good practice and sustainability lense in 2 countries presented.	30 working days; By 30 September 2025
Final Consultancy Report.	Final comprehensive report on the assignment developed and presented.	20 working days; By 15 December 2025

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Estimated Duration of the Contract

240 working days between September 2024 and December 2025.
Consultant’s Work Place and Official Travel
The Consultant will be remote/home-based.
As part of this assignment, some international travels are foreseen. The consultant will arrange her/his travel as and when they take place, and related costs will be reimbursed per UNICEF travel policy.

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Travel Clause

All UNICEF rules and regulations related to travel of Consultants apply.
All travels shall be undertaken only upon the prior written approval by UNICEF.
The consultant must be fit to travel, be in a possession of the valid UN BSAFE certificate, obligatory inoculation(s) and have a valid own travel/medical insurance and an immunization/vaccination card.

Estimated Cost of the Consultancy & Payment Schedule

Payment will be made on submission of an invoice and satisfactory completion of the above-mentioned deliverables.
UNICEF reserves the right to withhold all or a portion of payment if performance is unsatisfactory, if work/outputs are incomplete, not delivered or for failure to meet deadlines.
All materials developed will remain the copyright of UNICEF and UNICEF will be free to adapt and modify them in the future.
Please submit a professional fee (in USD) based on 240 working days to undertake this assignment, without travel fees as these will be reimbursed as and when they take place.

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To qualify you will have…

Master’s degree in Medicine, Public Health, Health Policy and Management, Social or Behavioural Science, other related fields.
At least eight (8) years of experience in international public health programme management.
Proven experience in Immunization programme strategic planning, coordination, and monitoring, Immunization Programme reviews, microplanning, data analysis and report writing.
Fluency in spoken and written English and Russian is a requirement.
Experience interfacing with national ministries of health and immunization stakeholders considered an asset.
Experience in planning and delivery of technical assistance.
Effective presenter including ability to adapt the message and visual aids for multiple audiences to deliver concise, impactful presentations considered an asset.
Demonstrated ability to work in a multi-cultural environment considered an asset.
Proficiency in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
Similar experience in UN agency preferred. Conscientious and highly organized, with the ability to take the initiative and work independently under general guidance, meet tight deadlines, and deliver results.