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Individual Consultant: Technical assistance to support Menstrual Hygiene Programme at UNICEF
Individual Consultant: Technical assistance to support Menstrual Hygiene Programme at UNICEF
- Job no: 580974
- Contract type: Consultant
- Duty Station: Georgetown
- Level: Consultancy
- Location: United States, Guyana, Jamaica, Eastern Caribbean
- Categories: Education, Health, WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene)
Seeking a seasoned individual consultant to provide crucial technical assistance. This role involves strengthening UNICEF’s Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) programme, ensuring effective implementation, and fostering sustainable solutions for girls and women across the United States, Guyana, Jamaica and Eastern Caribbean. UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. This consultancy is expected to support the institutionalization of the MoE’s Menstrual Hygiene.
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Objectives
- The key objectives of this phase of the MHM Program are:
- To enhance understanding and responsiveness to the menstrual health needs of adolescent girls through direct engagement with girls, boys, parents and teachers.
- To ensure that the Menstrual Health Journal is contextually relevant, informative, and accessible to girls in target communities.
- To develop a structured and effective awareness plan that promotes menstrual health education and reduces stigma.
- To create high quality education and awareness materials that effectively communicate key MHM messages and empower schools and communities to support good menstrual hygiene practices.
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Requirements
- A Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Social Science (Education, Behavioural Science, Communications or related field).
- Minimum six years of work experience in behaviour change, health education or communications.
- Knowledge of child’s rights approaches, WASH and gender responsive programming.
- Ability to work with government, international agencies and facilitate collaboration among various stakeholders.
- Knowledge and experience in data collection and analysis.
- Expert knowledge and experience in Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint and Excel).
- Effective communication skills, both orally and in writing, in English.
- Sensitivity to diverse opinions and difficulties arising from differing social and cultural perceptions.
- Excellent writing skills.
- Proficiency in English (spoken and written).
- Proven knowledge of local context.
Desirable:
- Previous work experience with the United Nations System.
- Knowledge of / fluency in the local languages an asset.
