Country: Thailand
Closing date: 19 Jul 2018
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,
UNICEF Thailand works to ensure the rights of all children in Thailand. This means the rights of every child living in this country, irrespective of their nationality, gender, religion or ethnicity, to:
How can you make a difference?
Work Assignment:
PNG:
The consultant will perform the below tasks with Department of Health and the five training institutions that participated at the 18 – 22 September 2017 midwifery Tutor’s IYCF trainings in Port Moresby under the supervision of UNICEF’s Nutrition Specialist and overall guidance of the Chief of Young Child Survival and Development and UNICEF’s Regional Nutrition Advisor:
Mongolia:
The consultant will perform the below tasks with Ministry of Health and the National Centre for Public Health under the supervision of UNICEF’s Nutrition Officer and overall guidance of the UNICEF’s Regional Nutrition Advisor:
NB Tasks d and e for Mongolia will be confirmed and added later – expected early 2019.
EAPRO:
The consultant will perform the below tasks under the supervision of UNICEF’s Regional Nutrition Advisor:
NB Additional tasks on regional tools and guidance on institutionalizing IYCF may be identified during the period of the consultancy, for example on guidance and tools to integrate monitoring of counseling in routine administrative information systems and the development of standards for IYCF policies and systems strengthening for ASEAN. The exact deliverables will be defined and added later and depend on external stakeholders such as ASEAN member states and the ASEAN Secretariat.
Work Schedule and Deliverables:
1. PNG
SI# 1
Task and location:
Deliverables: Work-plan with initial Inception Report detailing out of the gaps based on desk review of existing curricula.
Time-frame: Jul.-Aug. 2018 ( 2 months)
SI#2
Task and location:
Deliverables: Stakeholders consultation report with identified gaps and methodology to resolve them.
Time-frame: 1st week Sept. 2018 ( 1 week)
SI#3
Task and location:
Deliverables: Draft final modules with recommended technical and programmatic areas of IYCF for integration into Midwifery training courses.
Time-frame: 3rdd week of Sept.2018 – End 1st week of Nov. 2018 ( 2 months)
SI#4
Task and location:
Deliverables: Final report acceptable to UNICEF standards in soft copy with a 10minute power point presentation targeting to inform University councils.
Time-frame: Mid – End Nov.2018 ( 2 weeks)
Total:(105 working days) in 5 months
2. Mongolia
SI# 1
Task and location: Review the current status of BFHI implementation, and identify barriers and gaps.
Deliverables: Review report on the current status of BFHI implementation.
Time-frame: 2 days
SI#2
Task and location: Facilitate strategic planning workshop.
Deliverables: Consensus/agreements by the task force on BFHI implementation approaches.
Time-frame: 3 days
SI#3
Task and location: Develop BFHI accreditation criteria as part of hospital accredition requirement for licensing and quality assurance related to health facilities.
Deliverables: Revised BFHI accreditation criteria as part of hospital accredition requirement.
Time-frame: 3 days
SI#4**
Task and location: Revision of BFHI guidelines and training materials (2019).
Deliverables: Revised BFHI guidelines and training materials.
Time-frame: 15 days
SI#5**
Task and location: BFHI guidelines roll -out (2019).
Deliverables: BFHI ToT at the national level.
Time-frame: 15 days
3. EAPRO
Task and location: Produce regional documentation/tools on institutionalizing the BFHI in hospital accreditation/quality systems.
Deliverables: Regional BFHI institutionalization document.
Time-frame: 10 days
Estimated Duration of Contract: 153 working days over the period of June 2018 – July 2019.
Official Travel: Travels required during the assignment
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
FORM P11.doc
Interested candidates are requested to submit CV or P-11, full contact information of minimum 2 references, availability, and proposed daily professional fee in USD by 19 July 2018.
For every Child, you demonstrate…
UNICEF’s core values of Commitment, Diversity and Integrity and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.
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.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.
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How to apply:
UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages qualified female and male candidates from all national, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of our organization. To apply, click on the following link http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/?job=514360