Consultancy: Senior consultant to support the finalization of the IPC Strategy & Roadmap document and provide overall IPC support to UNICEF ROs and COs - WASH+CEED, PG, New York/Remote - Req

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Consultancy Title: Senior consultant to support the finalization of the IPC Strategy & Roadmap document and provide overall IPC support to UNICEF ROs and COs

Section/Division/Duty Station: WASH+CEED/Programme Group/New York

Duration: 142 working days over 7.5 months (23 May – 30 December 2022)

About UNICEF

If you are a committed, creative professional and are passionate about making a lasting difference for children, the world's leading children's rights organization would like to hear from you. For 70 years, UNICEF has been working on the ground in 190 countries and territories to promote children's survival, protection and development. The world's largest provider of vaccines for developing countries, UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, good water and sanitation, quality basic education for all boys and girls, and the protection of children from violence, exploitation, and AIDS. UNICEF is funded entirely by the voluntary contributions of individuals, businesses, foundations and governments. UNICEF has over 12,000 staff in more than 145 countries.

BACKGROUND

The consultant will work with UNICEF’s WASH in Emergencies & Fragile Contexts Unit NYHQ to provide support to UNICEF's Regional Offices (ROs) and Country Offices (COs) on Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) and WASH in the framework of the COVID-19 response and other potential outbreaks. The consultancy will be carried out on a ‘demand’ basis and the consultant will support UNICEF in various IPC/WASH related topics as per main deliverables. Furthermore, the consultant will work with an IPC working group at Headquarters that is composed of staff from Health, C4D, Education, Protection and other sections to develop UNICEF’s IPC Roadmap and Strategy with the aim to streamline IPC across UNICEF programmes both in humanitarian/ emergency and development settings

Terms of Reference / Deliverables

Reporting to the Senior Advisor WASH in Emergencies & Fragile Contexts, the consultant will work closely with UNICEF PG WASH and Health staff to provide the necessary IPC support to the Regional and Country offices and will extend other support related to potential public health emergencies. In addition, the consultant will work with the IPC Working Group to lead on the development of the IPC strategy and roadmap for UNICEF.

The senior IPC Consultant will lead specifically on all matters related to WASH/IPC: Development and delivering of training to UNICEF, Government and partners’ staff; reviewing and aligning programmes to COVID needs; recommending IPC/WASH interventions in health care facilities, schools and public places; supporting WASH/IPC programmes on the ground and responding to UNICEF Country Office’s requests related to WASH/IPC. The senior consultant will also work with UNICEF’s IPC working group on developing UNICEF’s IPC Roadmap and Strategy including finalizing the structure, conducting consultations with internal and external audience, setting milestones, drafting the technical sections, assessing capacity gaps, preparing plans, etc.

NB: The exact list of tasks may evolve in time and be adjusted to the requests from UNICEF Country Offices.

Deliverables

1. Support to the IPC Working Group for the finalization of the IPC Strategy & Roadmap document, which outlines a clear UNICEF vision for IPC, strategies to be employed, recommendations on streamlining IPC in emergency preparedness, emergency response, and regular programmes, identifying capacities needed in-house at all levels to deliver on the set targets and proposed way forward. Draft document to include:
   1. 1. A chapter on the consultative process within UNICEF and with partners at global, regional and country levels.
   2. chapter on advocacy/C4D strategy for the IPC roadmap.
   3. A chapter on Resource Mobilization
2. Compilation of WASH & IPC content to be uploaded in an institutional IPC webpage and/or used for training purposes
3. Development of an internal webpage/repository with relevant information and documents on the institutional IPC strategy that serves as a one-stop shop resource
4. Develop and update IPC training materials
5. Training of selected UNICEF staff per region and/or priority countries to strengthen institutional capacity on IPC
6. Support a number of priority COs in mainstreaming WASH/IPC in their regular and emergency programme work
7. Provide additional IPC support as requested by ROs/COs and IPC WG

The consultant will work on full-time and remote basis for 142 working days within a period of 7.5 months. Full-time consultants are eligible for PTO and UN holidays.

Qualifications

1) Education

• Advanced University degree International relations, Business administration, Public Health, Civil engineering, Geology, Hydrology, or a field relevant to global public health.
• The individual should be highly proficient in a range of PC/web applications, including but not limited to: MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint and MS Outlook.

2) Work experience

• A minimum of 15 years' experience of solid professional work at the senior level, including significant field experience, in the UN or other international or national humanitarian organizations, national government or the private sector;
• Knowledge and expertise in WASH/IPC required;
• Skills and experience in facilitating and conducting trainings required
• Knowledge of UNICEF Health and WASH programmes required;
• Proven track records in developing strategic documents required;
• Experience in preparedness and response to health emergencies required (including Covid-19 and Ebola)

3) Competencies

• Fluency in English is required (written and verbal). Fluency in French, Spanish or Arabic is an asset.

Requirements****:

• Completed profile in UNICEF's e-Recruitment system and provide Personal History Form (P11) Upload copy of academic credentials
• Financial proposal that will include:
• your daily/monthly rate (in US$) to undertake the terms of reference (can be downloaded here: https://www.unicef.org/about/employ/index_consultancy_assignments.html
  • travel costs and daily subsistence allowance, if internationally recruited or travel is required as per TOR.
  • Any other estimated costs: visa, health insurance, and living costs as applicable.
  • Indicate your availability
• Any emergent / unforeseen duty travel and related expenses will be covered by UNICEF.
• At the time the contract is awarded, the selected candidate must have in place current health insurance coverage.
• Payment of professional fees will be based on submission of agreed satisfactory deliverables. UNICEF reserves the right to withhold payment in case the deliverables submitted are not up to the required standard or in case of delays in submitting the deliverables on the part of the consultant.

U.S. Visa information:

With the exception of the US Citizens, G4 Visa and Green Card holders, should the selected candidate and his/her household members reside in the United States under a different visa, the consultant and his/her household members are required to change their visa status to G4, and the consultant’s household members (spouse) will require an Employment Authorization Card (EAD) to be able to work, even if he/she was authorized to work under the visa held prior to switching to G4.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process

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: Here

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, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles.