Consultancy: WASH in Health Care Facilities Expert Consultancy, MENARO, Jordan, 9 months (Remote (hybrid))

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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, life

How can you make a difference?

Under the supervision of the WASH and Climate Change Regional Advisor, and in close coordination with the Health Regional Advisor, the consultant will provide specific technical assistance to advance WASH in HCFs, IPC and climate change, in the MENA region.

Scope of Work:

1. WASH Technical support to countries and regional office

• Provide countries with timely, constructive feedback on planned activities, including costed country roadmaps for WASH in HCF; situation analyses and assessments; policies, strategies and plans; case studies; etc.
• Develop and execute a mapping of WASH in HCF activities in the MENA region that are ongoing and supported by UNICEF or by other development partners.
• Provide training as needed on WASH FIT and support WASH FIT implementation including scale up and monitoring (in collaboration with WHO).
• Support regional office efforts related to WASH and IPC in HCFs.

2. Climate change technical support for health systems

• Conduct desk review on current recommendations and activities for climate resilient health systems in the MENA region.
• Conduct desk review on expected impact of climate change on MENA with respect to child health.
• Develop MENA guidance for green, climate resilient health care systems, with focus at facility level.
• Together with Supply and Health colleagues, conduct mapping of current and planned UNICEF climate/health activities in MENA Country Offices.

3. Coordination with ACT-A partners

• Maintain regular communication with the ROK ACT-A team to align implementation and monitoring
• Participate in meetings with members of the ROK ACT-A Global Secretariat and other regional coordinators from WASH and Health to share updates and discuss progress

4. 4. Knowledge management and dissemination

• Support the translation and regional dissemination of key technical resources
• Contribute to knowledge management activities on WASH and IPC that the regional office has undertaken
• Prepare summary reports, briefing notes, presentations and updates as needed
• Contribute to the monitoring and reporting process for the ACT-A ROK Grant

Deliverables:

Work Assignments Overview

Deliverables/Outputs

Delivery deadline

Develop a workplan for the consultancy

Work plan with timelines and activities

1 Oct

Technical Support

Develop WASHFIT roll-out plan for the region, in close collaboration with WHO.

15 Oct

Lead the planning and delivery of WASHFIT workshops (likely both online and in-person)

As planned

Complete WASH in HCFs mapping for MENA

30 Oct

Complete regional recommendation report for climate resilient health systems in the MENA, including mapping of ongoing actions.

15 Nov

Develop MENA guidance for green, climate resilient health care systems, with focus at facility level.

1 Dec

Coordination with ACT-A partners

Attend regular meetings with regional ACT-A health coordinator, providing minutes with key action points.

Monthly

Knowledge Management

Knowledge exchange meetings organized and documented with country offices

Q1 2014

Develop case study documenting lessons learnt from countries on WASH in HCFs (max. 1,500 words)

March 2024

Prepare summary reports, briefing notes, presentations and updates as needed

As needed

Monthly written updates (max. 2 pages) on progress against the workplan (6 reports)

monthly

Travel International (if applicable)

Out of the 9 months, the consultant is expected to travel 1 time to MENARO, spending 3 months working at the office. These fees should be part of the financial submission of the consultant. Any other travel will be ad-hoc and paid for by requesting CO.

Please indicate your ability, availability and financial proposal (in US$) to undertake the terms of reference above.

Applications submitted without a financial proposal will not be considered.

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

• An advanced university degree in one of the following fields is required: public health, engineering, social sciences, social and behavioral science, behavior change communication or another relevant technical field.

• At least 8 years of professional experience in WASH or Public Health including knowledge management and coordination Experience in and knowledge of WASH in healthcare facilities and infection prevention and control (IPC).

• Experience in and knowledge of the impact of climate change on health systems and/or disease outbreaks.

• Excellent communication skills (written and oral) in English required, Arabic desired

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS).

UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic.

UNICEF offers reasonable accommodation for consultants/individual contractors with disabilities. This may include, for example, accessible software, travel assistance for missions or personal attendants. We encourage you to disclose your disability during your application in case you need reasonable accommodation during the selection process and afterwards in your assignment.

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.

The selected candidate is solely responsible to ensure that the visa (applicable) and health insurance required to perform the duties of the contract are valid for the entire period of the contract. Selected candidates are subject to confirmation of fully-vaccinated status against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which must be met prior to taking up the assignment. It does not apply to consultants who will work remotely and are not expected to work on or visit UNICEF premises, programme delivery locations or directly interact with communities UNICEF works with, nor to travel to perform functions for UNICEF for the duration of their consultancy contracts.