Field Coordinator for CSD to support Integration and Improvement of Primary Health Care Services health, nutrition and ECD - Nationals only (18 months)

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Objective:

The objective of the consultancy is to support implementation of the “Integration and Improvement of PHC services” including in communities enrolled in Haya Karima initiative or benefiting from the new SHI. The overall objective will be achieved through the following sub-objectives:

• Monitor the deployment of cold chain and waste management systems and supplies in the target governorates.
• Increase capacity of managers of primary health care centers on leadership and management.
• Improve management of health facilities through the implementation of the health information system at different administrative levels.
• Ensure that accurate data monitoring systems are in place and used for local decision-making level.
• Establish sustainable health and nutrition and early childhood development coordination at the district and governorate level.
• Improve capacity of health service providers at the PHC and other relevant service delivery personal and social workers to deliver quality health and nutrition ECD and parenting services within the healthcare system.
• Improve supply chain management at PHC level.
• Develop and implement mechanism for community participation in health promotion and prevention.
• Improve use of social media and other communication platforms to engage communities and raise awareness in relation to health, nutrition, and child development.

Methodology:

The Field Coordinators will be an extended arm of UNICEF in the field, ensuring that joint agreed upon activities are implemented in the priority governorates districts and facilities in a coordinated manner.

Duties will entail regular field visits in the assigned governorate/s for monitoring, follow-up, and supervision of field activities, as per the below mentioned activities which are included in the 2023-2024 Annual Work Plan with the MOHP

The time allocation in percentage as per the required assignment are as follows:

• 50% technical activities: monitoring/field visits to Primary Health Care (PHC) units and other facilities implementing the project and providing technical support and guidance.
• 30% coordination activities
• 20% reporting, updating data and attending meetings

The consultant will ensure day-to-day implementation and monitoring in the field, through the following actions:

• Facilitating coordination between different departments of the Ministry of Health and Population at governorate, district, and community level.
• Leveraging partnerships with local civil society organizations, community, and religious leaders for the improvement of health care services and social and behavioural change in the community for improved health and nutrition.
• Providing training and support to health care managers / supervisors on evidence-based planning, monitoring, and the use of data in decision making.
• Oversee trainings of service providers on maternal and newborn health, infant and young child feeding, and early childhood development in addition to facilitating creating further partnerships at the local level.
• Mobilizing community volunteers to reach families and disseminate awareness messages.
• Disseminate health and nutrition messages using new technology and social media (including WhatsApp, Facebook, Rapid-Pro).
• Monitor quality of services and support PHC management to develop and implement quality improvement initiatives.

The process should be participatory, bringing together multiple stakeholders to share knowledge and insights.

Activities, deliverables, timelines, and payment per deliverable are summarized below.

Key Activities

1. Oversee the roll-out of the 1000 days program, training initiative in close coordination with manager and partners, including attending selected trainings, visiting facilities after training to follow-up implementation, and capacity building of middle managers
2. Document the Roll out the different Initiative in selected facilities, and advocate for implementing them in non-supported facilities within the governorate assigned.
3. Sensitize community on proper health and nutrition practices, including by overseeing partners leveraging their social media and other communication channels.

4. Leverage partnership and establish coordination with the primary and secondary care sectors of the MoHP, private sector, academia and NGOs in local governorate.

5. Monitor the implementation of the program activities at primary health care and community levels in his/her assigned governorate to deliver the planned results.

6. Provide technical assistance to local health and nutrition teams to ensure quality implementation of the program in the targeted areas as per the technical protocols and plans.
7. Support local health and nutrition teams at PHC units, district and governorate levels for proper management of the program activities including proper planning, implementation, supervision, and reporting.
8. Support the roll out of the ECD/CCD activities and its institutionalization in the selected facilities.

9. Ensure quality data management and timely results reporting. He/she will support MoHP local teams for proper data collection, validation and analysis, and ensure that timely result- based reports will be issued and communicated to higher MoHP levels and to UNICEF.

10. Be a member of the Programme Governorate Committee, he/she will support the harmonization and the effective coordination between relevant departments of local MoHP authorities as well as participate in regular meetings with government and NGO counterparts to review implementation and troubleshoot challenges; implement innovative solutions in coordination with government and community partners

11. Support community mobilization activities including but not limited to liaisons with local NGOs, community volunteers and community and religious leaders
12. Monitor and support in coordination with local MOHP staff - different trainings led by UNICEF to ensure quality delivery and to report on the number and category of participants.
13. Support documentation- whenever relevant- different events, success stories and case studies.

DELIVERABLES

ESTIMATED DURATION TO COMPLETE

PAYMENT (%)

• Support orientation of target gov. facilities on interventions and in conducting needs assessment.
• Participate in monthly meeting with partners, to manage program
• Progress report as detailed above

15 days

5%

• Oversee implementation of UNICEF COVID-19 response in target governorates.
• Participate in monthly meeting with partners, to manage program
• Progress report as detailed above

1.5 Month

6%

• Facilitate finalization of needs assessment
• Supervise roll-out of training packages according to plan
• Visit selected facilities where training was implemented to review and troubleshoot implementation of packages
• Participate in monthly meetings with partners, including academia, NGOs, and private sector, to follow up implementation and trouble shoot challenges
• Progress report as detailed above

1.5 Month

10%

• Supervise roll-out of training packages according to plan
• Support distribution of procured items to selected PHC facilities.
• Visit selected facilities where training was implemented to review and troubleshoot implementation of packages
• Participate in monthly meetings with partners, including academia, NGOs, and private sector, to follow up implementation and trouble shoot challenges
• Progress report as detailed above

1.5 Month

5%

• Support distribution of procured items to selected PHC facilities.
• Visit selected facilities where training was implemented to review and troubleshoot implementation of packages
• Participate in monthly meetings with partners, including academia, NGOs, and private sector, to follow up implementation and trouble shoot challenges
• Progress report as detailed above.

1.5 Month

7%

• Visit selected facilities where training and supplies deployed to review and troubleshoot implementation of packages
• Support rollout of new HIS.
• Participate in monthly meetings with partners, including academia, NGOs, and private sector, to follow up implementation and trouble shoot challenges
• Progress report as detailed above

1.5 Month

7%

• Verify distribution of waste management system items and smooth running of the system
• Supervise roll-out of training packages according to plan
• Visit selected facilities where training was implemented to review and troubleshoot implementation of packages
• Participate in monthly meetings with partners, including academia, NGOs, and private sector, to follow up implementation and trouble shoot challenges
• Progress report as detailed above

1.5 Month

7%

• Map linkages with agricultural system implementation of joint activities with FAO.
• Visit selected facilities where training was implemented to review and troubleshoot implementation of packages
• Participate in monthly meetings with partners, including academia, NGOs, and private sector, to follow up implementation and trouble shoot challenges
• Progress report as detailed above

1.5 Month

7%

• Visit selected facilities where training was implemented to review and troubleshoot implementation of packages
• Participate in monthly meetings with partners, including academia, NGOs, and private sector, to follow up implementation and trouble shoot challenges
• Progress report as detailed above

1.5 Month

7%

• School health and nutrition activities monitoring in selected districts and smooth documentation of activities.
• Participate in monthly meetings with partners, including academia, NGOs, and private sector, to follow up implementation and trouble shoot challenges
• Progress report as detailed above and ANNUAL REPORT

1.5 Month

15%

• Document implementation and different success stories covering different elements of the program
• Visit selected facilities where training was implemented to review and troubleshoot implementation of packages
• Participate in monthly meetings with partners, including academia, NGOs, and private sector, to follow up implementation and trouble shoot challenges
• Progress report as detailed above

1.5 Month

7%

• Visit selected facilities where training was implemented to review and troubleshoot implementation of packages
• Participate in monthly meetings with partners, including academia, NGOs, and private sector, to follow up implementation and trouble shoot challenges
• Progress report as detailed above

1.5 Month

7%

• Documentation of interventions for showcasing results.
• Final report of all interventions

1 month

10%

Total

18 months

Should TOTAL 100%

Progress reports including a log of major activities and progress, implementation of previous month’s plan and recommendations, photo documentation of training sessions and health awareness activities, meeting minutes, monthly indicators, achievements, constraints and recommendations, plan for the next month, in relation to project implementation and documentation. The report should include but not limited to:

1. Brief on monthly meetings of the respective districts
2. Update on performance Indicators for the specified PHC units, districts and the governorates as a whole
3. Training conducted during that month and # of trainees by category
4. # of awareness sessions and # of beneficiaries attended
5. # of children benefiting from growth monitoring and follow up visits
6. # of pregnant women visiting FHUs for ANC
7. Visits conducted by the consultant to PHC units and support given to improve quality of services
8. Brief on Technical support provided to district teams
9. Follow up for community mobilization activities including volunteers’ activities and partnership with local NGOs
10. Brief on quarterly Directorate meeting when conducted
11. Update on progress made in respective districts

Conditions of work:

-This assignment is field based requiring frequent presence in the field, in the assigned governorate/s. Reporting and documentation can be done remotely, as per the schedule agreed upon with the supervisor.

-Payments are made upon satisfactory delivery of acceptable report based on agreed work plan.

-Required field travels outside the assigned governorate related to this assignment will be compensated as per UNICEF policies and Procedures.

-Programme meetings outside the assigned governorates (e.g. in Cairo) might be called for when required.

-This is a full-time field-based assignment; the FC is expected to operate in his/her assigned governorate/s for full working hours.

Selected Governorates Alexandria, Behaira, Menya, Assiut, Fayoum

(Gharbia & Kafr sheikh), (Ismailia & N. Saini), (Luxor & Aswan) Governorates in brackets are combined candidate should indicate in his/her cover letter preferred governorate. of work if no selection is made successful candidate will be assigned a governorate NO reallocation fees are included, and candidate is expected to select Governorate where he resides or has accommodation in.

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

-Educational Background: Bachelor’s degree in medicine/pharmacy/public health/nutrition or health related field. Medical background is a must. Holders of additional postgraduate degree in Public Health/nutrition/project management/informatics, MBA in health related field or related field will be favoured.

-Technical background and skills: At least 5 years of considerable experience in working with the health care systems including field experience in management of nutrition and/or health programs, including quality control /quality assurance of health programs, data management, monitoring and evaluation, and documentation. Experience working with primary health care, and preventative sectors, public health, and nutrition programs, is an asset. Familiarity with MoHP PHC system and services setting is extremely important

-Range and depth of relevant experience: Experience in health research health program implementation with focus on primary healthcare, data analysis, and nutrition surveillance systems is an asset. Experience working with international organizations or donor supported programs is highly desirable.

-Fluency in both written and spoken Arabic and English is a must. Good presentation, communication, and writing skills. Excellent command of working with Microsoft applications and other computer programs analytical skills are an asset.

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

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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.

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