HIVA (High Impact Valued Added Intervention) Consultant

Consultant Medical & Health Programme & Policy

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Background:

Afghanistan is classified as a fragile and conflict-affected situations (FCAS) country and has been affected by disasters for decades. On 14 August 2021 the democratically elected Government of Afghanistan fell and on 7 September 2021, the formation of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan and the establishment of an interim de-facto authorities (DFA) was announced. In response, development partners’ financing was suspended, which in the health sector accounted for 75% of public expenditures.

In the past 20 years, Afghanistan’s health indicators have improved steadily, and the total burden of diseases has declined while still much higher than other countries in the region. Between 2002 and 2019, the under-5 mortality rate halved from 120 to 60 deaths per 1,000 livebirths (64 for boys and 57 for girls), with 40% occurring in the first month of life, and 77% during infancy.4 The maternal mortality ratio also halved from 1,300 deaths per 100,000 livebirths in 2002 to about 638 in 2017, compared to a global 2030 target is 70 deaths per 100,000 livebirths, but is unlikely to decline much unless adolescent pregnancies and high fertility at 5.1 children per woman are reduced, and emergency obstetric services are improved.

Considering the above issues, from January 2022, ADB is providing multi-sectoral humanitarian emergency assistance of $405 million through the novel financing arrangement (NFA 1.0) for the Sustaining Essential Services Delivery Project (Support for Afghan People). 15 This includes a health component of $100 million for 18 months (extended to 24 months) to procure and supply COVID-19 vaccines for $20 million, and support SPs with complementary high-impact value-added (HIVA) interventions in the 9 provinces in the southern and western regions for $80 million. UNICEF was selected as the executing and implementing agency to administer the health component. UNICEF has a well-established management structure, global procurement capacity, and large field presence in Afghanistan. Part of the funding was used for WHO technical support, third-party monitoring (TPM), and financing a portion of 4-month BPHS/EPHS funding gap between ARTF Transfer-Out and HER in targeted provinces.

Purpose of Activity/Assignment:

Provide specific technical support to the ADB project implementation and assistance for HIVA interventions.

Work Assignments Overview

Deliverables/Outputs

Delivery Deadline

Provide regular support to the implementation of the ADB NFA1.0 (on-going project till Dec 2023) project, specifically:

• Office Health Section M&E Unit and Zonal Offices (Health Specialists and Health Extenders) in project implementation, monitoring and timely data collection mainly of agreed indicators relevant to HIVA and BPHS/EPHS from various information source.
• Conduct field monitoring and supervision visit at least once a month.

• Analyze data including HMIS, TPM, HeRAM, MICS and prepare data pack (summary) to ensure utilization of those by UNICEF and BPHS/EPHS service providers for planning and performance improvement.

• Detailed monitoring plan of HIVA implementation prepared and submitted.

• Monthly progress report on the program delivery with data summary submitted. This includes analysis of TPM report in each province at health facility level and support follow up implementation of TPM recommendations.

• Field visit reports submitted after the monitoring trips with the clear recommendations to be addressed.

September - October 2023

45 Days

Supporting the Field offices in HER/ABD project implementation

• Support UNICEF Kabul office, zonal offices and health extenders to provide technical assistance to service providers.

• Quarterly performance review meeting held for HIVA at zonal level based on various data sets from SP presentation, TPM, MA, QoC and other data sources (e.g., UNICEF monitoring visits).

• Performance Improvement Plan for SPs timely prepared and implemented.

October -November 2023

30 Days

Monitoring of the project implementation in the field

• Monitoring implementation of World Health Organization’s activities for HER and ADB NFA1.0 projects under UN-to-UN agreement between UNICEF and WHO.

- Detailed monitoring and coordination plan of WHO implementation prepared and submitted

- Monthly meeting with WHO held, and minutes prepared

Number of joint monitoring visits with WHO conducted to verify WHO’ reporting data and updates.

- Monitoring report on WHO’s project delivery with data summary submitted.

September -December 2023

30 Days

Coordination the project implementation with the relevant UNICEF Sections

• Support communication to enhance collaboration and complementarity with internal (UNICEF Kabul office – Heath, SBCC, WASH, Nutrition, SPEAR, PMU, Gender Zonal offices West, South and Central) and external partners (mainly SPs, WHO, AFIAT, UNFPA and MoPH).
• Jointly monitor and assess Nutrition, SBCC, MHPSS, Gender interventions and capture/follow up action points for performance and process improvement.

- Number of coordination meetings held with the SPs and action point addressed

-Number of meetings with WHO and action point addressed

-Number of internal coordination meetings held, and action point addressed

- Number of joint monitoring visit held with nutrition, SBCC and WASH units and HIVA performance accessed periodically

-Periodic meetings held with the stakeholder/other sections for exchange of information and implementation of the project

September -December 2023

70 Days

Support to the Health Section colleagues.

• Support UNICEF Kabul office for design and implementation of operation research

- Inputs shared for operation research TOR

- Operation research implementation supported

September - October 2023

20 Days

• Preparation of end of project report

End of project report prepared and submitted including data and visibility materials.

December 2023

10 Days

ADB NFA1.5 (new project from January 2024)

• Support UNICEF Kabul office and zonal offices to develop implementation plan for each project component (BPHS/EPHS delivery with P4P and QoC, High Impact Interventions that includes newborn care, emergency health, quality of care, cash transfer, SBCC, Nutrition, no communicable disease, MHPSS) through consultation process with internal and external partners at all levels.

- Clear implementation and monitoring plan of HIVA activities (HII, newborn care, NICU/PICU, NCD, MHPSS, CBHC/SBCC, Cash Transfer Plus) developed including ESMF and Gender implementation in consultation with partners

- Training plan developed in coordination with the SPs and number of trainings facilitated, conducted, and monitored.

- Coordinate with WHO, confirm WHO’s detail work plan and reporting indicators and develop joint monitoring plan.

-Monthly progress report on program development submitted

November - December 2023

20 Days

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

• A University Degree in Medicine, Master’s Degree in Public Health or another relevant technical field.
• At least five years relevant continuous professional experience, preferably in Maternal, Newborn Health and Health System Strengthening. Experiences in Project Management and Monitoring, Technical Assistance to BPHS/EPHS Service Providers and Policy Level Engagement are strong asset.
• Fluent in oral and written in Dari, Pashto, and English.
• Proficient in Excel, Word, Power Points, and other relevant IT skills

For every Child, you demonstrate…

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:

Interested consultants are required to apply online, indicating availability and all-inclusive lump sum fee to undertake the terms of reference.

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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