lnternational Consultant for the Development of the Strategy and Roadmap for Medical Oxygen, Freetown, Sierra Leone, 5 months

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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, health

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How can you make a difference?

Purpose and objectives

The purpose of this consultancy is to provide technical assistance to Ministry of Health and Sanitation (MoHS) for the development of the national strategy and roadmap for strengthening the medical oxygen supply chain system in Sierra Leone

Specific tasks for the consultant:

1. Prepare an inception report including but not limited to; interpretation of the Terms of Reference, a list of KII questions/checklist in line with the purpose, methodology and technical approach.
2. Conduct a situational analysis of the oxygen system in Sierra Leone including demand and supply, gaps in the current oxygen ecosystem and capacity (including preparedness for emergency response e.g., Covid 19), policy guidelines, protocols and other existing documents and review of other pertinent elements.
3. Identify priority strategies and interventions based on findings from the situation analysis.
4. Develop a detailed and costed strategic plan with a result framework, including monitoring and evaluation mechanisms.
5. Propose institutional mechanisms for the sustainable management of medical oxygen at the national, district and facility levels and necessary human resources and capacity
6. Produce final consultancy report.

Other tasks may be completed remotely. The consultant will be required to document that they have appropriate health insurance, including medical evacuation

Deliverables and timeframe

• Inception report for assignment with detailed execution plan- 4 days
• Situational analysis report- 15 days
• Structure of the strategic plan with the main programmatic orientations submitted and validated- 10 days
• Draft strategic plan and roadmap submitted and validated- 20 days
• Strategic plan with a finalized costed action plan- 6 days

Management, Organization and timeframe

The consultant will be supervised by the Health Specialist (Supply Chain Systems Strengthening), in close collaboration with the MoHS Health Systems Strengthening (HSS) programme manager and the oxygen TWG members. Estimated number of working days required for this assignment is 55 days over a period of 5 months from November 2022 to March 2023. The international consultant will be expected to travel to Sierra Leone for the inception meeting, KIIs, field visits and stakeholder validation meeting

• UNICEF will organize all in-country travel.
• The consultant will work with his/her own computer.
• All remuneration is based on the deliverables and must be within the contract agreement.
• No contract may commence unless the contract is signed by both UNICEF and the consultant.

Other tasks may be completed remotely. The consultant will be required to document that they have appropriate health insurance, including medical evacuation

Please see the full ToR attached TOR_International Consultant_Oxygen Strategy and Roadmap advertised.pdf

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

Advanced university degree in Public Health, Medicine, Social Sciences, biomedical engineering, Health Systems Management, or other relevant disciplines

• At least 8 years of progressively responsible professional work experience in public health, health system management, health systems strengthening or health supply chain in developing country contexts.
• Demonstrated experience in strategy development in the health sector
• Experience in oxygen system management and/or oxygen supply chain
• Experience in health data collection, analysis, assessment, monitoring, and evaluation
• Experience of working in West Africa, specifically Sierra Leone is a strong asset.
• Familiarity with the UN system, including similar prior work in the UN system, is desirable.
• Commitment and willingness for immediate start.

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:

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.