National Consultant - for Human Resources for Health (HRH)Rapid Assessment in Ethnic Health Organizations (EHOs) of Kachin and Shan

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National Consultant for Human Resources for Health (HRH)Rapid Assessment in Ethnic Health Organizations (EHOs) of Kachin and Shan

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.

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Objectives of the consultancy:

National consultant will facilitate and provide technical and managerial support including organisation of a Human Resources for Health Rapid Assessment including its online rapid data collection and analysis in ethnic health organizations in Kachin, Shan North and Shan East, to determine immediate competency gaps and allows ethnic health organizations to align training opportunities to immediate needs. The consultancy offers structured and sustainable approach to training through detailed skills mapping, analysis and planning that is local driven. The work should be coordinated with UNICEF, Health Poverty Action and REACH consortium partner EHOs and CSO: Wa Health Department (EHO), Shan Special Region 4 (SR4) Health Department (EHO), Kachin Special Region 2 (KSR2)Health Department (EHO) and Kokang Charity Alliance (CSO), and relevant Township Health Department of Ministry of Health and Sports. To note that Google-based platform cannot work in majority of these areas due to reliance to Chinese mobile network and internet connection

Geographic Area:

Myitkyina and Kachin Special Region 2 (KSR2) areas], Shan North (Lashio and WA Special Region 2 (SR2) including Southern Wa areas (part of SR2), and Shan East (Kengtung and SR4 areas . Duty station will be Yangon.

Consultancy tasks will be approximately allocated as 12 days field assessment, 10 days adapting the data collection tools and 8 days for trainings (2 trainings, 1 for Kachin, 1 for Shan) and 10 days for data analysis and reporting, 40 days total field work maximum. Besides, dissemination Workshop on SARA and HRH results in EHO areas with MoHS and EHOs, 2 days each for WA in Shan North, SR4 in Shan East and KSR2 in Kachin.

Expense of travel and DSA to the fields will be based on actual cost of travel, which will be reserved by UNICEF in addition to the consultant fee.

Duration:

5 months. Assignment will be full time with regular office hours based in Yangon with frequent travels to fields such as Kachin, Shan North and Shan East States.

Description of Assignment:

Task 1:

Assessment planning and preparation

Deliverables 1:

Inception Report containing

  • HRH-EHO coordinating group of UNICEF-HPA-EHOs stakeholders established to oversee and facilitate the objectives, scope, design, schedule, implementation and analysis plan
  • Adapted simplified online questionnaires based on WHO’s HRH assessment guidelines to meet EHO’s programmatic and administrative -context-specific needs, adapted in tablet, smartphone format or electronic/mobile platform – Kobo Collect/ODK
  • Designed data collection, data entry/processing and analysis regarding different qualification for different level of staff, different types of training received etc., using questionnaire targeting to EHO’s staff of managerial level
  • Assessment sampling universe with mobile numbers/email address of health workers established
  • Training guide for local enumerators drafted in case online questionnaires cannot be collected
  • Pilot assessment to different HRH stakeholders

Task 2:

On-line Data collection or in the field (if online cannot be done)

Deliverables 2:

Implementation report

    • Data collection (e-mail/letter of introduction, health workers contacts response record)
    • Materials and tools for data collection
    • Compilations of issues during online data collection, KOBO collect application, and how to resolve
    • Completed electronic forms and periodically transferred electronic files to centralized database/dashboard
    • Dashboard update when data collection is complete

Task 3.

Data entry, analysis and interpretation

Deliverables 3:

    • Data entered using licensed application
    • Edited, validated and clean data set, presented and checked for consistency and accuracy
    • Exported data set for analysis (HRH indicators)

Analysis of HRH data using the standard core indicators as well as any context-specific indicators of interest

Tasks 4:

Results dissemination

Deliverables 4:

    • HRH-EHO coordinating group facilitated to analyse and interpret assessment results and to finalize recommendations
    • Final report
    • Dissemination plan drafted
    • Documented and archived assessment using metadata standards

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

Qualification and specialized knowledge/experience required for the assignment:

  • Bachelor degree is a requirement and Masters’ is an asset. One of the following fields is required: medical, public health, paediatric health, family health, health research, global/international health, health policy and/or management, biostatistics/statistics, epidemiology or another relevant technical field.
  • A minimum of 5 years of professional experience in one or more of the following areas, is required: public health planning and management, maternal, neonatal and child health care, and nutrition or health emergency/humanitarian preparedness
  • Additional technical experiences such as data analysis, survey, report writing, organizing and facilitating workshop, advocacy and coordination is an asset.
  • Prior experience of working on Human Resource for Health Development/Health Planning and Assessment is needed
  • Relevant experience working with ethnic health organization is an asset

The detail terms of reference can be accessed here;

(2) ToR for HRH Rapid Assessment and Development Plan for EHOs in Kachin and Shan-Final.docx

The expression of interest form to complete and include in the application is as follows;

(1) EoI HRH Development Rapid Assessment in EHO health facilities Kachin and Shan-updated.docx

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA) and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.

View our competency framework at

http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/files/UNICEF_Competencies.pdf

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 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.

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