National consultant: Operational Guideline Development with Ministry of Health, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

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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, support.

UNICEF started operation in Cambodia in 1952 and opened first country office in 1973 in Phnom Penh. More information on what we do in Cambodia is available at https://www.unicef.org/cambodia/.

How can you make a difference?

Strengthening community-based models of primary healthcare are one of the Cambodia’s top priorities. Since 2003, the Village Health Support Group (VHSG) and Health Centre Management Committee (HCMC) systems have served as the Ministry of Health’s community-based primary health mechanism as outlined in the Community Participation Policy for Health (CPP-H).[1] In September 2007, The Ministry of Health's (MoH) Department of Planning and Health Information (DPHI) initiated a national dialogue on Community Participation with the goal of revising the CPPH, but which was never finalised. In December 2019, the decentralization and de-concentration (D&D) reform process was sped up by the issue of Sub-decree 193 on “Decentralization of Health Management Functions and Service Delivery to the Capital and Province Administration”. These reforms are having an impact on the delivery of public health services to communities. D&D involves a shift in responsibility for implementation and management of service delivery, including primary health care services, to provincial and district-level authorities. Additionally, this reform process is also an opportunity to strengthen community participation and social accountability for health in the country.

The COVID-19 response and vaccination in Cambodia highlighted the importance of community engagement and multi-sector coordination at all levels, as a critical success factor in curbing transmission through prevention and high vaccination uptake. Following the acute phase of the pandemic, the MoH has taken lessons learned from the pandemic to inform the new Health Strategic Plan 2023-2033 (HSP4), new Primary Health Care Booster Implementation Framework (PHC-BIF) and a new Policy for Community Participation for Health (PCP-H). Recently, the PHC-BIF was endorsed and finalised by the Government and the PCP-H endorsement is in process. The immediate critical next phase will be to develop an operational guidance – including guidelines, tools, as well as the initial roll-out of the PCPH in targeted priority provinces.

The National Centre for Health Promotion (NCHP), MoH is the technical department leading on the development of operational guidelines for PCP-H, in collaboration with key Ministries, e.g., Ministry of Interior (MoI), National Committee for Sub-National Democratic Development Secretariat (NCDD-S), Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) and other MoH departments), sub-national institutions and partners, including UNICEF.

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

• Advanced degree in public policy, Public Health, Community Health, Research and/or other related disciplines
• Minimum of 5 years work experience in relevant areas with and proof of previous experience conducting similar work related to development of national policies, operational guidelines, and training. Work on multi-sector and sub-national guidelines is an asset.
• Must have an excellent understanding of Cambodia’s health system.
• Experience working with sub-national administrative structure and key reforms and policies, including D&D is an asset.
• Excellent qualitative research, communication, strong written skills required.

Please find the terms of reference for this consultancy in this attachment:

TOR-PCP Operational Guide National Consultancy - TMS.pdf

Financial offer template.docx

For every Child, you demonstrate…

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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.