Job Vacancy: Job title: Individual consultant to support implementation research, documentation and learning for the PHC systems programme
Job description: 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
In Nigeria, UNICEF works in a complex humanitarian and development setting to fulfill and protect children’s rights in partnership with the government, civil society, children, and families. UNICEF Nigeria is one of the largest UNICEF Country Offices globally – click the link to learn more about UNICEF in Nigeria:
How can you make a difference?
Over the last two decades, Nigeria has witnessed increased attention and investment toward strengthening the PHC system for improved population health access, quality, and equity. However, the country has recorded declining investment in health over the past few years compared to its peers regionally and globally with consequent poor reproductive, maternal, neonatal, child, and adolescent health and nutrition. The realities of the COVID-19 pandemic have exposed and further exacerbated the existing health system weaknesses but also offer opportunities to alter Nigeria’s population health and economic development trajectory using the PHC system as an entry point.
As part of efforts to tap into emerging opportunities, the National Economic Council adopted the Seattle Declaration in 2019, reaffirming the commitments made by the 36 State Governors to prioritize primary healthcare strengthening by operationalizing “Primary Health Care Under One Roof”, Basic Health Care Provision Fund and the Abuja Declaration as vehicles for fast-tracking universal health coverage. To catalyze the implementation of the Seattle Declaration, NGF, in partnership with NPHCDA, UNICEF and BMGF, launched the “Primary Health Care Leadership Challenge (PHC LC)” to periodically monitor, measure and benchmark progress against selected PHC system indicators based on an agreed performance monitoring framework. States’ cumulative performances will be ranked annually and will receive fixed monetary and nonfinancial rewards for best performing and best-improved states in each geopolitical zone and nationally.
UNICEF’s measure of success for implementation research is that the findings are used for policy, program, and/or practice changes. This near-real-time use of findings is key. Dissemination and publication of the results alone does not count as ‘use’, policy or program changes should be documented, no matter how small or local.
To support the initiative, a draft research and learning agenda has been developed to harness evidence from implementation to improve PHC systems at national and subnational levels with an emphasis on gender, equity, and inclusion. Accordingly, UNICEF intends to contract an experienced public health expert research on a part-time basis to develop an overall framework to guide research and learning in the course of the PHC systems program and the Leadership Challenge implementation. The incumbent will also work to document and disseminate research findings locally and internationally through various platforms such as conferences, workshops, and publications in peer-reviewed journals. She/he is expected to develop policy briefs outlining evidence-based and implementation-ready strategic actions devised from the research/learning activities to be used for policy, program, and/or practice changes at the federal and subnational levels. Specific tasks and deliverables for the consultancy are itemized subsequently in this TOR.
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To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
- An advanced university degree (PhD/equivalent or higher) in Public Health or a related discipline with a focus on strengthening health systems is required.
- Minimum of 15 years of relevant work experience is required.
- Experience working in research and documentation in an academic setting is an added advantage.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including working harmoniously with diverse stakeholders.
- Ability to work under pressure in a multicultural team and keep to strict deadlines.
- Computer skills, including internet navigation and various office applications, including the ability to analyze, evaluate, and synthesize information.
- Fluency in oral and written English is required.
- Willingness to travel to states and remote regions of the country.
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. , irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic.
UNICEF offers 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.
Advertised: 11 Dec 2023 W. Central Africa Standard Time
Deadline: 17 Dec 2023 W. Central Africa Standard Time
Location: Nigeria
Job date: Wed, 13 Dec 2023 08:48:11 GMT
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