United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Kenya Country Office
Health Emergency - Lodwar - NO-B
Consultant: Special Service Agreement (SSA)
Duration – 10 Months
Date of Issue: 09 March, 2012
Closing Date: 15 March, 2012
Applications are hereby invited from suitably qualified candidates to fill the
above Consultancy in the Health Section, UNICEF Kenya Office. Health Emergency - Lodwar - NO-B
Consultant: Special Service Agreement (SSA)
Duration – 10 Months
Date of Issue: 09 March, 2012
Closing Date: 15 March, 2012
Purpose of the Post: the SSA will dedicate 100% of the time on health emergency early recovery/DRR and health systems strengthening in in Turkana undertaking the following:
Scope of Work
Health emergency response
Due to the continued drought situation in the Turkana County and the sub-optimal health indicators, there is need for the Health section to continue supporting the coordination of health emergency based on comparative advantage.
Working under the supervision of Lodwar Head of office and Technical guidance from Health Emergency Officer in Nairobi, the SSA will dedicate 100% of the time on health emergency early recovery/DRR and health systems strengthening in in Turkana undertaking the following:
- Participate
in County Health Coordination processes and share UNICEF support with the
County Health Team and other sector partners.
- Support
the coordination of the scale up of Community Strategy by undertaking
further mapping of community health workers, identify the capacity gaps
and support creation of Community Health Units and training of the TOTs
for community health extension workers and community health workers and
actual training of CHWs
- Undertake
periodic analysis of the health emergency compare performance recorded
against the response by the sector in emergency response and Disaster Risk
Management across the county. The data set to be analyzed include routine
immunization as well as outbreak data including measles and other
epidemics;
- Undertake
end user monitoring of selected health supplies- including antimalarial,
indicating the number of people covered by the supplies on monthly basis
to guide in further prepositioning;
- Provide
regular situation reports, on bi-weekly and monthly basis that are
required by the office for information sharing and also as part of the
resource mobilization strategy
- Undertake
field monitoring visits to evaluate the progress to emergency response and
Disaster Risk Management
- Draft
a final report on health emergency situation as part of the hand over
report
Output and Deliverables
Program Coordination, Time: 20%
Program Coordination, Time: 20%
- Partners
mapped by programme and region and resources
- Performance
of essential health services in the County reviewed periodically
(monthly/quarterly) by districts and partners
- Reports
of County Stakeholders forum available and guides implementation of
priority interventions
- Monthly
health facility in-charges meetings
Prepositioning and utilization of emergency drugs, supplies and
equipment, Time: 10%
- End
user monitoring performed- utilization reports of stocks available
- Analytical
reports comparing morbidity and utilization of the essential drugs on
monthly basis
Delivery of outreach services, Time: 20%
- Bottleneck
analysis conducted to reflect gaps in health systems support (access and
utilization of essential health services (HIIs); cold chain, essential
drugs and supplies, and staffing at health facilities, consolidated by
district and county
Technical guidance, supervision, monitoring and evaluation,
Time: 25%
- County
contingency plan 2012 Review the Health component of the County and
support the tailoring to the districts
- Availability
of seed resources for outbreak response and joint monitoring visits
- Harmonized
Annual plan for supervision, monitoring and evaluation visits available
Implementation of Community Health Strategy, time 25%
- Community
health workers mapped by partners, capacity and interventions offered
- Partners
briefed on the plan and status of Community Health Strategy roll out
- Twelve
Community Health Units created, through training of District Health
Management Teams, Community Health Extension Workers, Community Health
Committees, and Community Health Workers trained on Community Strategy and
implementation initiated in at least 12 of the units.
Desired background and experience
The SSA is required to have a degree in Medicine, Nursing or Public Health or a health related field. Holders of a Master of Public Health shall have added advantage. Demonstrated competency in health emergency coordination and response, and also knowledge in SPSS shall be useful.
Competencies:
The SSA is required to have a degree in Medicine, Nursing or Public Health or a health related field. Holders of a Master of Public Health shall have added advantage. Demonstrated competency in health emergency coordination and response, and also knowledge in SPSS shall be useful.
Competencies:
- Flexibility
- Communication
- Group
Facilitation
In addition, the incumbent should:
- Have
the ability to communicate effectively in English with others to
effectively convey information.
- Proven
ability to conceptualize, develop, plan and manage maternal and emergency
health programmes, as well as to impart knowledge and teach skills.
- Have
a strong capacity to use logic and analysis to identify the strengths and
weaknesses of different approaches.
- Operate
with minimal support, takes good initiative and have the ability to apply
technical knowledge creatively to ensure conflicts and disputes are
resolved between consultants, contractors and beneficiaries.
- Good
analytical, negotiating, communication and advocacy skills.
- Demonstrated
ability to work in a multi-cultural environment and establish harmonious
and effective working relationships both within and outside the organization.
- Computer
skills, including internet navigation and various office applications,
including knowledge of SPSS and EpiInfo.
Conditions (Important)
Consultant will be based in Lodwar, however when and if required to travel elsewhere consultant will be paid applicable DSA at the prevailing UN rates.
Interested and suitable candidates should ensure that they forward their applications along with their curricula vitae, (internal candidates should attach copies of their last two Performance Evaluation Reports), to;
The Human Resources Specialist
UNICEF Kenya Country Office
Email address: kenyahrvacancies@unicef.org
Please indicate Reference No. “KCO//SSA/PROG/HLTH/2012/001” in the email subject.
Interested candidates should also complete the Personal History (P11) form, which can be downloaded from the UNICEF Kenya website (http://www.unicef.org/kenya).
“Qualified female candidates are encouraged to apply”
Consultant will be based in Lodwar, however when and if required to travel elsewhere consultant will be paid applicable DSA at the prevailing UN rates.
Interested and suitable candidates should ensure that they forward their applications along with their curricula vitae, (internal candidates should attach copies of their last two Performance Evaluation Reports), to;
The Human Resources Specialist
UNICEF Kenya Country Office
Email address: kenyahrvacancies@unicef.org
Please indicate Reference No. “KCO//SSA/PROG/HLTH/2012/001” in the email subject.
Interested candidates should also complete the Personal History (P11) form, which can be downloaded from the UNICEF Kenya website (http://www.unicef.org/kenya).
“Qualified female candidates are encouraged to apply”