Consultancy: Facilitation support (Francophone), Community Health – Community of Practice- Health section – Programme Division- NYHQ- Home Based – REQ#530798

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Consultancy Title: Facilitation support (Francophone), Community Health – Community of Practice

Section/Division/Duty Station: Home-based

Duration: 11.5 months

About UNICEF

If you are a committed, creative professional and are passionate about making a lasting difference for children, the world’s leading children’s rights organization would like to hear from you. For 70 years, UNICEF has been working on the ground in 190 countries and territories to promote children’s survival, protection and development. The world’s largest provider of vaccines for developing countries, UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, good water and sanitation, quality basic education for all boys and girls, and the protection of children from violence, exploitation, and AIDS. UNICEF is funded entirely by the voluntary contributions of individuals, businesses, foundations and governments. UNICEF has over 12,000 staff in more than 145 countries.

BACKGROUND

At the Institutionalizing Community Health Conference, co-hosted by UNICEF and USAID (with support by WHO and BMGF) in March 2017 in Johannesburg, participating country delegations expressed demand for global knowledge management mechanisms to facilitate South South cross country learning on community health. In February 2018, UNICEF established the CH-CoP, hosted by the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp and facilitated by a diverse group of facilitators.

During phase- I of the CH- CoP, completed in January 2019, the CH- CoP launched the platform and brought experts (currently 400+ members) to work together on a common learning agenda in community health. It had conducted several activities like webinar, flash consultations; online discussions based on knowledge materials and also an evaluation of its progress. During the transition period (February – September 2019) the lead facilitator continued the dialogue in the CH-CoP for a seamless flow of activities between the two phases. The Consultant will operationalise the objectives for phase-II, and in particular contribute to harnessing contributions of the CoP network to the second Institutionalizing Community Health Conference (Oct. 2020).

The Consultant will work with the Child and Community Health Unit (CCHU) of the Health Section of UNICEF NYHQ, to act as francophone facilitator for the Community Health Community of Practice (CH-CoP) in its second phase (phase-II) of operation. The Consultant will also support the functions of the lead CH-CoP Facilitator. This is a specific deliverable, outside the scope of existing staff work. 

Terms of Reference / Deliverables 

In close collaboration and working with the Child and Community Health Unit, the incumbent is responsible for configuring, launching, and maintaining the Recruitment module as follows:

A) Maintain and sustain the balanced composition of the CH-CoP by facilitating a group of community health practitioners from the Global South

 B) Increase the interactions of Francophone experts in CH-CoP by facilitating discussions, sharing knowledge products, translating and updating on the ongoing process in Community Health, and create a sense of shared ownership, value gain and acknowledgement of contribution

C) Produce knowledge products, which align the CoP with global and country level progress in the field of community health, and D) Collaborate with Afrique Francophone et Fragilité (AFRAFRA) to develop a framework on community health in  fragile settings.

Qualifications 

(1) Education

• A graduate degree in Public Health or a related field is essential. 

2) Work experience

• A minimum of 8 years of relevant work experience at national or international levels in the area of global or public health is required.
• Experience in knowledge management for health is required; specific experience with the current CH CoP is preferred.
• Ability to synthesize research and reach empirically based conclusions on related subjects is highly desired.
• It is preferable that the individual has experience with, or in, multilateral institutions. UN experience desired.

3) Competencies

• Strong organizational, planning, and analytical skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication in English.
• Good judgment, initiative, high sense of responsibility, tact and discretion.
• Demonstrated cultural sensitivity and ability to establish harmonious working relations in a multicultural environment.) 

Requirements:

• Completed profile in UNICEF’s e-Recruitment system and provide Personal History Form (P11) Upload copy of academic credentials
• Financial proposal that will include:
• your daily/monthly rate (in US$) to undertake the terms of reference (can be downloaded here: https://www.unicef.org/about/employ/index_consultancy_assignments.html 
  • travel costs and daily subsistence allowance, if internationally recruited or travel is required as per TOR.
  • Any other estimated costs: visa, health insurance, and living costs as applicable.
  • Indicate your availability
• Any emergent / unforeseen duty travel and related expenses will be covered by UNICEF.
• At the time the contract is awarded, the selected candidate must have in place current health insurance coverage.
• Payment of professional fees will be based on submission of agreed satisfactory deliverables. UNICEF reserves the right to withhold payment in case the deliverables submitted are not up to the required standard or in case of delays in submitting the deliverables on the part of the consultant.

U.S. Visa information:

With the exception of the US Citizens, G4 Visa and Green Card holders, should the selected candidate and his/her household members reside in the United States under a different visa, the consultant and his/her household members are required to change their visa status to G4, and the consultant’s household members (spouse) will require an Employment Authorization Card (EAD) to be able to work, even if he/she was authorized to work under the visa held prior to switching to G4.  

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF’s core values of Commitment, Diversity and Integrity and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results. View our competency framework at: Here

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, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles.