International Consultant – Service Provision Assessment Survey Data Analysis and Report Writing, Solomon Islands

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For every child, an advocate 

Solomon Islands is an island group comprising of 997 islands and atolls located in the Melanesian region of the Pacific. Solomon Islands has a population of about 700,000 and is one of the Pacific region’s fastest growing nations. While 80 per cent of the population lives in rural areas, the urban population is growing at 5 per cent per annum – more than twice the overall rate of population growth. Children and adolescents (0-19 years) make up around 50 per cent of the total population. Solomon Islands is highly prone to disaster and climate risks, including but not limited to tropical cyclones, tsunamis, floods, earthquakes and droughts.

How can you make a difference?

The Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) has embarked on an ambitious reform agenda focused on devolving health services to the provinces. The main driver to achieve this is the Role Delineation Policy (RDP), which is described as a ‘bold new plan’ that sets out a roadmap towards universal health coverage (UHC). The plan defines what services are to be offered at each of the four levels of the health system, from small rural health clinics offering basic primary health care (PHC) to area health clinics with simple surgical services, provincial hospitals, and the National Referral Hospital.

Despite this, there are concerns on the quality of PHC services provided. To that end, UNICEF conducted and collected data for a Service Provision Assessment Survey using the observations module and combined this with a community-based survey of knowledge of essential family practices. Due to the onset of COVID 19 data collection was halted with the vast majority of data points collected.

UNICEF is seeking a qualified consultant to work remotely to clean and analyze already collected data and collate a report on service quality for Solomon Islands.

Work Assignment 

Work Assignment Overview
Tasks/Milestone:	Deliverables/Outputs:
1.Develop tabulation/analysis plan in consultation with UNICEF Solomon Islands, Pacific MCO	Complete approved tabulation/analysis plan for the report
Conduct data analysis using SPSS/Stata based on completed/approved tabulation plan	Clean electronic data files in SPSS/Stata with complete dataset
Draft report including full set of tables discussing the quality of services	Draft Report
Final report incorporating all comments received from UNICEF and Ministry of Health	Final Survey Findings Report (hard + soft copy), adjusting comments/observations by UNICEF Solomon Islands, Pacific MCO,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

• Advanced university degree in Social Sciences, Demography, Statistics, Epidemiology or any other related technical field is required
• At least five experience in the coordination and/or management of quantitative surveys
• Strong computer skills and strong expertise in statistical analyses (familiarity with data processing and data analysis software, particularly SPSS).
• National or international level experience in data analysis and survey report writing;
• Excellent oral and written communications in English required;
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF’s values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA).

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.