Summary
Date Posted: Monday, October 10, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Consultancy – Individual International Consultant (developing national Hand Hygiene for All Roadmap for Zambia)
Job no: 555927
Contract type: Consultant
Duty Station: Lusaka
Level: Consultancy
Location: Zambia
Categories: WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene)
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, WASH……..
The UNICEF Programme of Cooperation with the Government of the Republic of Zambia (GRZ) is designed to address and mitigate the threat of poverty the country’s children face, while responding to the needs with interventions addressing the multiple causative factors.
To find out more about UNICEF’s work in Zambia, please visit https://www.unicef.org/zambia/.
How can you make a difference?
The scope of the assignment will require the consultant to collaborate with UNICEF Social and Behaviour Change, Health, Nutrition and Education teams.
The specific tasks for the development of national HH4AR are:
I. Conduct review of global, national and provincial literature including recent national hygiene strategies and roadmaps carried out in other countries/similar settings, pro-gramme documents, project reports and evaluation reports on hygiene in Zambia and pre-pare an inception report on the assignment
II. Undertake a programme assessment of Hand Hygiene interventions in Zambia and carry out broad consultations with various key actors, including Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies such as the MWDSs, Ministry of Health (MoH), Ministry of Education (MoE), Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, and Ministry of Medium and Small Enterprise Development, key donors, private sector, Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs), at national, Provincial and district levels and prepare an assessment report clearly outlining (i) what is working well at both strategic and implementation levels; what is not working well and (ii) what needs improvement.
Please see Detailed TOR for more information on the tasks and deliverables, here ToR Consultant_Ind Contractor_2022handhygiene intsig_Advert.pdf
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
The consultant must possess the following:
• Master’s in Water and Sanitation, Public Health, Environmental Health or a field relevant to international WASH Programme development. Additional training in Health Education, or Social and Behaviour Change Communication (Programme Communication) an asset.
• At least 8 years progressive experience with research or programming on handwashing with soap and be conversant with market-based hygiene and private sector engagement
• Previous experience in supporting countries in developing WASH related policies, strategies and implementation plans, especially in hygiene and sanitation
• Familiarity with the SDGs, the hand hygiene for all initiative (HH4A) and other related global trends and priorities, most up-to-date country experiences from developing countries.
• Strong analytical, writing and communication skills
• Ability to conduct online consultations
• Excellent interpersonal and professional skills in interacting with the government and development partners and other stakeholders
• Familiarity with the local social and cultural context is highly recommended
To view our competency framework, please visit 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 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.
Please remember to express your financial proposals (and/or professional consultancy fees) in United State Dollar (USD).

Education Requirement: No Requirements

Job Experience: No Requirements

Work Hours: 8

Job application procedure
Deadline: 24 Oct 2022 South Africa Standard Time
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