Consultancy on Technical Assistance for Newborn and child Health, MCH Directorate, FMoH

UNICEF Ethiopia is looking for a Consultant who will be required to provide technical support to the national child health case team, MCH Directorate in executing the annual plans, develop and revise national training materials together with the child survival technical working group, and support any arising child and newborn survival activity.

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Purpose of the Assignment

Provide technical support to the national child health case team, MCH Directorate in executing the annual plans, develop and revise national training materials together with the child survival technical working group, and support any arising child and newborn survival activity.

Assignment Tasks

Specific Tasks, during his consultancy period

Under guidance from MCH Directorate, FMOH the consultants will

• Support the national child health case team in preparing and executing annual plans of the ministry and come up with approaches to implement the plans
• Provide high level technical support to FMOH for program activities related to newborn and child health
• Support the FMOH in assessing, scaling up and monitoring facility based newborn care including the establishment of newborn corners and NICU's
• Contribute to the strategic discussion in relation to newborn and child survival
• Monitor the facility based child heath interventions availability and accessibility
• Support the introduction of CBNC in pastoralist regions
• Develop/revise national training materials, guidelines when necessary together with the child survival TWG
• Identify training need and organize trainings for FMOH child health case team
• Support the fast tracking of CBNC scale up and its full integration in to the PHCU system for sustainability
• Support the review of iCCM/CBNC implementation plan and update the plan if necessary
• Closely work with and contribute on the national child survival technical working group and sub-groups (facility and community based working groups)
• Conduct filled trips to monitor progress of child health interventions through supportive supervision, joint reviews & related platforms and take appropriate actions
• Contribute to the FMOH's reporting on progress and results on newborn and child survival
• Contributes to the evidence generation and implementation of sick new born & child treatment and care including scale up of lifesaving commodities and supporting evidence based decision making
• Support in executing any arising related newborn and child survival activity needs including identifying ongoing gaps in improving access and quality of care
• Support the execution of annual plans of the research advisory council and other major undertaking of the directorate
• Report to the FMOH on regular bases on the progress
• Carry out other duties assigned by the immediate supervisor at FMOH
• Methodology
• The consultant will be hired through UNICEF. S/he will be posted at in MCH Directorate, FMoH. The consultant reports and is supervised by the MCH Directorate.
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Expected Deliverables

• Highly linked with the above mentioned specific tasks
• Reporting
• • As per the requirement of the FMoH

Qualifications of Successful Candidate

Education

Medical doctor with further advanced training in pediatrics and child health

Years of relevant experience

minimum of eight years of experience in the clinical practice and public health in newborn and child health programs out of which should be 3 years work experience in newborn and child health programs

Language requirement: Fluency in Amharic and English is required.  Knowledge of another official UN language or a local language is an asset

Competencies of Successful Candidate

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Please indicate your ability, availability and daily/monthly rate (in US$) to undertake the terms of reference above (including travel and daily subsistence allowance, if applicable).  Applications submitted without a daily/monthly rate will not be considered.

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