Primary Health Care National consultant, Mtwara, Tanzania (12 Months)

Job no: 579761

Contract type: Consultant

Duty Station: Dar-es-Salaam

Level: Consultancy

Location: United Republic of Tanzania

Categories: Health

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.  

The purpose of this consultancy is to provide technical assistance to Mtwara Regional Health Management Team (RHMT), Council Health Management Teams (CHMTs), Healthcare Facilities (HFs) and Community Health workers (CHWs) in planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting of PHC services. The consultant will demonstrate this through a set of activities that UNICEF is supporting in Mtwara region. This consultancy is expected to significantly contribute to desired UNICEF health programme results which include enhanced capacity of communities to practice healthy and beneficial behaviors, readiness and resilience of PHC facilities to provide equitable health services, and delivery quality RMNCAH services at community and PHC facilities. 

How can you make a difference?   

Scope of Work: 

A total of 20 products to be defined and delivered within the realm of the scope of work outlined below. The consultant will develop a workplan including deliverables and timelines for completion that will be agreed with the contract manager. The workplan will be reviewed once every two months and adjusted as priorities dictate. The work assignment will focus on activities contributing to achieving the three outputs of the UNICEF Health programme in Tanzania 

1. Communities practice healthy and beneficial behaviours including appropriate care seeking. 

Activities towards this output may include, but not be limited to, strengthening of community health systems, including its governance and coordination to benefit vulnerable populations. 

2. Primary Health Care Facilities are accessible, resilient, and ready to provide quality PHC services. Activities towards this output may include, but not be limited to, strengthening management and leadership practices, strengthen emergency preparedness, response, and monitoring, building capacity of healthcare managers and health care workers to plan, budget and implement Integrated outreach services, operationalize electronic medical records in PHC facilities, strengthen systems for operational maintenance of PHC equipment, 

3. Provision of PHC services is of high quality - effective, safe, and respectful. Activities towards this output may include, but not be limited to, promote integrated supportive supervision in PHC facilities, operationalize digital client feedback for PHC, promote respectful care and effective communication in PHC facilities, promote practices and essential emergency and critical care, increase and sustain high immunization coverage, operationalize CPD system linked to service improvement.  

PAYMENT SCHEDULE.   

UNICEF reserves the right to withhold all or portion of payment if performance is unsatisfactory, if work/output is incomplete, not delivered or for failure to meet deadlines.    

ASSESSMENT / SELECTION PROCESS AND METHODS    

Evaluations: The applicant should submit both technical and financial proposals which clearly stipulate how the work will be conducted. The Financial Proposal should include all costs of this assignment including fee, travel costs, accommodation as UNICEF will not pay any DSA.     

Proposals will be both technically and financially evaluated. The technical part will carry a weight of 75%, in which the consultant will put clear his/her technical approach to ensure quality attainment of each deliverable and the consultancy in totality. The financial part will take 25% showing the proposed budget breakdown of consultancy cost for each deliverable (fees, travel, and accommodation) and eventual total consultancy cost.     

LOCATION, DURATION & LOGISTIC   

The consultant will be working full-time and based at Mtwara regional headquarters, sitting in the RMO’s Office. The assignment will involve travels to the fields (districts) to support implementation of activities when necessary dependent on the nature of specific activities, it is estimated that the consultant may spend a maximum of 180 days in the field. The consultant will spend the 1st five days in Dar es salaam for orientation at the UNICEF office. The consultant will also attend a five days mid-year review of the health programme and a five days planning workshop, both will take place in Dar es Salaam with different schedules. Under the supervision of the health Officer. The consultancy is expected to start on March,2025 until February,2026.   

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

● Advanced university degree in Public Health, Epidemiology, Health Services Management, and other relevant fields. 

● Five (5) years of professional work experience in the context of the primary health care system in Tanzania, including programme implementation and monitoring of results. 

● Proven expertise in managing, monitoring, and evaluating of health programs.  

● Experience of working with government health systems and services. 

● Experience of working in Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent, Health (MNCAH) services or programmes is an asset as is experience of hands-on health system strengthening work. 

● Excellent communication skills (both written and verbal) to be able to liaise with a wide variety of people.  

● Fluency in written and spoken English and Swahili is required.  

For every Child, you demonstrate…  

UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS).  

Advertised: 28 Jan 2025 E. Africa Standard Time

Deadline: 04 Feb 2025 E. Africa Standard Time  

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