Republic of Moldova

National Consultant - Coordination of health care activities in Transnistrian region

Vacancy Number: Pr14/00540

Location:	Chisinau, Moldova
Application Deadline:	03 Jun 2014, 23:59 (GMT+2:00)
Application Extended deadline:	15 Jun 2014, 23:59 (GMT+2:00)
Application Extended deadline:	23 Jun 2014, 23:59 (GMT+2:00)
Type of Contract:	Individual Contract
Starting date:	16 Jun 2014
Reference to the project:	Support to Confidence Building Measures
Expected Duration of Assignment:	16 months, up to 160 days
Submission Instructions: Proposals should be submitted online by pressing the "Apply Now" button no later than 03 June 2014. Requests for clarification only must be sent by standard electronic communication to the following e-mail: viorel.albu@undp.org. UNDP will respond by standard electronic mail and will send written copies of the response, including an explanation of the query without identifying the source of inquiry, to all applicants.
Supporting Documents: Terms of Reference Individual Consultant Procurement Notice Personal History Form (P11) UNDP General Conditions of Individual Contract

Background

The technical support offered to the Perinatal Center from Tiraspol in the previous phase of the SCBM Programme, by endowing it with modern equipment and professional development of physicians increased the ability to offer quality care to pregnant women and newborns, including the premature infants, or with low birth weight. However, it is too early to draw some conclusions out of the SCBM interventions in the perinatal health care system of Transnistrian region.  There is still a high ratio of deaths during the neonatal period; deaths that can be influenced by care in the perinatal period and an increased perinatal mortality indicator, in particular a high number of stillbirths, indicator strongly influenced by the prenatal care.

The Objective of the health project is to improve access to quality, evidence-based and cost efficient mother and child health care, including perinatal care and immunization in the Transnistrian region of Moldova.

Specific objectives:

• Improve the quality of and integrate the services delivered to pregnant women during the antenatal, intra-, and post-partum periods, and the conditions in the mother and child care centers through retrofitting works and equipment

• Improve vaccine coverage and immunization rates for traditional and new/underutilized vaccines (NUVI) under GAVI graduation conditions, through technical support, vaccine information statements and capacity building in selected key areas.

Scope of work

The overall objective of the National Consultant, coordinator of healthcare related activities (hereinafter Consultant) is to provide support for the overall SCBM/Healthcare component implementation, liaising with counterparts from the Transnistrian region, involved UN Agencies/Organizations (UNICEF and WHO), NGOs, and other partners.

More specifically, the Consultant will:

-          Provide support in updating detailed work plan, timeframe and prioritize activities for the successful implementation of the proposed activities;

-          Monitor the implementation of capacity building activities related to immunization and health care implemented under the same project by WHO and UNICEF;

-          Review the needs assessment reports carried out by International Medical Expert and provide relevant updates and recommendations;

-          Assist the project team in carrying out relevant medical equipment procurement activities: review of technical specifications, development of terms of references, organization of pre-bidding conferences, evaluation of supplied bids, communication with procurement offices etc.  

-          Establish, foster and maintain cooperation and on-going communication with the project stakeholders: local authorities, donors and implementation partners etc.;

-          Develop Project Briefs and substantive and operation reports;

-          Assist in strengthening and fostering communication and partnerships with local stakeholders (local governments, NGOs community, target beneficiaries, etc.);

-          Assist in providing high visibility of the project activities;

-          Perform systematic monitoring field visits to beneficiary institutions;

-          Assist the Project Manager in preparing Quarterly and Annual Progress Reports to the Programme Board and UNDP CO;

-          Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements for experience

Education:

• University degree (or equivalent), preferably in health, medical engineering, or other relevant fields.

Experience:

• At least 5 years of experience relating to health management, medical engineering, or another relevant field;
• Proven experience in needs assessment on medical equipment, procurement of medical equipment, follow-up evaluation and impact estimation. Similar experience within Transnistrian region is a strong advantage;
• Previous experience with UN implemented projects would be an asset.

Competences and skills:

• Familiarity with perinatology and immunization domain;
• Good knowledge of the Transnistrian region context;
• Good  analytical and evaluation skills;
• Demonstrated capacity of team-orientation work, excellent planning and organizational skills;
• Good communication and writing skills;
• Knowledge and skills of MS Office, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint;
• Excellent command of Russian, and good knowledge of English and Romanian languages (fluency in both languages will be  strong asset).

Documents to be included

Interested individual consultants must submit the following documents/information either in English, Russian, or Romanian to demonstrate their qualifications:

1. Proposal: explaining why they are the most suitable for the work;

2. Personal CV including past experience in similar projects and the contact details of at least 3 reference persons;

3. Financial proposal.

Financial proposal

The financial proposal will specify the daily fee, travel expenses and per diems quoted in separate line items, and payments are made to the Individual Consultant based on the number of days worked.

Travel

All envisaged travel costs must be included in the financial proposal. This includes all travel to join duty station/repatriation travel. In general, UNDP should not accept travel costs exceeding those of an economy class ticket. Should the IC wish to travel on a higher class he/she should do so using their own resources.

In the case of unforeseeable travel, payment of travel costs including tickets, lodging and terminal expenses should be agreed upon, between the SCBM Programme Manager and Individual Consultant, prior to travel and will be reimbursed.

Under this assignment the transportation costs will be covered by SCBM Programme.

 

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