Country: Ethiopia
Closing date: 24 Jul 2019
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Justification
In this context, based on the existing national strategies, mainly the Health Sector Transformation Plan (2016-2020), the national Health Promotion and Communication strategy (2016-2020), the Pastoralist Health Extension Program and the National Equity Action Plan (2016-2020), the Government of Ethiopia has decided to develop specific and tailored regional community engagement strategy for immunization and a detailed implementation plan in the priority regions of Amhara and Somali for reaching high-risk communities, namely agrarian with vaccine hesitancy due to rumors, the urban poor and population residing in rural remote areas, and the pastoralist communities to improve the immunization coverage with equity and quality.
There is a need to engage a consultant to work with MoH and key Immunization partners, in consultation with various stakeholders, to support in the strategy and implementation plan development.
The consultant will also support in providing operational recommendations to the Health Extension Program to help in the review of the community engagement component of the program in the specific contexts of urban slums, pastoral and remote areas, so that these communities have access to and utilize basic MNCH services.
Objective
The purpose of the consultancy is to provide technical support to the development of regionally-based and comprehensive community engagement EPI strategy, approved by government and all key EPI stakeholders, tailored to pastoralist communities, urban slums population and people living in remote areas for reaching the under and never immunized children in the regions of Amhara and Somali. Additionally, provide recommendations for community engagement more broadly under the HEP to increase access to and utilization of MNCH services.
Main duties and responsibilities
The consultant is expected to carry out the following:
In support of the regional EPI and communication Technical Working Groups:
Methodology
The Consultant will be hired as an national SSA, assigned to UNICEF Ethiopia Country Office, based in Addis Ababa, with frequent trips to Amhara and Somali regions. He/she will work mainly through desk reviews, field visits, meetings with key stakeholders and workshops.
Reporting
Time Frame and Mode
The consultant will be hired for 60 working days with tentative starting date of 01/08/2019.
Expected Deliverables
Deliverable
Deadline
Deliverable – 1
Summary of Amhara regional specific evidence on key bottlenecks, from demand as well as supply side, for reaching high-risk communities (vaccine hesitant group, people living in urban slums and remote areas), opportunities, good practices and lessons learnt ( 5 days)
07/08/2019
Deliverable – 2
Amhara region draft community engagement strategy targeting high-risk communities including vaccine-hesitant group, people living in urban slums and remote areas (word document + presentation) based on the gathered scientific evidences and facts as well as the results of the various stakeholders’ consultations, including M&E framework (15 days)
28/08/2019
Deliverable – 3
Amhara region final strategy (word, pdf document + presentation) validated by the RHB and considering the feedbacks from RHB’s key partners (7 days)
06/09/2019
Deliverable – 4
Summary of Somali regional specific evidence on key bottlenecks, from demand as well as supply side, for reaching high-risk communities (pastoralists, people living in urban slums and remote areas), opportunities, good practices and lessons learnt (5 days)
13/09/2019
Deliverable – 5
Somali region draft community engagement strategy targeting high-risk communities, including pastoralists, people living in urban slums and remote areas, (word document + presentation) based on the gathered scientific evidences and facts as well as the results of the various stakeholders’ consultations, including M&E framework (15 days)
04/10/2019
Deliverable – 6
Somali region final strategy (word, pdf document + presentation) validated by the RHB and considering the feedbacks from RHB’s key partners (7 days)
15/10/2019
Deliverable – 7
Key recommendations to HEP for an improved community engagement for reaching hard-to-reach communities (pastoralist, people living in urban slums and remote areas) with MNCH services (6 days)
23/10/2019
Payment terms
The payment will be linked to deliverable as per the above timeline.
Deliverables
Tranche of payment
Upon signing of the contract
20%
Deliverable – 1, 2, 3
20%
Deliverable – 4, 5, 6
40%
Deliverable – 7
20%
Mode of Price Quotation
The price quotation is as stated above, in the summary chapter.
Expected background and experience
A reputable consultant shall be required to have the following attributes:
General condition
The consultant should work based in Addis Ababa with expected visits to the regions
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Remarks:
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.
How to apply:
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