C4D National consultant (Myanmar) to support planning, implementation and monitoring of Japanese Encephalitis vaccination Campaign

Advert for Myanmar national consultant to support in the planning, implementation and monitoring of Japanese Encephalitis vaccination Campaign, UNICEF Yangon - Myanmar

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For 70 years, UNICEF has been working on the ground in 190 countries and territories to promote children's survival, protection and development. The world's largest provider of vaccines for developing countries, UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, good water and sanitation, quality basic education for all boys and girls, and the protection of children from violence, exploitation, and AIDS. UNICEF is funded entirely by the voluntary contributions of individuals, businesses, foundations and governments.

Purpose of the Assignment

Background:

The Ministry of Health and Sports, Union Government of Myanmar has received funding support from Gavi to support planning and implementation of nationwide Japanese Encephalitis (JE) vaccination catch up campaign targeting nearly 14 million children aged 9 month to 14 years. The campaign will be supported by the alliance partners – UNICEF and WHO – who have been designated to manage financial resources on behalf of the Ministry of Health and Sports.

UNICEF has been requested to provide technical, financial and human resource support in the areas of: i) cold chain and vaccine management; ii) overall campaign logistics including distribution and transportation of supplies; iii) communication, social mobilisation and advocacy to increase the community understanding on the rationale of the campaign and increase demand and uptake of service during and after the JE campaign; and iv) reaching the unreached children mainly in the conflict affected, hard to reach, self-administrative regions and peri-urban particularly among the migrant workers and slum dwellers.

In order to facilitate the planning and implementation of the campaign, UNICEF will be deploying additional human resources to work closely with UNICEF, WHO, CEPI, Health Literacy Promotion Unit (HLPU) and other key stakeholders involved in the campaign. Therefore a specific focus on JE campaign communication, social mobilisation and advocacy needs a dedicated staff throughout the campaign period to ensure timely planning and implementation of communication plan of action.

Purpose of the consultancy

To support the Central Expanded Program in Immunization (cEPI) in the Ministry of Health and Sports in planning, implementation and monitoring of the nationwide JE vaccination campaign targeting children 9 months to 14 years of age with a focus on how various target groups and geographical locations will be reached with key communication messages about the campaign.

Geographic Area: Nation-wide (the consultant will be based in Yangon with frequent travel to NayPyiTaw and other State/Regions).

Assignment Tasks

Tasks End Product/deliverables Deadline

1. Support UNICEF EPI team to ensure that the communication strategy and plan of action is translated into local context and all agreed activities are implemented and monitored in coordination with the Ministry of Health and Sports.

End Product - Communication plan of action for JE campaign and introduction of the vaccine in to routine immunization including detailed budgets especially on activities to be implemented at lower levels.

Deadline: 15th June 2017

2. Work with CEPI, UNICEF teams, and graphic designers to design, produce as well as pre-testing and finalizing communication materials including print and broadcast media for the JE campaign.

End Product: Key campaign IEC package with the following:
a) Set of IEC materials ready for printing (including posters, banners, flyers, invitation cards, advocacy folders) together with distribution plan.
b) Approved key messages for TV/Radio sports and SMS to caregivers.

Deadline: 15th July 2017

3. Support development of communication training materials for the campaign in coordination with WHO, CEPI and HLPU to be included in the campaign technical training materials.

End Product: Communication and social mobilisation training materials developed and integrated in to technical guidelines for basic health staff and volunteers.

Deadline: 15th August 2017

4. Support monitoring, supervision and monitoring of communication and social mobilisation activities before, during and after the campaign with emphasis on hard to reach, conflict affected and self-administrative regions.

End Product: Special JE vaccination campaign communication plan of action for hard to reach, conflict affected and self-administrative regions. 15th September 2017
Monitoring, supervision and evaluation tools to be used before, during and after the campaign with special focus in urban areas, conflict affected, hard to reach and self-administrative regions.

Deadline: 15th October 2017

5. Support CEPI and HLPU in organizing advocacy events (with media, NGOs, special administrative regions, Government departments – education) including planning for launching of the campaign.

End Product: Report highlighting on the lessons learned, best practice and challenges from various advocacy events and launching ceremonies organized accompanied with a set of guidelines and other relevant documents used for these events.

Deadline: 15th November 2017

6. Support CEPI and UNICEF in monitoring of the JE campaign for both phase (school and community phase). Report on the implementation of communication activities for the school phase of JE vaccination. 31st December 2017

End Product: Report on the implementation of communication activities for the community phase of JE vaccination.

Deadline: 31st January 2018

7. Facilitate documentation of lessons learned, best practices and challenge of implementing communication activities for the JE campaign and introduction in to routine EPI.

End Product: Final JE Campaign implementation and monitoring Report highlighting lessons learned, best practice and needed improvements for future campaigns.

Deadline: 15th March 2018

Qualifications of Successful Candidate

Education

• Advanced university degree relevant to the following areas
Communications, Social sciences, health education, Public Administration or a related field combined with relevant experience
• Additional training in Public Health, Health Education, Communication for Development

Work Experience

• At least 2-3 years professional work experience in communication, advocacy, emergencies and development work.
• Demonstrated experience in behaviour change communication, community activities, development of communication materials and social research.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a multicultural environment and establish harmonious and effective working relationships both within and outside the organization.
• Experience in child-focused programming important.
• Prior experience within UNICEF/UN context a plus.

Language proficiency

Fluency in English and Myanmar (oral and written)

Other conditions:

a) The consultant will be based in Yangon with frequent travel to NayPyiTaw and other State/Region depending on the needs.
b) The payment will be deliverable based and expected that the consultant will work from home for at least 30-40% of her time to maximize best use of time and complete the deliverable as per agreed timelines.
c) This consultancy is for 11 month and payment is based on the deliverable as per agreed schedules.

Competencies of Successful Candidate

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Interested candidates are required to complete the Expression of Interest Form circulated with the call for proposals, answering the technical questions included. The consultant will be identified by UNICEF based on a competitive selection process, taking into account the candidate's experience, the quality of the answers produced, and the lump-sum requested. If deemed opportune, UNICEF will require a telephone interview with shortlisted candidates.

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages qualified female and male candidates from all national, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of our organisation.