Local Consultancy: Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) Prevention in Children (10 Months)

UNICEF works in among the world’s hardest locations, to succeed in the world’s most deprived youngsters. To save lots of their lives. To defend their rights. To assist them fulfill their potential.

Throughout 190 nations and territories, we work for each baby, in every single place, on daily basis, to construct a greater world for everybody.

And we by no means quit.

For each baby…

Scope of Work:

1. Assist the conduct of a research to help proof technology to 1) set up the burden and epidemiology of NCDs in youngsters (constructing on Panorama Evaluation on Little one Obese and Weight problems) and a couple of) assess the readiness of well being system for prevention of threat components resembling obese and weight problems and the administration of NCDs at PHC stage.
 
2. Assist the evaluation on availability, utilization, and potential use of the varied info techniques on NCDs in youngsters.
3. Assist the event/overview of service high quality requirements within the context of main well being care (PHC) to incorporate related companies for the prevention and therapy of NCDs in youngsters.
 
4. Assist to DOH for inclusion of NCDs as a part of the costing train for main well being care interventions that may influence the planning and budgeting on the sub-national stage.
 
5. Assist DOH in creating and implementing methods for Early Life Prevention of NCD Danger Components.
6. Assist coverage dialogues, critiques, and key developments for strengthened insurance policies on main well being care and well being techniques, to incorporate prevention and care and help for youngsters and adolescents with NCDs.
 
7. Assist for nationwide public-private partnership platform for entry to NCDs companies, medicine, commodities, and merchandise.
8. Assist the updating of current group engagement and demand technology insurance policies and instruments to incorporate lens for NCDs in youngsters.
 

Duties:

· Assist the conduct of a research to help proof technology to 1) set up burden and epidemiology of NCDs in youngsters (constructing on Panorama Evaluation on Little one Obese and Weight problems) and a couple of) assess readiness of well being system for prevention of threat components resembling obese and weight problems and the administration of NCDs at PHC stage.
 
· Assist the evaluation on availability, utilization, and potential use of knowledge techniques on NCDs in youngsters.

· Assist the event of service high quality requirements on NCDs and threat components for youngsters for PHC service supply platform to help integration of NCD companies.
 
· Assist to DOH for inclusion of NCDs as a part of costing for main well being care interventions.
· Assist DOH in creating and implementing methods for Early Life Prevention of NCD Danger Components.
· Assist coverage dialogues, critiques, and key developments for strengthened insurance policies on main well being care and well being techniques, to incorporate prevention and care and help for youngsters and adolescents with NCDs.
 
· Assist for nationwide public-private partnership platform for entry to NCDs companies, medicine, commodities, and merchandise.
· Assist the updating of current group engagement and demand technology insurance policies and instruments to incorporate lens for NCDs in youngsters.
· Present extra help as deemed crucial by well being workforce of UNICEF.

Deliverables/Outputs:

· Inception Report.
· Literature overview of NCDs in youngsters.
· Exercise Report on proof technology for NCDs in youngsters.
· Technical analytic report on the well being info system when it comes to inclusion of NCDs, suggestions to be submitted to DOH on change/changes to be made within the FHSIS in the long term.
 
· Draft service high quality requirements for NCD and threat components.
· Preliminary costing doc for NCDs as a part of main well being care interventions.
· Suggestions for inclusion within the implementation methods for youth prevention of NCD threat components.
· Draft suggestions for inclusion within the current group engagement and demand technology insurance policies and instruments.
· Information and inputs to the UNICEF report back to Eli Lilly mission.
· Suggestions for DOH and different companions on the public-private partnerships for NCDs.
· Inputs to the HLI framework package deal to incorporate.
· Stock and knowledge package deal for all of the deliverables, growth, and submission of the timelines for numerous actions that may comply with this consultancy in regard to NCD integration and mainstreaming in numerous social companies and streams.
 
· Remaining Report of the consultancy outlining all the important thing deliverables, hyperlinks to the deliverables, key paperwork stock.

To qualify as an advocate for each baby you’ll have…

Training:

  • College diploma in a number of of the disciplines: drugs, allied medical, public well being, social sciences.

Data/Experience/Expertise required:

Work Expertise:

  • No less than 3 years expertise in public well being programming ideally within the space of non-communicable illnesses.
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    Expertise engaged on nationwide and native authorities advocacy and coordination.
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    With ample data and expertise in techniques strengthening, proof technology, public-private partnerships, social behaviour change communication.
  • Good management and program administration expertise.
  • Expertise in offering technical help at totally different ranges of the well being system.
  • Earlier expertise working with UNICEF and nationwide authorities/LGUs with a sound interpretation and judgment to current the packages and insurance policies in a approach that enhances UNICEF’s picture is a bonus
  • Fluency in English, each in oral and written communication, and data of the related native language is an asset.

For each Little one, you display…

UNICEF’s values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Belief, and Accountability (CRITA).

To view our competency framework, please go to here.

UNICEF is dedicated to variety and inclusion inside its workforce, and encourages all candidates, no matter gender, nationality, spiritual and ethnic backgrounds, together with individuals residing with disabilities, to use to turn into part of the group.

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance coverage on conduct that’s incompatible with the goals and goals of the United Nations and UNICEF, together with sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF additionally adheres to strict baby safeguarding ideas. All chosen candidates might be anticipated to stick to those requirements and ideas and can due to this fact endure rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will embrace the verification of educational credential(s) and employment historical past. Chosen candidates could also be required to supply extra info to conduct a background examine.

HOW TO APPLY

Certified candidates are requested to finish a web-based candidate profile in http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/ by 25 January 2024. Solely purposes despatched by means of the e-recruitment portal below Job Quantity: 568848 might be thought-about.

All candidates are requested to submit a COVER LETTER, and the duly stuffed P11 Kind which will be downloaded from our web site at P11 Form.docx (sharepoint.com) indicating three (3) earlier supervisors. Please point out your skilled charges and the soonest availability to tackle the put up primarily based on the above phrases of reference.

UNICEF is dedicated to variety and inclusion inside its workforce, and encourages all candidates, no matter gender, nationality, spiritual and ethnic backgrounds, together with individuals residing with disabilities, to use to turn into part of the group.

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance coverage on conduct that’s incompatible with the goals and goals of the United Nations and UNICEF, together with sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF additionally adheres to strict baby safeguarding ideas.

All chosen candidates might be anticipated to stick to those requirements and ideas and can due to this fact endure rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will embrace the verification of educational credential(s) and employment historical past. Chosen candidates could also be required to supply extra info to conduct a background examine.

Remarks:

Solely shortlisted candidates might be contacted and advance to the following stage of the choice course of.

People engaged below a consultancy or particular person contract is not going to be thought-about “workers members” below the Employees Laws and Guidelines of the United Nations and UNICEF’s insurance policies and procedures, and won’t be entitled to advantages offered therein (resembling depart entitlements and medical insurance coverage protection). Their circumstances of service might be ruled by their contract and the Basic Situations of Contracts for the Companies of Consultants and Particular person Contractors. Consultants and particular person contractors are accountable for figuring out their tax liabilities and for the cost of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with native or different relevant legal guidelines.

The chosen candidate is solely accountable to make sure that the visa (relevant) and medical health insurance required to carry out the duties of the contract are legitimate for your entire interval of the contract. The candidate may additionally be topic to inoculation (vaccination) necessities, together with in opposition to SARS-CoV-2 (Covid).

Marketed: 11 Jan 2024 Singapore Normal Time
Deadline: 25 Jan 2024 Singapore Normal Time

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