UNICEF works in a number of the world’s hardest locations, to succeed in the world’s most deprived youngsters. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To assist them fulfill their potential.
Across 190 nations and territories, we work for each child, all over the place, day by day, to construct a greater world for everybody.
And we by no means quit.
For each child, Health.
In Nigeria, UNICEF works in a posh humanitarian and improvement setting to meet and defend youngsters’s rights in partnership with the federal government, civil society, youngsters, and households. UNICEF Nigeria is likely one of the largest UNICEF Country Offices globally – click on the hyperlink to be taught extra about UNICEF in Nigeria: https://www.unicef.org/nigeria/
Background:
Each yr in Nigeria over 7.5 million infants are born, of whom about 300,000 die throughout their first month of life. Despite our good points for child survival whereby the under-five child mortality has decreased within the final decade, out there knowledge reveals that the speed of decline is gradual. It is essential to grasp and tackle bottlenecks at decentralized ranges and tailor an accelerated response to fast-track discount in under-five mortality price. In its effort to assist strengthening of the PHC system to have the ability to make high-quality well being care providers out there, accessible and inexpensive to all Nigerians, particularly girls and youngsters. The BMGF arrange the PHC Leadership Challenge (PHC LC) following the endorsement of the Seattle declaration by Nigeria Governors which seeks to fill vital management gaps in main well being care programs improvement in Nigeria
How are you able to make a difference?
Purpose:
- Support the continuing SWAp initiative of the FMOH because it pertains to knowledge optimization
- Support the nationwide and 36+1 state RMNCAH scorecard alignment with SWAp indicators right down to facility degree. This contains capability constructing of DHPRS and mentoring assist to planning officers in the direction of institutionalizing this work.
- Support the PHC Leadership Challenge PHC system efficiency framework linked with the annual operational plans, the M&E Plan of the National Strategic Health Development Plan II and initiatives just like the MSDAT. This contains work with the IVA to raised perceive state degree efficiency and assist documentation efforts.
- Support knowledge high quality and different points on knowledge initiatives within the Health Section together with the completely different accountability frameworks underneath the programme.
- Support the information for proof and documentation of successes within the eight (8) GAVI PHC MoU states
- Support the evaluation of DHIS2 indicators/knowledge parts and NHMIS report kinds and registers together with the extension of scorecard associated merchandise, resembling with program rating playing cards (e.g. vitamin)
- Support the linkages between neighborhood scorecards or facility profiles and GIS primarily based catchment inhabitants estimates and visualizations.
- Support optimization of information for determination making within the three (3) SARAH states
- Support Decentralized Digitalization of HIS and introduction of Automated knowledge use apps.
- Support in HSS part in its efforts to develop a focused technique for strengthening of well being data system.
- Support Analytic/Visualistic instruments on Health Supply chain
- Support evaluation of information from the UNICEF supported level-2 new child models
Tasks/Milestone:
1.Quarterly reporting on RMNCAH+N Scorecards used and up to date in all 36 States and FCT, the nationwide degree, and LGA-Facility scorecards, together with extensions of scorecard strategies and approaches as part of general Health Information System reforms.
Deliverable/Output:
Score playing cards studies of all 36 states and the FCT reported on the rmncah.org
2. Support the GAVI Funded PHC MoU states within the improvement and operationalization of the Data Quality Improvement Plans working with State Counterparts and different companions
Deliverable/Output:
Quality knowledge enchancment plans for the 8 PHC MoU states developed and adopted for utilization
3.Lead in HMIS assist to FMOH and NPHCDA in addition to the general digital well being program of the FMOH the Nigeria Health Sector Renewal Initiative and SWAp Agenda of the FMOH
Deliverable/Output:
Report of the evaluation and the precedence advice for motion.
4. Support the PHC Leadership Challenge PHC system efficiency framework linked with the Nigeria Health Sector Renewal Initiative and SWAp Agenda of the FMOH
Deliverable/Output:
5. Quarterly reporting on RMNCAH+N Scorecards used and up to date in all 36 States and FCT, the nationwide degree, and LGA-Facility scorecards, together with extensions of scorecard strategies and approaches as part of general Health Information System reforms
Deliverable/Output:
Score playing cards studies of all 36 states and the FCT reported on the rmncah.org
6.Support in provision of optimized knowledge evaluation of the UNICEF supported level-2 new child models throughout states with emphasis on the SARA supported states.
Deliverable/Output:
Enhanced knowledge reporting programs produced for the states.
7.Lead in HMIS assist to FMOH and NPHCDA in addition to the general digital well being program of the FMOH the Nigeria Health Sector Renewal Initiative and SWAp Agenda of the FMOH.
Deliverable/Output:
Report of the evaluation and the precedence advice for motion
8.Support Analytic/Visualistic instruments on Health Supply chain
Deliverable/Output:
Health provide chain visible instruments developed.
To qualify as an advocate for each child you should have…
- An superior college diploma in public well being or any associated self-discipline.
- At least eight years or extra expertise working in MNCAH packages and/or well being tasks. Prior expertise with HSS programming is an added benefit.
- Demonstrated means to provide prime quality knowledge and programmatic supplies
- Experience in writing for UN companies (human curiosity tales, studies and many others) UNICEF particular expertise shall be a powerful asset
- Fluency in oral and written English is required.
- Computer abilities, together with web navigation and varied workplace purposes.
- Demonstrated means to work in a multi-cultural atmosphere and set up harmonious and efficient working relationships, each inside and outdoors the group.
For each Child, you show…
UNICEF’s values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS).
To view our competency framework, please go to here.
UNICEF is right here to serve the world’s most deprived youngsters and our world workforce should mirror the variety of these youngsters. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, regardless of their race/ethnicity, age, incapacity, gender identification, sexual orientation, faith, nationality, socio-economic background, or every other private attribute.
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UNICEF has a zero-tolerance coverage on conduct that’s incompatible with the goals and aims of the United Nations and UNICEF, together with sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF additionally adheres to strict child safeguarding ideas. All chosen candidates shall be anticipated to stick to those requirements and ideas and will due to this fact bear rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will embrace the verification of educational credential(s) and employment historical past. Selected candidates could also be required to offer extra data to conduct a background check.
Remarks:
Only shortlisted candidates shall be contacted and advance to the subsequent stage of the choice course of.
Applicants should submit their monetary and technical proposals together with this application. Applications with out these is not going to be thought-about. Use this manner to offer your monetary proposal.
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The chosen candidate is solely accountable to make sure that the visa (relevant) and medical insurance required to carry out the duties of the contract are legitimate for your complete interval of the contract. Selected candidates are topic to affirmation of fully-vaccinated standing towards SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which should be met previous to taking over the task. It doesn’t apply to consultants who will work remotely and will not be anticipated to work on or go to UNICEF premises, programme supply places or immediately work together with communities UNICEF works with, nor to journey to carry out features for UNICEF for the length of their consultancy contracts.
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