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Consultancy Title: National Consultant for Technical Assistance to RBC for Strengthening ANC through the Introduction of Multiple Micronutrient Supplementation (MMS) in Seventeen Districts

Section/Division/Duty Station: Health and Nutrition Section, Kigali, Rwanda

Duration: 01 February 2025 to 01 February 2026 (12 Months)

Home/ Office Based:  Office Based (National Consultancy)

Malnutrition stays a important public well being problem in Rwanda, as evidenced by the findings of the 2019-2020 Rwanda Demographic and Health Survey (RDHS). The survey highlights a excessive stunting charge of 33%, a 13% prevalence of anemia amongst ladies of childbearing age (15-49 years), a 25% prevalence of anemia amongst pregnant ladies, and a maternal mortality charge of 203 per 100,000 reside births. To handle these issues, Rwanda is strengthening maternal vitamin interventions by introducing Multiple Micronutrient Supplementation (MMS) to change Iron and Folic Acid Supplementation (IFAS) amongst pregnant ladies. This intervention is taken into account a possible sport changer for enhancing maternal and child well being outcomes.

The growth of maternal vitamin tips commenced in June 2023 and culminated in the coaching of 380 healthcare suppliers, together with 24 grasp trainers, in December 2023. The MMS initiative was launched in January 2024 in Kabaya sector in Ngororero District and subsequently expanded to seven pilot districts, the place it achieved a protection charge of over 90%, benefiting 67,501 pregnant ladies by November 2024. In Rwanda, the Multiple Micronutrient Supplementation (MMS) program seeks to fight micronutrient deficiencies amongst pregnant ladies and younger kids by offering complete mix of important nutritional vitamins and minerals. Currently, the MMS program is being carried out in seven pilot districts together with GASABO, GICUMBI, MUSANZE, RUTSIRO, NGORORERO, NYABIHU and BURERA Districts.

The Government of Rwanda is planning to scale up the MMS program in extra 10 districts beginning in January 2025.  The scale up course of requires a technical help (TA) to successfully introduce MMS in the 10 new districts particularly NYAMAGABE, RUSIZI, RUHANGO, BUGESERA, MUHANGA, KARONGI, GAKENKE, NYAMASHEKE, KIREHE, and RUBAVU Districts. The TA will even oversee the implementation of the MMS in the current 7 districts to guarantee sustainability.

It is in this context that UNICEF is recruiting a National Consultant to assist the Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC) to scale-up MMS transition in ANC in 10 new districts and supervise the implementation in the current 7 districts.

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SCOPE OF WORK/OBJECTIVES

The function of this consultancy is to contribute to enhance maternal and child well being outcomes through scale-up of Multiple Micronutrient Supplements (MMS) in 10 new districts and monitoring the seven districts in addition to shut monitoring and supportive supervision in the current 7 districts.

Specifically, the TA will:

• Support the scale-up of MMS introduction in ANC in 10 new districts: capability constructing , mentorship, supervision and provide distribution in NYAMAGABE, RUSIZI, RUHANGO, BUGESERA, MUHANGA, KARONGI, GAKENKE, NYAMASHEKE, KIREHE, and RUBAVU Districts.
• Monitor the protection, uptake, acceptability, and adherence to MMS in the 17 districts.

Key Tasks:

The marketing consultant in collaboration with RBC/MCCH is anticipated to undertake the following actions:

• Develop a roadmap for the scale up of MMS program in 10 new districts
• Prepare trainings plan of key healthcare suppliers on the nationwide maternal vitamin guideline together with MMS in 10 new districts (Nyamagabe, Rusizi, Ruhango,Bugesera, Muhanga, Karongi, Gakenke, Nyamasheke, Kirehe, and Rubavu).
• Conduct capability constructing for well being care suppliers in 10 new districts.
• Prepare MMS provide distribution plan for the 10 new districts.   
• Conduct common monitoring of MMS compliance in the seven current districts and 10 new districts through go to in well being centres and sampled group.
• Identifying components influencing efficient implementation, protection, and affect.
• Strengthening the monitoring and analysis system for ANC programmes together with MMS.
• Conduct common evaluation of knowledge to assess program protection, adherence, affect, and influencing components.
• Disseminate knowledge evaluation findings through studies, publications, and shows.
• Provide steerage on consciousness on maternal vitamin, use of MMS and significance of ANC visits
• Support RBC to put together common MMS technical advisory group conferences and put together report repeatedly
• Collect success tales on MMS compliance and adherence.

 To qualify as an advocate for each child you should have…

Education: Advanced University Degree in maternal Nutrition, public well being or early child growth, with minimal 8 years of skilled expertise.

Experience:

• Proven experience in the growth and implementation of programmatic analysis instruments and steerage for maternal well being/vitamin/early child growth programming.
• Clear understanding of maternal vitamin and well being programming at the PHC degree.
• Experience in implementation of MMS in ANC is an asset
• Highly motivated, with the capacity to work independently, take initiative and finalize deliverables.
• Flexible to make frequent discipline journeys to service supply factors – the well being facilities.
• Strong interpersonal, verbal and written communication expertise in each English and Kinyarwanda.
• Excellent written and spoken Kinyarwanda and English.
• Knowledge of different languages an asset, together with French.

 ADMINITRATIVE FORMALITIES

• UNICEF will repeatedly talk with the marketing consultant and supply suggestions, steerage, and mandatory assist to obtain the targets of the work, in addition to stay conscious of any upcoming points associated to the efficiency and high quality of work.
• As per coverage on consultants, the particular person shall be anticipated to full a listing of necessary coaching, together with insurance policies on Prohibiting and Combatting Fraud and Corruption, Prohibition of discrimination, harassment, sexual harassment and abuse of authority and different related insurance policies for their info and acknowledgement upon acceptance of the supply.
• Before issuing the official contract, the marketing consultant should full the relevant training. The marketing consultant shall be supplied with workplace area, entry to workplace assets and different administrative preparations mandatory to full the project.

CONDITIONS

• No contract might begin except each UNICEF and the marketing consultant signal the contract.
• The marketing consultant will work onsite.
• The marketing consultant shall be paid an all-inclusive payment (stationary, communication and different miscellaneous bills) as per the stipulated deliverable and fee schedule.
• The marketing consultant isn’t entitled to fee for time beyond regulation, weekends or public holidays.
• No journey ought to happen with out an e mail journey authorization from the part earlier than the graduation of the journey from the responsibility station.

• Standard UNICEF procedures will apply for invoicing and all different monetary administration necessities set out in the contract.
• Standard penalty clauses will even apply for late and poor-quality deliverables. The supervisor of the contract will present the marketing consultant with the standards for the analysis of the high quality of every deliverable.
• Additional particulars of UNICEF guidelines, laws and situations shall be hooked up to the contract.
• Consultants won’t have supervisory obligations or authority on the UNICEF finances.

HOW TO APPLY

Interested consultants ought to present the following:

• Curriculum Vitae
• Brief technical proposal (not than 5 pages) demonstrating the marketing consultant’s understanding of the project and method/methodology to the project.
• (A portfolio of) doc(s) the marketing consultant produced or contributed to, exemplifying the capability of the marketing consultant to create simple-language, compelling paperwork, with visuals and graphs.
• Financial proposal together with a breakdown of their all-inclusive charges (together with skilled charges and different prices). Complete the hooked up kind. Financial Proposal template.xlsx

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Remarks: 

Only shortlisted candidates shall be contacted and advance to the subsequent stage of the choice course of.

Individuals engaged beneath a consultancy or particular person contract won’t be thought of “staff members” beneath the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s insurance policies and procedures and won’t be entitled to advantages supplied therein (similar to depart entitlements and medical insurance coverage protection). Their situations of service shall be ruled by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants and Individual Contractors. Consultants and particular person contractors are accountable for figuring out their tax liabilities and for the fee of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with native or different relevant legal guidelines.

Applications submitted with out technical and monetary proposal won’t be thought of.